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about 20 bucks... would have thought it higher... Not any old mug

You mean Pip the troll ! How could I have forgotten about him Don't really think he classifies as a villain, he did open a can of whoop- on Thanos during one of the Infinity crossovers...

Al Pratt, the original Atom was pretty short IIRC...

I remember some guy having a site up, discussing gems like these... But then he forgot to update his site and now it's in internet-limbo If I can just remember who that guy was ..

Crom !! Someone beat me to the punch... Oh there wasn't a trivia-prize up for grabs ?? Doesn't matter then Seriously glad my guess turned out correct

Wasn't it in Avengers #85 ? Not to be confused with The Squadron Sinister who appeared about 18 months earlier.

----------------------------------- delekkerste wrote : Bonjour et goede middag ------------------------------------- Ah,somebody out there knows their politics and the tricky situation my country is in, and chooses the always-diplomatical way of adressing a Belgian in both languages To save time for future references, I speak Dutch and am prolly one of the few people here that didn't need to sneak a peak at your 'mypage' to know what your alias means ----------------------------------- delekkerste concluded : So, let's say Christopher Walken plays Doc Ock, as is currently rumored. What then? Is ASM #3 going to go through the roof because the "unknown" Doc Ock has suddenly been discovered? Will my ASM #158 suddenly be worth something all of a sudden? See how irrational this Movie Hype is? ------------------------------------- Yes it is ! And I also see a lot of ASM books featuring good old Otto up to #320 feeling a (temporary) price hitch... Books which are now worth a few dollars, will not be worth a fortune, but will have a slight increase. A lot of people are building collections, one book at a time and get scared when a particular (expensive) key gets the mainstream treatment. A lot of people actively sought out ASM #121 and #122 during the Spidey movie-hype, to buy as an investment, but out of fear that the movie would make the issue even more expensive. This is of course a self-fulfilling prophecy because by hunting down the book in large numbers they did effectively drive up the price. Although Mile High Comics is certainly no reference, they did increase the price of both Spidey keys 30% in NM, while the hype was alive. And if low-grade and unslabbed books get this treatment, then the high-ticket books are bound to follow. Maybe a bold statement, but if Doc Oc becomes the new villain, I'm sure that ANY ASM book with him in it will have at least a 10% increase in value compared to todays prices.

Took a look at what you wrote, and eventhough anyone who quotes Judas Priest is a-ok in my book, I do have a question for you. You seem to strongely believe that the CGC market is heading for a crash and that prices paid for 9.4 and 9.6 comics will never reach the dizzy height of months gone by (keys excluded)... So why aren't you getting rid of yours ? IIRC you were a high-profile bidder on a lot of Spidey books from February to late Spring... aren't you afraid that you'll get stuck with those books ? And I also believe that the second Spider-man movie (still think they should include 'web' somewhere in the title) will indeed get the speculator train rolling again, lots of people would commit unspeakable things to get the lowdown on who will be the major villain in the sequel Michael Chabon is writing... Both Vulture and Doc Oc seem to be fore-runners...

very perceptive... mudbuddha. a Batman-like mind as it were I dunno why,but from the wording used by metropolisent I tend to gather that the books were stolen by someone who had access to the house...a friend or something. No mention of a burglary or break in. Guess that would end it for me as well, having something stolen from my collection by someone I admitted into my home But then again I'm not even a native-English speaker so what do I know... But good to hear the other side of the story, and about crusty dissapearing ?? Naah he'll just find a phonebooth and come back with a custume change and yet another identity...

Klaw ! ...yeah baby

In case there is ever is going to be a movie I'm pretty sure they'll have the audacity to exclude the King Solomon's Frog storyline.... Kirby put his heart and soul in that little gem

Doubtful on a Panther movie...ever so you'd probably sell that FF52 cheap while you still can get something for it Oh and Avengers #52 & #87 while you're at it

Hey hey HEY! do NOT mock the Panther buddy !.. I kinda... like him...a lot

this should help you on ole purple puss' history Thanos history And then of course the Glorious Thanos Quest Go Thanos Go ! And then as a light desert the Thanos Q&A FAQ You Thanos !

Darth..just PMed you concerning those Bronze Defenders... might be interested in some early issues

I wonder if he's so miffed by the comics industry now that together with getting rid of his collection, he'll also get rid of his screen-name ? He did get the 'Cage' part of Nicholas Cage out of a comic book

Some submission from left-field.... Marvel Fanfare #7 Hulk vs. Unus & Blob. A very moving story,about true friendship and three guys who jus want to be left alone be seem to attract trouble like magnets. I read this story when I was 14 and moved enough by it to always remember it (even after I sold my initial collection) I bought and read it again after 20 years and it was as good as I remember even if it now was server with a healthy dose of nostalgia sauce. Two-In-One Annual #7 This has everything that makes a comic fun ! Epic scale, danger, heroism, tragedy and honour. It's the story of one of the Elders (Champion) challenging the strongest of Earth's heroes to a boxing match, Ben Grimm manages to save the day while getting beaten to a bloody pulp and refusing to quit. Inhumans Marvel GN A moving story by Ann Nocenti about life-choices and the unsupportable weight of responsibility