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I may want put in order for 5, if you'll be offering that by next week. I need to time my free time in driving over the U.S. Border. My holidays are coming up then.

I hope we see more of the MM and he becomes a mentor to Supergirl. That could set this show over the top. Don't know how much the special effects cost to put him on screen. I read where they said King Shark cost too much to be back on Flash.

Remember back then when they tried to create the first Flash series on TV? They had complained how expensive to create "super speed" effects. And now they are saying how expensive to create King Shark? Wonder what are they saying about "super speed" effects and super-feats now? Too much cost?

All I know is that I wanna see more of that every week!

Watched the show last night after a follow-up with last week's show (taped it before). Great effects with Red Tornado and Supergirl fight, the scene of her heat vision with her face in anger was the best I've seen. Right from the comics straight!

then this last night ... At the ending. Hark revealed as Jonn J'onzz? Didn't see that until I watched Hark explained what happened to her father ... I soon realized where it is going. I said no... Way? It was awesome to see him shapeshift into the Martian!

Should I say that could be the beginning of Justice Leaque for TV sometimes in near future?

Most recent comic I picked up that has manufactured error ... Betty and Veronica comics annual #236 digest. The covers were glued upside-down and backward. The interior pages were read from back to front.

Got a question for you. Do you have a short box for GA/SA comics that are bagged and boarded with measures 7 3/4 W by 10 3/4 H? I use the size to fit in these older comics. The regular comic boxes are smaller in width. Looking to buy pack of 5. Thanks!

Seen the first episode and it come out quite good. I like it and will see the next one next Monday!

I had brought some comics from him last year, I think. He was great in his messages sent to me. Sorry to learn that he had passed gone!

condolences to his family for their loss .... RIP

Here are two comics I had mentioned recently.

Action Comics #428

Binky #75

Today. I had found 2 comics with double covers among the lot I brought from CL. I am only went through 1/3 by inspect and still have more yet to check. What are the odds in finding 2 comics or more?

Which being up another question... What is the value in having double covers in all grades? This is something I don't see in guide given the topic subject. I will take photos to show the ones I found later

 

is that bat 232 for sale?

Seem to me everyone can spot this one as the first to say. Yes, it is, but I'll be honest to say it is in low VG cond. That Is all I can say, this thread here isn't the place to do.

Today I picked up a lot of silver/bronze comic books from a guy. He texted me as I had brought some books from him in the past. So he come back to me with more books

Nearly most are DC titles... Action Comics, Superman, Batman, Detective and serval more titles. Some assorted comics like Disney, Harvey etc. Photos showing some of what I got...

...And I have lot more, about over 200 books.

Nothing spectacular this weekend recently. Did went to yard sale and got a small lot of Whitman Disneys.

Great! Will go see the Martian movie with friends in October.

I recall that there was one scene while I watched a trailer of Fear TWD. it showed one guy boarding a bus going out on its path to somewhere. Not the chubby kid, but a man with a hood over his head. I get to think after watching the first and second episodes ... might this hooded guy be the "patient Zero" carrying the zombie virus?

After all, the new short series is taken place in L.A. right? TWD series took place in Georgia. As well the same with the other cities. Maybe I'm being silly in thinking that? Hey it's a TV show to have fun watching anyway! Whatever...

The first episode was quite good. Can't wait for next one, as I wanna see where or how virus come from. I understand this new series is supposed to be a short series? It's said to end in Oct 4th before the Walking Dead season begin.

Today I went to 2 places in morning ... one was a yard sale and another a local small flea market. I found many Whitham variants with Canadian price 75 cents (12 of them) and a few others. At flea market, I had found 5 old comics - all thriller/horror themes (Marvel and GK) which is nothing to say but fun to read.

Here are the Whitmans in photos:

I looked through tons of comics at flea markets this weekend. I would say that 75% or more of them were either Dell, Gold Key, or Archie comics that I never want to read. So instead I got furniture...

 

Man, if those Archies were pre-1965, you should've grabbed them

1+ I would!

Press release:

 

In an effort to drive revenue and attendance at the Wizard World Conventions, we at Wizard are proud to announce that starting as of right now, we will no longer be subject to the fake Superman the nerds cosplay as. Instead, we have secured a two year touring contract with the real Superman! That's right! Over the next two years, you can meet the REAL Superman. He will be available to take pictures and sign autographs (for a nominal fee of course) at every Wizard World Con. This is a big day for us and hopefully for you too! We hope you are as excited as we are!

 

-Gareb Shamus

 

PS - Please come to our shows…please...

Note the bold sentence... doesn't that sound like he's begging us to pay up in attendance? Sig fees?

Brought about 2 dozen of comics from him. All at great prices, good grades and fast shipping. (thumbs u

You rock, my friend!

I'm happy like the grinning cat!

[Long time Maryland dealer Gene Carpenter has told me on more than 1 occasion that FF 48's were on his .50 table in the early '70's. He, along other dealers, had dozens and he said while it was a steady seller, no one bought multiple copies.

 

That's because first appearances weren't that popular back then, and it was the Number One Issues that everyone was after. It wasn't until the mid-80's, when the sportscard dealers invaded comics with their "rookie card" mentality, that first appearances really skyrocketed.

That was possibility true what you said about the "rookie card" mentality back in the mid-80s. I remembered many sportscard dealers tried to enter the comic book collecting community, and added their idea in there. During my collecting days, I was only after #1 issues and full runs, not the 1st appearances.

Then I get the wind of this idea. I took time with my thoughts and realized that there is some value to the idea. So, I begin to check with 1st appearances onward. Now it's everywhere all over gone crazy!

Back to the Star Wars #1 ... yes it was released before the movie come out. I did brought #1 and 2 before I get to see the movie then.

Star Wars 1 was a massively hoarded book since Day One, and every hobbyist knows that. Anyone paying more than $700-800 for a 9.8 copy needs to have their head examined.

 

 

This.

 

Are the two of you sure about this?

 

I remember the Star Wars comic book did not catch on until issue #3 was out or around the time the movie debuted. I remember Star Wars #1 were already going for $10 or more at the time.

 

If there was any hoarding done, it was probably not done by the collectors of the day. Sure, there were more copies available in the marketplace afterwards, but these were most likely from unsold initial returns sitting in the distributor's warehouses which were now being actively hunted down.

 

 

This was probably one of the first "off the shelf" books to go up in price like that so quickly and was most likely one of the first books to start the subsequent hoarding that would become commonplace with Modern books.

 

Anybody remember Dazzler #1, now that was a really hoarded book.

This... and THAT! I do remember the days when Star Wars #1 and Dazzler #1. As a kid ... I went for the treasury edition of Star Wars because it was bigger with my $1.00 allowance. Dazzler #1? I remembered watched many people brought in number of 5-10 copies at the comic shop the day it come out.

Actually - as I recalled, the hoarding (of comics) begin earlier back then.

I used to read them when I was young. Some of my favourites were Scary Tales, Space stories and some odd titles. Six Million Dollar Man was one among these I had read. Now the question which I've been told and wanted to confirm in here.

I was told that the Charltons in the early 1980s were in low print run to the point when they stopped and went gone. Was that true? I have about 50 books here - most are Western theme like Billy The Kid and Gunfighters, some in war theme.

Found this down in a flea market in Va. from the 50's

 

Great find! Now the real treat is to find the actual original six-bottle case with the Terry comic still fasten around the bottles. That would make a good conversation point in your "man cave" room. (thumbs u

Today I went to two yard sales and found these comics. A few little keys but for what I paid - no complaining At least, I get to read great classic stories! Tom Cat was one of my first books in reading when I was a kid. This one in photo - I got that for 25 cents.

I'm glad the market is back and doing well. I have always enjoyed dealing with this market.

 

You're lucky to be finding quality books. Around here, I have to deflate about one guy a week on kijiji (craigslist) who thinks they can sell 2000 issues of drek for $5000.

Yes, I see these type of ads by sellers trying to sell their dreks for high dollars on CL and kijiji everyday. There is one guy selling one comic per ad daily

It's a matter of having patience while sorting out ads online to make a "hit"