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Lonzilla
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I don't have a 667, probably never will but still hold out an ounce of hope of finding one because the "Overstreet advisors" don't have rare incentive variants in the price guide.
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Mister Miracle #1 1st print
Fire!
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On 1/20/2018 at 6:59 PM, ygogolak said:
Seems speculators are pulling more for Bloodstones daughter to show up.
I've been picking up both Bloodstone 1st apps whenever I see them. I have mentioned Elsa in the Modern thread before for books to sit on
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On 1/22/2018 at 8:14 AM, drotto said:
But at what point does the speculation on books really pay off if you are the average person buying a book at cover price and then trying to sell on the secondary market. The vast majority of these either do nothing or sell in the $10 to $15 range. Unless you are able to buy books below cover, selling a $3 book for $10 then taking the time to package and ship it for a $4 pay day (minus shipping and packing costs). That makes zero sense to me, if you figure in the flips that often do not pay off you are losing money (provided they were only books you bought to flip).
Very very few moderns pay off.
Moderns pay off if you flip immediately before the weekend when everyone else gets around to listing theirs (Ice Cream Man A+B set $20-$25).
I do very well with day of release variants because one of the shops I frequent doesn't rape you on their prices. They're straight across the board, $10 for a 1:25, $15-$20 for a 1:50, $30 for a 1:100, though they rarely get in a 1:100 book.
I got the last 2 ASM 1:25's for $10 each and made a nice profit
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Jennifer Kale (Swamp Queen) 1st app Fear #11
Modred The Mystic - Marvel Chillers #1
Bloodstone - Marvel Presents #1
Omega The Unknown #1
Killraven - Amazing Adventures #18
Wundarr - Fear #17
Captain Universe - Micronauts #8
Woodgod - Marvel Premiere #31
All depends on which D-list characters James Gunn is a big fan of and decides to put into his movies.
Omega The Unknown is revered by so many writers, it's a good pickup to hoard even if it doesn't pay off for several years, something will happen with the character eventually
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Ade Edmonson absolutely made the movie for me! Every time he was on screen my girl and I were dropping Bottom and Young Ones lines to each other
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On 12/23/2017 at 8:43 PM, Lucky Baru said:
Anyone else notice that he looks like the Crooked Man? That jpg is from the Conjuring 2
Crooked Man spinoff movie coming. Oh hell yeah!
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On 12/20/2017 at 3:39 PM, Aweandlorder said:
So I dont know nothing about this series but it seems to move quick on the bay
Sink is one of those super low print indies that was hyped up, priced up, shilled up, whatever you wanna call it the first week it came out and crashed back down to Earth soon after.
Personally, I love the book. It's sick and twisted if you like random violence / serial killer type stuff (I do).
Only problems are that it's a mini and it's from Comix Tribe and nothing from them ever comes out as scheduled
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You can't go wrong with golden age books. Timelys and ECs will never go down in price, there's a very limited supply and you don't have to worry about a lousy tv show or movie killing the value
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Please add to :
Sheltered (Image) issues 11-15
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Good! The Five Below packs have been a bit thin lately
- fastballspecial and ygogolak
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While on the subject of sitting on copies for the long haul, and continuing to pick them up every time I see them, The Sentry #1 is seeing some movement
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4 hours ago, Philflound said:
There is plenty of risk sitting on books. I always say is it better to hold or sell? So for example, if you have a book you paid $5. In two months, you can turn it into a $30 sale. That is a $25 profit. In one year, if you held the book, you could have sold it for $75 and made a $70 profit. Could you turn that $25 profit and reinvest it that 10 months later yields you more than $70? If you believe you can, you sell the book at $30. If you don't think you can, you hold onto it and hope for the best.
I've been sitting on some Happy #1 and full sets, bought them at cover when they came out and for less than cover in the last couple years because even before the TV show was a "go" I believed in the book. It helps if you read the stuff you're hoarding and too many don't. You may laugh, but if Bedlam or Todd ever make a comeback lookout, it's low risk and possible high reward for both series.
I don't mind holding onto multiple copies of books for the long haul when I think they may turn into something I can make money from down the road.
For example:
1st Bloodstone, original and Elsa, one of them will end up in a Marvel movie at some point, I'd bet the house on it.
1st Phyla-Vell. Female cosmic herione, Capt Marvel connection, she will end up in a GOTG movie at some point, just wait
- the authority, Hekla and ___
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By far Marvel's best Netflix show (sorry DD, I loved you but this was the s**t!), almost through my 2nd binge of the series, been some 5 and 6:AM bedtimes since the weekend.
I'm almost 50, a child of the '70's and grew up on the Dirty harry and Death Wish movie franchises, which coincidentally was when The Punisher made his debut so he was the perfect comic character for that era and this show stands out with the lack of those type of films lately. I had all of his appearances in ASM, and the black and white mags when they came out, was probably 6 when I got ASM 129 off the spinner rack and despite him not making regular appearances, he was one of my favorites as a kid. When you can only get one or 2 comics a month, getting a quarter from Mom was like pulling teeth, you're not really thinking much about how infrequent a certain character appears. My other favorites at the time were Silver Surer, Moon Knight and Adam Warlock, and they didn't pop up on a monthly basis either
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Silver Surfer #44 is seeing some heat, even for CGC 9.4-9.6
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4 hours ago, Sensei Ryan said:
I liked the Princess cover, too, but it bugs me that she's a little off-center on it (why it bugs me is prob due to my OCDness - it's an awesome drawing, though). I agree he probably has so much to draw that it's hard to be nit-picky. I'm definitely still a fan of the art...I just don't like covers that misrepresent the characters
I gotta disagree, I like the cover, it has an element that's been missing from most of the covers of late, maybe it's the inks or the coloring, but it looks like it can fit right in with the old WD logo covers. I hate hate hate the small logo that's been around since 127
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I hear you man, I don't like his art at all and only bought it for Waid's writing
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The last few characters who have had their action figures introduced as con exclusives have gotten bumped off soon after. I'm starting to see a pattern here
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Barnes & Noble has a Here's Negan exclusive hardcover for $20 and it comes with a very nice exclusive WD #100, can't beat the price for sure!
You can see the spine and corners pretty good in the back of the package thru the shrinkwrap and mine looks to be a sharp 9.8
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Long answer:Tthe writers and artists at Marvel seem to be hell bent on the diversity thing to drive home a point instead of just doing great stories ( Vision and Moon Knight being exceptional exceptions) and after picking up some of the Generations issues, the art looks like the worst Archie books ever and I put them right back on the shelf.
Short answer: By doing reboots of established characters (black, female etc) Marvel doesnt have to pay royalties to creators. I'm sure this was already said, but didn't read thru the whole thread because it's kinds late.
I got that new issue of FOOM that was free at the LCS and the names that are shown for the late 1960's Marvel Bullpen, legends upon legends: Stan Lee, Neal Adams, Ayers, John Buscema, Gene Colan, Johnny Craig, Bill Everett, Don Heck, Gil Kane, John Romita , Jim Steranko, Roy Thomas.. point being, Marvel doesn't have anyone today who is worth carrying their lunch bag
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While on the subject of 1970's iron-ons, I figured I'd post this beauty I picked up about a year ago. I had one back in the 70's, I was the only 3rd grader with a Silver Surfer shirt in my school and wore it to death
EDIT- Just looked on ebay and the guy still has a bunch of them cheap as F***
- ADAMANTIUM and wormboy
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Don't even have to use spoiler tags anymore. This thread is dead. Dead as Jesus is gonna be next month.
What a boring issue
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Got this Ron Wilson piece done over the weekend at an area show. I love the Bronze Age horror D-list characters!
- Grib, ADAMANTIUM, electricprune and 2 others
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Moderns that are heating up on ebay!
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I'm amazed that you were able to get 20 copies of MM #1. It was seriously under ordered around here and I had to hit up several shops just to get 5 copies. I sold my extras too early as well thinking that it hit the ceiling at $20-$30.
A modern selling for decent money because of QUALITY! Imagine that!