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Moved to eBay.

Thanks, Eli!

Prices reduced!

moved to eBay.

The winner is decided by an (or similar... "take" is fine if you're trying to be fast) based on time stamp, regardless of how I get the message (i.e. either PM or reply to this post). If you're in the process of making an offer/ we're negotiating, others can still beat you with an unconditional "I'll take it," even if your initial message was first - up until the point where you tell me you'll take it at the agreed-upon price. Then time stamps will be compared. No House Of Shame or Probationary members, or anyone else that I deem unsavory. Returns: Please no returns; sorry! The main book here is CGC graded, and the rest are cheap enough/beat enough that it shouldn't be an issue. If you feel really strongly that I've misrepresented something, we can discuss it and reach a friendly resolution. I'm a reasonable person. Shipping: Shipping on the ToS 39 is at my expense. It will be insured for full purchase price. For all other books, it's $5 for the first book plus $1.50 for each book after that. Shipping to US only unless we agree otherwise in PM. Payment: Paypal. I'll eat the fees. Tell me when you're done shopping and I'll provide a PayPal address for payment. ---------------------------------- ToS 39 CGC 1.5 purple label (pieces added, archival) - off to eBay!

Sorry! I saw ink removal but it must be fountain pen ink only. Acetone removes ball point pen ink, but it probably removes the ink on the card as well Good luck... I hope you find something that works.

A little Google-fu turned up these guys: http://www.gonewiththestain.com/ Here's an old article discussing their work: http://www.sportscollectorsdigest.com/nerattowle/ Good luck! Nolan is one of my heroes

FYI, "con" is short for "confidence," not "contra." Con(fidence) artists take advantage of someone by first gaining their confidence. To contribute to the conversation: I like the cosplayers as part of a whole. The best conventions have a good mix of them, artists/creators, celebrities, and vendors of all stripes - especially comic vendors. Personally, I probably wouldn't even attend a comics-only convention because I'm not serious enough about collecting, and my family certainly isn't - but I totally understand those that would love that.

That's a great one, congrats!

Correct on both accounts. (a) 5 years might be too short of a timeframe to "guarantee" you'll still have the $10k you put in... but most likely you'll have made money. (b) Timing the market is a fool's game. As long as you didn't pull your money out after the crashes, you've done very well if you were invested in funds like the S&P500 and Russell 2000, etc. From 1/2004 to 1/2017, the S&P500 has returned 98.83% (as in your money plus that percentage) during that time period with reinvested dividends - and that's adjusted for inflation. https://dqydj.com/sp-500-return-calculator/ Money market is trash for returns, but it takes zero work and you'll definitely have more than you started with.

She sure gets around! I have all three of her appearances too! Interesting that the first two are literally the same drawing (probably cut out from an existing print) while the third one is actually a swipe. I mean, if you've already copy-pasted it once, why bother with the extra work of re-drawing the swipe for the third one?

Wow, that is really cool! Pretty gruesome, even for the 70's

Very nice centering on that copy! Almost two full quotation marks and a nice strip of blue under the bottom table. Congrats

Very nice books, folks! I've seen it used for both characters, but in Swamp Thing #1, they actually use the words in this panel: There may be something similar in some Man-Thing issue, I don't know.

Super sweet! Amazing grade on an awesome cover.

I was surprised to find that that we didn't already have a club for this Wrightson greytone masterwork. Seeing as how I lucked into a copy of my own recently, I'll kick it off! I've seen some really spicy copies on this forum, so let's see 'em!

Yep, I'm constantly on the lookout for that one.

Well, last year's film was the return of Han, Leia, Luke, Chewie, etc. as well as a reveal of the new characters that will form the backbone of the main SW storyline for years. A prequel with spinoff characters will never garner that kind of anticipation. That being said, I'm really looking forward to Rogue One because it looks awesome!

From strangling an old woman to strangling a young man:

Avengers #83 (1st Valkyrie) Swamp Thing #1 Marvel Premiere 47 (1st Scott Lang as Ant Man) Iron Man 128 (Demon in a Bottle) Avengers 87 (Origin of T'Challa/Black Panther - also a sweet cover)

Sweet Swampys! That #6 looks especially nice.

Very nice! Two iconic books, no doubt

This one is my favorite of the Bissette/Totleben covers: However, since I just showed it last week in the Swampy thread, here's another favorite (that I don't yet own). Excellent cover swipe of the Wrightson piece.

I've been watching this for months on eBay, and when the seller dropped the price I jumped on it. This is probably my favorite cover from the Alan Moore run. It represents a major development point in the character; Swamp Thing finally puts Alec Holland to rest alongside his own humanity, embracing his true elemental nature. His thousand-mile stare as he carries Holland's splayed skeleton to the hand-dug grave, rain beating down, is chilling.