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"Watching a primer for an HR seminar" Lol. And would that be a bug...or a feature? Has replaced the age old questions for comic geeks as weve gotten older, that being Betty or Veronica? Ginger or MaryAnn? Thor or the Hulk?

Back in the day was considered a minor grail. Now, with 23 universal and 3 restored, not as much. Still, a decent mid grade copy, very difficult to find in the wild. Congrats!

And yet I dont see any of you guys posting in the western comics thread. No crossover love?

Hey what about that Barbie movie eh?

Zoe Saldana in Special Ops: Lioness, Sheridan's latest project on Paramont, is fantastic btw. Gamora was not the best use of her talent. Sheridan's done the writing so far, 3 episodes up, top notch, and as usual his casting choices are superb.

Such a bad look for you, krapping on the floor of your host's house. Even if you're right, level up, for goodness sake. Your love for the medium is obvious, your knowledge base deep and wide. Yet this one note stuff is, as Richard has said, tiresome.

Lol. Quite the unforced error. A lowly paralegal would have shown more focused research skills! I expect we will remain unabashed? Duck, you do deserve a little leg pulling after chiding Billy. I take it you are unfamiliar with Sheridan's body of western work? No Wind River or Hell or High Water? No Yellowstone, 1883, or 1923?

If you have a FedEx account you can redirect shipments coming from the auction houses to a FedEx office and pick it up personally. Same with CGC, to some states. Not Calufornia though.

hey pards

Thanks to all for your western picks. Don't like to derail a specific thread, but decided to take the opportunity to pick the hive brain. Love me some westerns, both printed and visual media.

previous attempts by others to share data with Overstreet about promos could not even get a response

Zegler's disdain for the source material, heard in the interview, tells you all you need to know. Its not laziness or a con job to make some cash. Obliterating the values of the classic is the purpose of the project. Soon the original will have a cultural warning attached to it for the future viewer. It will be held up, not as a classic, but a classic example of misogyny and body mocking from a hateful bygone era.

Your western picks? Thanking in advance

Get a policy with Collectibles Insursnce. Then mail via FedEx Signature. If something starts to go wrong you can deal with a human being in real time. Simply impossible with USPS.

There were file copies prior to '51 - Picture Stories for example. And no explanation was ever sought (!) by those avid collectors Overstreet and Cochran or given as to the absolute lack of copies for the three romance titles - Modern Love, Moon, A Girl...Romance, and Saddle Romances. 15 issues. Nada. If pressed, I'd say it reflects Gaines' disdain for the romance genre - and the unprecedented money grab it represented by all publishers in 1949-1950. In an industry where imitation was not only business as usual, but the business model itself. So clearly shown by the "farewell" mocking story in the last issue of EC's three title romance run, Modern Love #8, "The Love Story to End ALL Love Stories!".

Overstreet has got the comic universe completely mapped out at this point...except for promos. A mere fraction. Tired of the same ol same ol? Want a collecting challenge? Go promo. In grade.

Great series. From the first scene of the first episode to the last shot of Season 1. Great casting, acting, natural location shots with intricate sets and flawless CGI. Diversity that is not tone deaf, gratuitous, or in your face pandering, like the black female dwarf in Rings of Power, and other productions like it. If there was ever a source material that leaned into girl boss men bad, Wheel is it. From the get go - men broke the world. And yet Wheel doesnt go there beyond the narrative's logic. How refreshing. Rosamund Pike's hand is all over this show. Lead actress and producer and it shows. She also narrates the audio books. Now that's committing to a project.

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Probably going to MCS - reach out prior to if interested

it's more interesting to me to analyze the decision from the seller's side - than whether HA would want the goods. For of course they would. Why PBA? highest (on paper) net return? would they agree to a 7.5% commission on this one? I'm thinking yes. Even less maybe to get on the playing field in a more meaningful way? minimum opening bids set. That's a non starter for HA. But it's PBA's business model - Hake's too. That might appeal to a seller looking at huge runs who sees it as desirable to potentially transfer the risk of giving away thousands and thousands of books for pennies. PBA's last auction in March had 335 lots - and 31 went unsold. The sell through on the DC collection might come in a staggering low 60% when all is said and done. Good move for the seller - or bad? PBA has the best grading breakdown on raw books. No one even comes close. Whether it's accurate or not, who knows. But Ivan, or somebody, grinds in the hours and lays it out for the buyer. If I've got big runs, that's attractive to me a a seller. Along the same lines, they're the only house that lays out a full on front cover pic of a run. HA has always been incredibly and woefully inadequate in this area. They could set the high bar as they do for the single images - but they won't. PBA does. For huge runs, this is a deal breaker, especially if I'm asking the house to set a minimum bid for those runs as well. See below. Description: #38: Fair/Good (1.5). Cover detached, staple rust, corner chip, moderate spine roll, centerfold loose. Cream to off-white pages. Hanging cover, bondage panels. #47: Fair/Good- (1.5). Spine roll, 2" spine split, ragged right edge, soiling to back cover, half of one page missing. Cream to off-white pages. #50: Good- (1.8). Spine roll, staple rust, cover loose at bottom staple, tape to spine, a few small chips and tears, centerfold loose. Cream to off-white pages. #52: VG (4.0). Spine roll, mild spine stress, corner crease, a few nicks and short tears. Cream to off-white pages. Evans art. #55: VG- (3.5). Spine roll, staple pull, staple rust, creases, edge nicks, ink marks to front cover. Cream to off-white pages. Covers: Joe Doolin, Bob Lubbers, Ed Waldman?, Gus Schrotter? Art: Bob Lubbers, John Celardo, Charles Sultan, Walter Palais, Lily Renée?, Jerry Grandenetti, Enrico Bagnoli, George Evans, Jack Kamen?, others.

Almost beyond belief in terms of bad. Mostly boss girl stuff with some gratuitous man on man sex thrown in to complete the degradation. I must have missed that plot line in the books. How risque! Poor Henry. I await his glorious redemption via Warhammer.

Supes will stand for (subjective personal) truth, (social) justice, and the global non colonial way. Where the needs of the one outweigh the needs of the many. Gunn's gonna have some splainin to do. Imho.

1st in thread takes it $20 shipped to only CONUS - to Paypal confirmed addresses only Paypal only no probies, HOSers, or return Brides Romances 23 3.5 OWW $225 Presents well for the grade. This copy is very comparable to the 4.5 that sold two months ago for $320. Most of the difference is in the back cover. One of the few desired Baker Quality covers. Must have for Baker collectors. CGC gets it wrong on the label, as they often do.

Mylar is overkill to store slabs. The option you may want are OPP bags. This from Comic Pro's site: "OPP bags are the best plastic material available for permanent protection and storage with superior preservation characteristics. OPP Bags are 2-mil thick and made from crystal clear Oriented Polypropylene (OPP). CPL’s OPP Bags are archival safe and recommended for long term storage. OPP bags do not breakdown, turn yellow, or off-gas like regular Polypropylene and Polyethylene comic bags. Possesses the same characteristics as Mylar (a Polyester film), but at a more economical price, and like Mylar, CPL’s OPP Bags are naturally resistant to chemicals, oils, grease, moisture, and ultra violet rays." But the Comic Pro OPP bags aren't resealable. The Bags Unlimited bag above is resealable, but it is Polyethylene, not up to the same standard as OPP. And it is way expensive - 100 for $41.06. I recommend Clear Bags B814 - resealable OPP, 100 for $19.55. And they're running a July 4th 10% off sale now.