speedcake

those are coming up now?

take

take, please. I wanna read this too

oh nice!

That is about as nice a .5 as possible. dang! GLWTS

NYCC pick ups! Ten bucks for the House of Secrets #139

True. I was good and broke by the end of Saturday anyway, so it is probably a good thing.

There is definitely no perfect system, but IMO a system that takes all control away from the fans and leaves it entirely to chance is possibly the worst option. like if I want to get up early enough to be down there to get in the correct chute for this or that main stage panel then thats a choice I can make. At the very least they could set a lower cap on how much each fan can reserve per day in the virtual queue. "Fans can reserve up to four (4) for Thursday, five (5) for Friday, five (5) for Saturday and three (3) for Sunday." Thats way too much. Maybe a mixed system of virtual queue and lottery, or a first come first serve on the actual day of in addition to the virtual queue seats. Give away half through the virtual queue, then the other half via arm bands on the morning of before doors open. Just anything that gives a little power back to the fans interested in attending any given panel.

Avengers #40 GD/VG $20 light oxidation on bottom staple, small tears at both staples, but cover/centerfold firmly attached

D.C. Super Spectacular #20 Fine+ Nick Cardy cover, re-tells origin of Two Face $15

Blackhawk #155 Fine $30 Lady Blackhawk gets hitched; too late, suckers! Also features some sort of stamp on front cover

Blackhawk #140 2nd appearance Lady Blackhawk Fine $100 from the Gary Brown Florida Man collection

Superman #207 VG/FN Neal Adams cover, anniversary issue! Giant sized! $15 looks nice structurally but has some smudging back cover

Detective Comics #417 Neal Adams cover FN/VF $25 half inch crease top right FC, small chipp out of lower left BC

Detective Comics #392 Fine- $20 Neal Adams cover

Superman's good ol' buddy Jimmy Olsen NM- to NM $30 real nice

Dazzler #1 copy C NM- $20 has a tiny crease top right corner

Dazzler #1 copy B VF/NM $18

Dazzler #1 copy A VF+ $15

reserved for recap

First in the thread trumps all other negotiatons Payment via paypal for orders under $500. Checks/MO preferred for orders over $500 Shipping to USA $10 for first three comics. $17 for all other quantities Will ship to Canada for even more money Returns fine as long as I'm notified within 7 days. Return shipping on you unless I've made a mistake such as sending the wrong book No probies or HOSers, thx

I went Thursday through Saturday this year. The only reason I didn't go Sunday was that I wasn't able to get a four day pass before they sold out and wasn't going to pay scalper prices to go a fourth day. I had fun, but not quite as much as I usually do. I didn't get into any of the main or empire stage panels I wanted for the second year in a row and only managed to get into two Marvel panels as they ran them in a much smaller room the first two days and they capped fast. That was a pretty big bummer as I both wanted to see the panelists and I wanted the panel exclusives. It was also poor planning of the Marvel block, but I'm not in charge so oh well. There were noticeably fewer comic book vendors this year, which is worrisome, but the ones that were there had pretty good selection and prices seemed overall ok. There was some decent dumpster diving available, too. I picked up a House of Secrets 139 in around VF/NM for ten bucks out of a box of mostly lower grade unpriced bronze horror. Pretty sweet! Dealers were quick to offer good deals on decent stacks of books from the $3/5/10 boxes, and wall selections looked solid. It would be nice if Reed Pop would recognize that they are pushing comic book dealers out of the show, but money talks I guess. Artists alley at NYCC though is still premier. All the big guns show up, you can get autos and OA from creators you don't see any other time of the year or rarely, and while yes the current scourge of autograph pricing and CGC middlemen is a PITA, the fact remains that those artists are there, available, and its pretty neat. The talent under the Javits Center roof over NYCC weekend is just nuts. I grabbed a bunch of exclusives mostly to flip, but did like one here and there to hang on to longer term. Mostly I stayed away from con variants this year as they were just everywhere and mostly pretty boring. But there were gems as always. I got a very cool Black Cat 9x12 inked sketch on commission from Mirka Andolfo and that was easily the highlight of my pickups this year I bought a Frank Cho mystery box and won a set of Batman #50 connecting covers CGC 9.8 signed and remarked, so that was fun. It would have been a little less fun if I had not won and I wouldn't have recommended the boxes to anyone despite winning. I very rarely buy mystery boxes, but the Cho boxes were a 50/50 to win a bigger prize so what the heck. Two years in a row now I've been shut out of the main stage and empire stage events. Last year I was able to at least get into a couple via the standby line, but that eats so much of your day that if you try and still don't get in when you could be doing something else, its a waste. I do not like the current queue system at all. It's idiotic. At least give fans some agency in whether or not they want to show up early on game day to get in line for whichever main stage or empire stage panel they want and get a wrist band like the old days. Having your fortunes taken completely out of your hands and left up to chance alone is dumb, and rewards everyone who is lucky enough to get through the virtual queue early as, while even though they cap how much you can reserve each day, people obviously just reserve the max so the big stuff sells out asap. its dumb as heck. I will probably go again next year despite it being extremely expensive, exhausting, and the dwindling comic book dealers being a concern. I still like going to panels, checking out the artists, chasing after a handful of con exclusives I either like or know will likely help cover some expenditures, and if I get into main or empire stage panels/events its icing on the cake. This went on way too long, sorry.

15% off everything for the rest of today!

take 10% off all remaining books. Closing this up tomorrow and moving them on. thanks for checking out the thread!