Betty-Bates

On 5/9/2022 at 6:07 PM, thecollectron said:

Probably a good thing, too, since it will keep the collection from expanding into the entire house.

You are listing to the wrong people. This is not a good thing. First, when both partners collect, there is a 50% less chance you will miss an auction or second guess a good book deal. Second, it is easier to organize when the genres have their own rooms. Third, if your house is eccentric, people can't tell if it's dirty or stylish!! 😂🤣😂🤣 (just kidding! I'm actually very tidy, I just decorate with what I collect! 💜💜) 

On 5/9/2022 at 5:24 PM, Dr. Love said:

Church western romance - well, one out of three aint bad!  We can always bring you up to speed - if that's what you really want 

 

and as far as women OO from back in the day - I present Nancy G.  I spy her over the years, always a thrill, it's a message in a bottle.  You are not alone Betty!  If I spot her in a real time auction, I'll let you know.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Absolutely FANTASTIC!!!!! 💜💜💜💜

On 5/9/2022 at 4:24 PM, D84 said:

This thread was started by someone accusing men of using their female  significant others scantily clad to sell comics. The implication of that sentiment, that these couldn't be women admiring or selling comics. My rant had nothing to do with you joining the conversation. 

What I said was women read comics, like you. My mother got me into them. My grandmother on my dad's side bonded with me over them. Maybe that why it upsets me? Two of the most influential women in my life read comics. Maybe saying women don't read comics is a way of invalidating two people who are very special to me.

And since you are curious, I'm the person who tell all their friends and significant others that their feelings are valid. As someone who is on medication for an accute anxiety disorder, I don't believe it is healthy to negate someone's feelings. Being on the other side of it sucks.

Now that I have answered your implications of mesagany, I will apologize if my post came across as about you, it was not.

I'd love to discuss golden age with you. It's a particular interest of mine.

Aww thank you! I can be pretty defensive regarding this topic. It's been a marathon of an existence, being wierd! 🤣😂🤣 In a shocking short twist of thread, I  admit I have overreacted! 😂🤣😂💜💜

Can't wait to talk about golden age! My weak areas are westerns and romance. Everything else, I'm down!💜

On 5/9/2022 at 4:14 PM, Jaylam said:

@D84, @Betty-Bates

In another thread I posted this observation concerning books released back in June 1962:

The comics market was much more diversified back in those days. Superheroes were in the minority by far. Looking at the MikesAmazingWorld Newsstand listings for that month, I counted 13 different titles published by Archie Comics that month. War, Westerns, Cartoons, Romance, TV shows and Movies; the genres were all over the place. I counted 21 non-Archie Romance titles. In spite of comic books being regarded as a nerdy guy's medium, at least back in 1962, the proportion of titles directed at a female audience crossing many age groups tells a different story. Comics were obviously being read by a wide and varied audience and I knew more than a few females that were Spider-Man fans even in the 1990's. More recently, a girl down the street who was friends with my daughter was an Avengers fan and was shocked to find I was big into comic books when she was over one day playing games with my daughter. I showed her my collection and as a gesture to acknowledge and celebrate her interest, I gave her one of my graded Avengers from my original personal collection (I believe it was issue #109). 

Yes, there are a ton of golden age books that were collected by females. I love to get books with women's names on the covers! I am excitedly waiting to be introduced to a female who collected gold and early silver extensively and is now in her 90s. Someone's already come in and poached her collection, but I just want to hear her stories! It wasn't that the comics we're in some way unconsumable by women, it was that the atmosphere of collectors specifically omitted them and claimed it was because they didn't want to be there. Granted, it was super weird to all genders to be a girl and want to be into comics for a really long time! Ive never had any idea why. Do some guys think that women are born with a comic blocking hormone? Does all comic information bypass our brains and get sucked into our ovaries? Ive never  understood it. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 In the early shows it was awkward to have to go and talk to porn stars because it was assumed that was the entertainment that comic book collectors would like (I was not an avid porn follower myself at the time.) But, we did what we had to do. Now the world has gotten a lot better! But there are still major gaps. Mainly in people's assumptions. I don't really care anymore, other than it hurts a little when people second-guess me where I know they would not do so if I were male. But, that is currently part of life is a female (what discussions attempt to change.) On this one in particular I was saying I was tired of seeing naked people when looking for comics, but somehow it got flopped into a woman's rights discussion... so here I am.

On 5/9/2022 at 12:33 PM, D84 said:

I'm getting a little tired of the comics are only read by boys trope. My mother got me reading Batman because she read Batman as a kid. Hell, I probably wouldn't read comics if not for her.

Most of my female friends read comics of all character types.

In my home town of Houston, Bedrock City had a female manager in the 90s.

Can we please move on from this.

It actually only comes up about once a year. It's just a topic that irritates you. That's why it seems like it's all the time. People generally get irritated by conversations where they agree with the losing side, but they can't form a legitimate winning argument well enough to take it on. That may not be the case here, but there is still room for improvement in this agrea, and therefore, need for continued conversation. After seeing you announce that you're done with a conversation the moment woman chimes in, I'm curious to know if you tell your female significant others that they're "overreacting" during disputes. I kinda feel like you would.

If I could make a suggestion: the time it takes to prepare me a sandwich is time that could be well used in thinking about exactly why you don't like it when this conversation comes up. Thanks babe! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂💜

On 5/9/2022 at 12:15 PM, JJ-4 said:

You need new guy friends then.

Nah! I have a soft spot for weak and gullible critters. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣💜💜💜💜💜💜

On 5/9/2022 at 11:27 AM, The Meta said:

 

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣😂🤣🤣😂😂🤣😂🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂 ROFL!!!

On 5/4/2022 at 5:55 PM, Robot Man said:

I love this! Most guys see this cover and see a girl in distress, most guys haven't looked closely enough :-) That girl has got things under control. 💜💜

On 5/2/2022 at 10:35 PM, comicjack said:

Collectors wonder why they can't find a copy 

If I am not mistaken, the title of the post was requesting pictures of people's Twins and sibling PCH books. 

Guys always say that girls hide their feelings and start ridiculous arguments after they've asked for the answer they were given.... I suppose this is how that feels. But if you're upset with me because I've got three or four copies of one book, you don't know me real well, and you're going to hate me later! 🤣😂🤣🤣😂🤣🤣😂🤣🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣💜💜💜💜💜💜

On 10/23/2021 at 4:25 PM, PKJ said:

Headed to the airport now, was nice to meet some boardies and hang out. Agree with what others said, lots of good deals and plenty to dig through. I will share a few pics tonight. 
 

Any idea who Carbo sold the T27 to? Wasn't there when I finally summoned up the energy to scope his booth Saturday.

I will trade a decent Darkhawk #1 or Turok #1 for whatever drugs were used (or should have been used) during the making of this thread. 🤣💙

On 9/10/2021 at 2:41 PM, Mr bla bla said:

Picking up a funny book is not really a ‘business transaction’.

IMHO picking up anything that costs over a million dollars is a business transaction. If it is not, they will be selling the piece soon, because they aren't taking money seriously. Also, if it was purchased on a whim, the value would be invalid as a market indicator and would simply be a fluke that deserves no attention. Only three groups want this book - collectors who love it, businesses that want to show it off as advertising, and investors who know our hobby is still cheap and realize the cultural significance. Those groups are not exclusive, and the reasoning could be one or all of those factors. Even for a well-to-do collector, this would very much be a business transaction. The buyer took three million and six hundred thousand dollars of liquid income and turned it into a book that would require strategy, work and time to resell. I'm not saying 3M is a ton of money to everyone, but, it is a whole lot of money to everyone. No one spends that flippantly (without that flippantness being part of an advertising or other strategy.) 

On 9/10/2021 at 12:34 PM, gadzukes said:

I think the dude is having fun knowing that many possible bidders were left high and dry when the HA site crashed for many people during the bidding.  

Have you seen anyone say that it was their intention to bid, but they were unable? It seems to me that anyone bidding over 2M would know to have several avenues as a contingency. This book didn't go to a guy on his lunch break with bad phone reception, it was a business transaction.

On 9/9/2021 at 1:46 PM, Betty-Bates said:

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On 9/9/2021 at 12:56 PM, Chicago Boy said:

Detective 27 9.2 says "Hold My Beer "

Unlike the AF #15 (with 3 others (4 total) in 9.6 and formerly a 9.4) the Tec is now holding a 150 year old scotch, not a beer. 🤣😂🤣🤣🤣

On 9/9/2021 at 12:22 PM, twmjr1 said:

Are the top copies of T27 and A1 now $5 million-plus items?

Now... imagine all of that, but, you are a woman doing all that in 1938😂🤣😂 - (...seriously, roll call at that rock you know is the one. Saturday - 2 sharp.)