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True, it might be overkill for just a CGC collection -- I have many other long boxes of Raw books that I used it for too.

They are always soliciting for improvements or additions to the software if you feel like sharing it with them on their forum.

One other thing I like about the software is that I can substitute scans of my slabs in place of the normal cover image, so when I go to an issue, the scan is then visible too.

As for the scanner - I don't have any of the packaging anymore, so I had to google it.

It was nothing fancy and pretty cheap -- Shenzhen Alacrity Barcode Scanner .

IIRC, I ordered it from one of those direct from china websites (for the life of me, I can't remember the name now )

You could probably find it or something like it on eBay, Amazon, etc.

It's USB and didn't come with a stand which was fine with me -- I keep it put away unless I need to use it, then it's just plug it in, use it, unplug and store it.

I didn't see the need to go all out and get wireless or Bluetooth -- the increased cost didn't justify the use for which I needed it.

I've had it for a few years now and it's been pretty solid.

No issues with it as of yet.

Hope that helps

I use a hand held bar code scanner along with the ComicBase software to catalogue my books. I used one of the custom fields available within it to store the CGC bar code. It's a searchable field, so if I need to find that entry, I can scan the code into the search box and it'll find it.

This also works on the comic book's UPC code (which they try and prepopulate in the software when possible). This is helpful when adding new purchases to the collection (if the book has a visible barcode) as you can scan the book's code and the software will take you to that specific issue.

As for what type of code, I honestly don't remember. It's been a while since I got my scanner and I didn't understand much about bar codes at the time. Included with it was a sheet of different codes to set the reader and I just kept trying ones until both the UPC and CGC codes popped up in notepad

Been wanting this for a while, so I'm stoked I was finally able to pick one up!

Put it together and plugged it in

Everything works perfectly.

Looks great (even if the picture doesn't exactly show it)

Glad her Dad is doing better! So bummed I missed this!

+1 for both.

Testing out new wireless LED lights. Dimmable, 4 different colors, remote can link up to 36 lights, and only $20 for 5 at Sam's club.

 

 

Nice.

What's the expected battery life?

And the concept piece Creation (both acrylic medium)...

 

The Red Signature Label will be exclusively available through Stan Lee Labels.

Is this some 3rd party company?

If you get a Stan Lee sig, do they give you one to submit with the book?

Is 9.6 the new 9.8?

I'm curious what made those 9.6's miss the mark that the 9.8's hit.

Hell if I can see a difference between them.

Thoughts and prayers go out for her father's full recovery

If anyone's worth the wait, it's Natali

Grodd, Atrocitus, Dex-Starr and much longer shots of Supergirl.

 

Payment sent!

Man, I love Doc Savage and have for almost forty years after my dad got me the Golden Press series of hardback books when I was six. I've since completed my Bantam set and have read all of them.

 

Happy they are trying another feature film and I love The Rock, but just do not see this as a good fit AT ALL. Doc is a brilliant, smart, serious, no-nonsense guy without a speck of humor in his character makeup. I'm struggling to think of one example in The Rock's body of work where he played that type of guy. I just don't think this character is in his range. I'm pretty bummed about this casting, honestly.

 

Despite being fairly faithful to the source material (the campyness aside) the George Pal film was pretty awful. Hopefully they won't repeat that tradition.

Doc was physically and mentally trained from birth by his father and a team of scientists to become the perfect human specimen with a genius level intellect. His heightened senses are beyond comprehension. He can even identify a women's perfume from half a mile away. He is literally the master of everything.

But here's the #1 reason I'm excited to become Doc Savage.. HE'S A F*CKING HILARIOUS WEIRDO!

Confidently, yet innocently he has zero social graces whatsoever due to his upbringing so every interaction he has with someone is direct, odd, often uncomfortable and amazingly hilarious.

 

After speaking for hours w/ Shane Black I can see why the creator of Superman took only the best parts of Doc Savage and leaving the "weirdo" part behind. But to us, it's that "weirdo" part that makes Clark "Doc" Savage dope! Can't wait to sink my teeth into this one of a kind character.

Having not read the original stuff, does this fit in line with the character?

Agent Carter: Hayley Atwell Will Do ‘Whatever It Takes’ For Season 3

 

Despite its fan-base and the traction of other Marvel Cinematic Universe-based TV shows like Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter was axed by ABC after two seasons—evener after ending on a jarring cliffhanger. The cancellation of the TV show, a 1940s-set spinoff of Captain America: The First Avenger, didn’t go over well with its audience, inspiring over 115,000 viewers to petition that the show transition to Netflix—arguably a smart move, considering Marvel already has a home there.

 

Now, it seems fans aren’t the only ones making noise. Hayley Atwell, who plays the eponymous Peggy Carter, has said that she is willing to do “whatever it takes” to bring Agent Carter into its third season. The actress recently appeared at the 2016 MegaCon in Orlando, Florida, where a panel attendee tweeted out a series of her quotes. Atwell expressed her love for the Agent Carter character and (despite headlining Conviction, a new ABC legal drama) said she would be willing to “shoot on the weekends” if it meant bringing Peggy back to the fans.

 

Dominic Cooper, who plays Howard Stark, recently spoke out during a panel at MCM London Comic Con earlier in the week. “I’m well up for doing more Howard Stark, and I know [Atwell and James D’Arcy are] up for doing more of their characters, so fingers crossed,” he said, speaking on behalf of himself, Atwell, and D’Arcy, who plays Stark’s butler, Edwin Jarvis.

 

That would be awesome if they could make that happen.

I actually preferred watching Agent Carter instead of AOS.

Well, I've been watching previews and I'll definitely be there to see it.

Other than WAAYYYYYY more jennifer lawrence than I care for (1 minute is to much) I think it looks good.

 

What's your issue with Jennifer Lawrence?

Far and away the most over-rated actress in the last 20 years.

 

Terrible physical presence for Mystique

Mystique is ultra athletic, with hyper reflexes, and moves with a fluid gracefulness

Jennifer is wide hipped, horsey, and moves with a plodding clumsiness (in her scenes when it's really her, and not the stunt double)

Rebecca Romijn was ten times better, and the perfect physical presence for the part.

 

Heck, anybody else would be better.

 

Jennifer IS NOT superhero material

Let her stick to girl next door type roles

+1 - My thoughts exactly

*spoon*!

I can't believe I forgot about this

No chance of a reserve reserve list, eh?

Is that entire bust swappable?

How X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Means 2000's X-MEN Is No Longer Canon

 

Collider was on the set of X-Men: Apocalypse and they learned how the X-Men universe has forever changed, following the timeline machinations of Days of Future Past. In this new timeline, the events of 2000's X-Men and all of its subsequent films (including the solo Wolverine films) are no longer canon.

• The world that exists in Apocalypse differs from the other X-Men movies in that in this timeline, mutants were exposed to the world in 1973 during the debacle at the White House, and so they’re living out in the open and mostly accepted.
  
• This new timeline is not necessarily leading towards the first X-Men movie anymore, although the philosophy is that the river will mostly end up in the same place with a few divergences here and there. This timeline is leading up to the New Future seen at the end of Days of Future Past, barring any other time travel changes.
  
• In this new timeline, people could die that were alive in X-Men 1, 2 and 3, and people could survive who died in those three films.
  
• Since the mutants aren’t in hiding anymore, this Charles Xavier’s School for the Gifted is a much bigger school and a “brighter, happier place” at the beginning of the film.
  
• The other Fox comic book adaptations Deadpool, Gambit, Fantastic Four and Wolverine take place in a post-Days of Future Past, post-Apocalypse The stadium dropping on the White House in 1973 is a key piece of their history.
  

Past history and continuity has no bearing or influence on current story . . .

so it's just like the comics then.

I keep drooling over this badazz DK Batman statue. DC Comics Designer Series Statue - Dark Knight III The Master Race Batman By Andy Kubert

For the money ($120 pre-order) and the size (Foot tall) it seems like a decent showpiece. Clean DK design.

 

I like how stocky Bats looks here.

Same here!

I think it's great the way they made it look as though he's so massive and larger than life that he can only partially fit on a "regular" pedestal.

Really liking that Dark Phoenix.

Time for another payment plan.

From a fellow fan - nice cowl!

 

 

Here's a Wearable

 

That's pretty damn cool

Very sad to hear this. My condolences to his family.

Oscar Isaac spoke with Entertainment Weekly about his costume:

 

"We had to do some adjustments here and there and be like, alright, maybe this is too alien, he also is someone who people would want to follow and not just be terrified of.

So the balance, and then making sure that there’s some great elements from the comic but also making our own thing as well. In the comic, he generally is like 12 feet, 600 pounds."

I always get nervous when I hear actors and/or directors say stuff like this.

I don't want you to "make Apocalypse your own", I want you to make him like he is in the books.

Maybe I'm too picky

As for casting choices, I always thought that Brian Thompson would have made a perfect Apocalypse.

Same here.

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