Mercury Man

Aside from the usual, 'you still read comic books'? from my early teens, Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew was even more berate-able from even those who did read comics. Also, bought a GI JOE in the early 1980's (I believe it was Airborne), at the Mall toy store. I tried hard to make sure nobody knew I bought one.

I still stand by- this is like comparing Apples (no pun intended) to Oranges. When you invest in Apple, Google, Pepsi, GE, Harley-Davidson etc., you are investing in a company, that continues to produce goods/ services, employs people, can be watched on the stock exchanged Monday thru Friday, benefit from dividend payments based on how many shares you own, benefit from stock splits, get a prospectus, can buy or sell anytime the Market is open, and can even purchase goods or use the services (to some extent), of the companies you have invested in. With Rally Rd., you get none of this. You get an 'ownership', of 1 singular material item, and are at the mercy of the gatekeepers, with a whole lot of red flag risks, as stated above from @Sweet Lou 14 Ask yourself this- Go to bank and try to get a loan. If they ask you about assets and do you own any stocks, and you tell them A) I own 1000 shares of Apple through a Goldman Sachs account or B) I own 1 share of an Action Comics #1 through Rally Rd., which one do you think the banker will laugh at? This is nothing like investing in the stock market, and people sound silly trying to make it is as such

I grease mine up with Banana Boat Sport, SPF 50! Protects them and they slide off the wall real easy like.

I think some of you people need to spend time at a printing press for a few days, and run the machine for hours on end. I have. Ink happens.

Oh boy...this was it right here folks. Dispensa's Castle of Toys, in Oak Brook, IL !!! Dispensa's opened in 1967. Bigger than Toys R' US, and guarded by huge toy soldiers. I used to get my army men from there (I used to have a ton, mostly Airfix and Matchbox, but Dispensa's carried a brand called Atlantic, that other hobby shops never had). Then a Dipensa's Kiddie Kingdom opened in 1975, in the adjacent lot. I lost a few bucks in loose change on an upside-down type tilt a whirl, and the haunted house was creepy, in the sense that the paper mache' monsters were more grotesque than they were meant to be. Unfortunately, they closed in the mid 1980's, and a high rise office has taken its place. Good times!

I have 3 McFarlane Spidreman #1 Silver/Black cover. Not sure why.

Ahhhhh.....1970's D&D. I had all the hardcovers, including the one you picture above. Even though we had Atari 2600 and Inellivision, we still made time for a quest. Simpler times.

I don't think this is remotely close. It would make more sense if you said, we are buying a piece of Rally Rd. This is more like we are buying an Iphone, and nobody gets to use it.

IH #180 to be recognized as Wolverine's first appearance

Defined as......????

Yes the more you read about them, just seems like they are using 'investors' to subsidize their personal collectibles. This isn't like buying into a stock of a company, that produces and manufactures goods. At least with time share real estate, you get to enjoy the property a few weeks a year. Here your money goes into the ozone, at the mercy of a few short windows of buying in and pulling out. No fun for me.

I'm with you, but follow this logic (probably loosely based) for a second. I too own shares in things like Coca Cola. We can go out and support given companies by buying things associated with that company (in my case a few liters, in your case, maybe you get some merch from the website, if you don't want to splash out for hog). We also get dividends, we can get a check for that or reinvest to buy more shares, and we also get splits. We also get to watch the market daily, and monitor the ups and downs. We can sell our stock Monday-Friday all year, minus holidays. This owning 1/1000 of a comic book is nothing like this.

I was being sarcastic

At least you can physically 'own' this, and pull it out to look at occasionally. Maybe Rally Rd. can put a live camera feed of your book, so you can log in and show your friends you are 1/1000th owner of that comic on display, at Rally Rd. HQ.

That's one way to describe it.

Similar to the @01TheDude Slurpees and comics from 7/11 was my Summer jam. With the occasional Sunday stroll to BJ's Country Corner in Villa Park, IL. Bronze age (with some Silver) priced on the back in light pencil, never bagged or boarded. The smell of old paper......the smell!!!!! If Yankee Candle made a scent called 'Old Comic Book Paper', I'd buy,

I feel like in the 1970's to mid-1980's the comic shops that were around, were comic specific. Sports card shops (the few I knew of) were sports specific. Then in the late 80's/1990's both store models started crossing over. Today, it feels like we've gone back to many comic stores focusing solely on comics. I can drive to 5 comic stores in a 1/2 hour and only 1 does sports cards as well.

Not sure walking around telling someone you own 1/1000th of a Gold or Silver Age comic is anything to thump your chest about. Kind of reminds me of Green Bay Packer stock. It's only available to buy at a certain time, pays no dividends, has no securities law protections, and gives someone a sense of ownership, even though it really isn't. If it's a novelty and for fun, then so be it. I'd rather sink that money into an ETF, Dividend Aristocrat, or the very least, stick it in a piggy bank, and continue to save for 100% ownership of my very own book.

Isn't the old adage - If you can't touch it, you don't own it -

Pete Best got screwed. Ringo has been pooping a horseshoe ever since.

Much like John, Paul and George of the Beatles, it took 3 talents like Stan, Jack and Steve to start something big. Unfortunately, with great success comes great ego, and the glory days don't usually last.

Thought it was a bit over-rated myself.

I think it started out that way, and very evident in her first book. But as the demographic aged so did the content. Got a bit darker. Kind of like comics did from the Silver Age to the Copper Age.