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GC has had a lot of Phantom variants at $6.99, some at $9.99 and and some at $14.99 - don't think I've ever seen them at cover at the store :shrug: I have zero issues with the Phantom variants - nor any variants in general - I just thought it was hilarious that Larry was trying to pretend that the main reason for the Phantom variant program is to "build readership" & "stabilize print runs". Image publishing $1 Image First reprints of sold-out issues is how you build readership. Releasing a $10 variant of Fantastic Four, vol. 4 #1 is how you generate revenue for stores participating in your variant program. "main reason for the Phantom variant program is to "build readership" & "stabilize print runs" Those are some of the benefits Publishers & creators get out of the program. Retailers get a unique product that is a draw for their brick & mortar shops & an online cash generator. Fans get a unique item that has a much lower print run that their counterparts. how much is it to join the phantom variant program?

Got 10 copies from midtown coming. I didn't preorder but put them in my subscription list. It says limit 1 per customer but i somehow got past that

i knew something was going on, i said earlier that my status changed at around 7-8pm on the website. figured system or night shift . good to know night shift

must have been trampled by the "Class of 2013"

what happened to nicoesq?

interesting

mmmm like the fellow who just posted 6-7 PP #9 9.8's on feebay. Ya... That made me. edit: IBTL i already made money on that prescreen sub, the rest of it, including those 9.8's are just profit.

i dont know if it takes a while for their system to update but i checked on an invoice last night at around 7pm and it still showed grading/quality control, then for some reason, i checked at around 9 and it showed shipped. so either they are staying really late or their system updates later.

or you get lucky and some slip through the cracks...

probably multiple copies

tue dat i was madly addicted to mvc2. went to b4 and b5( before evo). all about street fighter and the mvc series

yeah atl has some tekken fanatics.

The machine isn't really Tekken. Its a MAME machine that I built which has multiple games on it. I'm more of a Street Fighter/Capcom person. The picture isn't clear, but that's Street Fighter Alpha 3 on the screen. I only used a Tekken marquee because the person who sold me the empty cabinet, gave me it for free. lets run some a3 matches one of my favorite games of all time.

teabag and titan will never give you a 9.8 just so you know. thise 5 number 2's from teabg that came back 9.8 were an anomoly

Man I remember trying to find a 9.8 raw for that issue when it first came out. I think it took me 4 tries to find one that I thought could be 9.8. I hate buying comics that are already bagged sometime. You can look as close as you want to but can still miss things until you get home and open it up. where did you go? i bought around 10 when they came out and all 10 came back 9.8's. i bought 5 at teabag comics and another 5 at oxford i think

im glad you got it, now wheres the feedback?

nice book...............you

said this for quite some time. pay for membership, that way if you get banned, you will have to pay again to use the boards.

What makes one a shadow gallery reader? Post count? Lack of participation on a topic? Just curious.... To me, it would be those that just come one here to read what everyone feels will be a hot book or a book that is trending. I don't think post count has much to do with it but lack of participation on the boards period I feel makes one a shadow gallery reader. Heck, wasn't there some that were brand new to the boards and the first post they put up is trying to sell books that everyone here was talking about? No introduction, no dinner & movie, just wham, bam, thank u ma'am!! i think a lot of brand new board members posted in this thread first. I don't think this thread was even in existence when I joined this site '06. Not sure though. I think my first post was in the Can You Spare a Grade thread. sorry, , not you. was talking about the 300 new members that joined in jan and feb and now have more posts than me. i like to think im pretty active on here, i check everyday, but i cant keep up with the new guys.

this thread does move the market

What makes one a shadow gallery reader? Post count? Lack of participation on a topic? Just curious.... To me, it would be those that just come one here to read what everyone feels will be a hot book or a book that is trending. I don't think post count has much to do with it but lack of participation on the boards period I feel makes one a shadow gallery reader. Heck, wasn't there some that were brand new to the boards and the first post they put up is trying to sell books that everyone here was talking about? No introduction, no dinner & movie, just wham, bam, thank u ma'am!! i think a lot of brand new board members posted in this thread first.

, not making fun of you, but your first example is funny. you - "hulk 180, 181...new xmen 128..." old school collector - "*what the *spoon* is a new xmen 128?"

i keep mine in my comic book room in my finished basement.

Results never came. I don't think he is a man of his word.

they will probably be graded later today. the status should be updated by later today.