I'm not sure the thing is anything. 

But, just to play along. It could be Doctor Strange flying with one of those mystical shields he makes.

They somehow ended up with this mess at the end of the run. 

Petty sure, yeah. I have #158-713 and I don't remember any issues without this logo until the reboot with the new #1 (#667). The only exceptions were variant covers I think, but the regular editions had this one. 

On 10/5/2017 at 9:18 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

Only 288 of them though according to the GCD, so Action Comics are still winning on 583 

Archie had the same logo for 666 issues.

#1:

#666

On 7/20/2021 at 9:55 AM, theCapraAegagrus said:

Batman. Bill Finger.

Based on the info there, it seems to be people who are still alive. I'm struggling to think of A-list DC characters where that's the case though. 

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

Len Wein, the late Wolverine co-creator, said he received more money for creating Lucius Fox, the Batman character played by Morgan Freeman in Nolan’s films, than for creating the iconic X-Men hero portrayed by Hugh Jackman in nine movies.

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. 

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.

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:

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!

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. 

9 hours ago, HighVoltage said:

Yes and yes

On 7/8/2021 at 10:12 AM, Crimebuster said:

My guess (more like a hope really) for the man in the high castle is Immortus 🤞

Quoting myself because I'm excited!!

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.

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.

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.

Darwyn Cooke

Harry Lucey

Alex Toth 

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:

She's just adorable, isn't she 

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

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

 

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

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.

My guess (more like a hope really) for the man in the high castle is Immortus 🤞

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.

Anyone know the print run on Destroyer Duck #1?

Yes, this has happened to me multiple times during the pandemic. Shipping companies are happy to charge extra for the service without ever actually providing that service. It's a scam, in my opinion. They know they aren't going to collect the signature, so they shouldn't be offering it as an option. 

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. 

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!

DKR is much more important to comics than ASM 300. 

CLOSED!

One more day until I close this thread for now. Hit me up with offers, everything considered!

I'm going to leave this up until Sunday!

Still open to any and all trade offers!