Cyclops

Ahh Les Paul. Very nice

Thanks guys! It's been a WIP for several years. Constantly changing and I love being in there.

What's getting plugged into that Marshall?

Well...this is going to make me watch more often.

 

Morena Baccarin Joins ‘Gotham’ Cast

 

Sweet copy. I waited too long to upgrade and I'm really kicking myself now.

Paid 6.00 for my first one in the early 80s. I just got this other day for 130.00 more .

I love these little things. Were these giveaways or something?

I crack out my slabs, too.

 

But I'm wondering --

 

Does anyone have a point where they say, if the book is worth X amount, or I paid X amount (X being, in your opinion, a lot of money, where the book takes on an investment quality), then it is better to just leave the book in the slab afterall?

 

This is something I'm wrestling with at the moment...

 

I haven't cracked out my Avengers 3 in 9.0 yet. Maybe with the right amount of Wild Turkey some night....., :think:

Bird up, my friend. Bird up.

Everytime someone opens a slabbed comic, a kitten gets punched.....

 

 

Lulz, guess I've punched a lot of kittens. I suspect the powerful attachment to slabs is from a newer generation of collectors, ones too young to have bought books off the rack that turned out to be valuable after many decades, and who haven't bought back issues in the unslabbed or cracked out state so they could build runs to be read and re-read. Even putting aside the chance to access the entire comic rather than just the covers, to me comics are much more beautiful in mylars rather than slabs, and most beautiful of all in hand.

 

For me, comics are for collecting, slabs are for selling.

 

I've cracked every slab I've bought from you, Bob.

 

 

Kitten puncher.

Unbelievable book. Very nice!

There's going to be some announcement from Marvel after this weeks ep.

http://www.bleedingcool.com/forums/front-page-comic-news/87975-marvel-make-announcement-tonight-after-shield.html

Lots of 9.8's coming in. Here's a pic of my old copy. Sold it way too early

I see no logical reason at all to open up a slabbed comic.... you payed to have it graded, or you bought it already slabbed, sooo why open it ?

 

the handful of comics i have graded and slabbed up are going to stay that way with whatever grade i have. if i decide i'd like to read that issue i'll just search for a digital copy and read it here at work..

 

Everytime someone opens a slabbed comic, a kitten gets punched.....

 

 

You buy it slabbed because it's been graded and checked for restoration by a neutral 3rd party.

Of course, at the end of B&B 54, after the adventure is concluded, it states: "Once again, a startling new team of DC heroes has triumphed!"

 

What was the name of this "startling new team of DC heroes" at the end of B&B #54? That's a big omission and a huge part of the argument.

 

Subby, Hulk and Surfer teamed-up before MP #1 and they were known as the "Titans Three." Unofficially.

 

 

BS...was the specific super-hero name of "Ant-Man" mentioned at all in Tales to Astonish #27? Some people are grasping at straws trying to play up their copies of B&B #60. I'm not buying it...if you want to change the 1st appearance of the Teen Titans, then go change the 1st appearance of Ant-man and a whole host of other superheroes first.

 

Wonder Girl joins the Teen Titans...that's about it

 

The cover to TTA 35 says The Return of The Ant Man. Note: no hyphen between Ant and Man. It's like calling someone the sports guy (a guy around the office that is crazy about sports).

 

On the cover to TTA 36 you have Ant-Man, a minor difference in punctuation that makes all the difference. The hero Ant-Man did not appear in TTA 27, Hank Pym, the Ant Man (sports guy) did. Around the time of 35, Lee needed a hero so it took the story from 27 and went with it. Genius!

 

That's my take on the TTA debate, anyway. I still think BB 60 is the first appearance of a formal group called the Teen Titans, though. I don't own a copy of any of these books, sadly.

 

 

(thumbs u that's the first time I've heard the punctuation argument in the TTA 27 vs 35 debate...interesting stuff

 

 

It really does.

I crack out my slabs, too.

 

But I'm wondering --

 

Does anyone have a point where they say, if the book is worth X amount, or I paid X amount (X being, in your opinion, a lot of money, where the book takes on an investment quality), then it is better to just leave the book in the slab afterall?

 

This is something I'm wrestling with at the moment...

I don't crack out 9.6's or 9.8's. I've had two 9.8's in the past that I kept until I decided to sell them. Those were Bronze and Coppper, though. Modern I probably wouldn't care unless it was actually hard to get in high grade.

The only slabbed book I have at the moment is a book I specifically bought for "investment" purposes, so I won't be cracking that one.

Of course, at the end of B&B 54, after the adventure is concluded, it states: "Once again, a startling new team of DC heroes has triumphed!"

 

What was the name of this "startling new team of DC heroes" at the end of B&B #54? That's a big omission and a huge part of the argument.

 

Subby, Hulk and Surfer teamed-up before MP #1 and they were known as the "Titans Three." Unofficially.

 

 

BS...was the specific super-hero name of "Ant-Man" mentioned at all in Tales to Astonish #27? Some people are grasping at straws trying to play up their copies of B&B #60. I'm not buying it...if you want to change the 1st appearance of the Teen Titans, then go change the 1st appearance of Ant-man and a whole host of other superheroes first.

 

Wonder Girl joins the Teen Titans...that's about it

The cover to TTA 35 says The Return of The Ant Man. Note: no hyphen between Ant and Man. It's like calling someone the sports guy (a guy around the office that is crazy about sports).

On the cover to TTA 36 you have Ant-Man, a minor difference in punctuation that makes all the difference. The hero Ant-Man did not appear in TTA 27, Hank Pym, the Ant Man (sports guy) did. Around the time of 35, Lee needed a hero so he took the story from 27 and ran with it. Genius!

That's my take on the TTA debate, anyway. I still think BB 60 is the first appearance of a formal group called the Teen Titans, though. I don't own a copy of any of these books, sadly.

I was surfing online and I found this video:

 

 

Why do people crack open their CGC comic books? Are books going to get damaged if kept into the CGC case (maybe paper will deteriorate quicker)?

I got my first slab when I came back to the hobby a few years ago. I realized pretty quickly that my OCD had a problem with not being able to read the comic. So out it came. I like the look of them in the slab, but I can't stand not being able to open them up and

Some people like to read, touch, smell and fondle their comics.

I'll buy some slabbed books if they are really cheap and crack them open just to reuse the shells.

I do the same. What's your method for reusing them? Do you put a book in with a bag and board or do you some something more fancy?

Very nice. I love setting up the books like that for photos. Yeah, I'm nerdy like that

When it comes to first squirrel girl, if you weren't looking two months ago, the ship has sailed.

 

Speculation started in January for that book.

 

That depends. A lot of stores don't know where to file that book, sometimes they stick it under M for Marvel or S for Super or even X because of X-Men, and as a result it often goes overlooked.

So true. Even when I think I've checked everywhere, I'm still left thinking it could be anywhere. Thrill of the hunt

Love this book.

Thanks, gents!

Got my first Duck this week.

 

 

 

Great beginning! First Scrooge and a great story. I also like the non gloss covers of this era.

Thanks! That's interesting that you mention the non gloss because, when I got it, I wondered if it was supossed to be like that or if it had just worn away. I actually quite like it, too.

Gotta get FC 386 now.

Got my first Duck this week.

Nice cave!