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On 4/3/2024 at 6:17 PM, jimjum12 said:

The guy killed himself and you people are still trying to vilify him, as if it's any of your business in the first place. Carry on. Pathetic. GOD BLESS ...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

Jim, if you're talking to me, know that I'm not trying to vilify the guy. The truth is that we don't have enough information to make a call one way or another. 

But Ed, like all of us, is ultimately responsible for the choices he made. 

As other people have stated, this entire story is full of people making horrible choices. 

Ed made a choice to take his own life. That's the sad truth. 

On 4/3/2024 at 6:17 PM, mysterymachine said:

She is what 22 years old now? She doesn't need you to fight for her, and the other guy is deceased. There is no point in fighting for him now. Wouldn't it be wise to wait until we get all the details from both sides before forming an opinion? To answer your question though, it is OK for a 40 year old man to talk with a 17 year old.

I'm not fighting for anyone. 

My opinion that a 40 year-old man should refrain from talking about oral sex with a 17 year-old will never change. 

On 4/3/2024 at 12:45 AM, sfcityduck said:

 

Ed also had choices. 

LES CHRONIQUES DE SPAWN 27 - CGC 9.6 

How 'bout a totally random foreign edition? 

Haunt on the cover. Spawn on the inside. French Language. Oversized. 

On 4/2/2024 at 9:25 AM, sfcityduck said:

He's responsible for his own actions.

 

I'm pretty darn concerned, but maybe not all that shocked, that some of you seem to think it's okay for a 40 year-old man to talk to a 17 year-old girl. 

SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 16 - MISSING 

SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 17 - CGC 9.8 

REST OF SERIES - MISSING 

My "Dark Ages" run ends here with issue 17. 

We may do a few random books here and there before beginning the next series. 

Yes...still more to go before we wrap up our look at this mammoth collection. 

SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 15 - CGC 9.8

SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 14 - CGC 9.8

KILLER! 

SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 13 - CGC 9.8 

On 3/29/2024 at 4:27 PM, Surfing Alien said:

CTA era stuff is pretty intense as Jimjum notes. Babe I'm Gonna Leave you was written by Joan Baez I believe and that progression is about as old as the blues, there's a lot of songs that use that.  That said, i'm a big Page fan but Jimmy couldn't play Terry's solo from 25 or 6 to 4   Terry had a slippery mojo that's hard to define (and play)

Correct on all points.

SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 11 - MISSING 

SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 12 - CGC 9.8 

All the mini-series were of secondary importance when it came to my collection. That's why you will see a few gaps here and there. Most of my resources were spent on the main title. 

On 3/29/2024 at 9:23 AM, Surfing Alien said:

Giving my age away, yes I grew up humming Terry Kath's incredible guitar solo to Chicago's "25 or 6 to 4" in my head. I hope it's stuck in yours now  

I've been a musician all my life. From touring to recording...even working as a music critic. 

Can you believe that I *just* discovered Chicago last year? I always ignored them as pure cheese...

Then a friend turned me on to Kath-era Chicago. Can't believe it took a lifetime for me to discover the genius! 

I have to say, however, that 25 or 6 to 4 sounds a LOT like "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" by Zep. 

On 3/28/2024 at 12:42 PM, Qalyar said:

In that you don't have an image for the book, or you never tracked one of these down? There's 4 on the census, so I assumed...

Sorry for the lack of clarity. No scan. Didn't see it on my registry. 

I never tracked it down. 

SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 10 - CGC 9.8 

A very tough book. 

SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 8 - MISSING 

SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 9 - CGC 9.8 

SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 7 - CGC 9.8 

SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 6 - CGC 9.8 

SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 5 - CGC 9.8 

SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 4 - CGC 9.8 

Again, sorry for the scanner defects like the line down the middle. They pop up at certain times in the run. I was using a proper CCD-style scanner instead of the CIS. It was an HP 8200. I bought it on the cheap with half a million miles on it. Who knows what caused it? 

SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 3 - CGC 9.8

SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 2 - CGC 9.8

Here is an example from my personal collection. This is a Rockford Pedigree, and it’s also a provenance (from the collection of Jon Berk). 

Provenance books are those owned by someone famous or connected to the industry. There are Nicholas Cage provenance books, for example. Think of provenance books as more of a chain of custody label. Sometimes a book will be both a pedigree AND a provenance! I have an example to share once I find the scan. Provenance books get a special notation on the blue label but not a gold label.