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Over in the Mixed Sales thread: Bizarre Sex #9 Kitchen Sink First Print Double Cover 1st App Omaha Cat Dancer: http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7575165#Post7575165

Over in the Mixed Sales thread: Bizarre Sex #9 Kitchen Sink First Print Double Cover 1st App Omaha Cat Dancer: http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7575165#Post7575165

How about this? I take the book, promise never to resell it, and keep it in my motley collection until the end of time.

Jason Ewert?

Nor is not paying your NCAA Tourney entry fee after signing up . . .

No one who has been paying attention expects CGC ( or practically anyone else) to guarantee they will grade a book the same way twice. Grading is too subjective, and prone to shifting assessments of what the sum of the flaws should mean. In part the faith in CGC's grading is that it is impartial, not that it is absolute. It would be nice if CGC appeared to be a bit more consistent some times, but that's what you are going to get with multiple graders, even if they are using the same criteria. To repeat, there are no absolute grades, the best we can do is find a fairly tight ( generally 2-3 grades) range that most knowledgeable people can agree on. Does CGC sometimes fall outside of a general consensus of what that might be? Yes, and a 7.0 for this particular book may be such a case, but it is hardly unique, and even the most trusted and consistent of graders may at times find their opinion at odds with the bulk of the collecting community. And that is why we buy the book and not the label. The big issue is the difference that the market creates between a 6.0 and a 7.0. My LCS and I had a discussion recently about how people seem to see 7.0+ as more collectible while the price gab between a 5.0 and 6.0 isn't all that extreme. Of course we had no evidence to support it. It was just a discussion but there does seem some truth in it. A 7.0 is in the "VF range", while a 5.0 and a 6.0 are in the "FN range". I am always amazed at what a good deal the minus (-) grades can be, because of the "stigma" of the minus. You can often buy a 9.2 cheaper than a 9.0 (on any given day).

I think it's about time "Legal" chimed in . . .

Q: Are all 3,923 of Kav's posts in this thread?

So which non-comic are you hyping???

I have to believe anyone buying that book isn't aware of the content on the interior pages. Mignola drawing RR on a cover and a preview of the limited series makes it a good buy especially if you collect Mignola or Rocket Raccoon. Looks like Carl Potts (signed) to me.

Awesome! I just wish the Official Handbook Marvel Universe Deluxe Ed 11 was on the radar of collectors. Mignola's RR is on the back cover and inside! Considering how few appearances he had prior to 08 you would think they would sell well but like his She-Hulk appearances people just don't seem to know ( or care ) Looks like Byrne to me? (and mighty small at that . . . )

I have started doing the opposite - keep the keys, make money back from commons at the spring or fall con season (depending on when you buy the books) and then selling the remainder to LCSs. My goal is to get funds back within 6 months while retaining the best books/keys as they continue to increase in value. I used to take the sell the keys and try to max out profits from the rest approach, but since keys/high demand books outpace other books in value growth it does not make sense. This works well with auction lots from Heritage, Clink or other venues also. I have tried to take this approach as a collector because I agree that sitting on keys is much better than sitting on long boxes of drek. If I had more access and time to hunt down collections, I would look more towards turnover. This isn't so much a business model as an ecological strategy. It's called "r Selection" vs. "K Selection", but don't get me started . . . That's an excellent analogy and a heuristic that can be very enlightening in this context. Rats and whales each have their place and, like this hobby, the ecosystem is healthiest when both thrive. Ah, a fellow biologist!

I have started doing the opposite - keep the keys, make money back from commons at the spring or fall con season (depending on when you buy the books) and then selling the remainder to LCSs. My goal is to get funds back within 6 months while retaining the best books/keys as they continue to increase in value. I used to take the sell the keys and try to max out profits from the rest approach, but since keys/high demand books outpace other books in value growth it does not make sense. This works well with auction lots from Heritage, Clink or other venues also. I have tried to take this approach as a collector because I agree that sitting on keys is much better than sitting on long boxes of drek. If I had more access and time to hunt down collections, I would look more towards turnover. This isn't so much a business model as an ecological strategy. It's called "r Selection" vs. "K Selection", but don't get me started . . .

Y'know, that's truer than you think . . . Just make all of us at the time who were buying comics the "collective JC".

As I've said before, no one cares what you think. I have the feeling that's not really true. (To the rest of you...why do you tolerate this?) Eventually he will get another vacation. I just scroll on past. Its hard to take someone seriously with posts like that. Credibility can be hard to keep when you irritate all those you are trying to a discussion with. +1 This. Mad Dog Joe doesn't have too many admirers on here. I don't mind JC at all. Agreed. Like him or not, he's a contributing member of the community. There's a long line of posters I'd put on ignore before JC.

Quote fail.

I think the "acceptance" of GL 76 is predominantly in retrospect. Conan 1, contemporaneously, was a much larger event. As with most arguments, however, the "answer" is both.

The difference is...and it's a biggie...I don't go around calling people names and insulting them because they disagree with me. A "pulpit bully" who wants to be a victim too . . . oy vey.

This is a very strong argument. The dominance of the Direct market and decline of the newsstand was clearly the single defining event of the age. There is almost nothing that didn't change in the industry because of it. Agreed. One could also argue that Dazzler #1 was both the birth (and the death ) of the CA.

Wow, a whole page of "ignores"

Seller's a Boardie of the same name.

Invaders #1 in VG

Yep. Watch out for all of animated books in the long run, not just HQ apps.