Randall Dowling

On 3/13/2022 at 7:05 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Take

That's a great grab, SA!  

I've never seen one before.  Can you post a picture of what the insert looks like?

On 3/12/2022 at 4:46 PM, The Meta said:

Caught the first two episodes of this series and so far,

Likewise.  As she was in the first season, Allison Pill is... unfortunate.  There's something painful and cringeworthy in her presentation at times and it's really tough to get past.  Some of it is probably direction, but I just don't think she's up to the task.

Right now, she's like having a little bit of pee in your swimming pool.

Somebody should grab that Creepy 29.  Lots of great books in here, Charlie!  GLWTS!  

On 3/3/2022 at 1:35 PM, ft88 said:

Captain Marvel 1-4 $20

Sarlin reprints

 

On 3/3/2022 at 1:51 PM, ft88 said:

Warlock 1-6 $20

Starlin reprints

On 3/3/2022 at 10:42 AM, ft88 said:

Wolverine Limited Series 1-4 TPB $10

If still available, I'll take these.

That's unfortunate.  If I was buying it, I would want the grade to be a 7.0 so that's what I would sell it as.  

I have a Creepy 9 that's in pretty amazing shape but has a chunk off the same corner, but much larger.  And I consider it to be a 5.0.  

It's not for me but who knows?  Others might be interested.  

I'm more of a "complete magazine" guy and that applies to Ladies Home Journals, Life Magazines, Saturday Evening Posts, etc.  But there are a lot of people that chop those up and sell advertisements and covers as single pages.  So maybe, could work.

I'm still grumpy with anyone who cut out an MVS when they were a kid.  Little bastards!  

On 3/10/2022 at 8:34 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

It's shocking how much that looks like @Stevemmg..

On 3/10/2022 at 5:47 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

As someone eluded to in the scanner thread. (Especially for Greggys volume)

It may be time to work on a prototype double sided scanner as that he could drastically reduce scan time. 

I've never even heard of such a thing.  Sounds awesome.

On 3/10/2022 at 1:23 PM, Surfing Alien said:

This bonanza of beauties arrived today

A couple of pretty rare late # Croydon "Girls"

Bernard Safran cover on this one

Wonderfully moody Lou Marchetti cover on this one. It wasn't even listed in Warren's big guide.

These two yellow cover Leisure Library's are ones you don't see often

One of the uncredited non-Heade covers  Fixed that - it is signed by Heade all the way down in the corner!

Cover by Heade

Another Falcon I didn't have. They just rarely come up for sale. Uncredited but it looks like George Gross art to me.

Finally a pretty nice upgrade for me of one of the top 10 Drug books imho. Legendary Julian Paul cover on a tough black background. I got aced out of a really nice one last year that bid up over $200, but this one is nicer, just has a dust shadow at the bottom but is unread and no creasing on the cover. 

It's a good day 

Wow... that's an impressive haul, SA!  Nice work!!  

On 3/8/2022 at 10:03 AM, vodou said:

I stepped off the vintage European sports cars thing in the late 1990s for exactly that reason.

It was fun while it lasted...

I've always been a fan of the White Mountain collection.  I've probably owned 3 or 4 ECs from it along with many magazines and 30 or 40 paperback books.  All of them have this nice quality of freshness that is, for me, very desirable.  

On 3/9/2022 at 9:47 PM, Joshua33 said:

Who cares? Canadians are lame... except for Ricky, Julian, Bubbles and @detective35 

I know your sense of humor but others may not pick it up.  

Nice solid copy, SA!!  

Covid did a number on my experience shipping in general.  For me, I stopped shipping to Canada initially for 3 reasons (2 already stated before):

• Standing in line and waiting to have it be accepted at the post office during Covid was messed up.  Especially my local P.O. which is tiny inside.
• The cost of shipping to Canada was crazy expensive and I honestly felt bad charging customers for all the shipping cost so I paid part of it myself on a few occasions
• I had one package somehow get lost for a month at the border and then bounce back to me and had to pay for postage twice.  Another I had disappear completely.  The USPS really got messed up (as we all know).

However, I've still been happy to ship to a few Canadian board members that I've always enjoyed working with.  After reading this thread, I'm willing to change that policy now as things are a little better.  Not looking to alienate my Canadian friends.  

On 3/9/2022 at 7:28 AM, Jayman said:

Nice to know a 9.2 is obtainable with that defect. I know it is common but it is the defect I hate the most.

I've owned a couple books where somehow, the staple is broken though the cover and has a sharp edge, basically causing it to scratch/cut the inside of mylites and make me worried it will damage other bags in front of them.  Bad books!  

On 3/7/2022 at 2:41 PM, Pancakes! said:

I'd rather have an unmanipulated copy 

Generally, I agree with you on this with the exception of one person that works on books and a relatively small number of non-color breaking issues that it's obvious to me that having them straightened out is preferable (i.e. the book was folded in half and has a tough bend in it).  Otherwise, like The Lion said, I usually like the looks of a book that hasn't been smashed into a wafer.

But there are a small few people that work on books and don't squash them into submission.  Probably less than 1% of all people claiming to be good at pressing.  The books they work on actually do look better afterward.

In answer to the OP, as stated before, yes, a lot of people who press comics can and do damage them.  As to whether or not CGC downgrades for it, that's a different issue.

On 3/6/2022 at 11:54 PM, wpbooks01 said:

 

Touching from a Distance.    (Am I having deja vu or just getting old and we've done this before?)

On 3/7/2022 at 12:11 AM, Joshua33 said:

This one shocked me earlier. Large number for that title. 

I've never seen this book before.  It has a very progressive color scheme for 1930.  Very cool!

On 3/6/2022 at 5:12 PM, Ken Aldred said:

Easy to over level in Skyrim, even when on Legendary difficulty. Even that eventually starts to get quite manageable once you’ve maxed out your preferred skills and figured out what Thu’ums work best in a certain situation, such as against one-or-two shot kill Draugr Overlord archers.

Those guys are bastards.  One of the only parts of the game that you have to watch out for at upper levels.  

I agree with you guys, though.  There's a point in Skyrim where it's ridiculously easy at higher levels and I actually started fighting with wooden swords and a hunting bow to make it a challenge.  

I would end up with these absurd troves of weapons and armors by level 45 and at that point, while still enjoyable, it's really just about exploring the different story quests.  My favorite thing to do was to get the Savior's Hide and then dress up Serana with it.  She really knew how to wear it.

Recap on the first page.

On 3/6/2022 at 11:25 AM, joeypost said:

On 3/6/2022 at 11:26 AM, joeypost said:

Hey Joey!  Nice grabs, they're yours!  

I'll leave this thread up through the weekend.  Again, feel free to pm with any questions or reasonable offers.  Thanks for all that have looked or purchased so far!