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On 11/1/2023 at 11:35 AM, GraigZ said:

95% Skottie Young i have Bongo Simpson Sketched and Game of Thrones #1

Very nice room! Welcome to the boards!

On 10/31/2023 at 5:37 PM, Pontoon said:

These sellers sound like people I'd prefer to avoid. Can we have their ebay handles?

This.

There's a decent shop in Greensboro called Parts Unknown. It's about an hour from Raleigh though.

On 10/18/2023 at 9:31 PM, hchill25 said:

Just got back from CGC....

Superman Annual 1 label on your Superman Annual 2. You gonna get that fixed?

@Namtak Any progress lately on your Alien? 

On 10/19/2023 at 2:40 AM, jimjum12 said:

Someone may also be incorporating some design elements from the Simpsons into their own new material. GOD BLESS ...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

It's from an episode. Not made up.

On 10/19/2023 at 9:02 AM, F For Fake said:

IST has been quietly putting some stuff on sale at 60% off. I picked these up:

Defenders omni Vol 2 - I'm glad I held off on this one, I've had it on my wishlist for a while, but $40 was the incentive to grab it now!

https://www.instocktrades.com/products/dec220918/defenders-omnibus-hc-vol-02-milgrom-cvr

https://www.instocktrades.com/products/dec220919/defenders-omnibus-hc-vol-02-kane-dm-var

Absolute Dark Knights Death Metal for $40 

https://www.instocktrades.com/products/nov227135/absolute-dark-nights-death-metal-hc

X-Men Avengers Onslaught Omni $50

https://www.instocktrades.com/products/jun210825/x-men-avengers-onslaught-omnibus-hc-new-ptg

Absolute Three Jokers just came out, but is already at 60%/$40

https://www.instocktrades.com/products/oct227167/absolute-batman-three-jokers-hc-(mr)

 

Happy hunting! This time of year they tend to start clearancing stuff out, I guess in preparation for holidays, so it's worth it to me to check the site every day, search "HC", and then sort the results by discount. The best deals pop up that way. 

Thanks for the tip.

On 10/18/2023 at 5:10 PM, rlextherobot said:

Randomly picked an issue of Defenders out of a stack of comics I was sorting. 

What?  Hulk like beans.
@Get Marwood & I

On 10/18/2023 at 4:46 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

Are we not calling book covers panels? @Larryw7 @Senormac what's with the confusion 🤔 cause now I'm 🤔

A panel is one single frame from a comic book page. So no, a cover is not a panel. An entire comic page is not a panel either.

On 10/17/2023 at 3:24 AM, Cat said:

Who said I got something new?

Nice t-shirt!

On 10/1/2023 at 8:04 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

I love this piece. It was a pin-up in Action Comics #600. The one with Superman and Wonder Woman by Byrne and Perez. 

On 10/10/2023 at 4:20 AM, Cat said:

My sister sent me this. It was posted to her town's Buy, Swap Or Sell. That price is in Aussie dollarydoos. Yeah, nothing sus about this!

I thought I'd share it here, so you can all fight over adding this fine, fairly priced book to your collection today! $5000? Pfft, I'll take 3! Such an in demand book too. 

If my current exchange rate math is correct, $5,000 AUD is currently equivalent to $7.36 real US dollars. Not a bad deal. 

On 10/8/2023 at 10:59 AM, gadzukes said:

I thought covers were supposed to make people want to buy the comic, not run away from the comic.  This cover is so bad.

I always thought it was weird that Wolverine's claws look flat on this cover. Very odd.

I drew some of my Transformers.

On 9/30/2023 at 2:21 PM, Happyfarm said:

The remarkable thing is that despite being German, Swiss and Austrian they all speak Danish in these drawings. ;)

Hahaha! Same difference right? 

On 9/29/2023 at 4:01 PM, Happyfarm said:

Awesome! I like German Doc Samson and Swiss Abomination teaming up against Austrian Hulk.

On 9/28/2023 at 6:46 PM, mateus menor said:

Uma boa noite a todos, vou contar uma coisa que está acontecendo comigo, é muito frustrante ser colecionador no Brasil, sempre acompanho a cultura americana dos quadrinhos, vejo todos os tipos de artigos, vídeos e notícias que encontro, eu' Estou fascinado com a quantidade de quadrinhos que você compra, sempre quis ter um quadrinho importado, economizei algum dinheiro por 3 meses e recentemente comprei um incrível homem aranha pelo qual paguei 800 reais, o frete foi 240 e mesmo quando cheguei no Brasil tive que pagar uma taxa de 330 reais, que o salário mínimo no Brasil é 1400 reais, equivalente a 270 dólares, isso me deixou muito decepcionado, você tem sorte, além de ter um salário 4 vezes maior que no Brasil Além disso, os quadrinhos são muito baratos e estão disponíveis em todos os lugares. sorry for my english

Google translate:
Good evening everyone,
I'm going to tell you something that's happening to me, it's very frustrating being a collector in Brazil, I always follow American comics culture, I see all kinds of articles,
videos and news that I find, I'm fascinated by the amount of comics you buy, I always wanted to have an imported comic, I saved some money for 3 months
and recently I bought an incredible Spider-Man for which I paid 800 reais, shipping was 240 and even when I arrived in Brazil I had to pay a fee of 330 reais,
that the minimum wage in Brazil is 1400 reais, equivalent to 270 dollars, this left me very disappointed, you are lucky, in addition to having a salary 4 times higher
than in Brazil Furthermore, the comics are very cheap and are available in all the places. sorry for my english

On 9/27/2023 at 1:19 PM, Gator Guru said:

Would figure there would be so much backlash. Why the hate against custom labels? Seems lots of insecure collectors out there.

 

No hate at all. Like Math Teacher said, they're just not for me. For everyone that likes them and wants to collect them, enjoy! Post some of your favorites and show 'em off!

On 9/26/2023 at 10:41 AM, D2 said:

It sucks. It sucks thinking people have things in common in a niche hobby and yet, there are still ways people can find to divide each other. 

Well done. You don't want to see people divided? Look at all the unity you have created in this thread! 

On 9/26/2023 at 10:35 AM, D2 said:

Yeah you did. Typical board behaviour. Hiding behind technicalities. You said I don’t collect labels and insinuated that others shouldn’t either. Period. 

Okay, you are right.

On 9/21/2023 at 1:39 PM, F For Fake said:

yes! What they did was a nice start, but definitely could have finished it off. I'd love to see them do all of these on Secret Wars cards, like their other retro releases, it would be sweet.

Agreed. Hasbro has already made very nice versions of all of the characters from the original Mattel Secret Wars line but it would be fun to see them released on retro Secret Wars cards with nods to the original toys. I'm no longer an action figure collector but I would be hard-pressed to pass those up. 

On 9/21/2023 at 8:29 AM, F For Fake said:

It is pretty strange, the way Target handles their toy inventory. It feels like some of these things are practically going straight to clearance, which seems like it wouldn't be good for anyone involved (aside from the consumer, obviously!) I do worry a bit about the ML line. There were several waves that went to close-out outlets and STILL won't sell (Eternals, Age of Apocalypse 2, Black Panther 2, etc) and meanwhile new waves like the X-Men Ch'od wave and now these Avengers sets seem to hit clearance a month or two after they hit shelves.

Here's my haul from yesterday. Haven't had time to open up much, it was a busy night. I'm surprised by how much I like the Secret Wars pack. The Doom looks very cool to me, and the Captain Marvel/Photon figure is just gorgeous. Simple but very nicely done paint deco and lovely sculpt.

I would love to see them repackage that Doctor Doom like this. Recreate and upsize the shield and weapons and recolor his garter belt thing green to match the Mattel one.