NinjaSealed

I would of guessed 3.5 without knowing the grade beforehand, and I am a pretty tight grader.

That is mighty nice for a 3.0. Welcome to the club

Yes it is, very close to what I am looking for.

Can you show us its rear?

Nice book!

My recent pickups I am very happy with

When looking at rogue galleries Batman's trumps all other by a long shot

My top 10:

Joker

Riddler

Mr. Freeze

Two-face

Penguin

Poison Ivy

Ra's al Ghul

Scarecrow

Bane (modern, but has taken on a pretty big role in Batman lore)

Catwoman ( If we are calling her a rogue)

Then you have Black Mask. Killer Croc, Clayface, Hush, DeadShot, I just remembered about Harley, Calendar Man, The mobs..the list goes on and on. At some point I will have the complete rogue's gallery first appearances, but looking at the list makes me

(thumbs u

ASM #300, especially when you get one with all of its cover gloss usually looks great in 9.6

There is no "stigma" to a 9.6 book.

I'm pretty sure there are a fair amount of people who would not add a 9.6 copper or modern to there collection if you gave it to them for free.

Same thing with PLOD's.

I thin maybe some day some of that will disappear, but we will see?

First thing first I don't mind owning a 9.6 Copper if it looks great. For some people a 9.6 post 1980 might as well be a PLOD but that is personal preference(I don't mind certain PLOD books either).

That being said there are a couple thing I look at.

First is the multiple you pay. At 2:1 I probably more willing to buy a 9.8 over a 9.6 versus 3:1 or 4:1

Is it a nice 9.6 or bad 9.6. A nice 9.6 can often times look just as good as an average 9.8. I love picking up nice 9.6 books and it usually quells any urge to upgrade.

Is it a nice 9.8 or a bad 9.8. Whenever I am willing to pay the extra cash for a 9.8 it better be a real 9.8 and not a gift 9.8, simple as that.

You can also afford to be more picky when it comes to books where there are tons of 9.6 and 9.8 on the census.

Bottom line is buy what you like and don't let the stigma of 9.6 books deter you if they are okay to you and buy the book, not the grade.

Exactly. I pulled the trigger to early on some other keys I have when they were not exactly what I wanted early in my collecting. At this point any book I buy that is going to cost me $1k+ is going to be the EXACT book I want.

I'm getting sick of not being in this club. I think I have been searching for the right copy of this book for a year but have not pulled the trigger yet.

Batman titles have been incredibly hot for me this week. (I think due to the release of Arkham Origins/Harley heat) I had a lot of Bat books priced at a premium and have sold all VF/NM:

Mad love @ 70

Joker's Asylum 2 Harley Quinn @ 18

Batman 386 @ 55

Batman 357 @ 45

Pained me to sell the 386 and Mad love as they were the only copies in my collection, but I can't turn down that money for those books.

This book is officially on fire!

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Batman-Adventures-12-CGC-9-8-WHITE-Pages-1st-Harley-Quinn-1993-DC-/251363508753?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&nma=true&si=RN%252F7qUKb%252B6sXPedsFB7r4qnugtY%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

I would say it is more like it has went nuclear.

Will be interesting to see if that is legit.

A lot of other Batman stuff has been flying this week as well, I'm assuming due to the release of Arkham origins.

Speaking of Harley...

 

Is this price not crazy for a 2nd print raw? Any reason 2nd or 3rd prints would be desirable on this ish in particular?

 

An impatient person who searched best match? That purchase makes no sense what so ever.

Although the big dealers on ebay do have loyal customers so it may have something to do with that. The big dealers usually see the best sale prices.

I bought a book off Andrew, got it to me quick, fair price, no complaints.

Amazing

If no superheroes/villians show up soon I am done. Also would like the plane to crash and all of them die except Coulson.

I can't believe they got this show so wrong.

I'm interested to see how much the number of 9.8's on the census goes up in the next few months. If it does make a huge jump quickly it would be a good bet the price on the book is going to increase a lot.

That She-Hulk sale is very strange indeed.

RMA

I have not read much hulk but now am adding that arc to my must read list.

Also judging from the number of bids and price attained, the book seems pretty darn liquid to me?

It looks like this book is simmering a bit now:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CGC-9-8-X-MEN-221-WOLVERINE-1ST-MISTER-SINISTER-SILVESTRI-ART-/390668963591?pt=US_Comic_Books&hash=item5af5af4f07

It seems like virtually every first copper appearance of decent characters CGC 9.8 copies are approaching/breaching 200 if they were below it.

The level of awesome in this thread is already high. I unfortunately do not have the space in my current place to display any toys and statues. One day though!