Wally's Comics

Stan Lee's first work with Timely/Marvel comics what a cool gem!

I love the powerful minimal design of covers 2-4. This series really cemented Wolverine as a top tier marvel character.

I think I just had a SA geek'gasm looking at these!

These are smoking Boyd!

That's a solid price. I sold my 8.0 at a show 6 years ago for about the same.

Technically Joker is the 2nd.

Why? Well how do you define greatest?

I define it as how a villain has affected the person and no other villain has affected Batman as the killer of his parents did.

So "Joe Chill" is #1 or was since he's deceased.

what the heck, I talked myself into it.

wow! A Gerber 8 at a discount...

39 minutes ago, shiverbones said:

Crime does not pay #52

messed up woman shot and burnt alive story, violent baby face Nelson cover and story

vg+ $40

 

take!

2 hours ago, djpinkpanther67 said:

Nice book Justin

He deserves it, Justin has gotta be one of the hardest working guys at a show.

48 minutes ago, mseif1988 said:

 

Wow, this cover art tells the 2020 future!

Spidey has a breathing mask and is social distancing and is ok... the others didn't and are toast!

If you look real close Wasp is swirling a hoard of TP and Hand sanitizer behind her. Damn Wasp!

That's the first GA I ever bought at a comic show...

My buddy Dan talked me into it.

He warned me GA was addicting, now I'm living out of a box.

6 minutes ago, Black_Adam said:

Semi off-topic, but business has been gangbusters at MCS lately. I am normally lucky to move a few comics in a month with my nosebleed-inducing pricing but since they reopened I have sold 16 slabs (worth about $8k) in little more than a month. Must be those stimulus checks! 

That and the fact there are no comic shows on the horizon.

But yes, I must say that after all the personal grief and sadness that this Covid situation has brung (trust me my life has been a country song of late) I am still grateful for MCS because they have helped me bring much needed money in for me and my family/best friends. It's just that a lot of those are books that have been in stock for over a year... Oh well.

1 minute ago, bb8 said:

Sounds like Heritage is a hassle all ways 'round.

Don't get me started on them. That's one I can agree on.

I'm not trying to paint myself up as being special because I am not, I just sell a lot.

I see this courtesy as the same type of business nod that I personally get at the main shows. I haven't paid for an entrance into a comic show for years. Why? Because of the unspoken that dealers have with my kind that go there with the main purpose to buy from a lot them. They realize the more discretionary money you have, the more you have to spend and it comes back around to these dealers to comp badges. This is a business for me, a side one but still a business. For one that goes to a show to buy from sellers to the point of exhaustion I see courtesy going a long way. Besides that, I'm probably one of the most honest people you will ever meet and I have helped watch booths for sellers that needed a smoke or whiz break.

Anyway, I've spoken my peace here. I can call Conan or Buddy and figure out what my next move is.

20 minutes ago, shadroch said:

Donut would have flipped that FF in a week, reinvested it and flipped those books in a week, turning your $3,000 book into $25,000 along the way. Is sitting on a book for a year in order to squeeze out another couple hundred dollars worth it?

There is a difference, the time it takes to do that.

Everybody has a process. Mine is based on percentages.

Sellers should LOVE my practices. WHY? Because I have set fire to so many books getting GPA highs because it SOLD at those prices.

The two up top were part of that as well as dozens of others before Moon Knight was super hot I took a WWBN 32 and listed it for about double guide the CGC 9.0 flipped and it's gone gangbusters ever since.

I'll never apologize for how i run my show, because unlike the hoarding jerks with TP and Hand Sanitizer that place these items out there for sky high - bottom line PEOPLE DO NOT NEED COMICS!

9 minutes ago, Number 6 said:

The focus of my approval for this has to do with the CGC books that are consigned to MCS for 4-5 times what they sell for on Clink, HA, eBay or anywhere else.

I assure you that isn't me. But on the other hand, why is that even an issue???

If I see a seller that has a certain book out there listed sky high, I WATCH IT and pray that someone buys it because I like to see my books mature.

I see this new MCS business practice as a chastising for all their consigners. especially ones that have tons of books there.

and for the record, all those that cheering with the notion that all of a sudden the MCS consignment prices will be dropping like rain, think again...

There is solid reason why the prices are what they are, I can assure you. I've been selling there for over 8 years so my knowledge is pretty solid.

Here's the way I see it: #1 - MCS absolutely doesn't like any returns from books (its a loss they incur so I don't blame them). #2 MCS under grades raws big time to avoid returns. Whenever I send in raw books I can guarantee MCS will call it a full one to two grades lower than my grading. I have been grading comics for over 30 years and I have a solid standing here in the grading competitions. I have submitted hundreds of books to CGC and it is ultra rare that I am surprised by a CGC. But on the other hand, MCS will call a VF a Fine or less in a heart beat. Now, how do I deal with this issue you ask? I do the honest "right" thing and price the book on what I think it is.

If this is why you think the raw prices are high. I would employ anyone here to just look at the book and make your own assumption.

I am not trying to throw dirt on one's business practices, it is what it is. I sell so much there I felt that what I was just saying was a no brainer.

Peace.

5 minutes ago, shadroch said:

Have you had books sit for a year or more?  Without looking at the charts, I'd say I move 98% of my stuff in six months, with most sold in the first few weeks.

I sure do. Funny thing is I've been flipping A lot of stuff in the last few weeks that have sat for quite awhile.

I've had a FF 1 in CGC 3.0 sit for a full year at 3k and I had a FF 49 8.5 (old label) sit for a full year at $500 and that just two that I pull off the top of my head.

13 hours ago, Poka said:

would be great if @Mycomicshop could consider to exempt sellers which generates a minimum turnover at a level to be decided by MCS from the storage fees.

BINGO! You would think that if you are making a solid percentage of sales it wouldn't matter what space you were taking up.

You are not alone Poka!

Anyone that knows the comic business knows that it is cyclical what is cold today can be blown up tomorrow.

I personally don't think I price my stock sky high, but I don't price it too cheap either.

Anyway, I am a Huge Fan of LB. And apologies to the OP for the light derailment.

One last thing though there is another classic in Power 1 (if you want to have some real fun, try to count how many different points of perspective is in that background, I double dog dare you!)
funny thing is again, IT WORKS! I bet there were more than a few pop artist of the 60's that used this as a springboard for their style. Great stuff!

6 minutes ago, DTM700 said:

That’s exactly why it’s there and the way it is.  It’s a racist cartoon caricature.

yep, I said that to point out what it is, but my attempt was to highlight the odd stylization.

5 minutes ago, OdinsSecrets said:

Never noticed it before, but now that you brought it up its hard not to focus on that one face.

sorry, this is one of those once you see it, you can't unsee it...

Just now, KCOComics said:

I tend to agree with Wally. 

I don't think it takes away from a spectacular cover, but compared to everyone else that one image is cartoonish and out of place. 

Still a great book I would love to own. 

 

oh, I'm not saying it's not a classic. Just a different kind of classic to me.

It's almost like if someone snuck a Charlie Brown jetting out of the back of Mona Lisa's head type of classic.