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Yup, I missed that, I just cant fathom anyone dropping $1100.00 on this in one transaction. Oh, the humanity

And maybe the seller bought his from this guy here: 1 2 3

Lets move the X-Men #148 convo Over here , shall we?

Sweet mother of god!!! This is one smart seller and goes to show you - STRIKE WHILE THE IRON'S HOT!!

Same here. I bid and won a few every now and then when the slabs were on ebay. Even then it appeared that CGC's grading was rather loose on many books. Now that they have moved to raw stuff I rarely find anything that looks accurately graded. I am sure that the reason why dealers like Sparkle City Comics grade so loosely is because they are well known for buying pedigree collections,they are Overstreet advisors and so on.....so "green" collectors associate dealers like Sparkle City as being authorities in the field . Consequently, Sparkle City know they can get away with ridiculously liberal grading standards. There are a couple other big name dealers / Overstreet advisors who pull the same sort of tricks, with selling overgraded raw comics on eBay......green collectors will pay higher prices from these sorts of dealers because green collectors are duped into paying a premium for the dealer's status in the hobby and being able to say" I bought this from Sparkle City Comics" This Avengers 196 looks like an 8.0 to an 8.5, just by eyeballing the pics. 2 transverse spine tics Oxidation staining on BC Wear on BC along upper left edge Not only do they know how to grade, they also know how to accurately describe a book's edition.. Such as the examples below: Dazzler #1 Newsstand #1 Dazzler #1 Newsstand #2 Maybe these are the only 2 known newsstand copies in existence? Hmmmm… if called on their BS, I imagine that they will defend the listing description by saying that "Newsstand Fresh" is mean to convey that it is brand new, not that it's an edition that doesn't exist. As we all know - Newsstand and fresh should never exist in one sentence

Same here. I bid and won a few every now and then when the slabs were on ebay. Even then it appeared that CGC's grading was rather loose on many books. Now that they have moved to raw stuff I rarely find anything that looks accurately graded. I am sure that the reason why dealers like Sparkle City Comics grade so loosely is because they are well known for buying pedigree collections,they are Overstreet advisors and so on.....so "green" collectors associate dealers like Sparkle City as being authorities in the field . Consequently, Sparkle City know they can get away with ridiculously liberal grading standards. There are a couple other big name dealers / Overstreet advisors who pull the same sort of tricks, with selling overgraded raw comics on eBay......green collectors will pay higher prices from these sorts of dealers because green collectors are duped into paying a premium for the dealer's status in the hobby and being able to say" I bought this from Sparkle City Comics" This Avengers 196 looks like an 8.0 to an 8.5, just by eyeballing the pics. 2 transverse spine tics Oxidation staining on BC Wear on BC along upper left edge Not only do they know how to grade, they also know how to accurately describe a book's edition.. Such as the examples below: Dazzler #1 Newsstand #1 Dazzler #1 Newsstand #2 Maybe these are the only 2 known newsstand copies in existence?

Ive sold quite a few Platinum editions in the past for similar current asking prices, although Im sure they wouldve moved alot quicker had I had them today. The non Platinum version are the easier ones to find

The cardigan is certainly the winner here, no?

The only Dazzler comic I would ever have in my collection is this one ( first Paul Chadwick pro work ) http://www.comicbookdb.com/graphics/comic_graphics/1/69/10766_20060504150759_large.jpg and it better be a 9.8 newsstand. How funny, I was reading DHP#1 yesterday (1st Concrete) and did see the DH bullpen credit Chadwick's work on Dazzler, I completely forgot about that until then. Great book to own! (thumbs u

Get ready for a flood of SG costumes coming to a con near you http://www.welovefine.com/content/feature?content_id=238

I'm a let you finish... I love me some Romero, but blow away one of the most viewed Cable TV shows of all time??? I think he was joking but that is funny!

correct and heres what DH said on their promo: for every twenty covers of Marvel’s standard Star Wars #1 first printing that retailers send to Dark Horse, they’ll get one rare Barb Wire #1 ultravariant by Adam Hughes for FREE... This variant cover will only be available through this promotion. Guess its not exclusive after all

So whats the deal with the BARB WIRE 1 Hughes variant? are there a few of them? Dark Horse promoted them as "exclusive" to their SW comic trade deal, but now they are already available for cover online

Well it also goes to completion, Crisis 7 and 8 have been hot for a while, so why not get the whole series? Particularly in HG. orrrr.. Just get the rarest COIE item out there: RECALLED DF signed HC it's not about the money Divad! Someone hacked your account!!!

Vengeance 1 is a hold comic..wait till she's in siege and then her own comic

Well it also goes to completion, Crisis 7 and 8 have been hot for a while, so why not get the whole series? Particularly in HG. orrrr.. Just get the rarest COIE item out there: RECALLED DF signed HC

And here's a set of books that are so related in context, they just had to have their own listing: http://www.ebay.com/itm/GEORGE-ROMEROS-EMPIRE-OF-THE-DEAD-ACT-ONE-1-VENGEANCE-1-Hot-books-/271878911905?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f4d3ef7a1

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=vengeance+1+chavez&_sop=15&LH_BIN=1&_osacat=63&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.TRS0&_nkw=vengeance+1+chavez&_sacat=63 In the words of the great Dave Mustaine: Vengeance sells... but who's buying?

I'm going to cash in big time on this book. Woo hoo What else is new? Here's a Cherry Poptart #1 Plus bonus.. ASM Black Cat sketch by Welz Now I know who Im getting to sketch my next SpiderGwen Blank

But the art was horrendous. This is from memory I haven't read it in a long time. I hated Bill S's art from that period. It was like he was drawing with psychedelic crayons while on acid. Just weird stuff. I belong to the pro Sienko team. But I will say this.. I always thought back then that Marvel's pick of Bill to draw a mainstream superhero book was a very strange one. Bill's work was definitely too avant garde for that title. But somehow they made it work. There was actually so much talent on that series back then.. Sienkiewicz, Adams, Mignola, BWS, Davis..

I believe that this book will always retain its cult following status and when the TV show airs it will indeed be a big hit, regardless of execution, even though I do want to see a kick adaptation to this series of course. Why? This is a classic "thousand fans theory" scenario. The RQ fans are hardcore fans and will support this title come hell and high water.

I hear Rob Liefeld loves him too

with a sale at 70 and another at 225 in one week, who the heck knows how this comic behaves

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