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Batman1fan

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  1. Nice figures! I remember seeing those on store shelves back when they first appeared. We even had a Shopko in the town I grew up in where I bought most of my Super Powers figures back in 1984/1985.
  2. From your descripton, it's hard to tell if you "ate dirt" or not. It is possible that it really was misplaced, it's also possible that the owner pulled the book from the sale in the hope of selling it for more money. Keep an eye on the website for awhile, if the same book shows up later at a higher price, you'll know exactly what happened. In that case, you should contact the seller immediately and remind them that you agreed to purchase the book for $40.00, and since the book has been found you would like to complete the original transaction. If they refuse, you'll know to avoid them in the future.
  3. As someone who appreciates a well organized and great display presentation, may I say, that is awezome!!
  4. Back in the day, comic books were sold to distributors and retailers on a returnable basis, meaning they sold what they could and were able to return the unsold copies for credit. Since shipping back comics that would be destroyed anyway was cost prohibitive, retailers were allowed to strip off the covers or in many cases, just the top third or so of the cover and return those as proof of destruction, and receive full credit for the return just as if they had returned the entire book. Legally, the retailer was then obligated to destroy the remaindered copies. That probably happened in some cases, but most of the time, the retailer sold the remaindered comics at a discount. So technically, every remaindered comic book that still exists was supposed to have been destroyed and was reported to the publisher as such. That's also why most comics from the golden and silver ages have a paragraph in the indicia stating that that book was not to be sold with any part of its markings removed. It was likely a waste of ink because except for the publishers, no one really cared. If you were a kid back then, you could likely buy 2, 3 or even 4 remaindered comics for the price of 1 new comic. The retailer didn't really care how much he sold the remaindered books for, since he had already been reimbursed for them from the publisher, and in essence the remaindered comics cost him nothing, meaning that however much he sold them for was pure profit for him.
  5. I'll take the following books at 30% off: Secrets of Haunted House #8 8.5 Secrets of Haunted House #17 8.5 Secrets of Haunted House #23 6.0 Secrets of Haunted House #30 8.5 Secrets of Haunted House #31 7.5 Secrets of Haunted House #32 8.0 Secrets of Haunted House #38 5.0 Secrets of Haunted House #39 5.0 Secrets of Haunted House #43 5.60 Secrets of Haunted House #45 7.0 Secrets of Haunted House #46 Claim as a freebie if it's still available Secrets of Sinister House #9 Copy B 5.5 Secrets of Sinister House #14 Copy B 8.0 Secrets of Sinister House #15 Copy B 7.5
  6. Tamir, congratulations on a great day of solar sales! I'm looking forward to the next books in your epic thread! By the way, thank you so much for the awesome deals you have been offering, it is very much appreciated by the vast majority of us.