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I saw those books and they were quite pretty. (thumbs u

You nailed it. Spawn was (and still is) very popular but the larger print runs kept prices relatively low. I still hear people talk about Spawn at shows and stores all the time.

Spawn had a movie, a gazillion variants, countless comic spin offs (i.e,. Medieval Spawn, Curse of the Spawn, Sam & Twitch, etc), a rated R television show/cartoon, and a ridiculous amount of toy lines. The last 10 years popularity haven't been even close to the first 10 years. Does Spawn still put out a comic book? If it was a fad there would be no more Spawn but it's still around eh? Def not the height it was at before but it's there. I bet Walking Dead will still be around this time next year but it will be a shell of its former self. Why would you say that? There have been plenty of Walking Dead fans that have been around for years and it seems to be growing. Spawn was popular 20 years ago and he's still relatively popular today, especially among all of those people that grew up reading Spawn. We joke around because they think a Spawn #1 is the 1990's version of an AF #15 but in reality, people still dig the character. It's no small feat to have character stay popular, talked about and in the collective conscience for 20 years. Walking Dead is in the same vein, it's going on 10 years now. That's a success by anyone's measure. While, it's tough to keep pushing zombies I think that if they continue to come up with and develop characters like Michonne who can transcend the series they've got something that will remain successful for some time.

Can I have dibs on it tomorrow when you start collecting Sonic the Hedgehog comics?

Great cover, the scan...not so much Don't worry. It's probably the Church copy.

Wow. I passed on Overstreet's copy a few years ago and regretted it ever since.

If I had to be on an island with a few Schomburg covers, these would round out my top 10: Marvel Mystery #4 is near the top of the list for me. It has it all...Subby, Nazis, Damsel, Yellow cover, early Schomburg. All Select #1 is terrific and also up there (just picked one up). I'd put Thrilling #7 up there along with Marvel Mystery #5, Daring #1 (killer early pulp style cover with a futuristic city), Daring #4 and Mystic #4 (what a terrific use of black and green). All Winners #11 and Captain America Comics #3 have to be on the list. Marvel Mystery #9 would be at the top of the list for me though. I don't know if it gets any better than that cover. I don't have one now. I'm a huge fan of the early Schomburg covers.

GAtor, Will there be a decisive victory in today's basketball game or will it be a long drawn out sweaty mess with old guys falling everywhere?

Absolutely.

That is exactly it. Even more so, it's going to continue to happen. It's happened to me many times. You learn to eventually to let it roll off your back. The reality is that you just can't win EVERY time, and if someone else wins, they will come back to buy more another day. A little meat on the bone makes the world go round.

Yup, I wouldn't hesitate to think it's real. I've seen a few like that too. (thumbs u

Miller's signature has changed through the years tremendously. This sketch by Frank below was done circa 1980 or so...he never signs anything like it any more but I happen to know it's authentic. Personally Orfus, to me it looks like one if his sigs. I've seen him sign like that before.

If there was a spine roll that would account for the better centring after pressing. All of the other tell tale markings are identical - dot in the A of lantern, wear above the W and A in "Showcase", wear on top right, wear on bottom of spine.

Its not even on the census yet... Was this a resuscitation of one of the 9.0s? Totally NEW copy. This is ludicrous. That looks a lot like Roulette's old 8.5

I think it's a killer name for a Pedigree as well.

Holy cow! Love them! I forgot to mention. The 4 is a Twilight Pedigree.

Jimmy closed up shop and moved a bit further North along Yonge Street in Richmond Hill. He now operates a very small comics/cards/dvd/computer store called Chaos Comics. Back issues are from the last 10-15 years, and there's not much in the way of wall books. Wow, good to know. I'm going to drop in and say hi the next time I'm in town. I used to work at VW of Richmond Hill...so I guess he's just north of there?

I was always pretty much all Marvel except for my youngest years although Batman was one DC title I kept coming back to. I grew up in Scarborough (east end) so I visited local book stores close to my home like the one just off Sheppard on Glen Watford Drive next to the swimming pool there and another at the corner of Sheppard and Birchmount in the plaza...just down the street from my high school. Both had a small selection of back issues in the early 1980's at the back of the store.

There was a comic book store I visited on Keewatin Ave (between Yonge and Mt. Pleasant, just north of Eglington) in the late 1970's or early 1980's but I can't remember what it was called. I know it sounds funny but Toronto was a mecca for comic books back in the 1980's. I hear all kinds of stories about the stuff that came through the area. Stores were well established in the 1970's and 1980's. I was already trying to scope out back issues by the early 1980's by hitting book stores instead of comic stores for back issues as many book stores had a comic section in the back of the store. By the mid/late 1980's I was buying from Shooting Star comics in North York and Richmond Hill. Apparently I was their best customer as I was probably spending $200-300 a week there regularly on new and back issues. Bought my first DD #1, Subby #1 and god knows what else there. The owner's name was Jim and I always wondered what happened to him.

That's just creepy. Why wouldn't someone just walk up and ask him rather than film a passive aggressive video?

Yes - the guy was having them custom made for his own use, but was going to stop because his supplier was raising his prices for the lucite. I bought a GA book off him at NYCC '11 partially just to get one of his cool boards. Dave was also selling the boards and bought about 100 of them but like you said, he stopped selling them.

Shin, the clear backing boards are a wonderful idea for showing books at shows. One thing to be aware of is that they will hide some defects the way Mylar will, meaning if there is a non colour breaking crease or a subtle stain it may now show up through the Mylar or the clear backer but it will show up when the book is held raw, in hand. Still, it does make for a very attractive set up. If you read from the beginning of this thread, they've been used by dealers for a few years now. The other trade off is weight. They are extremely heavy compared to backing boards. Still, they do look super.

Understatement of the year!!! I suppose I actually meant "nerd"--I'm no geek, I'm actually quite suave and coordinated. Don't make me come to your house and dunk on you in your driveway. No hoop. No driveway for said hoop either (at least for a few more days). Well I can't dunk right now anyway, so maybe I'll be at it again by the time you get a hoop up. Talking about it the other day jazzed me up...I played Saturday and Sunday and am planning to play Thursday and Friday as well. Tough to stay in shape playing once a week, I need to do it at least 3-4 times per week to stay in shape only via basketball. Tell me about it. I'm heading out to play for an hour now before the soccer game starts. Used to play 4-6 times a week. Now if I get out once in a week I'm lucky.