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Amazing Fantasy #15 per PM.

Will close this at the end of the weekend. Thanks for all the messages!

Sold! Thank you very much!

As a collector and needing both those books it would be a tough call to 'fess up, call the cousins, then split the wad. Especially after the card was addressed to me to begin with and, anyway, who in their family really likes 5 out of 5 cousins so much they would pony up the proceeds of your gift? In the real world (actually in the real world Jimmy might not know too much about comics but...) as executor, and having had some first-hand experience observing the process, you have to declare them since they were not specifically stated in the will/trust to someone. Having said that, the executor does not have the authority to pull from shares to be distributed for the funds it would take to have them graded and slabbed (it can run into some $ as we all know, being a % of FMV). Not sure of the collectibles scenario here, but the two ways I can think of doing this is: 1) I be the nice guy, pay for them all to be graded/slabbed out of my own pocket - keeping a scrupulous accounting - then sending them off to auction with everyone getting their share after I get repaid and the auction house takes their cut. All cousins would love this since it's just basically sitting back and reaping more profit without any risks. Or, there is 2) I declare that the books are worth a pile and the best way to determine their value is to grade/slab/auction, but it will cost some dough. There is usually an amount in escrow that can be spent for later unpaid bills, fees, etc. (to be distributed equally to all involved after everything is clearly paid, usually after a few months) and all would have to agree to use some of those funds (I'm a little fuzzy on this part as the executor can ask the escrow lawyer to write the check but if you're wrong and money is wasted, you'll have 5 other people with their own lawyers demanding you reimburse the account). If you don't want to participate in your 1/6 share of the costs, the lawyer holding the money would have to write up something to this effect and you wouldn't get your 1/6 of the potential profit when everything is sold. Probably wouldn't lose anyone in this scenario either unless you make some anonymous phone calls in the middle of the night to scare a few cousins off ("I heard aunt Ethel wanted to make the books look cleaner so she colored in the creases and trimmed off some rough edges"). Obviously I spent way too much time thinking about this, but after the shenanigans I saw from people who turned like wild African pygmies when money was involved...

And then a follow-up story where he would leave Metropolis going to New York seeking the inevitable rematch, only to be sent packing by Dr. Strange.

Had some questions on the upper corner of the Planet book so I took a close-up. Not as much a mis-cut as it is a mis-print since the white of the cover is showing .

And that will do it for this thread. Thank you for looking and be safe!

Planet Comics #62 (8.0) 650.00 - Cover by Joe Doolin, this one has the last original adventure featuring Mysta of the Moon. The plot reads that disgraced Earthman Kark attacks water world Aqua while Mysta fights a Safety Council security investigation that threatens her undercover secret (If I had to make a year 2020 guess, Kark was no doubt disgraced because of his odd name and is now overcompensating, while Mysta's secret is that she's a "Mister" instead).

Mysterious Traveler Comics #1 (4.5) 550.00 - With not only an eye-catching cover by Bob Powell but also an interior story, "Raw Deal," which tells an abbreviated version of the superb Film Noir with the same name. (That one, with Anthony Mann directing and John Alton's moody cinematography, you should track down). At any rate, you can also read the story contents of this 'un for free(!) as it has been copied for all to see at comicbookplus.com. NOTE: For those that want to play "guess the reflection," that would be an overhead A/C grill on the front/back pics of the case.

BUY 2, GET 1 FREE ARCHIE SPECIAL: I'm so disgusted (too strong? maybe just repulsed?) with that #31 that if you buy both the other Archie books I'll throw in #31 for free!

Archie's Rival Reggie #10 (7.5) - 275.00. Only went up to #14 with this title before returning several years later with the shortened change, so they're a little harder to find - especially with white pages.

Archie #42 (5.0) - 225.00. Bob Montana cover with Archie making his play for someone not named Betty or Veronica (the hound).

OK - First up: Archie #31 (5.5) - 150.00. Al Fagaly cover, clean but the "Slight C-1" admonishes whoever owned it before added a small amount of glue on cover and tear seals to cover. I was really disappointed when I got this back (who isn't when they get that PLOD) and doubly so since who the heck tries to clean up an Archie book? Not a key cover, even.

This is my second, and much smaller, posting to while away some moments during these thrill-packed times we live in. I'm more of a buyer on these boards and have completed transactions with several respected members (inasmuch as anyone here can be called respectable). Now, on with this farrago. The Rules Which Must Be Listed: 1) A "take it" or any form of that posted in the thread trumps all. 2) I will accept PayPal, PO Money Orders or Cashier's Checks as payment. 3) Shipping via Priority USPS with Signature Confirmation is already included in the price. Shipping at this time is only to CONUS. 4) No returns on CGC graded books. 5) I won't sell to HOS or PL members as it's been suggested they are cowardly curs, the most worthless of waste, the vilest of vermin, the... oh, not all? Well... I won't anyway just in case.

Recently bought a SA key from Mike who was very friendly, worked with me on a time payment and provided easy communications all the way throughout a very pleasant transaction. Thank you again!

Otherwise though... nice placement by Joe.

Went to the main eBay home page and a link is available for 5% Bonus Bucks on purchases. Expires 4/23 at 2359 PDT.

per PM: Crime SuspenStories #14, #15, Haunt of Fear #21, Vault of Horror #15, #36 and Shock SuspenStories #17. Thank you!

I hardly recognized that Super-criminal with the domino mask.

per PM.

I agree with several of the previous comments and see myself in the same spot: As noted above, I also haven't bought a new Marvel since a year starting with "1" but I can see the point made about the "Young Avengers" success as well since it was an idea I thought was ludicrous at the time. Maybe in this case one would have to read these character descriptions to the targeted age group and there might indeed be interest in someone with a "magic backpack" or someone else who loves that "classical music from '00 and '10" so they pulled the trigger. (As an aside I remember one of the things that got me reading Marvel in the first place was that they professed not to "speak down" to their readers or target specific age groups and made their stories interesting to young and old alike). I don't want to be that old guy who tells the kids to get off the lawn so I'll look for a positive here and applaud the efforts to entice the younger generation to read - not an easy task in today's gaming society. Maybe this will help open developing minds to the alternate attraction/escapism/informativeness that reading provides. Maybe it will better develop such skills. Maybe these young readers will then be encouraged to seek out earlier Marvel books and read the stories through those Omnibus or regular "floppies" as these young 'uns call them. Maybe in the future they'll even be here on the boards carrying on the collecting bug and trying to track down those HTF early ASM or FF that they've heard so much about. Maybe. That said, I wouldn't buy this putridity with someone else's money.

all three per PM.

Bought four books at a good four figure price and on a time payment, which Jerry was open to consider. Great communication and packing - thanks again!

I wish I could say she was uncomfortable. Among the sorry, sordid parts about this episode though was the obvious, dismissive "I don't care/I can't be bothered" attitude in her demeanor. There wasn't the slightest bit of remorse or shame or guilt. It would have been great to step into the movie world for a moment and pull a Rodney Dangerfield at the end of "Caddyshack" as Ted Knight wants to stiff him and not pay up, whereupon Rodney exclaims: "Yeah, that's what I thought. Hey Moose... Rocco... help the judge find his checkbook."