GeeksAreMyPeeps

One does not "choose to be offended." That is an emotional reaction, not a choice. One may not personally be offended by something, but can still recognize that some offensive was said. That is also not a choice; that is a critical examination of what is said. Granted that there will be varying levels of ability in employing critical reasoning to come to a conclusion as to whether something is offensive. But pointing out that someone is being offensive isn't giving power to them.

Arguably, hyping is a scam if false information is knowingly employed to hype it.

It's a newsstand, so it's worth, like, a million dollars

I've never seen the show, but I've heard plenty of chatter about it. Now, Zombie Tramp, *that* I don't understand. I've never heard anyone mention it outside of this board.

Which Acclaims are those? Not the painted cover, I imagine? They seem to exist in about equal numbers as the regular edition. Would it be the glow in the dark Shadowman and the other V3 variants?

They tried to do glow-in-the-dark, apparently, but couldn't get it to work. (They also tried with an arc of Ninjak a while back.) But yes, gatefold, polybag, and trading card. And a coupon for something.

That doesn't look legit

I'd call it the gimmickiest cover, but that's just me: http://www.cbr.com/valiant-quantim-woody-most-variant-cover-all-time/

My first job out of college was working for a small company called Comicolor that did computer coloring for comics. Pretty sure we worked on them. I think Bill Tucci (creator of Shi) was involved in their creation (and we did work for his company, Crusade).

Are you just goofing with the Vanilla Ice or do people legitimately want that?

Well, historically not valuable. But it's the first appearance of some top tier characters in the Valiant Universe, so one would have expected more to have been slabbed over the last few years. Or even in the last few months since the initial announcement. After that I was selling copies that I described as mid-grade for $20 a pop. I've since submitted 4 copies to go with the one I already had. Usually you see a surge of submissions after an announcement, but in this case the "surge" amounted to less than 10 copies. There just aren't that many out there in top condition.

Yes, his first published work. His first Marvel work is in a bookshelf format book called Open Space I believe. In additon to Burning Earth there's a 2-issue mini called All My Futures Past with some nice painted covers (not Ross, I don't think)

Quantum & Woody 1 has a lot going for it: • First appearance of two key characters • 20 years old • Low print run (less than 14K in sales according to Comichron, split over 2 covers) • Came out when speculation on Valiant comics was low, so wasn't hoarded like earlier first appearances • Never really considered valuable, so spent most of the last 20 years in dollar boxes, when not in collections • Television show coming by the Russo Brothers There's a 9.6 on eBay now for $200. Seems like a steal, since there is a miniscule number of books on the census in top condition (https://www.cgccomics.com/census/grades_standard.asp?title=Quantum+and+Woody&publisher=Acclaim&issue=1&year=1997&issuedate=6%2F97)

Also one of Peter David's first writing gigs.

Arguably, Deadpool is a mashup as well; of Deathstroke and pouches.

I don't go with anything because I don't care about the Turtles. And I don't know why where they first appeared in color would matter to a collector. But I'm not sure that creative intent is even a factor here, unless there is something unique about color in the story. In the Gambit example, it seems clear to me that 266 was meant to be an introduction to Gambit, and they had to tweak the annual story slightly so it would make sense who that new guy is.

I know this has been discussed ad naseum, but I think in some cases we just have to look at what the creative people were intending rather than focus on ship dates. And this coming from someone with multiple copies of X-Men Annual #14, including 2 in 9.8, and only one copy of 266

Kirkman's books.

Series are rebooted so often that there's nothing special about a #1 by itself. A publisher may use a new #1 for a new direction, which may include new characters, and *that* might be worth slabbing

π Can't go wrong with a slab of pi.

You'll do best if you provide high-quality pics of the books that are in top condition. The range on some of these books because of condition can be an order of magnitude because there are so many out there.

I guess I was just considering the low price to be in conjunction with slabs. Sure, ungraded books in the wild can be cheap. Pretty sure I pulled my 9.8 of 1 & 3 from convention dollar boxes.

Was the name of this thread changed to include "low price"? I didn't notice it before, and my Q&W suggestion doesn't apply in that respect. But def key, and def low # of slabs

Weren't there a good deal of TMNT counterfeits as well?

Quantum and Woody #1 (first Quantum and Woody) & #3 (first Goat) https://www.cgccomics.com/census/grades_standard.asp?title=Quantum+and+Woody&publisher=Acclaim&issue=1&year=1997&issuedate=6%2F97 https://www.cgccomics.com/census/grades_standard.asp?title=Quantum+and+Woody&publisher=Acclaim&issue=3&year=1997&issuedate=8%2F97