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Got some sweet House of Secrets from Alex. Quick and easy.

Thanks!

On 11/27/2023 at 7:44 PM, rlextherobot said:

House of Secrets 89, Fine Minus-ish, long crease front cover $14

 

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On 11/26/2023 at 8:01 PM, rlextherobot said:

And last one for tonight, it's a doozy! 

House of Secrets 88, Very Good Minus-ish, water stain front and back cover, slight spine roll. $20 

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On 11/27/2023 at 7:54 PM, rlextherobot said:

House of Secrets 106, Very Good/Fine-ish, $7

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Take Hulk 148/146

On 8/17/2022 at 9:53 AM, namisgr said:

Okay, so I've been informed that the rules for the Marketplace have changed in the year or so since I last posted here.  With posting of a lead-off book no longer allowed, I will go ahead and list more now, still reserving listings for the time noted earlier.

• Amazing Spiderman #107
• F- ow pgs
• $14

A light vertical bend goes through the entire book that does not break paper or color, and accounts for the assigned grade.  Small color flake out next to the top staple.

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I'll take

FF88 & the Hulk lot of 3

On 7/24/2022 at 6:55 AM, crassus said:

Green Lantern 8 2.5 (Still some gloss & reflectivity; major defect is water damage & stains br quad thru whole book; otherwise mod to heavy cb spine & edge wear & crses consistent with grade; that said only very slight discolouration of staples, all attached, no odours, and PQ is CR-OW) $25.00

Several years ago before the run up in prices, I looked pretty hard for a low grade VG or so #1 just to have an affordable copy but they never turned up.  I gave up but eventually found a wrinkly 3rd print at a show for 20 bucks.  Not slabbing or selling, I just feel lucky to have it.

On 12/6/2021 at 6:27 PM, MAR1979 said:

The Batman's Penguin-centric HBO Max spinoff series starring Colin Farrell has been confirmed.

The first ever published Origin of The Penguin was in Best of DC #10 from Dec 1980 (cover dated March 1981). It's a very difficult book to find in high-grade that should be a minor Copper Age Key but alas will never be.

Reasons why the book will never be hot on eBay (or anywhere else) despite today's Penguin announcement.

1) It's a DC not a Marvel
2) It's a DC not a Marvel
3) It's a DC not a Marvel
4) CGC Census population is very low. Hot books must have enough high-graded copies so that there are always 6-10 on eBay at any given time. In additional most dealers must have a large stock of the book in 9.6 and 9.8. It's pretty much impossible to manipulate the market when the book is very difficult to find in high grade.
5) Did I mention It's a DC not a Marvel ?

A DC character can get a new TV show with a somewhat "famous" talent as the lead and the characters books will go almost nowhere. However all it takes is the slightest false rumor of some only seen once Marvel Character potentially receiving a mere off-the-cuff mention in a Marvel film or TV series and the book will spike to near 1K. Example; Marvel Team-Up 131 "White Rabbit"

 

Yeah I do own the above slab as I'm a rather big collector of small digests, but I really just wanted to rant again about how DC books never and will "go nuclear". Tiny bumps at best for DC, outliers are nearly but not quite nonexistent.

6) Forgettable cover

7) Origins are not hotly collected

8) It's a digest

On 8/21/2021 at 5:50 PM, Crazy Canuck said:

Tales to Astonish 1 VF- 

$5.00

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On 8/18/2021 at 9:32 AM, Crazy Canuck said:

Marvel Two-In-one Annual 2 VG/FN

Copy A

Starlin Thanos 

$15.00

4.5/VG+

22 hours ago, ramrod44 said:

The Squish Chronicle: 

Before & After as promised.

I noted on the submission form that it was a CPV. I even sent them an e-mail as soon as it was listed on the website but alas, the snapper-heads at CGC failed to notate it on the label as a CPV, AGAIN!! 

1 of 1. How cool is that? 

Very nice. I've had three copies of this and all three have a weird production issue with the top staple.

I got a small stack from the carousel and couldn't be happier! A-plus!

Here's a fun story. I've been gradually picking up the few remaining keeper covers from mcfarlane for my collection and got this off ebay a little while ago-

sat on my shelf for some time before I opened the bag and discovered

my first double cover! so I bagged it up again and put it back on my shelf. some weeks go by and I decide to check the condition more closely and-

Bling! Are these a thing? I mean are double covers more associated with the mark jewelers? Not really familiar with either.

It's a heavier book with all that extra paper.

6 hours ago, crassus said:

...that's actually what happened to the Romantic Adventures 83....it was originally NM all day long baby... 

 per pm.  Back cover's still a FN-

FF41 take pls

27 minutes ago, crassus said:

Incredible Hulk 199 30c Variant 3.0 (All attached, still with good gloss; mod to heavy spine & edge wear, mainly sm chips out top & btm edges bc; otherwise extensive cb and ncb surface wear fc & bc consistent with the grade, including crses, folds and mod to heavy localized stacking transfer fc & bc; cb crses in all 4 crnrs & a big 7"incher bc; for all that decent OW-W PQ & a solid reader run filler) $10.00

I'll take this beauty too 

Just now, crassus said:

Incredible Hulk 198 30c Variant 2.5 (Cover detached at btm staple, still attached at top and cf; still good gloss but mod to heavy spine & edge wear, mainly staple tears; extensive cb & ncb surface wear consistent with grade; mod to heavy ink transfer bc, yes folks this one has it all, a run filler copy) $6.00

Unless your getting it slabbed to sell, board and bag it in mylar and leave as is. Absolutely nothing wrong with that book. The slightest spine curl is a good indicator that is hasn't been messed with and is natural for a 40 year old book.  That's a big plus, except if you're chasing numbers on a plastic case.

42 minutes ago, ft88 said:

Lone Ranger 30 VGFine $12

One of the great Lone Ranger covers.

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Just now, Crazy Canuck said:

Avengers 64 FN- $16

 

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Just now, Crazy Canuck said:

75 VG+ light pen on cover by Marvel and on first page $10

 

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