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Truly great info. You just helped a lot of boardies save some coin. Thanks

Pretty sure that this is what happened. It’s some kind of default rate. I was so bothered by this I went back to the post office and took my receipt with me and talked to another employee. She filled the information in manually, and came up with the same answer. For what it’s worth the weight was just less than 2 pounds. In summary, when shipping a comic book in a sturdy container, you may as well use the free boxes.

I was mailing some comics. I knew it was too heavy to go first class and realized I’d have to mail it priority. Rather than take a priority FLAT RATE box (because that was all they had) I figured I would purchase a box. So I picked out a box the same size as a priority box, but it was brown in color. First they charged me five dollars for the box, (which is higher than I expected) but then they still charged me $16.10 for flat rate priority. The employee told me this was the only way to mail a box that size. I asked her if they could charge me based on the measurements of the box and the weight of the box, and she said no. I mean, what if I walk in off the street with my own box? Don’t they measured and Weigh it? There was a hell of a line behind me so I didn’t fight it. So basically, it would’ve cost the same amount if I would’ve mailed a box of rocks or one half cubic feet of lead. There is no advantage to mailing something light weight when you ship in a box via priority??? It all goes flat rate?

Bump for a big price reduction

A shy but perverted friend of mine asked me to ask the group to share their fishnet stockings covers. He can find only a few I won’t say who it is but his name rhymes with “ Schmdaniel “ The “D” is silent.

Hmmm…maybe I was too high …reduced My terms are I accept only PayPal goods and services. Shipping is free. US sales only. “I’ll take it“ trumps ongoing negotiations in PMs. Price is $150. I can’t find any hidden defects. Centerfold is barely hanging from one staple. Page count was verified. Cool looking book with space monster and bubble helmet. First appearance of Space Detective. Cheap GA key.

I hear you, but bear in mind when the Marvel cinematic universe took off, they were using characters that nobody previously wanted to buy from them. Hulk, Spiderman, X-Men, Fantastic Four, those properties were already sold. So they made movies with the properties they had left. And made millions and millions of dollars.

Where did that start?

Hey guys, So I’m the proud owner of the WWBN with the first appearance of the Darkhold. It’s a cool comic, but mine isn’t in that great of condition so feel free to share a picture of your nice one ANYWAY! It got me to wondering what other cool relics or magical artifacts are floating around the Marvel Universe that aren’t infinity stone driven? Can you tell me about them? Where did they first appear? What do the associated comicbook covers look like? (I never forget a cover) TIA, Steve

Seemed that was kind of true with Ironman back in the day. He wasn’t much of a major character until his first movie. He was an Avenger but not exactly hotly collected until the movies made him hot. Same with Thor. I bleed Marvel universe, but you have to agree that the MCU has a way of pushing less popular characters into the limelight. Done right, by a good actor, second tiered characters can move up. Not saying this will happen with Agatha, but who knows?

On the other hand, Hahn did get an Emmy nomination and she is pretty funny. Seems like an update to Bewitched but with MCU tie ins. I’ll watch it.

Thanks. I was trying to check that. I read overstreet it wasn’t immediately clear. I will definitely take it.

Is the Diary Secrets a Baker cover? If so, I’ll take it

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Great info. I feel I learned stuff here. My luck on grading books is almost always bad…I’ll leave it alone.

Thanks. Interestingly, the slab says cream to off white. Could it have fallen that far? Makes me wonder if they were chips that fell off from rough handling. Check out the grade. Does that change your opinion?

This one has me stumped. A couple of tiny chips fell off the top of the cover and they’re trapped in the slab. There is a tear on the back cover, and a tiny chip on the bottom of the front cover. CGC calls the page quality cream to off-white pages. The grade on the slab does not denote a loose centerfold or a loose staple or Rusty Staples or anything at all.

Yeah, love that. Night scene with fire light. I’m amazed there are so many great examples.

Hi guys, I find that I really enjoy comic book covers with lighting in the foreground. A lantern, a fire, etc. here’s a couple of examples. Got any more you can share? FYI the Batman picture was plucked from eBay. Not mine. The dark mystery belongs to a friend of mine.

There’s definitely a reason to go to shows. Not just the wall books for second mortgage prices, but the box of wall books that the dealer didn’t have room for so he keeps it behind the table (always ask!), but the “junk” $10 boxes are fun to look through. Look for the dealer with $10 boxes with activity reminiscent of seagulls on a fresh garbage truck. Not meaning to repost this, but found this in a junk box. Still junk to many, but I thought it was a cool mash up book. Besides, it’s good to take the temperature of the market. A lot of dealers wish they had gold right now.

I get what you’re saying. I talk about that with friends sometimes. Books that were hard to find back in the day are easy to find online. I’ve adapted my hunt to look for books that are “Internet rare“. With a few exceptions, I try to find collectibles that are difficult to find even on the Internet. And if you’re at a show and you run across a strange book that isn’t online anywhere, there’s probably somebody looking for it. These days I can hunt from my couch, which has its own charms after a hard day at work.

Those are amazing. I know of that book, and understand it’s crazy rare. Can’t imagine THAT hunt. How long (active search) did that take?

Heh, thanks,…no that was blind luck. It was more about price and availability. Picture a Venn diagram with one circle representing books I can afford and one circle representing problem-free desirable books…and the two circles just barely intersecting . Most often low grade is a necessity to make it happen. Not sure why I’m wading in this end of the pool.

Ok, you got me. I guess you can consider me a confirmed golden age collector now. ( No longer a dabbler) It took me a couple months to track down a GA book I was interested in (below) and finding a copy (modest it may be) that met all my criteria was incredibly satisfying. I know that my short search pales in comparison to what some of you had to endure, but the hunt was kind of fun and finding the book was great. Let’s hear your search stories