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$6 - Wolverine (1988) #12 NM+

OK, starting up some early 1988 Series books. These supposedly came from an original owner collection that I found off eBay of all places a few months back. The comics definitely seem minty fresh and have all been relieved of the aging bags and boards they were neatly packed in. The cover gloss alone on these issues is enough to swoon over! $8 - Wolverine (1988) #9 NM+

Check eBay on this one. Check completed items too while you’re at it. You will find exactly ONE… yes, just ONE copy that has EVER been put up for auction, and it sold in October. I’m talking about the raw and UNSIGNED copy of the Joe Jusko NYCC VIRGIN variant. (From my understanding, all of these made available at NYCC were signed already). Good luck finding another one on eBay (unless it’s my undercopy that I’ll be selling there soon). $75 - Return of Wolverine #1 (Jusko NYCC Virgin) NM+

OK, first two books of the night will be brand stinkin new from NYCC! The market is thin on this first book, so good luck getting a raw copy in this high of grade. $60 - Return of Wolverine #1 (In-Hyuk Lee NYCC) NM+

Round 6 Back to Randomness OK, so admittedly, Round 5 was a bust. Maybe it was my aggressive pricing, maybe it was people tiring of the newsstand variant craze… maybe a little of both. In any case, it’s back to complete and utter randomness… sort of. This round I plan on focusing on super high grade goodness. Just a handful of books for now, just in time for holiday shopping! As a reminder, all books from rounds 1-3 are now removed from the thread and have been sold elsewhere. Round 4 price drops in effect. Round 5 books are again 20% off, so please check them out. Everything starts on Page 5. As a quick note, I do have a number of Wolverine comics up for auction online right now (as a shameless plug, feel free to combine shipping with those…) However, each of the books posted here on the boards for this round are EXCLUSIVE to this thread. I’ve pulled out these books specifically and I’m not selling them elsewhere. If you see any auctions with the same issue, those are my extra copies (and likely in lesser grade.) Starting up in a few minutes.

I always do.

No, incorrect. I see you are not understanding me properly, as you're omitting the context of the situation. Here, we're talking specifically about books that Campbell sells DIRECTLY, as you stated "I won't be supporting him directly". To reiterate, because Campbell doesn't sell these directly, it has no place in this argument. However, just to indulge you, let's talk simple and plain economics. Economics doesn't care about buyer motivations or addictions. In a free market, it cares only about supply, demand, and price, the three of which strike a delicate balance and affect one another. Any purchase you make has a direct effect on both the supply and the demand of Campbell covers in the general comics marketplace. Again, by purchasing a single issue, you'd just be one insignificant blip in this market, but that blip is still non-ZERO. And that is what's of utmost importance here. Take enough of these insignificant sales data points, sum them up, and suddenly you may find yourself with a not-so-insignificant move in the market. Maybe this affects the pricing on those particular books. Maybe vendors recognize, or think they recognize, an increase of demand for Campbell covers and start stocking up on more direct sale exclusives (or at least try to do so), all to resell on the secondary market. Maybe you get turned on so much by the cover art that you decide to purchase an exclusive directly from the website. None of these scenarios are overly far-fetched, but all of them have a direct impact on supply and demand in both the primary and secondary markets. This is simply stating that the market is incredibly LIQUID (another term I used earlier). And how do I know it's liquid? -- Over 750 Sold listings alone on eBay since September 29th just on the term "Scott Campbell Exclusive". Keep in mind that these are figures for the total listings, not the total units, which would be much higher. That's not to mention that not every Campbell exclusive on eBay were sold with the terms "Scott Campbell Exclusive" in the title. -- Multiple vendors selling (and continuing to sell) through their own websites, other auction sites, and here on these boards. -- And, if I can make a little jump here... You told me when you stated "I'll be happy to buy his work from others" Let's stress this again. We're talking about the purchases you make directly from Campbell himself (generally his "exclusives"), NOT back issues that happen to contain his creative works. When talking about these exclusives. The simple economics model still applies. If you're "happy to buy his work from others", that increases demand for those books on the secondary market. Where do those books on the secondary market originate? Well, quite simply, they come from purchases that were made originally on the primary market (in this case, from Campbell directly). Given a fixed supply throughout (due to a fixed print run), if there is an increase in the demand on the secondary market (thanks to individuals like yourself), then demand on the primary must also increases to meet that increase in secondary demand. Afterall, we are still talking about the same product, regardless of primary vs secondary market purchases. As I stated above, economics doesn't care about your motivations or your addictions. The laws of supply and demand don't care about your feelings or how much you like or hate a guy. It doesn't care that out of principle, misguided or not, you will only make a purchase in the secondary market vs the primary direct market. All that matters in this situation is that you've just driven up demand. And, if you drive up demand, that has a net positive effect on Campbell's direct sales. The conflict is not that you made the statement itself, but rather that "some form of implicit support" conflicts with the statement "I won't be supporting him".

There is an implication here that your support will be indirect, especially when coupled with your statement that you will be "happy to buy his work from others". Indirect support is still a form of support, but you stated you won't be supporting him. I was simply pointing out the fallacy and conflict of your statement. By engaging in the market in any way, you are affecting the Campbell cover art economy. Sure, you are one, simple, near-insignificant blip in this market (especially considering the volume of Campbell works that are pumped out monthly), but so is any individual making such a purchase. Sum up all of these individuals, however, and you now have captured the whole of Campbell back-issue demand. Regardless of profit to be made on the secondary market by the original direct-from-Campbell buyer, the fact that there is a secondary market at all is enough to affect demand on the primary market. Just like the overall back-issue market for comic books in general, the original buyer knows that the market is liquid (thanks to individuals like yourself), and therefore can be more comfortable in placing that original order. As much as Campbell art may be pleasing and desired, not many will be literally taking these books to the grave with them. Knowing you can always sell on the secondary market (again, thanks to individuals like yourself), though not the primary driver for overall direct-from-Campbell purchases, is definitely a factor in that market as a whole.

Indirect support is still support.

Now this thread is an unexpected and welcome surprise!

You're definitely correct here that there are better investment opportunities out there compared to preloading up on USPS labels. However, the "investment" here isn't horrible, as you're bringing a ~3.5% total return for 2019 ($0.25 return on $7 investment, assuming you sell through whatever amount of labels you purchased). Additionally, margins on comic sales are being squeezed each year with constant fee hikes and increases in shipping costs and supplies. That 25 cents goes a long way to try to stop some of this bleeding. Plus, it's likely safe to expect another postage fee increase for 2020, if not sooner than that. With all that said, there are definitely worse things to invest your money in. I mentioned the 250 labels because that is the limit you can purchase (likely per order), not because that's what I plan on doing.

Yes, but two things about this. 1) I can't buy 250 labels today at $6.65 or $6.85 and ship them out to any address in 2019, 2020, or beyond. 2) The rate increase for 2019, starting on January 27, goes up to $7.25. These envelopes are $7 and have a blank address label on them. They last FOREVER, so you are effectively locking in your price at $7. (It's the same concept as why you would purchase the forever stamps today at $0.50 vs $0.55 when the price increases take effect.) Supposedly these come with tracking included, but I wasn't sure if people ran into issues with those tracking numbers. Considering these envelopes are valid forever, that means the Post Office would either need to keep those tracking numbers in their systems forever, or be able to dynamically generate and track the numbers as they get scanned into their systems.

I follow only the X-Mens and the Hulk #8 variants. Outside of an X-Men Lot auction that contains one of the books, the market for these particular issues has been pretty dry since my last post in the thread on August 24th.

The key term here is "should". My point was that the seller has that option regardless of reaching out to the buyer and/or the buyer responding, and that this is the loophole to the seller initiating a cancellation without getting a strike. I also want to note that there is no way to respond to a case like this through eBay itself. I received an email from eBay stating that the Seller said that I asked to cancel the sale. Clearly, this was untrue, as I didn't even have computer access to make such a request in those three days. On top of this, outside of calling up eBay customer support, there is no way to dispute or appeal the cancellation through the site. Apparently, eBay just takes the Seller's word that the Buyer doesn't want the item.

Except that one of the options you can choose is "Buyer asked to cancel the order." I'm pretty sure there's no strike for that option, plus there's no check on eBay's side to ensure that the buyer actually did ask to cancel it. Below is the exact wording I got after getting a great price on an auction, but not paying for a few days (I was out of town and was going to pay when I got back). I most certainly did NOT ask to cancel the order. "We're sorry to let you know that squigee287_3 canceled your order and mentioned the reason as Buyer asked to cancel the order."

The Legal Sized ones are of interest to me. https://store.usps.com/store/product/shipping-supplies/priority-mail-forever-prepaid-flat-rate-legal-envelope---ppep14l-P_PPEP14L Anyone use these before? How does the tracking work on them? Has anyone run into issues on that front?

I've always heard that Overstreet intentionally sprinkles errors into the guide to catch others that try to copy/plagiarize their work and produce a competing guide. The theory goes that if the information between the two guides is the same, then Overstreet can easily defend itself in any copyright suite. This was discussed a little in the following thread: I'm not sure how much truth there is to these claims with Overstreet, nor am I saying that the "Pennyworth" notation is intentional. At the same time, it could explain the error and the reason why corrections are slow or never to be made.

Everyone that has paid attention to any of my posts about Wizard World events knows that I'm not very fond of their shows (and that's putting it nicely). Regardless, I realize that many people are still holding on to the idea that this is a comic show and will be purchasing tickets for this upcoming year. After attending the Chicago show for about 15 years straight at some point (starting since I was in grade school), I guess I somehow signed up or got added to the Wizard mailing list. Today they sent me a Black Friday code for 20% off. I don't recall them ever doing this in the past. Hopefully this helps someone out there. Below are the details pulled straight from my email. Don't miss out on this Black Friday offer for 20% off 4-Day Admissions and Silver VIP Packages (code: EBF20) at Wizard World Chicago 2019! Make sure to enter code at checkout!

There are a number of reasons why the Post Office would legitimately refuse to accept a package with a PayPal label. A few off the top of my head: The weight listed no the label is not actually the weight of the package (though they don't care if you list it on the label as heavier than the actual package). I imagine that this is the most common reason for rejection. The date of shipment does not match the date you are dropping off the package. The idea and concern here is that the Post Office has loose guaranteed shipment times. If you print out a 2-Day Priority Mail shipping label for today, but then drop it off at the Post Office 3 days later, that package is technically already late (and not due to any negligence by the Post Office themselves). The zip code that you are shipping from does not match the shipping zip code listed on the address. (Note that this is NOT the same as your return address). For instance, if I want to ship a comic from Chicago to Los Angeles, I need to print out a label that states a Chicago zip code zone. However, if I fly to New York with my package, then try to drop off that package with the Post Office in New York, I'm no longer shipping from the proper zone, and the package can get rejected. As far as what the issue was here, it's anyone's guess.

Uncanny X-Men (2013) 7 Variant 

Oh, and the OML #16 books look to actually be #26, but I'll still take them.

Buzz... I need none of this... but as usual, I just can't resist your charm or your cheap prices. Marville 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 Old Man Logan 15 (2 Copies), 16 (2 Copies) Wolverine Noir: 1, 1 Variant, 2, 3

I've always thought about creating a list of all the action figures that contained comics inside. We're probably well over 300 books. The most common place to find these is the old ToyBiz and Marvel Legends packs, but DC has done similar books with their Kenner line. Marvel also had their Marvel Universe Greatest Battles Comic Packs from Hasbro, which is a little more recent. You already mentioned Spawn, but Dark Horse also did something similar. I believe there may be some GI Joes out there too. I count 7 Evolution of an Icon Poster Books out there (Wolverine, Spider-man, Hulk, Venom, Captain America, Iron Man, and Beast), but there may be others. My absolute favorites have to be two lines of die cast vehicles that were packaged with mini comics. From CVS, there were issues of Ultimate Spider-man, Wolverine, Hulk, and Storm. There was also the MGA Marvel Authentics that came packaged with one of Amazing Fantasy 15, Giant Size X-Men 1, Tales of Suspense 39, or Incredible Hulk 181. I have a bunch of each and should dig some of them out to post here. If you want to see a number of what's available all in one place, you can look at the posts below (yeah, yeah... I know it's a very shameless plug of my old, closed sales thread).

I'm not sure if this has already been mentioned, but that looks to be a PGX slab before they were PGX.

Everything you said in your post is accurate, but this statement really drives the point home.