NoMan

will they ever come down? Prices, I mean. Will the superhero film genre go the way of the westerns and just vanish and the convention crowds thin out? Will the Funko-Pop-Os become like the Benie Babies? if there any hope for us normal pocket guys?

I guess this hobby just takes a lot of money these days. I was lamenting about that the other day and just decided to buck up and pay more money because I really enjoy the comic book hobby. Suppose I just buy a lot less. Maybe leave a con with one or two books rather than 10 or 20. Not to hi jack the thread but a question that's kinda in a similar vein: Do you go to a convention knowing you're broke and can't buy anything? Let's say it's a con with no panels, just an old timey show in the banquet room at Holiday Inn?

i was just responding to your post asking about investing in books for investment reasons. books with big gains to sell, oh forget it....

i dunno know. was i close? I ain't reading that. puts me to sleep

many thanks. i own all those books.they are how i became familiar with Hanks. wanted an original hanks comic

like i said, others know more than I. Better they give you specifics. I think Comic Coin never made it to fruition

HA! Was just thinking about the ComicCoin debacle jus the other day. It was slightly before my time but I believe it went something like this: Everyone would put in some money to buy a book, let's say Spiderman 20 CGC 9.8 for this example, The book costs 15 grand let's say. 15 people would put up 1 grand each and they would all technically own the book together. One person (the grand wizard who dreamed up the abortion of Comiccoin) would have the book and issue everyone a coin that would be a percentage of the ownership of the book. So you would say, "I own 10% of such and such book while only owning a neat looking Comiccoin." while ComicCoin wizard would have the actual book. Yes, it was that stupid.

F -it. I take it back. I don't have the fortitude for such a thing as speculating in comics. I'd rather spend the money I'd have to put aside for this dumb idea of mine on my own collection and since I collect what I like, it just ain't gonna work. The urge to get rich off speculating in comics is engrained really deep in some (many) people and probably indicative of much deeper issues. No matter how much a more experienced person (i'm not saying I'm super experienced in this field but many of you are) warn of the foolishness of such an idea as speculating in comics, folks line up for the slaughter regardless. It's like warning people of the dangers of heroin. No matter how much you say it's a bad idea, a really bad idea, people poke and jab for the mainline.

don't know why i thought it was Planet. Thanks. Prolly gonna have to get a coverless

i just gotta find the money for this silly little experiment

I guess I'm just gonna have to do the 2-5 year investment experiment thing myself. Stay tuned.

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Where was his stuff mostly? Planet Comics? Like to get an original copy of one of his stories. Guys of the hook!

You gonna sell it in 2 - 5 years?

I just wish someone would follow through with all the investment talk so we can see what the results are. I mean what are we a year into this so we’d be a year down with one year to go to see the results. Sigh, all talk....

I liked that guy! He found the AF15 in the cockpit of an old Piper aircraft in a box of old Coke bottles, right? He wasn't as cool as SC22. That guy ruled!

Ok, what's the deal OP? Have you spent the 3k yet for this 2-5 year investment experiment? Lots of threads like this asking advice for "what comic books are best for" short term investment. Nobody ever follows through. Nobody. How are we ever gonna know if this sort of thing works out if nobody ever gets beyond the asking phase of things?

so what's the secret of just letting go? how to laugh about letting great books go cause you were in dire straights (a bad situation as opposed to being a member of the rock band) and needed the cash. How to look forward without regret and not dwell in the past? Thanks in advance

So very, very nice! Congrats! As for me, so long FF #1: I waited too late and my girl has gone to dance w/someone else. If you're out there and you're reading this, please remember me and think of me every once in awhile. I love you, NoMan

I believe there is a book about the history of the Johnson Smith Co. Also the book Mail Order Mysteries is of interest.

She has a out going message on her work phone that says she’s out for medical reasons for an undetermined amount of time. She’s a wonderful person that does important work and I hope she’s ok. When I find out more I’ll pass it along. I believe Ditko had a total of 12 brothers and sisters.

Got some bits and pieces of some comic book history and thought I’d bring it here to fill in the unknown bits and/or check on its validity. In the early 80s did some guys want to put out a book called “Sold” that would list actual sales prices of books sold as opposed to suggested selling prices found in the OSPG? Don’t ask me how they would gather the sold data. Anybody know what I’m talking about? Perhaps Ron Pussell was involved. Hopefully someone can set me straight.

Tony Isabella ran a comic shop in Cleveland. He took over writing on Moon Knight (1982) around issue 32 once Doug M. left. His stories suck.

I got some store stamped books from Waco, TX. Old Ghost Rider westerns from the late 60s. I’ll dig em out tomorrow if you’re interested and give you the skinny. Let me know.