serling1978

Definitely Restored. Are you looking to keep it? In that case I would probably marry it and not bother grading. If you're selling it I would go a similar route and not marry it but in the listing include the centerfold from the other book and sell it by saying something about how the buyer will have the option to marry it if they choose. I did that once selling a Hulk 1 that was missing the final ad page and it sold for more than I expected based on the market value at the time.

I would sell on ebay myself. You could go the fb marketplace route but in my experience buyers who are using those avenues are typically looking for a steal and won't pay the prices that are driven by multiple bidding buyers worldwide on eBay. I've tried listing stuff on fb, Craigslist, Instagram, etc and in my experience buyers will lowball you and I ended up listing for a higher asking price on ebay (to account for fees) and easily sold there. Totally depends on the book and its current desirability of course. As far as selling lots : when listing I take a group shot of the front covers and a group shot of the back covers, individual unbagged closeup shots of each book (if the lot is too large I'll do shots of like 4-6 at a time), and closeups of any big flaws. I've found this is more successful at driving bids than just slapping up a couple big group shots and/or pics of comics in bags. The extra effort to really show the buyer more of the condition of the books when selling a lot does pay off.

If you bought the book from someone who didn't disclose this I personally would be seeking a refund. It's one thing if you knew about it at the time of the sale, but if not then the seller most likely unloaded a hard to move restored book by hiding it.

This is terrible, but still not as bad as whoever once had a Hulk 181 signed by Lou Ferrigno . Saw that years ago on ebay.

I don't think it's unethical at all, but it is annoying how it has become a selling technique. As in @@!!!WOW @@!!! NEVER PRESSED!!! Especially annoying when someone lists a low grade book and says "would benefit from a press" as if pressing is going to make a book with color breaking creases and tears go from a 2.0 to a 5.0. Only thing worse is a seller claiming a book has "never been read". There aren't enough facepalms in the world

Idk about comics, but it definitely affects the way I grade people.

I read in bed like many others. A little risky at times in the past when I was reading through my X-men and started with issue 1. I warned my wife, no sudden movements...

@WOW!!!!!!!!!!!@@@ I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT!! @?@!@!@! MOVIE COMING SOON!!!!! @@@@!!!!!

Yeah I thought of that. But that didn't fit with my amusing observation

"All new stories!" ? Considering it's the first issue, I would hope so.

Agree. I never looked down on Rom. I've had the full Rom run tucked away for about 6 years now. I don't plan on ever selling it but I will feel a sense of satisfaction if Rom is ever in the MCU and blows up.

Muppets Take Manhattan #1?

These must be worth millions. They spawned the Saw movie franchise right???

Never thought I'd see a dolphin crammed into a suit leading a charge into battle

I dare anyone to rival my crappy collection of first issues that most humans have never seen all together in one place. Collectors items? Maybe if you're drunk. I got these all in a large lot last year that was more than worth it, but that doesn't change the fact that I now have these in my house. They demand to be viewed and will no longer hide in the shadows.

Well said. I need to go through my basement drek. Idk if these days Dark Horse Star Wars are considered drek (I THINK those are early 2000s) but I have about a small box of those. Unfortunately none of the recent mandalorian "keys" though. I did a basement search for those after coming across some Instagram posts and came up empty handed. Waugh Waugh. I've also got a bunch of drekkie #1 issues like Thundercats, Married with Children, Barbie, Beauty and the Beast, M.A.S.K, etc

Haha there's also a newer show that is pretty off the wall. Kind of reminds me of Ren and Stimpy. It's just called Mickey Mouse. Man, this thread has really gone off the rails. I hope floppybubbles is reading all this.

Haven't you seen Mickey Mouse Clubhouse?? Mickey and the Roadster Racers? Hot dog hot dog hot diggity dog. Mickey is alive and well as I and my two young children can very much attest to

I would slab all my 90s Superman in a heartbeat if I could just find someone to synchronize turning the keys to unlock the special vault I made in my basement to protect them.

*drops match * You were right. They're all suddenly hot now.

I've got multiple long boxes of 90s superman garbage in my basement that I won't even waste time taking pics of to sell. I picked them up as part of a $200 lot that included the full 70's marvel Star Wars run, the Marvel Transformers run, Marvel GI Joe run and others. So the purchase was worth it but I need to unload those 90s rags. I do have a fire pit out back....

That's what his grand pappy would have wanted.

Haha well done.

When I called him on how obvious it is that he bought these from the neatstuff listing (the Hulk 3 has writing on the "H" that matches as well, in addition to the staining on the Hulk 1) his response was sorry if it's inconvenient for you that my grandfather passed away and left these for me. Apparently his grandfather was neatstuff and he left them to floppy for a $4667 fee. There aren't enough facepalms in the world for this guy.

Agree. I'll buy raw books to fill my runs or even minor keys, but no way i would buy a raw "grail" any more.