Rich_Henn

Action Comics #976 (Gary Frank variant) s/s Gleason & Tomasi - $125 **(Very limited to just 3 spots at the moment) Picked these up last week---might be able to get more, but for the moment, just three. And with this one, if Doug Mahnke pops up, we'll be getting him too. There are NO scheduled appearances currently for Gary Frank.

Superman #19 (Gary Frank variant) s/s Gleason & Tomasi - $125 **(Very limited to just 3 spots at the moment) Picked these up last week---might be able to get more, but for the moment, just three. There are NO scheduled appearances currently for Gary Frank.

Inhumans Prime #1 s/s connecting variant cover s/s artist Ryan Sook - $120 Five spots

Inhumans Prime #1 s/s Sook variant cover s/s artist Ryan Sook - $120 Five spots

Inhumans Prime #1 s/s interior artist Ryan Sook - $110 Five spots

I offered this one last month for Paul Soles (voice of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the 1960 animated) I'll offer it again this month for Christopher Barnes, who voiced the character in the 1990s animated show. Amazing Spider-Man #24 Joe Jusko variant s/s voice actor Christopher Barnes - $195 **Four (4) spots at the moment, all cps in hand pre-screened for 9.8

Inhumans Prime #1 (Kirby variant) s/s Stan Lee - $225 **Five (5) spots to start

X-Men Blue (Kirby variant) #1 s/s Stan Lee - $225 **Five (5) spots to start Confirmed my stock today

An eye opener for anyone who thinks this job doesn't cost money (lol). Baltimore Lauren and I are working on my taxes---we just finished the tally for money spent on signature fees for 2016. This number includes checks and cash combined, to CBLDF, Heroes, ComicsSketchArt (Miller), Stan Lee, Jim Lee, celebs (the most expense there was BTTF cast), McFarlane, Romita, Claremont, Quesada, Conner & Palmiotti, Doug Moench, Hannigan, Milgrom, Ken Bald----the list goes on and on. Not to mention celebs like Gene Simons, Chloe Bennett, Ming-Na Wen, Millie Bobby Brown, etc----it's a lot. Grand total of $ spent on signatures for 2016 drum roll----- $52,746 Ouch. Quit it. If I stepped away from Signature Series TODAY----I'd be saving over $50K to start!

The Mighty Thor #8 (Hildebrandt 1/15 ratio variant) s/s Jason Aaron and cover artist Greg Hildebrandt - $155 *(Two cps available) Possibly more if there's a wait

OLD MAN LOGAN #5 (Greg Hildebrandt 1/20 ratio) variant cover s/s Jeff Lemire & Greg Hildebrandt $155 *(Three copies available)

OLD MAN LOGAN #4 (Civil War variant cover) s/s Jeff Lemiere - $125 *(Three copies available)

Picked up some inventory this weekend. These are in-hand, personally pre-screened myself for 9.8, albeit CGC and I have different standards. They COULD be 9.9 Seriously though---good stuff. OLD MAN LOGAN #5 (Story Thus far 1/10 ratio) variant cover s/s Jeff Lemiere - $125 signing w/Jeff in a few weeks *(Three copies available)

X-MEN BLUE #1 (Cover C, virgin) s/s J. Scott Campbell - $225 (Five spots)

X-MEN BLUE #1 (Cover B, retro ) s/s J. Scott Campbell - $175 (Five spots) **(optional, add Stan Lee for $135)**

More J. Scott Campbell exclusives--- X-MEN BLUE #1 I'm ordering inventory for this one today. Based on requests, I'll be ordering twice as many copies to accommodate both any potential wait list and/or any possibility of damaged merchandise. I pre-screen everything for strongest 9.8 potential, and we roll forward. Signing date is TBD, but most likely sooner rather than later. X-MEN BLUE #1 (Cover A) s/s J. Scott Campbell - $155 (Five spots)

I've been contacted by several people about the upcoming Alex Ross event next week. I was NOT willing to accept subs for this, it's extremely limited. However, I'll offer ten spots on a very restricted basis, please PM me for details. If you need books, I have the following: Champions #1 (1/100) Ross variant (I think this is a Mark Waid title and can add Waid) Dr. Strange #2 (1/200) Ross sketch variant (I believe this is also a Jason Aaron title, and can add Aaron) Iron Fist #1 (1/50) Ross variant (2 cps) ---to which I can probably add writer Ed Brisson as well Amaz. SM #25 Ross standard (2 cps) ***(Optional, you can add Stan Lee and/or John Romita to this too) Lando #1 Ross color 1/50 variant Lando #1 Ross B/W 1/100 sketch variant And I have this beautiful 9.8 s/s of the following Amaz. SM #600

From yesterday's signing with Tuskegee Airman Alexander Jefferson!

I did....and look at all that water you're drinking, you light weight! ;-)

Confirmation that the signing with Alexander Jefferson is complete! Very excited to be able to add one more Tuskegee Airmen to these books. We'll post images of the signing event a little later today.

Speaking strictly for myself, and this is something that I've always been transparent about----I do my pre-sales in order to gauge how much inventory I need to order. Especially when it comes to variant covers. I've missed out on some really fantastic variants in the past because I didn't get my orders in early enough. Most recently, the Elektra #2 Adi Granov variant cover. I had customers contact me about the book, and I couldn't offer it because I didn't request any in advance. That's just one example----but I'm constantly in touch with my LCS, multiple times a day in fact, placing orders in advance to guarantee that I have the stock available to me. If I wasn't able to to that, it would be increasingly difficult for me to be able to successfully deliver the product. If I was to wait until the product is physically in hand, it's extremely unlikely that I'd have enough product, let alone high grade product to offer. Also, I'm not about to just blindly purchase books that I (think) board members might like, go through the motions getting the books graded, and then throw them out there in the hopes that there are people interested in the book, months after it's been on and off the shelves. The costs simply do not make this a viable option. It just makes more business sense to offer various books that I (think) rather than (hope) board members might be interested in, and then based off that interest, I'll place my advance orders with my LCS. If I throw out there, for example Unworthy Thor #1 standard and variant, and get 3 people interested, I'm going to make sure that I have at least double that waiting for me when I purchase inventory. Seven to Eternity #1, I couldn't supply enough books past the initial 8 ordered, because I waited till the book was on the shelves to offer it in the thread. Had I offered the book earlier, I could have locked in twice that many. On the other side of that coin, there have been several books with no takers, so I'm not going to even bother getting that book done. Without the advent of the pre-sales in the signature room, it would significantly hamper the service that I am able to offer my customers and significantly impact the amount of business that I do with CGC.

So will my liver. Just sayin' ;-)

I miss dhurley

You can't afford my bar tab :

I have had a number of customers stop giving me books for a great deal of creators who charge, who up until recently didn't charge before. The creators who could actually use the money, not only do not charge, but they typically refuse to accept anything. Wrightson was one of those guys, Wiacek comes to mind, the best was Kelly Sue DeConick. She signed about 30 books for a client that I was working with 2 years ago, and when I offered to give her something, she was grateful but politely declined, even after I pressed her to compensate. She verbalized how she was genuinely happy that fans buy her book, support her work, regardless of the qty, because that's us supporting her career. We talked for a few minutes about this, and I told her how one other creator said the same thing to me and then a week later was $10 per book. She seemed genuinely put off that this creator, who is an lawyer by trade, said "Let me tell you something----he doesn't need your money. He's a high powered attorney. I've been in this business much longer than him, and I know for a fact that my signature is worth more than his. Once you buy my book, our transaction is complete." Very sobering.