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Waldorf729....looks like seller mostly sells sports cards, but does have a few comics (six or so) currently listed...could be an 'honestly, I don't know how to ship comics' mistake...but GOOGLE is always your friend when it comes to stuff like this I say

How I received a Conan 1 this morning off the Bay...just a sleeve, no cushion, no cardboard... mid grade copy, which I knew bidding on, but it could have been much worse by the time it got to me thanks to the poor packaging. It's amazing in this day and age how many people who sell comics don't know how to ship them.

I don't collect Jewelers but is anyone else fighting the urge to crack their slabs and make sure all the pages and mess are there?

Fine. 6.0 maybe?

Looks like a G/VG to me with the creases and writing...

Absolute legend. RIP

I like Bry's content, but I saw that video and thought NO WAY I'm cutting that AF 15 up.

Ed reached out to me about a raw Hulk 181 he had after seeing my post in the Bronze Age forum - offered me a fair price for a book that was above grade anything I was searching for on ebay and elsewhere. Packaging, shipping, price, and book was AWESOME. Guys like Ed make this hobby great.

Thank you! I have about 12 issues aside from the 121 before it's complete - it's been a slow process! Thanks again!

One more big key in my quest for Spideys 100-200 after grabbing this one (and that would be 121)!

Got a near complete run of these back in the early 2000s I’ve sold some later issues and a few duplicates but I still have 1-50 in very nice grade

Good time to buy a Hulk 181? Or is this book going lower? Looking mid-grade, 5.0 or so.

Think I filled in my Bryne FF run with Chuck's comics. Can't remember. No issues, I can recall, books were actually really nice and I still have them. This is pre-eBay. There's a video on YouTube where a re-seller visits MHC and Chuck and Chuck takes him on a tour of the place. Chuck's basic response to the question about his prices was that "I'm still here muthaf******" lol.

I liked Aparo's earlier work in the 70s - its was great and moody and really had that gritty style I'd come to associate with Batman of that era (thanks to Neal Adams). His later stuff, the 80s though, especially Death in the Family, Ten Nights of the Beast, and Knightfall just seems bland, too bright in keeping with the stories themselves. May have been the inker's fault. Contrast this: With this: (granted this is probably from a re-colored graphic novel of the Death in the Family, however).

Stories like this really make me step back...take stock in my life...see if collecting is really worth it...there's so much more to life than collecting comics. --- OH SNAP - GOTTA BID ON THAT BOOK!

Punisher's origin - the quest for Spideys continues!

Good price and nice book! If hadn't just bought an ASM 129 I'd be so on this.....

Oh geez - I had forgotten this thread ----- I had forgotten Joanna pulled a Soap Opera and made me Dirk Diamond - what glorious, funny memories. OLDES - where is Joanna by the way? Sorry guys, waxing nostalgic.

I had cousins and friends who were all in to comics, especially relatives on my mother's side. I was real young (1970s) and I remember us all playing Avengers at my grandmother's house in the country. I was Iron Man. I knew who Iron Man was; he was cool as hell and could shoot lasers out of his hands. My uncle (who was the same age as some of my cousins) conned Iron Man away from me (I think he basically told me in a good way I couldn't be Iron Man anymore since I was one of the youngest). He told me I could be Thor instead. I had no idea who Thor was. He said "he's cool; he throws a hammer." I thought he threw a hammer like 'hammer-and-nail,' so here I am imagining myself running around the yard throwing a carpenter's hammer....had I known he was a GOD! (or later, Chris Hemsworth). Anyway, I have fond memories of spending the night with another cousin around my age - he'd inherited his older brother's collection. He had Giant Size X-Men 1, and the CC/Byrne run that followed...the What If? where Wolvie kills Hulk...all 70s Avengers...New Teen Titans. I READ all gosh-darn night. I had never been exposed to THAT version of the X-Men. I was blown away. I had collected a lot of the later CC/Romita Jr. stuff, but for me, that Bronze age grouping will always be the X-Men.

Just pick one and roll with it -

Mine. Detached cover and all. Love these 80s Sal Buscema Hulks. Got a whole stack of readers from my childhood.

I've had the the Byrne run in my PC for awhile BUT I never knew (or had forgotten) he did art on a few of the earlier issues in the 200s, I think maybe the 210s or so....before he took over writing with 232.... Whelp, got a new run to collect.

Also interested in this topic - but I'm in the States. Just a google, and these guys look like they do international: https://hwinternational.com/us/industries/fine-art-collectibles/fine-art-collection-insurance/collectible-items/ Some folks with better understanding and knowledge may need to chime in here...

Beautiful copy - one of my last ones for Adams' Batman....