Randall Dowling

That's a tough trio!!

Classic book. I have a number of Maguire Signets but that other one is new to me. This cover is one of the absolute best Maguire covers of all, IMO.

What an awesome haul!!

Agreed. But after-printing micro-trimming has and does happen. We all know the most infamous case of it. But there are others also and the infamous individual is still out there.

I've had this happen as well. I've had times where I purchased books, set them in a pile with the rest of my collection (after doing a cursory assessment), and forgot about them for a few months. Only to discover that a centerfold was detached (or some other significant defect). It never entered my mind to ask for my money back after that much time. It was on me to check the book when I purchased it. And I've had a buyer ask to return a book 3 months after they purchased because they finally checked and it wasn't as good a candidate for pressing as they thought. I refunded the money but I think it's completely understandable to set some sort of reasonable limit for returns. Frankly, 30 days seems reasonable to me. I would never try to return a book after 30 days unless I discovered some sort of serious malfeasance by the seller (micro-trimming, etc.).

Hey! Nice Maguire! I neither have that book or knew about it. Now on my list!

That's awesome!

I didn't realize he was co-creator of Deadman and the Doom Patrol.

Very cool books, Dave!

That's a great page from a classic story!

I think I can help with this. I used to own a very high grade copy of Teen Titans 14. It took me many years to find it. I owned it for a few years, lost interest and sold it a few years ago. The book has now exploded in price as I no longer own it. This is a well documented cause and effect of my owning and selling books. I can't help it. I'm a force of nature.

What are you talking about? None of this is new. People have been doing various "whitening" treatments and other restorative attempts since the beginning of comic collecting. Just because these techniques are new to you and/or a few others, doesn't mean they haven't been around for a very long time. There are proper experts that spend all day, every day, studying the behavior of various newsprint and cover stock, looking at how it behaves with different treatments. In other words, professionals. It's their job and they specialize in restoration. And then there are a bunch of chumpy clowns trying to trick collectors out of their money with a fake high grade book that they doctored, usually badly. All in an effort to "get rich quick" no matter what. None of this is new either.

Awesome digests, SA! Getting harder and harder to find these in really nice shape.

I'm with Bob, that shark cover on Adventure 27 would have gotten my money.

I've had the good fortune to purchase many books from @The Lions Den (and sell a few to him, as well). Always an excellent transaction- hyper accurate grading, super fast shipping, and the nicest person to converse with. Highly recommended!

This is wonderful work! I love your approach with light and texture.

It doesn't get a whole lot better than this!

This is the work around that I've been using for a while now. Usually comes up every couple weeks or so.

You have a pretty awesome Baker collection. Some seriously tough books in there.

Sorry to hear it, Ron. That's a painfully long time to wait.

There's nothing to see here. People should ignore this post and keep focusing on comic books.

An awesome illustrator. He defined Doc Savage for me as a kid growing up and reading the paperbacks.

So, this is... something.

I never interacted with him directly but always appreciated his posts as he was an incredible well of experience and information about collecting. This is a great loss for the community. My thoughts and condolences are with his friends and family. R.I.P. Yellow Kid.

Right? There's a kind of discipline there that I absolutely don't have. @damonwad is a precision collector whereas I'm like a dog in a meadow, running back and forth to the next thing. It's impressive to see.