AndyFish

If you want to DM me your contact info and what you're looking for I will send it over to him. I'm pretty sure he doesn't do commissions, but it can't hurt to ask.

Wow 86 pages. Stan was prone to hyperbole. To the general public who know these characters only from the movies he was the creator of the Marvel Universe. To those of us who have actually spent time reading the books we know that's not the case. One need only look at STAN LEE CREATES THE DC UNIVERSE or STRIPPERELLA to see what Stan comes up with on his own. Jack Kirby (who I consider the King of Comics) was an amazing visionary but his dialogue was often clunky and at worst embarrassing. Same goes for Steve Ditko (Prince of Comics), read his MISTER A to see what a solo version of Spider-Man might have been like. There was some magical combination of these teams. Ignorance is not unusual-- how many "hardcore" comics fans barely know who Will Eisner is and the massive contributions to the industry he made that paved the way for guys like Lee and Kirby-- Lee respected him so much he wanted him to take over as EIC of Marvel when he was leaving but Eisner declined because he didn't know or like Superheroes (source? Will Eisner told me). Congrats on the book. Best of luck with it. We all have our own opinions and I respect that.

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I'm heading out tomorrow for my son's wedding-- if you want to either shoot me an invoice with PP andy@andytfish.com (don't forget the T) or send me your PP address I'll settle up with you right away before I leave. Thanks Andy

I'll take it

Restored. I chased a Looney Tunes #25 (I think that was it) had a great Halloween cover-- found one in what looked like 6.0 shape but when I took it out of the bag the pages were so brittle they flaked into the air like moths. Found one with supple pages a few years later that was restored with minor color touch.

Gave out comics 2 years ago-- along with Candy-- some years we get 300 kids and some years we get 50 -- last year I just gave out candy since I didn't have time to get the comics ready and almost every kid asked for them last year so I went downstairs and hauled a box up.

I don't understand why a seller would mess with a buyer like that. If you're interested, RoboPictoComics has a low grade copy I vouch for them highly-- not only were they Ted @Superworld's old assistants they are my sons.

Nice detective work. I was going to suggest it looked artificially aged, but decided against it. When you compare this to an actual Golden Age book you can totally see the difference between actual aging and enhanced. Enhanced tends to just have the book rolled but everything is completely intact. The stapes are usually soundly attached-- with an actual Golden Age book the wear comes from handling/reading, so you have corner bends or missing, you have areas where little dirty fingers have held the book, you get a roll created not by rolling the entire book but by rolling individual pages as you read them-- this wear causes the staples to take a beating too.

Looks like the interior pages are glossy-- wouldn't that knock out the Treasury and the Masterpiece Edition? Is this the most reprinted comic in history?

I don't collect them, but I always like looking through them at my local market-- they have a big wall display and several floor displays and dump bins full of them (somebody in management likes them). I would pick up 2-3 each week on my regular shopping trips and then leave them on the porch of my 7 year old neighbor across the street because he had a HUGE collection. From time to time when we'd visit with the family he'd always insist on taking me up to the attic where he had built this massive Hot Wheels track with loops and jumps and buildings-- it was really fun. He told me he'd often come home from school and find another new one sitting on his porch (I'd take them out of the package) from the Hot Wheels Goblin (thanks for not calling me a fairy, son). He stopped playing with Hot Wheels about two years ago when he hit 15, so I stopped my tradition of leaving him cars. I still flip through the displays from time to time-- I have two nephews in Japan who I will send them too but it's a lot more expensive than leaving them outside on a porch ;). Looking forward to grandkids and I'll do my best to get them into Hot Wheels, I know I was a track fanatic when I was a kid and it's great to get a kid away from a screen for a while.

Covers for sure-- the stories are very mixed bag but I don't think I've ever been "scared" by a comic story in any comic book. CREEPY and EERIE Magazine probably came the closest, but that would be more of a chill.

Golden Age, Silver Age, Bronze Age. That's how my world works.

I've been hooked on buying Golden Age Comics since I saw my first one at 15. Lately I have picked up a few super high grade 9.6 or better Bronze Age books that were important to me as a kid, but for me it's Gold all the way.

Clink has always been five stars-- I'm sure it will be sorted out quickly.

I'd second the mylites-- don't cheap out on the boards either-- they last for many years. Those cheap bags are a waste of money.

That's a perfect description for John. I wasn't a regular, stopped in maybe twice a year, but I always found something and he always went out of his way to say hello to me. We've done store signings and charity events with him and he was a constant positive ball of energy.

Knew John and the crew for many years-- great people. Really sorry to hear this. Thoughts and prayers to them and his family.

I had pre-ordered the Mazzuchelli BATMAN book from Amazon last Spring-- and it was promised to be delivered on the day of release, well on the day of release - nadda. So I cancelled it-- I usually have good luck with Amazon, I don't worry too much about dings on books because I'm going to read them and they'll get banged up-- but I checked IST and it was $30 cheaper and in stock-- so I placed an order and bam-- it's already shipped. Thanks to you fellas and gals. ;)

It's a qualified question-- are you buying them as investments or because you just like Timely's? In my opinion the Cap's have always been hot- depending on the specific issue. I personally find YOUNG ALLIES to be undervalued at times (keeping in mind most Timely are pricey-- I would second the opinion on GPA), and more often than not I can find some great issues at what I consider a deal. Like everything, buy what you like. If. you're asking should you get in on Cap's because the prices are rising then I'd say prices do steadily rise from year to year, while we've not seen the level of adjustment Silver and Bronze faced with the pandemic pricing, time will only tell if Golden Age has artificially inflated as well.

It's outrageous to get ripped off-- and the lack of support eBay offers sellers is why so many people have turned away from that platform. I'm a big fan of you and your posts here, Dr Balls, I'd buy from you anytime. At the end of the day-- it was your screw up-- and even though it sucks that the other guy couldn't be honest-- for $254 I'd just move on and chalk it up to experience. I'd block this clown from buying any of your auctions and if there was some kind of organized effort to write some bad reviews for his business practice on Google I wouldn't object. But for the sake of mental health, I'd move on.

I can honestly say it's been thirty five years since I've gotten more than a bottle of water from the convention floor. I don't eat Fast food-- and I certainly don't eat Old Fast Food. ;)

Picked up two commissions from Manix Abrera at SDCC -- I could not be happier-- love his work and he is such a great guy. Batman is going in a frame in the living room-- The Phantom actually belongs to my son Joe who is finally starting to post things here but not as much as he should. If you ever et a chance to see Manix's work in person it's mind blowingly fun!

Anybody know him or his shop? I was just down in that area for a vacation but I didn't go anywhere near any comic shops.

This has happened to me several times over the years, and it always works out. I was hoping the Comic Shop Owner was on vacation, or hadn't opened your package, or hadn't had time to check his (or her) email. Unfortunately since time has passed and they now seem to be actively ignoring you my vote is to out the shop owner. I want to know what potential problems I have dealing with people.