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    NOW 10% OFF SINGLE ISSUES! Mad #2, Girls Romances #78, Wow Comics #31, the worst copy of Fantastic Four #25 you will ever see, and much more!

    in Golden/Silver/Bronze Age Only

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    Wow Comics #48 - $40

    This has old water damage. Rusty staples, pages have that dirty feel from old wet books. Spine has some crusty chipping issues. The cover seems to be attached, but I'll be honest, I'm not sure how. It looks detached, but seems to be holding together by forces beyond my ken. 

    Real cool cover that looks nice in mylar, though. 

     

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    NOW 10% OFF SINGLE ISSUES! Mad #2, Girls Romances #78, Wow Comics #31, the worst copy of Fantastic Four #25 you will ever see, and much more!

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    Phantom Stranger #14 - $35

    Solid copy in the VG range.

    Prototype (?) for Swamp Thing? This apparently came out between HoS #92 and Swamp Thing #1, and was written by Len Wein. Reads to me like him figuring out the idea. The swamp rises up at the end to protect the Earth from ecological danger in the form of a bad guy.

     

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    NOW 10% OFF SINGLE ISSUES! Mad #2, Girls Romances #78, Wow Comics #31, the worst copy of Fantastic Four #25 you will ever see, and much more!

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    Ghost Rider #2 - $70

    This is a nice mid-grade copy with a lot of gloss. It has one notable issue, which is visible in both pictures: both staples are significantly impacted. They are both still attached, however.

    Pricing is a little hard to figure on this book, and in this grade, so I'm just winging it. 

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    NOW 10% OFF SINGLE ISSUES! Mad #2, Girls Romances #78, Wow Comics #31, the worst copy of Fantastic Four #25 you will ever see, and much more!

    in Golden/Silver/Bronze Age Only

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    Fantastic Four #25 - $55

    This is the worst copy of Fantastic Four #25 you will ever see. 

    A few notes on this book:

    First, I have not opened this book in 13 years, since I bought in in 2009. And I will not open it now which is why there's only a picture of the front cover in the bag. I'm not going to take photos of the back cover, just assume it's as crappy as, or even worse than, the front.

    Secondly. though I believe this is complete, I can't be sure, because, as I just noted, I am not going to open it. In 2009 I opened and read this book once. I don't remember anything missing.

    However, I do remember having to read the comic while covering my face with a wadded up towel, because this comic smells like the devil's armpit. Specifically, it smells like a cat peed on it, and then died on it, and then was buried in it. The fumes are like the River Styx. 

    Finally, this is an exception to my return policy. I will not take this book back under any circumstances. Buy at your own risk. It's a disgusting demon spawned hell book and I need it out of my house for my own personal health. I have recently developed asthma issues from handling too many musty comics, and this is the worst of the worst of the worst. 

    An absolute rag of a copy sold recently on ebay for $100. This is notably worse than that mess. Much worse. But, again, I do remember reading the entire comic, so I think it's complete, and it is a big key.

    If you want to risk eternal suffering, this is your chance to get a Silver Age key for dirt cheap. Emphasis on the dirt. 

    Note: the photo is a little blurry, but trust me, it looks better this way. 

    Oh, and there's writing on the cover. It probably says "help me!" but I can't really read it. 

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    NOW 10% OFF SINGLE ISSUES! Mad #2, Girls Romances #78, Wow Comics #31, the worst copy of Fantastic Four #25 you will ever see, and much more!

    in Golden/Silver/Bronze Age Only

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    Josie and the Pussycats #46 - $SOLD

    Tight, clean, glossy copy. Around a 4.5/5.0 I think.

    First Pussycats cover. Maybe their first performance? If that matters to anyone. 

    A lower grade copy sold on ebay for $125 recently. Another lower grade is currently listed for $125 as well. This copy is nicer than either of those.

     

     

     

    NOW 10% OFF SINGLE ISSUES! Mad #2, Girls Romances #78, Wow Comics #31, the worst copy of Fantastic Four #25 you will ever see, and much more!

    in Golden/Silver/Bronze Age Only

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    Girls' Romances #78 - $110

    Roy Lichtenstein panel - source for "In the Car."

    The spine is completely split and detached, or it would be is someone hadn't taped it back on. So It's all holding together as a result. A tear on the fc has also clearly been taped over. There's writing in the bottom margins of some of the pages - a kid with a marker writing about how much they hate someone 😂

    Book is complete, and the panel of note is untouched, shown below. A 1.0 with detached/split cover sold on ebay recently for $125, so let's go a little below that for boardie discount.

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    NOW 10% OFF SINGLE ISSUES! Mad #2, Girls Romances #78, Wow Comics #31, the worst copy of Fantastic Four #25 you will ever see, and much more!

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    Wow Comics #31 - SOLD

    This is a tight, clean book. It has a bend through the whole book that you can see on both the front and back. I think this could be significantly improved with a press if one was so inclined. Paper inside is heading south of cream. Only sign of brittleness is the extreme top right corner of the last half of the book has a small tringle missing, shown in pictures below. 

    Great classic Mary Marvel cover. 

     

     

     

    NOW 10% OFF SINGLE ISSUES! Mad #2, Girls Romances #78, Wow Comics #31, the worst copy of Fantastic Four #25 you will ever see, and much more!

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    Mad #2 - $175

    I have this at a 1.8. Spine is split at bottom, and bottom staple is detached, but top staple is still holding. There's a couple pieces missing from right front edge that look to have been brittleness cracking, and the page quality inside isn't the best, though I didn't see any major brittleness. Nothing broke off while I was doing the page count!

    This is a low grade copy that displays the classic cover very, very well indeed. A cgc 0.5 recently sold on ebay for $175, and this is certainly nicer than that for the same price. 

    Note: my scanner is on the fritz so I took the best big pictures I could. 

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    NOW 10% OFF SINGLE ISSUES! Mad #2, Girls Romances #78, Wow Comics #31, the worst copy of Fantastic Four #25 you will ever see, and much more!

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    1.  :takeit:  in thread trumps PM conversations.

    2. In the case of multiple PMs, or take its, I will go by time stamp. 

    3. no HoS/probation people please. I'm Crimebuster, not Crimeenabler

    4. shipping is $9 to the U.S., or $25 to Canada. Any import fees to Canada to be paid by the recipient. I wish this was easier, but they have made things real messy to ship up to Canada. 

    5. Paypal only please

    6. please pay promptly, I have a crimefighting monkey sidekick to feed

    7. If there's any kind of issue with the books, let me know within one week of receiving it and we can figure out some kind of return. But I don't anticipate any issues!

    Copper's Heating/Selling Well on Ebay

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    On 12/27/2021 at 11:01 AM, MAR1979 said:

     At least John Byrne displayed reverence for the character and did not change Superman's costume as Lee, Didio and John's did out of pure hubris as well as "bonus padding". Those of you who work in Fortune 200 Corporations may understand the later.

     

     

     

    I'm not a fan of the redesign or the creators behind it. But my understanding is that they redesigned the costume for trademark/IP reasons. There was a lawsuit with the Siegal and Schuster estates if I recall and they didn't want to risk losing control of certain rights, so they changed the costume to make sure the current comics and merchandise look was something they had full control over - which meant moving it further away from the original design.

     

    Anyway, on topic, Man of Steel #1 seems like a silly thing. Get while the getting's good I guess.

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    Disney+'s HAWKEYE (TBD)

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    Don't worry, you guys, Venom 3 will be out soon enough for you.

    I thought Hawkeye was the best of the Disney+ shows, really good throughout. I had some quibbles with this finale, mainly that all the character arcs sort of tied up separately, so it didn't really come together as a finale since they were all split off fighting their solo fights. 

    But it was a pretty small complaint. 

    And the musical was a spoof. It was supposed to be cringey. I feel like I'm explaining jokes to my grandmother or something.