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yup. People should get their own.

I've had a few people inquire about this so I'll just post here to fill everyone in. John Dolmayan decided last minute to pull together a rock music show for the San Diego Comic Con. I only heard about it a few days ago myself. For those that didn't get the email, CGC sent out this email notification: When Rock & Comics Collide! Another event you will want to check out if you're in town: CGC is proud to host the band Press, who will take the stage at the House of Blues on Thursday,7/19 at 11pm. The band features John Dolmayan, the drummer for System of a Down and owner of Torpedo Comics, as well as CGC’s own Matt Nelson on guitar. Franky Perez, the lead singer for Apocalyptica, joins them as vocalist for this rare appearance, as well as other guests. As a big thank-you for all the friends and customers who have made CGC a success, tickets are free (but in limited quantity.) Visit CGC at booth #901 Thursday for access. Note: only those those who are 18 yrs. and older will be admitted. House of Blues San Diego is located at 1055 5th Avenue in the Gaslamp district. There are going to be a few other guests (for example, Franky's guitarist from one of his other bands is supposed to be there but I didn't see him at practice yesterday or today). I'm going to sing a few songs as well. Not sure if anyone else is going to show up. There is room for about 200 people from what I understand so I hope you guys can make it to the House of Blues San Diego, Thursday 7/19 @ 11PM This is a shot I took at practice today in LA. I have some video footage from practice but I don't want to ruin any surprises so I'll just say that I expect the show to be kick azz and hopefully everyone can make it for what will be another fun and memorable evening and a most unique Rock and Roll Comic Con experience.

Take 5% off all listed prices.

That Batman movie created more Batman hysteria in the eye of the general public than any other movie in the history of the hobby. I remember it was literally everywhere, and Batman comics skyrocketed in price overnight.

That doesn't seem excessive for a Fine range copy. Of seen similar defects on other books.

Yup. Pretty sure Marvel #1 was top dawg until the Keaton Batman movie in 1989 and then Tec #27 took top spot for a year or two before Action #1 became the most valuable book in OSPG and stayed there.

Most sales have a lot of carnival barkering. I ignore what people say when buying and just use my own judgement.

I don't think he said it was upgradeable. Some people are just risk averse and don't like to play that game. I eyeballed the book from the link provided and it definitely looked nice for the grade. That, added to the old label mythos and some people will overpay either for the shot at upgrade or simply to own a nice looking copy (or an old label). Just ask @namisgr, who sold his collection at auction unpressed and set record numbers for most of his books. Of course most reappeared in higher graded holders later but the fact is they sold for record prices for the grades at the time.

I LOVE Marvel #1 more than Action #1 and Det #27. Always have.

If by T27 you are referring to Detective Comics 27 there is no way FF1 is a more important book. We are talking Batman - arguably the most popular superhero ever ..... I mean its Batman .... It is not even clear if Fantastic Four #1 is the most important Marvel Book or Silver Age Book - let alone #2 overall in the hobby ..... what about Marvel Comics #1 or Captain America Comics #1? I enjoy the FF and think FF1 is a beast of a book that has been undervalued (same with FF4, FF5 and FF48) but I don't think it is the most important Marvel book - but everyone has their own opinion It is WITHOUT question the single most important Silver Age Marvel but I would probably not argue further than that.

it's pretty out of line with other recent sales. i think someone is hoping that copy will upgrade with a resubmit. it sure looks like a perfect copy, and could definitely come back as a 9.6, in which case it would have been a good price. This is a major flaw with today's market. Upgradeable copies (or potentially upgradeable, perceived to be upgradeable or exception copies for grade ) sell all the time for record prices and these realized prices are often used as new benchmarks. It happened last spring for AF #15, it's happened to Hulk #181 on more than one occasion (I would put this sale under that umbrella) and it continues to happen. And it's not good for the market in the long term.

I didn't even touch the ASM stuff but it was great. Captain Stacey's death, the drug / code issues, Morbius.... so much great stuff there. Also, IMO Ross Andru was perfectly suited to draw Spidey and he killed it. I agree. Great stuff, and I wasn't even a Spidey guy.

It could be a 'the good old days were better' perception. I too think the stories only got better as time went on. The late silver age and early bronze age gave us some pretty intricate story lines, some of which are still relevant to this day (death of Gwen Stacey, Conan, Wolverine, Punisher, Starlin's cosmic stuff which is still timeless, Hulk's meeting of Jarella which actually made me cry - and then you have all the horror titles which are highly regarded). I don't know what they're talking about either.

My point about production quality was in regards to the actual materials used and not the story quality. I don't think story quality suffered all that much and there were some great story lines (Marvel increasingly added creators as time went on) but the actual paper, inks and staples were marketdly different and this is apparent when you examine them side by side (pre 67-68 books and post 67-68 books).

Not funny. But funny. Sorry about it Hector but at least she was trying to be careful!

Dude, sooooo sorry this hasn't turned up yet. I know most people will keep their eyes peeled. If your Action #1 page shows up someone will spot it.

1967-68 when the production quality of the books changed noticeably.

And the Everett, Wood, Romita art in the early issues is exceptionally good. The linework is just amazing. I wasn't a huge Colon fan, though. I think it's a combination of popularity (increasing), some poor sales years ago in the high grade range which spooked high end buyers, being a late book and being a white cover. But if I had to choose one original art page to own from the Marvel SA it would be a hard toss up for me between Kirby FF #1 and Everett DD #1. The entire book is a work of art.

I wish. Though, knowing that I did have 2 cbcs 2.5s I would have pushed that one harder if I needed to, but luckily buyers did all the work for me But if you didn't twist the customer's arm to buy the CBCS slab then that ruins Jaydogrules' theory that CBCS books are worthless!!

That's all for now, folks!

Rangers Comics #14 CGC 6.0 COW - in my opinion the greatest GGA cover of all time, after Rangers #26 Asking $1750 -I know, a CGC 7.0 just sold for $1375 a few months ago. Good luck finding front cover appeal like this. This was my personal copy for years and Chip auctioned it off for me a couple of years ago. Buyer returned it saying it was over graded (we had it graded a 5.5) and incomplete. I guess he was wrong.

Giant Size X-men #1 CGC 9.8 OWW - apparently this book is en fuego Asking $10,000

Fantastic Four Annual #5 CGC 9.8 White - a lot of people don't realize that this is the 1st solo Silver Surfer story. Stunning White pager of this 51 year old square bound comic. Asking $2750

Batman #251 CGC 9.4 OWW Asking $1500

Amazing Spider-man #129 CGC 9.2 OWW Asking $2250