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When I did have the DON issues, this was the only one I was missing. Hen's teeth, I tell ya! Nice Charltons, all. Those are probably the most difficult of them all to find in great condition in my opinion. 300th anniversary of Blackbeard off of Ocracoke in NC this weekend...they've re-simulated the battle on ships and I saw the victor hold up Blackbeard's head! Seems like Pirate Con here with all of the pirates and lads.

I think I'm still on Episode 3 but enjoying the series thus far. Did anyone see "The Shadow" reference on the Balloon Man episode? I love how the actual "Gotham" environment is literally a tragedy parade right in front of us. I agree with others that there's a bit of "searching" and the show is a bit dancing in places but I suspect it will focus by season 2.

This is disconcerting to me as well, the only upside is that our 9.0s and 9.2s may really be 9.4s and 9.6s in disguise! You would think the higher prices might have brought some fresh books to market, but instead I think they kind of caused the genre to stagnate...and lower demand = lower prices. Well, isn't that part of the game? Have me waste $40+ per book to "possibly" upgrade them and bring them to a market that can't sustain my costs. Sounds like a great idea to me . I've got kaboodles of raw books but don't really see the point to slab em. Maybe their minty freshness will smell good in my casket on my burial. I've got a free year of "Premium" CGC services, so I guess I can submit and see. What's the current grading standard du jour? Are we tight, loose, or just right? I'm comparing to the Steve era of grading.

I literally haven't been on these hallowed boards in forever...bottom line, what's the ETA for economy these days? Last I checked in circa 2012 time frame was upwards of six months or more. I have a bunch of crummy books and need to feed the CGC machine.

Hey Brother. Where have you been hiding? I've just been busy. Couldn't find my remaining issues and got tired of looking. Also got tired of endlessly upgrading my books when CGC's standard started to fall. No idea how it is these days or anything. I didn't even know my Weird War Tales set won Bronze this year until I received the plaque a few weeks ago. I do miss it here, maybe once I finish spending $20k on my house on various projects I'll be back to wrap it all up! I hope everyone here is doing great. I see a few new "faces" and that always makes me smile. Speaking of horror, I'm playing the new game "The Evil Within" and loving every minute of it.

How's everyone doing? Looks like you've just seen a ghost!

I'd love to get one just to hold it in my hands...I remember those oversized treasury books...

I missed it....$1100...decent price.

Nice books Barton...I'm almost sad that I got rid of most of my Marvel Bronze horror slabs. And wow--now I have two sucky custom titles for the price of one

Nice book Dice. Been busy, just noticed the pic. What this book was sold here? Wish I hung out here a bit more.

This should be me...it has my name all over it. Shame the market for this has collapsed. Make Bob a lowball offer. The worst he can do is decline. I have a number in range, but lordy me I just got a moving violation last night. I think my insurance premium hikes could've paid for it.

This should be me...it has my name all over it. Shame the market for this has collapsed.

Wow, CGC graded this one right...how much polish had to be applied to the back cover? Those are typically very yellow or off-white.

That book makes me loins tingle The book itself isn't anything special...other than the direction change. 175 technically should mean more because the stories therein really took over for the series (other than Cain himself starting there). If I'm not mistaken there are one or two reprints in that issue as well. I'd like the book, but I don't have a spare $4k lying around. I'm also a bit wary about what a CGC 9.8 looks like these days, although I'm sure this may be a perfectly good example. And white pages too.

Bound copies. that is neat!!

Yeah I hate it when they look structurally great and then they're basically dust...I certified a number of those type of books and they came out 9.0/9.2 and a few 9.4 but they looked a lot better. Long since sold.

Sterling, if you decide to sell anything, you have a couple Tomb of Dracula slabs I would be interested in. Still evaluating what's on the chopping block...duplicates..."no longer high grade"...I may get rid of some titles and keep with the core (HOM, HOS)...still working it through. If my sampler sell off goes badly I guess I'll just keep 'em. Shame I haven't had renewed interest in completing some of this---but frankly I'm tired looking for books that just aren't showing up. I've even stopped looking on auctions and getting alerts. Kinda sad, but I guess the show must go on.

How's the market for this stuff? I'm guessing it's seen better days....looking to sell sell sell... Can anyone cue me in on the collecting pulse....I already know Bronze has taken a dip, mainly due to increased census by CGC---although I think that's been limited on bronze horror---the flip side being is anyone collecting this stuff these days. May send out a sampler to ComicLink and let r rip...in any case I haven't made any decisions firmly yet just trying to gauge.

Can anyone give me the skinny on TATs for Modern and Economy with and wo FT designation? I'm going to be in sell mode shortly.

Nice indeed

How's my baby? . Nice!!!

No kidding. Very sharp copy. I have only seen 1 book for sale that graded higher (Terry's Comics) and that was priced through the roof, and rightly so. I've never owned that book--a tragedy considering I've got 1,000 CGC bronze horror books.

Is this better? We're getting there. Wow leave this thread for weeks and no posts.

OK, no talk about pretty girls here unless they are tied up and at knife point with a drooling maniac, or walking the streets with a vampire lurking behind her.

Thanks!! The were ebay auction wins at low prices. I'm sooo happy to acquire them. Wow $75. We're officially back to prices right when I started . Nice snag. I've even gone so far as to remove eBay searches now...so I'm out of the picture. happy collecting! Wished I had gotten the 9.8 Metro copy years ago. Still stuck with my 9.4.