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I constantly mistake the cover of #17 for the cover of #5… the price quickly makes me realize they are different!

For precision's sake… not "right in front of me", but him and Roz went to a separate room to sign the items. This might have been because he gifted me some signed items as a surprise, but for some reason I came to think it might have been Roz who signed the books on his behalf. Not that it matters anyway… (thumbs u Thanks everyone for the compliments: that is also a special book as it was the very first single digit FF I bought (and saw in person). Previous, the lowest one I had was a 53. I paid $60 for it and it felt incredible to have it.

"1st class buyer who loves his comics and deals honestly and professionally" is a very good definition of David.

I'll begin praying gsims has an internet outage

Very sweet #52… But the #9 is… My #8… I already posted it, but here it is, my very first single digit FF, bought when I visited Los Angeles (and USA) for the first and only time in 1991, and signed by Jack. ("Gary Stillman" was the original owner, I guess).

I’ve never had one… I just have a lowgrade #7 and a #8.

Now that's a Barks duck. Buettner looks right for the 291 cover. Another one of my favorites…

I’m not an expert, but the german Batmans were similar to the italian and dutch ones, published by Williams. Here’s a beauty I managed to grab for Tim… By "euro comics" you mean the recent editions, with prices in Euro? Otherwise, there are many of the LUG french editions which have nice, custom painted covers.

I don’t know if Met was referring to franco-belgian editions of comic books or to original material… if the latter, I would get some Bob & Bobette by Willy Vandersteen. Warmly recommended: "Les Diables du Texas" or "Le testament parlant"…

Man, I love #9, I still miss it and your copy is just beautiful… proof that 8.0/8.5 books can present awesomely (like my #36). I don’t know if I should rejoice or cry…

@AJD: Beautiful! I have a few pre-1945 issues still coming my way, which I will show when they arrive. (thumbs u My goal would be to put together a run with the military insignas and/or the Mickey Mouse WW2 story, without spending much…

Your wife is better than Yoko Ono… Great copy of #11! – Mine is lowgrade…

I always loved this cover – the story as well, but particularly the cover and its composition… beautiful!

That’s a great copy!

Same here, my first purchase from Mike, and the books were perfectly graded, great prices and he shipped them instantly and very well packaged – buy with confidence!

Ltpink, your Disney books are wonderful! I would deslab them immediately!

Seeing the FF dressed in "jazz age" period clothing is as much cool as seeing them dressed as pirates in FF#5 or meeting Protestant pilgrims from the 19th century stranded in the Negative Zone in the last great FF story arc, by Carlos Pacheco.

The numeric grade 0.5 corresponds to "Poor", so – yes, it can be incomplete and get the 0.5 grade. And as Sharon says, the desirability of that book is based on rarity, and I add most people would love to have it for the cover, and maybe the opening story, so the centerfold might be secondary (depending on what material is there).

I’d love to have it, some day…

It’s not just that it "moves faster": it moves, and it’s enough, because the Guide, as accurate as it can be, could never follow the insanity of current movie speculation (for example) as it was unable to follow the insanity of early 1990s "speculation". I recall I bought two copies of New Mutants #87 when it came out and sold one for about $40 a few weeks later. In Italy. Go figure…

He cares about the subject but yes… it’s quite a self-derailment. I am guilty because I replied…

I generally think rants are pretty useless, and honestly I doubt there is any advantage on Overstreet inaccuracy for both sellers and buyers. It’s just inaccurate, but more than often it’s OK. :shrug:

I believe that Fantastic Four #93 is the first comic I ever saw. I remember vividly the circumstances of the occasion (I won't bore you with them), but the end result is a deep love of the entire storyline. Considering that, if one is objective, that story isn't close to Kirby's best work, it's surprising to me how many collectors share my feelings for it. Maybe because it's the last "big" Lee/Kirby FF story. It might not share the "greatness" of other arcs, but it’s remarkably original: Kirby managed to create a cohesive whole adding several things, including his passion for the "days of the mob". As it’s done, it’s truly original, because it involves the FF that – by back then – were already full developed characters with their precise identity and not a generic "science fiction plot" (I think there is an episode of Star Trek with a similar idea, but the FF story is a lot more original, for various reasons). And no, you won’t definitely bore me with such things…