ChrisInBaltimore

Check out the picture for a post about missing books. 

On 3/10/2022 at 2:38 PM, kav said:

do you have to help him sell on ebay?  what is the full extent of your help?  If its going thru every book and pointing out the valuable ones I'd say $400.   If its showing how to list each book and explaining all the details of what to write in the listing and how to pack then 60/40.

He’s a bit all over the place sometimes, but he wants to try and avoid eBay. He was even saying he might try and buy a table at Baltimore to sell some. I would imagine that yes I’d help with eBay listings and stuff. He also wants to send some off for grading so I’d help with all that too. 
 

I would literally be bagging/boarding, cataloging and pricing, and helping to sell them through some different avenues. 

On 3/10/2022 at 2:17 PM, KPR Comics said:

Could just do it as a friend (don't read any judgment into this).

Yea I’ve thought about that for sure and that’s sorta what I’m doing now. I’m just looking at all the hours it’s gonna take. I mean bag/boarding all these books alone is going to take hours. 
 

Plus he’s also brought up compensating me and keeps asking me what I want. I really don’t know what to say. 

So one of my friends came into a pretty extensive collection of comics. It’s a lot of books from the late 70s on up. Mostly Marvels. I’ve done a cursory look through it and most major keys are gone, but a lot of smaller key books are there.

My buddy wants me to help him organize and catalog the books. I’m all for it and am excited as my involvement in the hobby has wavered the last few years. He is not a comic guy but he likes collecting. 
 

Advice: what would people ask for in return for helping? We are talking about sorting upwards of 3000 books or more. We already found some pretty nice books so it’s clear he’s gonna make some serious money. I’m looking forward to helping, but also understand the amount of work it is going to take. His idea is to let me close my eyes and grab a couple books at the end. I’ve looked and there isn’t any Spidey books so I’m not really trying to get first dibs on anything. 
 

Has anyone been in a situation like this and how did they handle it? 

11 hours ago, Legion HQ said:

Invincible custom labels!

 

 

These are pretty cool- maybe I should try and get my copy of 1 signed and regraded. 

55 minutes ago, media_junkie said:

Wait, what?  Yeah it has some funny moments in it but I've never really considered it a comedy series.

Isn’t it sorta satire? 
 

Nominations are always weird though. Odd things are considered comedy. 

On 7/3/2019 at 2:11 PM, Ken Aldred said:

 

It’s a good thing.

Invincible by Kirkman was, for me, a far superior series that came to a natural and satisfying conclusion with issue 144.

Walking Dead should do the same if the writer feels it’s run its course.  I’m surprised it dragged on as long as it did.

I’ve read both books and I still truly believe that Invincible is the far superior read. It’s sort of an odd start and I think as a result didn’t hook people early on. It’s the much better read though, IMO. TWD just sort of goes in circles. 

Second viewing: Best Spider-Man movie ever made. It just does so much so well. The style is incredible too. 

As it’s starting today, my son turns and wants to know when it comes out on video so we can watch it even more. 

16 minutes ago, Point Five said:

I didn't see Homecoming but I'm sure I'd agree with you. Quite honestly, this felt like a fresher Spidey story than I've ever seen onscreen. Miles is a great character, and watching him struggle with his powers and shortcomings was much more relatable than watching Peter Parker knock Flash Thompson around for the hundredth time or whatever. (Which is a bit strange to admit, as I grew up on the PP version of Spidey.)

My 7-year-old (Caucasian) son loved Miles to death, and actually wore a hoodie jacket to bed tonight in solidarity. So friggin' cute.

On a different note, the animated version of New York City shown in this movie 'felt' more like real NYC to me than the movies they actually filmed here.

 

Ha my 7 year old is the one asking to see it again. 7 is a fun age, so far.

5 hours ago, Point Five said:

 +1 

My family and I loved it, even my wife who is no particular fan of superhero films. It had more heart and more wit than any 'regular' Spidey movie I can remember. The visuals were dazzling.

 

Yea it captured the entire family. I enjoyed Homecoming, but I always felt it lacked the depth of Spidey. It was Iron Man 2.0 or something. There was no responsibility.

This movie captured it so well. 

My entire family loved it too. My wife really enjoyed Homecoming, but she loved this.

My son wants to go see it again tomorrow and I think we might. He’s never asked to see a movie twice in the theater before. 

Loved the movie! It did a great job capturing the essence of Spider-Man while not having Peter as the main character-although he was pretty important. I also loved all the little Easter eggs. Every time someone scrolled a phone I laughed because you’d see creators’ names. 

I’d honestly say it was one of the best, if not the best, Spider-Man movies I’ve seen. 

Really sad news. I was hoping my student was wrong but we couldn’t be so lucky. 

Thanks for everything Stan.

I’m really enjoying this show. The portrayal of Murdock isn’t perfect. But I’m really enjoying it. Some of the scenes are just so well written and acted and the essence of Daredevil is there. I saw the speech last night with the priest in the bar about midway through the show and thought it was very well done.

I can’t wait to finish!

On 9/20/2018 at 6:36 AM, fantastic_four said:

I did.  You certainly make the open world play sound identical to Spider-Man 2, although I'm assuming improved in various ways.  Is that true, is it better?  I was mostly wondering how the web-swinging compared.  You mentioned that you haven't enjoyed a Spidey game in 10 years--was Spider-Man 2 the last one you played?  That one was 14 years ago.  I played most Spider-Man games up through about 2010, and the 2004 Spider-Man 2 title is the clear masterpiece up until perhaps this new PS4 title.

Sorry missed your reply.

I thoroughly enjoyed the Ultimate Spider-Man game. It was similar to Spider-Man 2 but looked like the comic. I enjoyed Spider-Man 2, but I played it years later and don’t think it aged well. I loved the Spidey game on N64. 

This game is incredible though. I did everything I could and got gold on everything. The new DLC has been fun too. 

I can still swing through the city and laugh in amazement with how well this game is done. I’d really recommend it. 

14 hours ago, fantastic_four said:

Has anyone playing PS4 Spider-Man played the 2004 Spider-Man 2 game?  By far the two best aspects of the 2004 game were the web-swinging and the free, open-world play where you could go anywhere in the city you wanted to go.  It was always so amazing to just run around freely and fight crime wherever it was happening in the city.  The sequels to Spider-Man 2 somehow managed to screw both of those standout elements up, and my great hope has been that PS4 Spider-Man re-captures them and hopefully takes them to another level.

I know I spent 40 to 80 hours doing nothing in Spider-Man 2 except web-swinging around their virtual rendering of New York and ignoring all the objectives.  SO well-done and addicting.  

Did you see my review? You can swing around the city fighting crime. It’s done very well- I’d even say it’s Amazing.

Absolutely incredible game. My friend convinced me to pick it up. I was on the fence as I hadn’t really enjoyed a Spidey game in 10 years, and I didn’t have a PS4. He found me a Spidey Collectors edition- this thing is beautiful.

I really like the story. My son cheers when we play Peter Parker parts and explore Ock’s lab. They make you care about Peter in a way games have never done.

I don’t love how they Lois Lane’d MJ, but I do like that about 3/4 of the way through the game she is a capable, well fleshed out character. 

Dropping Miles in the story was a nice touch.

Mr. Negative as the big bad and all the subplots running through the game is great.

The controls are amazing. Web swinging couldn’t be better. The game renders so fast that it still looks beautiful swinging fast. Combat is like the Arkham games on speed. It flows really well, and I’ll have crazy combos without effort because the game just makes sense. 

The exploration is great. Manhattan is totally open to explore. You can race through the story, but there’s a ton to do on the map. 

I love the costumes. It seems focused on some obscure costumes, but apparently the creators wanted to reveal more iconic costumes during story moments. 2099 and Scarlet Spider are there so I’m good. 

 If you’re a Spidey fan or honestly even a Marvel fan, you should pick up this game. 

Wow I didn’t expect this news today. Really sad to hear. 

23 hours ago, Junkdrawer said:

What I find now a days is that I hardly ever turn on my home computer. I've become a slave to my phone. Good thing is I can move about and far more easier. Problem is just reading this thread my phone went from 64% down to 61%. Perhaps more are chiming in but engaging less. Blame it on the summer? I know I'll be more active on the boards once winter takes hold. Till then comic bookin has competition vs lots of other things that can't winter well. 

I also think the like function slows down some of the traffic. Instead of commenting and bumping a thread, a lot of people just like comments now. 

20 hours ago, 01TheDude said:

based on the first pic of you with the book-- they did an amazing job.

Here's the before and after side by side:

4 hours ago, wurstisart said:

Who did the restaurationen and may I ask how much it approximately was ?

 

cool story and book looks nice !!!!

Mike at Hero Restoration did the work. He's around the boards and is a nice guy. I'm happy with my book. 

I think I posted this raw earlier in the thread, but here's my new baby all fixed up.

I posted this over in CG, but thought I'd share it here too. 

4 minutes ago, oakman29 said:

That is freaking awesome!   

I'm beginning to think that restored grails are the way to go these days, prices are way too high for non restored.

Yea I'm not sure I'd be able to afford this book in anything close to a 5.5 otherwise.

On 3/11/2016 at 10:14 AM, JayT said:

my jam.

 

Bring back Talespin too.

I used to love Talespin. All my Lego creations as kids were planes that looked like the one in Talespin.