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Crimebuster

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  1. On 7/20/2021 at 7:42 AM, theCapraAegagrus said:

     

    The part that jumped out to me was this, which isn't relevant to Wolverine, but:

    "THR learned of an instance in which the co-creator of an A-list DC character secretly maneuvered behind-the-scenes to have themselves listed as the sole creator on paper, with regard to merchandise or adaptations, cutting their partner out of payments. According to a knowledgeable source, the other co-creator only learned of this maneuvering years later when a Warner Bros. theatrical employee noticed the discrepancy ahead of the release of a movie featuring the character. (The wronged co-creator now receives payments, but is said to not be on friendly terms with their former collaborator.)"

     

    Someone's gotta know who they're talking about. 

  2. On 3/5/2021 at 2:13 PM, PKJ said:

    What happens when they figure this out? I agree that Summer Special 1 is my favorite of the two.

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    One thing I wanted to mention about this issue is that it is considered to officially be the first issue of the ongoing series by Stan Sakai. 

    This is a distinction that may be too fine for casual readers or collectors. But given the constant reboots and relaunches that are commonplace in comics now, "1st Issue of the ongoing series" kind of loses its importance when there are several ongoing series. This is of course true of Usagi Yojimbo which is now on its 4th ongoing iteration, so there are four #1s not even counting the Summer Special. 

    Marvel addresses this with their legacy numbering, so no matter how many Avengers #1s come out, you can easily see what the real, first one is.

    What most people probably don't know or care about is that Usagi Yojimbo also has legacy numbering. It's on the inside of the book. Here's a recent issue:

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    Under this numbering, Usagi Yojimbo Summer Special #1 is the first issue. Usagi Yojimbo #1 (1987) is the second issue. 

    I doubt most people care or that this will move the needle on price, but I think it's important!

  3. 19 hours ago, littledoom said:

    Avengers Forever 1-12 is on an upward trend. I would buy as many complete sets as possible now and hold for a long while. I could realistically see this becoming a $200 set on the high end. So many good Kang issues in the series and 12 issues really makes it difficult to complete the set 

    It should also be noted that there are some variant covers in this run - some pretty early ones, as this came out in 1998. There's a store excusive variant cover for #1 featuring Kang limited to 5000 copies, which is the big one. There are also multiple variants for issue #4 though I don't know any print runs. Right now none of the #4s seem to be any more or less valuable than the others. 

  4. 9 hours ago, HighVoltage said:

    Yes and yes

    Spoiler

    Yes, but while we knew he was playing Kang, which suggests some of his other versions might appear, the version in episode 6 is 100% straight up Immortus, not Kang. So that's new.

    Not sure movie fans or the speculator base will care unless they say the name, wh8ch they didn't, but for anyone who has read the comics, it's very clearly Immortus. The story is also based to a notable degree on Avengers #267-269 for those who care.

     

  5. 7 hours ago, jsilverjanet said:

    From the comics I always that he was more actions speak louder than words and I’ll be honest sometimes in the final episode it fell in the category of buffoonery 

    im used to that with villains like the Joker not for someone like the one we saw here

    This was Immortus. He's always like this. It's why Kang hates him so much, because he doesn't want to turn into a yammering old man.

    :cloud9:

    Kang has been my favorite villain since I started reading comics, so I'm over the moon. 

    I think it's been pointed out, but the story in Avengers #267-269 was clearly the foundation for this.  Details obviously different due to the MCU, but the bones are there.

    Spoiler

    In particular, that storyline features Ravonna working with Immortus against Kang. Note in episode 6 that right after she reads the files he wanted her to read, she exits the story for parts unknown. I think she is his ace in the hole to fix things if they go wrong (which they did).

    Curious if Avengers #10 goes up from this. If they said thename Immortus it would have gone up 10x already but you have to know the character to understand it's him.

  6. 6 hours ago, Get Marwood & I said:

    I think the overall quality of Charlton's output went downhill around 1966/7 myself - certainly in terms of what I like personally - but some of the romance titles happily buck that trend. I love this cover for example:

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    She's just adorable, isn't she :luhv:

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    Interesting to see the progression from Silver to Bronze in that title - separated by a mere 15 years and yet seemingly worlds apart:

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                        Volume 1, #22, November 1961                                         Volume 8, #112, August 1976

     

    @Crimebuster - as OP, do we have your blessing to extend into bronze here? :foryou:

    Sure! Bronze is my favorite romance era. I think things start changing a little earlier with romance than some other genres anyway - I see Bronze elements creeping in by 1967. So there's a lot of overlap in eras.

  7. I bought a 9.8 from Heritage a couple years ago but when it arrived the book had a bunch of rippling on the cover that could not be seen in scans, so I returned it. I ended up settling for an 8.5 for 10% of tge price, but I wish that 9.8 had worked out!

    There could possibly be a Phantom Stranger bump in theory - not sure for what issue though - as he plays a key role in her Vertigo series and is involved in her origin, which was told in the first couple arcs of that series.

  8. 3 hours ago, iggy said:

    I had this VG+ copy on my watch list while it was seemingly cheap... would be good enough for the collection if won at a bargain price. It had a bidding surge at the end, making the VF/NM copy with a BIN on my watch list all of a sudden a no-brainer. 

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    That's... odd. When I started getting into Charlton romance 3 years ago, this issue is one of the first ones I got and I don't think I paid more than $10 for a VG+ copy. I certainly didn't have any competition at the time. Your copy is much nicer anyway!

  9. I've got a trading thread over in mixed!

    I'm a couple rounds into a trading challenge where I started with dollar bin books and am trying to trade up for an All-Star Comics #8 xD

    It's early days so what I have right now is mostly some cool copper and moderns, but I will take anything in trade, as long as it inches me towards my goal. So check it out, and if you see anything you like, I will consider literally anything in trade!