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DjMartini

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  1. Please check out my eBay site for auctions on a bunch of CGC SS books including the following:

    -Batman: Gotham Adventures #1 CGC 9.6 SS (signed by Kevin Conroy, Loren Lester & Tara Strong)

    -Walking Dead #193 CGC 9.8 SS (signed by Robert Kirkman)

    -Riverdale #7 CGC 8.5 SS (signed by Cole Sprouse)

    -Naomi #1 CGC 9.8 SS (David Walker)

    -Wonder Twins #1 CGC 9.8 SS (signed by Ramona Fradon)

    -True Believers: Infinity Gauntlet #1 CGC 9.8 SS (signed by George Perez, Ron Lim, Jim Starlin, Joe Rubenstein)

    -Marvel Comics Presents #5 CGC 9.4 SS (signed by Arthur Adams)

    -52 #11 CGC 9.6 SS (signed by Mark Waid & Dan Jurgens) 

     

    Thanks and happy bidding!

     

    https://www.ebay.com/sch/djmartini_store/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg

    :martini:

  2. Books up for auction & best offer in my eBay site!

    DJMartini_Store eBay link

    Since eBay didn't put out a discount coupon for the 4th of July, this is my appreciation to you all, so please check out my items!

    If you are part of the CGC community and put in an offer, please let me know, as I will honor a better deal than those that are not.

     

    A list of a few books:

    -Teen Titans #12 (1st app of Batman Who Laughs)

    -Batman #1 (1:100 sketch variant)

    -Kamandi #1 (signed by Mike Royer)

    -The Might Thor! #1 (signed by Larry Lieber)

    -Spider-Man #12 (rare Spider-Gwen & Miles Morales variant cover)

    -Knight Rider #nn (signed by William Daniels, voice of K.I.T.T.)

    -New Avengers #11 (1st appearance of Ronin)

    -The Weather Man #1 (Heroes Convention variant)

    -Locke & Key: Omega #1 (signed by Joe Hill & Rodriguez)

    & more!!!

    Thanks and happy bidding! 

    :martini:

  3. 28 minutes ago, RockMyAmadeus said:

    It's porn. Regardless of how "artistic" it may be, it's porn. If they were to slab that, their brand would come to be associated with it...regardless of whatever else they did. I don't want CGC to become associated, in any way, to any degree, with promoting porn. I'm sure I'm not alone. And slabbing porn would be tacit approval, regardless of disclaimers made.

    I don't like the acres of porn sold at local "comic shows"; it's not something that should be on such obvious public display. You want to consume porn, fine. That's your choice. I've certainly seen my fair share of it. But its place is not in the public square.

    I understand you don't want to see the image if you don't want to, that's your choice. This is why the book was shipped in a black bag to cover the image. I understand not having it shown in public and it being your choice if you want to see it. If you slab a nude image, it should be for your eyes only. However, since this is porn cover, by your definition, do you associate BOOM! Studios with porn? Do you still read their books or any book/magazine company that are associated with porn? Do you like that they are associated with porn? I understand this may be CGC's logic but there are other comic covers (as some have already posted) that display porn images was well. I find it hard to understand where the line is and that any image with penetration is their limit when there many covers are slabbed with nudity and porn images as well. 

    Like someone has posted earlier, money is money, and I think they are leaving money on the table for books like this.  

  4. 32 minutes ago, F For Fake said:

    Yeah, all joking aside, I don't see why they care one way or the other as far as what they slab. Money is green, take the book.

    Yeah, the whole "no penetration" rule is a bummer. The art on these covers are stunning, from an art perspective. Found out during Heroes Con that neither CGC or it's competitors would slab these books. It's a shame, as there art is art! I understand if they don't want to slab real nude pics of people but as a fan of all forms of art, it is just that, art by a great artist. I think penetration in art is still really taboo, especially if you look at other media sites that won't let even art with nudity be displayed. Maybe we can get a petition going to have these books slabbed!!!

     

     

  5. 1. The pic is not great, and I don't anybody can really tell or give a good opinion with a bad pic.

    2.@forbiddenwon , I think this is the wrong place for your pic of these books, as trying to get  grade from this pic doesn't work.  You would need a up close pic of the all sides and corners of whatever book you want the community to give a grade on.

    3. In my opinion, the books have a good lot of signatures. I like the blanks with a hefty load of sigs (as many as you can get). You can definitely see the signatures better on blanks than on art covers. I think signatures on art covers ruins the art, unless they are kind enough to sign on empty space.

  6. I will have to submit the most recent issue of Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #6

    I'm not a fan of the big arc stuff, especially nowadays, but this was a great modern single issue story, that gave all the feels. Great story & art. A must read. 

    (great thread btw)

  7. 1 hour ago, chrisco37 said:

    Can obviously see the Miller sig, but it's not listed on the label????

    Millers signature might be noted on the back of the Label, since I'm sure there wasn't enough space to list all the signatures on the front Label. 

    Also, since there is a comma after the annotation of Jim Shooter's signature and not an ampersand,I believe the annotations continue onto the back of the label. 

  8. 12 minutes ago, Callaway29 said:

    A lot of these conversations are predicated on replacement of figureheads. Who’s to say the entire dynamic doesn’t change? Maybe there isn’t a “new stark”...maybe there isn’t a “new cap”. Maybe we’ll see something completely different that isn’t a 1-for-1 with what we’re used to...

    Food for thought...

    I understand this theory for the future. What if we just see another set of individual movies leading to a formation of another team? What if we get Spider-Man (movie), Kate Bishop (Hawkeye streaming), Speed & Wiccan (Wanda/Vision streaming) lead the way to "The Champions/Young Avengers" or Namor, Hulk, Doctor Strange movies leading to "Defenders" ?

    Also, what if there is never another Avengers movie?

    With Eternals being produced, maybe we will see more space teams and/or movies. Possibly move stories away from Earth/America and see Captain Britain, Namor, Nova, etc. 

  9. 6 minutes ago, Callaway29 said:

    Have there been talks in this thread about the underwater earthquake? Or the reference to Braddock? AKA: teasers for Namor and Captain Britain?

    I am hoping that at least Namor gets brought into Phase 4 & this leads to "The Defenders"

    (I mean, look how good Aquaman was for DC) 

    :wishluck:

  10. I think the biggest question is, would you be okay if it downgraded to a 9.6? 

    If so, then definitely go for it (I enjoy multiple sigs on a book, especially when it completes the list of the book's contributors).

    If you are not okay if it downgrades, then I would hold off. 

    However, there are definitely some handlers that can do their best to keep it at a 9.8, so I advice talking to them. 

    Lastly, if you do get it done, I think you should give us an updated pic with the complete sigs and a congratulations would be in order!

    Good luck!

  11. Both series are co-productions with Marvel Television and ABC Signature Studios and join the upcoming third season of "Marvel’s Runaways" and recently announced adult animated series based on the popular Marvel Television characters including “Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K.,” “Marvel’s Hit Monkey,” “Marvel’s Tigra & Dazzler Show,” and “Marvel’s Howard the Duck," which will culminate in a special event, “Marvel’s The Offenders.”

     

    Wait, what the wha? The "Offenders"????? First time hearing about this too! 

    So I am guessing HULU is now the home of Marvel tv show productions instead o Netflix

     :gossip:

     

  12. Just came back from 830pm showing. Going to try to post this spoiler-free review:

     

    I have to say that it was not as good as Infinity War. IW had more action and was better paced. 

    End Game is a little slower due to trying to "dot the i's and cross the t's". 

    Definitely great battles scenes.

    I agree that the comedy was forced a bit at times, as the running jokes shouldn't have run as much as they did.

    As a swan song, it was definitely that as it definitely gave me some feels at the end.

    There are still a couple of plot holes. 

    Unfortunately, too long to make me want to see it again in theaters but a good fan boy movie and conclusion to 22 movies.  

     

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  13. 10 minutes ago, fantastic_four said:

    If the movie has Joker beaten down by life and then he rises up against it in the middle or towards the end to become a villain, it's got potential.  All we saw in the trailer was him being crazy and getting beat up; we never saw him as a villain.  Why leave that part out?  Just a single scene where he started to become the super-villain we all know could have taken the trailer from "meh" to "WHOA".

    I think they want to movie to also be more about one man rising up to be a villain, I think the point is to take the "villain" out of the equation and look at the Joker as man, against the troubles of the world and/or maybe an anti-hero of sorts. I think the potential to look at him as a person rising up against the troubles of the world and going crazy is more exciting than just a plain old villain in the world. The Joker is definitely more complicated than just being a villain and to see the world through his (crazy) eyes and mind, is the goal here.  

    Overall, i am pretty excited for this movie and the potential it has to 1. Be a great movie & 2. A good anti-hero movie for the DC Cinematic Universe.  

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