Lucky Baru

This thread makes me sad think about the books I passed on due to their condition. I missed the boat.

I forgot about Mr. Atwell. Thanks for reminding me about him!

A beautiful rendering of a dog. Modern covers have nothing on that!

Thanks for sharing that! Good looking book. Wish I could afford it. Good luck!

I got none except where you found the erroneous 2016 and 2017 manufacturing information that you published, daddy-o.

Allegedly

As a comic collector, and a fan of Rick and Morty, I was just trying to provide information about the booklet that I found out was incorrect. I shared it with you in an attempt to better your research. I wasn't attacking you. As I wrote in my post, I corresponded with them. I went to their website and filled out their contact form and asked them for information about the comic book by indicating that I was a collector. I have a chain of back and forth emails with them. I did not find them to be secretive in their responses. The only question I asked that they would not provide information on was the number of the booklets printed. Don't you think that it would be silly to claim or allege something that isn't factual in my post? Ultimately, it would be discovered. Sheesh. I found an issue in your report and provided the information I found. There isn't a hidden agenda to what I did. BTW, I noticed that you did not respond to my inquiry about where you found the booklet to be printed in 2016 and 2017 as you wrote in your article. Where did that information come from?

I'm thinking 9.2

This!

That's a Dell Otto variant. You have a very rare and highly sought after book. Had a print run under 250 copies. Where in the world did you find that?

I'd go with a 4.5

Yes, this.

The information you have provided about the Madmen Entertainment comic book is incorrect. As a collector; and fan of Rick and Morty, I am very interested in all the different versions of this book. As I grew-up in Asia and have spent a lot of time in Australia, I decided to contact Madmen Entertainment to confirm what you wrote about their version of the comic book. I corresponded with them over the last couple of days. You wrote this in your findings: "These were manufactured sometime between 2016 and 2017 through the Madman Entertainment namesake as a royalty licensee possibly." Madmen Entertainment shared that the product was produced by agreement with Turner. It was a part of the first replication run only. That was in 2014. Madmen Entertainment will not provide any information about the print run. They did not produce them after that time. Out of curiosity, where did you obtain your data that the booklets were produced in 2016 and 2017? With all the confusion that surrounds these books I hope that you correct your article to reflect the correct data that Madmen Entertainment provided about that version of the comic book. The information I have provided was easily obtained. It might make people wonder what else is incorrect about your findings.

Tops out at a 4.0. Good luck!

Thinking a 5.0.

+1, big time!

Detective 359 in a 9.0 or above. Just like that book and the cover.

Nice!

4.5 to 5.0 Good luck and thanks for sharing!

4.0 to 4.5 Good luck and thanks for sharing!

I don't believe that they charge due to CGC or whomever. They charge because they can and fanboys will pay what they charge. The fanboys are the ones that drive the market.

If you say so. Do you know Stan or his handlers? From your statement you seem to have inside information on the artist, the creators, and their handlers.

Maybe not selling the signatures as you want to shape your side of the discussion. I know that I wouldn't have made the purchase nor waited in those lines if those signatures weren't being put on the books. Also, to get back to the true discussion at hand. Situations as I have described have taught artist/creators that fanboys will wait in line for their signatures and will pay for that experience if the fanboys believe it adds value. Stan the Man didn't start out by charging $125.00 for his signature. Fanboys taught him and his handlers that was the limit they could charge this last time by waiting in line for hours and forking over their money. The fanboys are as big a part of this issue as anyone else.

I don't think you understood what I wrote. Without the signatures the books would have had the same value as the Lady Death sold in a store. It was the same book at the show or at the store. 30+ years ago eBay didn't exist. To create a collectable that was signed by a creative team made it a one off. Also, you got the printed certificate that you put in the bag and board to prove it was real. The LCS stores in my area would trade for the ones we brought back to then sell in their stores. Unless those LCS somehow set up a signing there wasn't a way to get a signed book.