Mercury Man

Some people like scribbles on their comics, some don't.

I think the heart of the issue is, the two camps.  By doing the scribble, you reduce the resale pool, if you decide to ever part with it, or you leave it to your kids and they decide to sell it.   

But hey if it is your funny book, and you want scribbles, and it makes you happy- go for it.   Maybe you will keep it forever and it makes you smile-  win!    You may even find somebody willing to pay you gobs of money for it down the road.  Just not as many as you may have hoped. 

No.   I still pull out better copies from the $1 bins.  

*and still would never send this book off for encapsulation.   

On 8/25/2021 at 2:52 PM, valiantman said:

I think it's the same as staying one night in a fancy hotel.  It costs me money, I get satisfaction from the novelty of the idea, there's a view that's "mine" without really being "mine", and I don't get to keep anything the next day.

The difference, of course, is that I can get my money back, if I'd like, on the fraction of the book.

At least with the hotel you get to sleep in the bed, use the amenities, and physically see the view.   You are there.  Your comparison would make more sense if you said you purchased a brochure of the fancy hotel, and can only look at the pictures, pretending you stayed there. 

Rally Rd is like purchasing a stock.  I don't actually own part of Coca Cola, but I can own some of the stock and sell it whenever I want.  Except there is more transparency there.     

On 8/19/2021 at 6:40 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

True enough!

Then if you're like me, you use those days when there is nothing to broaden your sesch parameter or the types of places you search.

What really stings, is seeing others in the area that are new. I think to myself ahhhhh competition but  I was new once too! 

 

I will admit, not just comics, the hunt for good stuff is getting harder and harder.  Combination of it gets snapped up quicker or goes straight to ebay.   My wife and I have several collecting addictions.   She went to an estate sale got there too late, but saw some woman walk out with Franciscan Starburst plates, which is her passion.  She died a little inside, but aside from big cash-   timing *and luck are everything in this collectibles game. 

Not because it was really any good, but I was just happy to see Falcon get his own spotlight. 

On 8/13/2021 at 6:30 PM, Hudson said:

Tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day.

Apparently at MH, you can buy a complete set of this year's "free" comics for $100.

https://www.milehighcomics.com/cgi-bin/backissue.cgi?action=direct&issue=33733656155 1

I don't even know what to say anymore...

On 8/12/2021 at 6:19 PM, D84 said:

Legacy numbering.

Once you reboot a series, going back to old numbering is a lame gimmick. Detective Comics never hit issue 1000. It ended at 881 and then started over.

Agreed, the constant renumbering, volumes etc. is out of control. 

On 7/26/2021 at 6:01 PM, Phill the Governor said:

If you did this "work" yourself, shouldn't you attach a note along with the submission listing what you know has been done to the book?

Crossed my mind too. 

On 7/23/2021 at 10:45 AM, valiantman said:

If there's a Dollar Tree near you, these are literally $1.

Gonna need a price check!!

On 7/23/2021 at 10:23 PM, wiparker824 said:

I live in Phoenix. Come join us, natural dehumidifier - the sun.

note: The sun also roasts the humans in the summers, but our comics are bone dry. 

We have the sun in Florida.   It doesn't work as well for humidity here. 

On 7/10/2021 at 12:02 AM, bpc3qh said:

Didn't Avengers 55 crash following Ultron? It hit pretty high highs, and hasn't climbed back up.

I was about to post the same thing.

I yawned once, drip of spit hit it.   It was the 1990's.  Hence the yawn. 

@Buzzetta Thanks for posting.  Bloom County was my favorite back in the 1980's.  I had a 'Bill The Cat For President' Poster in my room. 

Never liked a Celeb signing a comic book, (unless said Celeb is actually pictured on the comic book).   

But at $400, now I really don't like a Celeb signing a comic book. 

As mentioned earlier, BCW also experiencing slow delivery.   My one LCS has been out of Regular/Silver 2 Mil Mylars for months.   

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