mattn792

Comics Galore, formerly of LaGrange, then Western Springs, IL (conveniently located right across the train tracks from the Starbucks I worked at in high school). Dutifully proprietorized by owner Ray.

One day in...2006 or so(?)...it was just gone, and I had no idea what happened until last year's WW Chicago. I got on the topic while talking to the owner of One Stop Comics in Oak Park, and it turns out Ray's wife had fallen ill, and he needed a better set-up for insurance and such. So he sold his entire stock to One Stop and closed up. Damn shame.

Many good memories, and I'll never forget the back issues that had randomly complex prices like $1.35.

I'm cautiously optimistic for this one, I have to keep a healthy skepticism since the end of "Into Darkness" ruined the entire movie for me. Going forward, let's skip the homages and magic Khan blood please!

Okay, where is this movie going now?

 

I think we both know the answer to that:

Wolverine 3 - The Boards Have Spoken!

Can someone explain to me why any one with any intelligence thinks this movie wont be another epic POS?

 

How can you use the Old Man Logan storyline when you don't own the rights to most of the characters?

 

No Hulk so who cares.

 

Odd, as Hugh Jackman as Logan/Wolverine was great in 'Days of Future Past' and 'The Wolverine', in addition to his early appearances in 'X-Men' and 'X2'.

 

I'd like to assume James Mangold and Jackman are both wanting this to end on a high note versus a fizzle. I guess it depends on your outlook for the film.

IMHO, Hugh Jackman's portrayal has never been the problem with bad Wolverine and Wolverine related movies. He and many others have just had the misfortune of being stuck in some horribly written projects. I mean, think about his "escape" from Alkali Lake in Origins:

"Hey, don't shoot me in the head! Now where's the food court? $10.95 for a turkey club and a Coke!?! Ahh, F it, I'm hungry. Do you guys validate by the way? No! Eh, its cool, can you point me towards the closest exit though?"

Luckily Apocalypse rectified that.

Can someone explain to me why any one with any intelligence thinks this movie wont be another epic POS?

 

How can you use the Old Man Logan storyline when you don't own the rights to most of the characters?

 

No Hulk so who cares.

 

to my understanding they have abandoned the Old Man Logan story for a Weapon X story that features the creation of a female wolverine X23 ( and handing the Wolverine mantle to this new character ).

Megan Fox as the Wolverina. Oh boy!

As badly as Marvel and Hollyweird have screwed up the Wolverine character lately, I find myself hoping that Wolverine 3 is five minutes long and just rips off the Poochie death scene from the Simpsons. Imagine:

Camera pans from back to front as Hugh Jackman surveys a desolate landscape.

Zoom in on Jackman's face as he looks at the camera, opens his mouth to speak, and freeze frame.

Voice over by Denzel Washington - "I have to go now, my planet needs me."

Jackman awkwardly flies off screen.

Screen splash written in crayon - "Wolverine died on the way to his home planet."

Roll credits.

I've mentioned it before, but I've got an ASM 238 signed by Romita, Romita Jr, Stern, and Stan Lee. Stan Lee signed on top of Stern.

 

It broke my heart. It made me feel even worse with the story about his eye sight. I can't even look at the book though.

 

Ugh. That's bad.

 

Well, then there's always my personal "winner" from the man:

 

 

 

 

 

Of course I blame myself for handing a 50 year-old comicbook to a 90 year old man with a heavy-hand and sharp marker.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is it rude if I spit Dr Pepper all over my monitor after reading this?

Its like a random tree branch is grabbing a cheap feel at the Torch's expense...

I vote for this one...

A 20 spot says this guy immediately rushed to the local parlor to have that inked on permanently.

I was a big fan of Apocalypse, especially its added bonus of undoing the entire X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie. Now if I only could undo paying $10 to see that in theater, we'd really be in business!

I've been using these bags for a few years now and have been very pleased with them:

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/15-CGC-CRYSTAL-CLEAR-1-6-MIL-RESEALABLE-DISPLAY-BAGS-FREE-SHIP-LIKE-MYLAR-/251309388008?hash=item3a8334f0e8:g:DogAAMXQySpROB1q

 

They also fit the new cases just fine.

 

(Also, I'm not shilling for anyone. I'm not sure if this particular seller is the manufacturer or even the only guy selling these bags, but he is the one I've always bought from.)

 

You can find the exact same bags direct from the dealer and save a TON of money. You can either spend nearly a dollar a piece from the dealer on eBay or 14 cents a piece from the factory. Seems like a no-brainer to me!

 

Try THIS LINK for more information.

My man! Thanks for the tip!

I've been using these bags for a few years now and have been very pleased with them:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/15-CGC-CRYSTAL-CLEAR-1-6-MIL-RESEALABLE-DISPLAY-BAGS-FREE-SHIP-LIKE-MYLAR-/251309388008?hash=item3a8334f0e8:g:DogAAMXQySpROB1q

They also fit the new cases just fine.

(Also, I'm not shilling for anyone. I'm not sure if this particular seller is the manufacturer or even the only guy selling these bags, but he is the one I've always bought from.)

rich doesn't even want to try to come up with any solution

 

As someone else said a few pages ago sometimes you don't get to choose the outcome of the situation

 

Instead a bunch of grown men would rather bully someone on the Internet. No need to bring my family into this, they have nothing to do with it. It's nice to see at least a few board members are open to coming up with a solution

 

I'll just leave it where it is. Rich has made it clear he doesn't want to work anything out, so that's that.

So I'm clear:

- YOU originally waffled on a deal with Rich and cost him time and a lost sale

- YOU (much, much later) wanted to "make things right"

- YOU were somehow granted a quadruple secret probationary day pass back into Rich's good graces

- YOU (eventually) agreed to buy another book

- YOU then took forever to pay for it, and only did so after much badgering, with the lame excuse that you didn't know you had to pay for a Signature Series event up front.

- YOU are the victim because your money was refunded and your day pass was vehemently rescinded for yet again wasting Rich's time?

OK. got it.

Maybe I'm just inexperienced in trying to rescue my reputation (since, you know, I don't tarnish it to begin with), but I would think that were I hypothetically in a position where I'm trying to "make things right", if the person I wronged sent me a PayPal invoice at 9:00 PM for an agreed upon book, I'd pay it in full by 9:01 PM that same night. And probably include a very polite and gracious thank you note along with it.

But that's just me, and every other reputable member of this community.

And...drop mic.

So "making things right" just means "can I buy a limited 1/100 book you have for sale that I want"?

 

 

To be fair, he shouldn't have entertained him in the first place after the initial incident.

 

Cool Money ™

 

 

 

Exactly my point

 

 

So you didn't want him to do business with you, which is why you badgered him to do business with you? That's "exactly your point"??

No the point is he said it was okay to claim this book, only reason I did. Everything was fine until I paid the money. That's when things went downhill

 

He should have never even offered to sell me any books, be it Miller of this other sig book if he wasn't serious about working out a deal. He got me, the same way I got him back in 2014

Guess that makes us even

 

 

All the more reason to stick to your original standing policy of NOT paying for things.

 

That doesn't make any sense

 

I wanted to ask him before I just claimed one of his books. I wanted to make sure he was okay with it and he was. He got his money and returned it to me after claiming he had no clue who he was dealing with

 

Henn gives shovel, OAK uses shovel...

 

I'll give you some credit though, most people who've dug themselves in this deep would've probably changed board IDs by now.

I see it like this - RH got screwed once by OAK. He doesn't want to deal with him again. Told him to buzz off, in so many words.

 

OAK should just buzz off.

 

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-slym

 

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