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6 minutes ago, elibowman said:

I'll take TOS 53 and 57 per PM

 Thanks, Eli!

Prices reduced! 

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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.

15 hours ago, shadroch said:

They don't work with ball point pen ink, but I appreciate the effort.

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

On 3/17/2017 at 2:07 PM, VintageComics said:

They even resorted to name calling saying it wasn't a "Con" (as in convention) and that it was a con (as in from the Latin word 'contra', meaning against, or used in the phrase 'con artist').

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.

Won this on ComicLink tonight - one of my favorite Wrightson covers!

 

That's a great one, congrats!

The stock market is pretty high right now. Maybe we are about to hit 4 years of stocks hitting tremendous peaks due to the new administration, but that seems unlikely without a crash, that might happen in the middle or whatever and then you spend years trying to catch up, so sticking it in equities isn't necessarily "safer" unless you can time these things...something plenty of folks with MBAs working on wall street can't do.

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.

I'm in my mid-40s and have seen my 401K blasted twice in my lifetime. I may never catch up. I wasn't actively investing in tech stocks, I was conservative, S&P 500, Russell 2000, etc., it didn't matter. One day I will try to figure out what my annualized returns have been (because the fund people don't really go back 15-18 years with that data, and I did most of my contributing from 1998-2004). I seriously doubt they have been 8%.

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/

Taking that 10K and putting it into a money market at today's rates will give you what, $10,750 after 5 years?

Money market is trash for returns, but it takes zero work and you'll definitely have more than you started with.

Amazing that the main edit on all three of these was boob shading...

 

 

finally got issue 13 of Avon's Eerie. So now I have all three examples of the returning brunette, no I mean blond lady on the three covers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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?

Charlton had some great covers

 

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

Happy to join the club with this copy - one of my all time favourite issues

 

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!

Isn't the whole "A muck-encrusted mockery" thingie supposed to be for Man-Thing?

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!

Here is another one that is tough in high grade also.

 

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

What`s the buzz on this movie? So far I am not getting the same feeling as last year.

People are not coming up to me and saying are you going to see Star Wars like they did last year. I am sure it`s going to do huge box office, but for some reason the excitement isn`t there as last year.

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.