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Gotham Comics is a publisher in India, as reflected by the cover price in rupees. i’m not Familiar with this title or issue, but they published some Cartoon Network comics in the 2004-2006 period that I’m aware of. There’s not much demand for these though... maybe $3-$4 for a NM copy as a curiosity?

My recollection is that they reprint #94 up sequentially, with new backup stories that expand on some element of the original story.

There’s an Absolute Carnage variant coming out this week, IIRC.

It was referenced a couple of times by CBSI this week, so some may be looking for it specifically.

I would say there’s a couple of earlier posters who have some apologizing to do...

I assume that there at least a couple of folks watching this thread that are working on a Dave Stevens Cover registry set (me too - I'm currently at #7). Recently, there's been some request in the "I want this to be added to a set" thread asking for several new titles to be placed into the set because they have an ad on their back cover for a separate comic with a Dave Stevens cover. Here's an example from Twisted Tales #4: I guess I'm interested in people's reactions on this. In my mind, it seems a little odd, but maybe I'm over-thinking it... It's almost like this is a picture of a Stevens cover instead of an actual Stevens cover. and I feel like it probably doesn't belong in the registry set as a result. Ultimately, I think this would add about a dozen books to the Stevens registry set, and I think they mostly have the same ad with the same Stevens image from Alien Worlds #4. What are your thoughts on this?

A fun couple of hours of bin diving... about $10 for all 12 books. Some Hughes books, some Bloodstones and a tough Promethea issue, among others. The Green Lantern has a (direct edition) sticker for the UPC code... Does anyone know what's up with that? Maybe @RockMyAmadeus?

Hi Mollie - Thanks - as always - for all the work you do on these sets! Could you add the following book to the Adam Hughes Cover Set? Barb Wire #v2 #7 (Dark Horse Comics, 1/16) For an example, see certification number 2038266012. Brock

Maybe that’s why my post count is so low...

Had you rushed out to buy some and listed them, he likely wouldn’t be getting $75 sales of Spider-Woman #2. Sometimes, selling what no one else is can be a solid strategy in itself.

Followed by Legion of Super-Heroes #38 in 1992.

Hi Mollie - Could you add the following books to the Adam Hughes cover set? Sabrina: The Teenage Witch #v3 #1 (Archie Publications, 5/19) Certification example: 2031149002 Thank you!

Some of us theorize that they were predominantly (though not exclusively) distributed in Canada. There’s no actual evidence of this aside from the apparent distribution of extant copies, but that's pretty good circumstantial evidence. Of this lot, Superboy, Superman and the purple Legion (EEOOOOOO) are the toughest. The Action book is widely held to be a hard-to-find book, but in my experience it is somewhat more common. These should fetch a good price on ebay, but if you’re looking to sell here, PM me... I’m always buying high grade Whitmans.

I'd say it was pretty big until around the time that Byrne left the title. I recall thinking that he was from Canada, and could at least give the title a little Canadian context. Nobody after him knew the first thing about Canada, and the book might as well have been set in Indiana or Connecticut for all it seemed to have an impact... Also, the Byrne stories seemed to "matter", and to be focused on the characters... eventually it just become a monthly slugfest like everything else. Of course, I was a teenager at the time, so everything here is being remembered through my rose-coloured glasses.

I would say that the buzz really started on X-Men late in Byrne’s run... I was mostly a DC guy, but the hype had reached the point tat I gave in and started to collect X-Men, too... my first issue was #145, the return of Dave Cockrum. I had the sense that many others were jumping on board around the same time, and we were all competing to buy the earlier issues. With DD, things came together a bit later... my sense was that it was more of a slow burn, with the dam breaking with 181 (the death of Elektra). I also feel like DD prices spiked harder and faster than X-men, though, because we were all afraid of missing out on the “next big thing.”

Multiple Variant Syndrome, a problem that often afflicts comics at the more modern end of the age spectrum.

So that’s why nobody ever believes me around here...

These are also listed and described in Overstreet. They’re pretty cool in my mind, and - in my experience - pretty hard to find in high grade. Yours look pretty nice, and I’ve never seen a polybagged one before.

CGC 9.8s of Moon Knight #25 (1983) just sold for $576 (Canadian) or about US$435, while #30 (also 1983) sold for C$202.50 or about US$155.00 See https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Moon-Knight-25-CGC-9-8-NM-MT-Wp-1st-Black-Spectre-Marvel-Comics-1982-RARE-GRADE-/392305079171?_trksid=p2047675.m43663.l10137&nordt=true&rt=nc&orig_cvip=true and https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Moon-Knight-30-CGC-9-8-NM-MT-Wp-Marvel-Comics-1983-Werewolf-By-Night-App-RARE-/283500712163?_trksid=p2047675.m43663.l10137&nordt=true&rt=nc&orig_cvip=true It seems to me that #25 has been hot for awhile, but this may suggest that other Sienkiewicz covers from the run are rising as well.

For some reason, I always like Anacleto's black and white art better than his coloured art.

This book feels copper to me, though a 1982 date makes it borderline... 9.8's of Marvel Two-in-One Annual 7 are getting $120-$200 on ebay. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=marvel+two-in-one+annual+cgc+9.8&_in_kw=1&_ex_kw=&_sacat=0&LH_Complete=1&_udlo=&_udhi=&_samilow=&_samihi=&_sargn=-1%26saslc%3D1&_salic=1&_sop=12&_dmd=1&_ipg=50&_fosrp=1

I thought it looked like George R. R. Martin...

+1,000

There are a range of reasons that a book can't be added to a registry set, and though the OP "thinks" it's because the transfer of the book from one set to another is the reason, he doesn't appear to state this as fact. I collect slabbed Whitman variants of DC books, and (in my experience) CGC struggles with these. I have some books where it is not noted on the label that the book is a Whitman variant, so it can't be added to the set. I have other books where the label has the wrong issue number (most DC Whitmans don't have a number on the cover), so they can be added to the set - but only in the incorrect slot. I have a CGC-slabbed Vampirella Strikes with a cover by Manara that cannot be added to my Manara registry set, because the label only says "one of four covers" with denoting which of the four it is. I'm sure others could identify other reasons that books can't be added to a registry set. I'm sure any of these could be enough to create "buyer's remorse" for set collectors, though I still don't see this as the seller's fault. The seller does not maintain the registry, or decide which books get labelled in which way, so the seller should not be on the hook for a refund, unless perhaps he specifically stated that the book could be added to the set (which would be a misrepresentation). I have not re-subbed any of my books, but I would ultimately hope that CGC might offer to re-label books (at no cost) in these situations. EDIT: I see that subsequent posts from the OP expand on the original owner/dealer/new owner issues, but most of my point still stands.

I was a huge ROM fan, and actually had a letter printed in one issue. ROM was classic Marvel storytelling - the misunderstood outsider hero struggling to protect those who persecuted him. I might be overstating it, but he seems to be the last "pure" Marvel hero built in this mold. And although he was licensed from a toy, the toy died a quick death, and the comic ended up with a lot more freedom than might have been anticipated. In addition, unlike the other licensed titles of the time (Micronauts, Shogun Warriors, Star Trek, Star Wars), the ROM title was fully embedded into the Marvel Universe. Marvel characters might occasionally guest star in Micronauts or Shogun Warriors, but they were constantly appearing in ROM - Doctor Strange, the X-Men, Nova, the Fantastic Four, Alpha Flight, Shang Chi, Galactus, Jack of Hearts, and so on. And he guest-starred in other titles, like Power Man and Iron Fist, and Marvel Two-in-One. Though there have been movie rumours in recent years (ROM could be part of the "Hasbroverse" with GI Joe and Transformers), I think the recent price jumps are mostly a result of positive nostalgia, and a bit of FOMO as prices jump on so many other bronze Marvel #1s.