Brock

This one has appeared before in this thread.

The problem here is that you're proposing a system that has three main drawbacks for the person who creates the system: 1) the dealer has to pay more to create such a system (your "coding expenses") 2) the dealer risks losing sales as a possible buyer hums and haws over what is in the cart 3) the dealer risks losing potential sales while a buyer "squats" on a book, and potentially sources it elsewhere - or even uses th dealer's price as a negotiating point to get a better deal from the dealer's competitor This is fundamentally different from a buyer "holding" a book for a few minutes at a con. It's asking a dealer to finance a system that is contrary to his/her own best interests. In theory, you could build such a system and market the "hold it in your cart indefinitely" feature as a competitive advantage, but I have a hard time imagining this would produce any greater income in the real world. And, if you're a dealer, "greater income" is the reason why you would have a shopping cart system in the first place.

Yes. Yes, you are. i always wondered who the guy was who bought those books.

As a buyer, I always assume that a book's not mine until I've actually paid for it. I also assume that a seller is always within his/her rights to proceed with an actual sale over a possible sale, unless I've actually reached out directly to make some other arrangement.

Great find... I love that kind of thing! Sorry I don't have any knowledge to share, though...

And then there's this one... It seems to be pretty tough. Is this "equivalent" to a DCU from a larger pack, or is it something different?

Let me try to add to the enjoyment (though I think these are mostly common ones)...

298 - 36,300 299 - 36,300 300 - 42,900 301 - 33,100 302 - 33,700 303 - 35,200 304 - 35,700 305 - 35,000

I wa part of a team that just pitched a Turok game revival to Universal... they didn't go for our pitch, but did go with another, so new Turok games are a possibility.

It's not just Wikipedia...

I would have thought there would be tons of minor keys around first appearances... first Cadbury, first Jackie Jokers, first Super Richie, etc. Is that not the case? i loved Richie Rich as a kid, and probably have a couple of hundred issues from the 60s, but I can't say I've paid a lot of attention to the prices.

We could probably add Defenders to the discussion...

I picked this one up the other day... These were a landmine awareness giveaway form UNICEF in Bosnia, and most are found in Serbocroatian, Albanian, etc. The story is that the English language version is quite rare, and was distributed only to military officers for proofreading... This seems rather dubious to me, as a proof would be fine for proofreading, rather than a final printed edition. Also, they don't speak Albanian in Bosnia. Does anyone know the real story on these?

The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. By Neal Stephenson. it's nowhere near his best, but he always amazes.

Actually, it's Dutch... published in Haarlem (as seen on the indicia page) and distributed in both the Netherlands and Belgium (from cover prices).

I anxiously await the more erudite and sophisticated levels of humour that you plan to bring to the boards.

My recollection is Micronauts, Kazar and Moon Knight. I think Dazzler continued with newsstand distribution...

Yes, it's a high price, but c'mon... free shipping!

I always figured there must be a treasure trove of undiscovered gems in this series, like key artists, anti-communist propaganda, unintended double entendres, etc. But I wouldn't want to be the one who has to wade through 500 issues of this stuff to find it...

I've always wanted a set, but I have no insights into the value. I suspect demand would be fairly high...

This is my story, too... early follower getting great deals, and cheap shipping, but later swamped by the crowds, so I don't buy much from him anymore. My problem is his success, though, so good on him... The other tactic of Peter's I would note is he offers small groups of similar titles in each auction. He doesn't list a single copy of Superman for sale, and he doesn't list 400 issues of Superman for sale... it's consistently 25-30 books with great combined shipping offers, so he never cannibalizes his own market.

And the moral of the story is that, on the off chance you look up somebody's ebay user name on Instagram, it doesn't mean they're a young girl in Europe trying to scam comics from you. At least, not most of the time.

Master of Kung Fu Doctor Strange

Marvel Super-Heroes Superman Family Korak Tarzan

This is impressive... thanks for sharing!