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Brandon Shepherd

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    Topps Comics Club

    in Copper Age Comic Books

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    On 4/16/2024 at 5:21 PM, Warlord said:

    Antique store find!  These Vlad's have bargain box values, so you'd think I'd have found all three in bargain boxes at cons or LCS, but no, I still need #1. lol  Low print runs could be the culprit.

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    I have theses issues, they’re interesting. Roy Thomas clearly did his homework on Vlad Tepes. You also can’t go wrong with art from Esteban Maroto. 

    Superman's Mullet

    in Copper Age Comic Books

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    On 12/5/2022 at 4:39 PM, Brandon Shepherd said:

    I checked out this flick yesterday on Amazon Prime. The hair reminded me of Superman’s

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    I wonder if Dan Jurgens had a man crush on Patrick Swayze, maybe that’s where he got the idea for Superman’s mullet?

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    I only watched the movie because of Family Guy. Not bad, a nice Sunday afternoon movie.

     

    Oh no!

    I don’t want to knock it until I try it, but I don’t want to try it. I’d rather reread Superman comics from the mid 90s.

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    Post Your Top 3 Personal Comic Book/Original Art Acquisitions of 2023!

    in Comics General

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    My Top 3 in ‘23 were ‘90s DC multiple printings from ‘93 in 9.8 grade. No one wanted them back then and now they are HTF in high grade. 

    1) Adventures of Superman #498 (1/93), Second Printing

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    On 5 January 2023, I got an early morning text, from friend Iconic1s, with an eBay link. I was floored to see a second printing of this book, graded 9.8. The asking price of $250 was reasonable but I put in a best offer, just cause, about twenty minutes later the seller accepted. This book was a great way to start the new year. The first 9.8 for this second printing was graded on 08/09/2012 (part of Iconic1s’ collection), my copy is only this second copy to be graded Universal 9.8 by CGC - ten years is a long time. 
     

    2) Batman #490 (3/93), Second Printing

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    This piece is the first Universal 9.8 graded by CGC. I tried searching on and off for raw copies online previously but I never found any suitable candidates for grading. I was also the only bidder in the eBay auction for this book, most likely due to opening bid of $99.99. When factoring in the costs of pressing, grading, shipping and time spent searching, paying $99.99 plus tax and shipping was only about $30 more than if I had found a raw example and paid to have it pressed and graded.

    3) Justice League America #70 (1/93), Third Printing

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    When I saw this piece on eBay, the price was too good to pass up, I bought it right away. The eBay seller was YouTuber Mint-Hunter Comics, a channel I follow. Mint-Hunter Comics put out a video not long after I purchased this book, where he showed this book along with everything else from his latest CGC submission, he also mentioned the Justice League America #70 third printing had only been listed for about four minutes before I bought it. The internet makes the world a small place. 

    30 years since the Return of Superman

    in Modern Age Comic Books

    Posted

    On 11/21/2023 at 8:18 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

    @Iconic1s @Brandon Shepherd #freethemullet

    But I think this isn't totally new, or there have been some recently enough , that I believe these two tags whom might chime in have had their fill. Idk

    #freethemullet :signfunny:

    That is so ‘Roadhouse’!


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    I’m not sure about DC’s decision to rerelease these s-shield covers. There are so many copies of the originals out there that comic shops can’t even give them away, even 30 years later.
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    I assume these are die-cut covers like the originals?

    30 years since the Return of Superman

    in Modern Age Comic Books

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    On 11/22/2023 at 8:37 AM, RedKryptoniteSuperman said:

    Yeah, I'm a sucker for their marketing.  Marking the 30th year of something that I was around for when it actually happend.  I'm not a fan of the price tag per book but no one said that collecting comics made sense. I'm buying variants raw and getting them CGC'd in my next shipment. Hoping for high scores but you never know, I've been getting a lot of 9.6's on books that I was sure would be 9.8's.  

    Thanks for sharing the Link. 

     

    -RKSM 

     

    Good luck!