romanheart

Not everything printed is worth owning.

I'm officially purged of moderns unless there is a cover I like or a red hot issue I care about. I am very happy to collecting the back issues that made me happy.

Giant X-Men #1, then X-Men 94 and on to about 145 were good. They dwindled in storyline to about 180 and that's where I left off. I remember liking the series when Jim Lee took over the art but the storyline was not very coherent. Some early X-men were really good. Particularly the Juggernaut stories and the Mimic.

Who would have thought an ordinary issue of Superman would outsell a normal issue of Spider-Man?

I can see some people being interested in owning a previously owned item by a celebrity but considering the price tag on these items I can't see that translating into too many extra dollars for the item. Nic Cage was notoriously very bad with his money. Perhaps still is.

Why do you guys do this to yourself? This is a prime example of why you shouldn't do business with someone. Is the book so rare you can't find it anywhere else? Let them burn money paying real estate taxes and employee salaries until they get it.

I'm surprised a board search of threads hasn't come up already for this one. I wouldn't waste time thinking about MH. Whatever they did right must have been fortune because their business practices now are pretty bizarre. There is more money to be made flipping real estate than with their present collection at those prices.

Try harder, Ben. I bet he hurt a brain cell thinking up that title.

DD 38 is a tough copy to find in high grade. I'm not really sure why other than it has no real 'key' significance and is therefore just not submitted a lot.

Nice early DD. You must be happy with the pickup

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Just a quick add on to this, you do NOT have to use anastasias to get your stan lee book cgcd. At fan expo Gotham Central was there taking subs for cgc. Even if you wanted to meet stan, you could have just called those guys over to come witness for you. Ofcourse you'd have to pay anastasias a small fee but you could have used someone a lot more reliable. Look around and heck if youre a boardie you should know which facilitators are there and you can use them. In the end who submits the book for you? If GC does, then I'm happy this worked out for you. In trying to find out all what had to happen that day and even finding the places that would do various things for you from the Comic Events thread, I found it wasn't easy. I had one day, and it took me 2 hrs to get the signings in order for FM and SL. Then I could try and enjoy myself by looking for books.

If you paid $275 for a single signed book, it should have gone Express (which takes a week to gets graded by CGC) - so turnaround time should have been much, much faster. It kinda looks like Anastasia charged you a fee for one tier, but then submitted your book under a different, slower tier. If you have the invoice number, give CGC a call and they can tell you what's up with your book. I'm sure the $275 probably includes the signature fees along with the grading fees. However a ToS 39, even in a 1.0 it is a 4 figure book and would have to go through Express or Walkthrough tier. OP did Anastasia have you fill out any paperwork when sending in the book? There may be a tracking number for CGC there. Yeah, but with Lee's sig fee of $100 + whatever Anastasia is charging on top, the numbers don't add up unless they charged him for an Express submission. Which is why it doesn't make sense they would quote a turnaround time of 6-8 weeks. something happened with me that was similar with AC. The explanation I got was that while CGC turnaround was shorter with express/fastrack, the facilitator might not actually submit the comic for 3-4 months after the signing. Which makes ZERO sense to me, especially since CGC is usually AT the SAME event where the sig occurred. I was quoted some ridiculous price as well by the representative. The explanation in large part had to do with the shipping fees incurred. I felt they were shooting high with their number to make sure they didn't lose money.

there were plenty of other people taking subs at fan expo. Doug from comic sketch art was there and gotham central also had a private signing with stan. The competition was also there and you could have used them as well. I talked to the anastasias guys and their prices were insane. I wouldnt deal with them. If you are personally lining up to see him I didn't think that was the case. If you want to leave your book with whoever to meet up with him later you would have been fine. Honestly, had I known I would have skipped the line-up. He wasn't talking to anyone.

Doesn't give me a good feeling. I had to submit my collectible through them at Fan Expo Toronto because they are the only dealer Stan Lee deals with. I am sure I will have a story out of this one. I already had a bad feeling when I talked with their representative at the show.

This is what I did. Since he pioneered the ASM characters, I had him sign a modern ASM Variant with those characters on it. Though the $ value says otherwise I don't particularly feel the signature should increase the value of a book unless the signature is truly rare. For me it is a personal thing to have a signed item of his because his collective work has affected my life so much.

I didn't know this book existed in 9.8

I cancelled my two remaining monthly titles. I'm not missing them.

The 1960 version was excellent. Sure there were flaws because of the filming limitations in that era but overall it was well done. The film was taken from a Japanese film of the same idea so really that version was a remake also. I don't put out much hope about the new remake as Hollywood movies tend to go over-the-top in their delivery. They feel the need to deliver things that couldn't possibly have happened in that era because they don't believe people will see it otherwise. 3:10 to Yuma is a good example. A basic film that had a lot of suspense and character ruined by bullet-ridden affair in the more recent version. It resembles more like Unforgiven I think it has a chance.

Good Pick. They say this movie will make or break the DC cinaverse and I agree. Ben Affleck's 'Batman' Will Be The Victory Lap Or The Curtain Call For DC Films

ahhh I can't even pick up a copy to complete my run.

Awesome Rob Let me know if you have any undercopies to sell.

Have you been following the show? He's already used up 13 regenerations and is now on his second cycle, gifted to him by the Time Lords for saving Gallifrey. Well, I have trouble figuring out what the hell is going on in a single episode so you have to forgive me if I missed that one.

Well he was the first doctor I saw first here in Canada. Yes his costume could have been better. The BBC budget and back room politics did not help him. However, he was different from his predecessors. I really think a lot of the regenerations try and mimic in someway No. 4 all over again (i.e. Tennant and Smith). I actually dislike the Smith era most of all. It doesn't sound like the Capaldi era will be lasting much longer. He's No. 12 I believe. What trick do they have in store to give him another 12 lives? It's already been done with the Master.

Modern doctors 1. Peter Capaldi 2. David Tennant 3. Chris Ecclestone Previous Era 1. Colin Baker 2. Tom Baker 3. John Pertwee 4. Patrick Troughton Fav companions: Nicola Bryant, Jenna Coleman, Billie Piper, Mary Tamm, Elisabeth Sladen, Katy Manning After Tom invented the first goofy eccentric doctor, the other goofball knock-offs never lived up. Colin B. and Capaldi are supremely confident and don't take from anyone. I couldn't stand what they did to Jenna in "The Raven". I second "Blink" and "The Girl in the Fireplace".