SeniorSurfer

Ask to see one, take it out of the bag and, noting where the sticker had it covered, exclaim "Hey wait a minute!  There's some color breaking through on this book - no thanks."

Thanks!  Took some scanning but I was able to just barely use the max without going way, way into an original overkill price.

SHIELD #6 too per PM.

FF #48

Lousy scripting/dialogue might give me pause but I'll usually manage to slog through it because I want to get through that character's story arc.  Lousy art (subjective, yes) though will stop me dead in my tracks every time, even if the story is good.  I'm binge re-reading SA Cap via Gitcorp CD and am already dreading the Frank Robbins run that I know is coming up, even though he had some defenders from the vitriol that came out in the letters column (unless Marvel made it up to provide a different POV).

8 hours ago, lizards2 said:

I spent about 20 minutes trying to find it on the internets - dangit.  It would probably take me three days to find it in the Comic Cavern.  I'll see what I can do, but no promises.

This one?

Really nice report and pics - got me in the mode of being there.  One day perhaps I'll convince the missus to journey there with me, join in a large room filled with comics, watch me diligently searching every booth, take pics of me posing with HTF and even harder to buy wonders and live vicariously watching me throw around a few thousand dollars with just a "tut, tut" and an eye roll after each pickup.  

And soon after that I'll crouch down to pick a four-leaf clover (while a meteor whizzes by the space I just vacated) and see Elvis on an adjoining golf course hit a hole-in-one while playing with his partner, POTUS Bruce Campbell. 

Near perfect?  (In best Bob Uecker voice): "JUST a bit off."

Bought a couple of CGC Spideys (of course) from Jared, well-packed shipment arrived safe and was even sent before he thought they be might mailed originally.  Thank you! 

Spider Man #15 and #20 per PM.

1 minute ago, Spyder! said:

Just to clarify, that is #20 and #32 right?

You are correct (missed it by one in my haste).

Spider Man #20 (6.0) 500.00 and #31 (6.0) 95.00

I remember I had three of these battery operated robots (possibly from Marx) about 6-8" high with rubber tank treads that would pretty much just go in one direction when powered on but they were very well made.

The three I thought were coolest though:  Seconding many others here with the Major Matt Mason set (my cousin even built a paper mache moon landscape on plywood to set the base on).  (As an aside to jmg3637, there was also Sgt. Storm (in a red suit, he was the second character introduced), Lt.  Long (blue suit), Captain Lazer (larger and made of harder plastic, battery operated "laser" eyes and sword/staff), Callisto (alien with a transparent green head) and a few others that I didn't own because I think my parents called "enough" at that point).  Then there was the James Bond attache case which I still own and was well-played with (several embarrassing photos exist where I'm on my way to some function or other with case in tow).  And finally the Captain Action figures with appropriate costumes/face masks.  With a couple of these you could have adventures of Captain America next to the Lone Ranger or the Green Hornet next to Batman or the Phantom with Spider Man.

1 hour ago, DavidTheDavid said:

Someone I trust told me, PGX is okay in grading, but for resto detection, and apparently counting pages. I was stupid enough to learn my lesson twice, getting burned on PGX books, one of them a DD 1. I won’t even pick up a PGX slab now. I’ll never buy one again.

I think this thread can easily turn into a "hey my nightmare experience with PGX started with..." and there would be numerous entries.  I bought a few at the same time for slightly less than established prices (helped by the volume bought and the lesser label), cracked them to give a cursory exam, then re-submitted to CGC.  Goodbye unrestored copies of GL #76 and Spidey Annual #1, say hello to a couple of brand new PLODs with color touches.  You can only fool a Firefly twice. 

per PM:  FF #7, #10 and Annual #1

Unfortunately this type of elderly abuse (there's no other name for it) occurs more frequently than not.  There are many of these cases in our local news but when there's a famous person involved it really comes to the public's attention.  It brings to mind my favorite comedian, Groucho, who was continually pushed forward by his "caretaker" Erin Fleming to do stand-up shows and appearances, even when he was a shell of his former self.   In a case of karmic comeuppance she was later removed from his business dealings, lost a hefty amount in a settlement with his estate, sunk into a dementia of her own and eventually took her life.

I remember arguing with my cousin about who would win if so-and-so fought so-and-so, with exactly how it would be accomplished or, better still, a punch-for-punch account until the master/clever winning strike.  When we ranged outside our circle of friends, the real sophistos would argue about who would win between a Marvel character and one from the Distinguished Competition.

That Cap #1 does look great and is probably circling in on its selling price too (unless somebody goes nuts) seeing as how the 7.5 Cap #1 in this week's CC auction went for 257K.

Also worth noting is that its label has "Very minor amount of color touch on cover.  Very minor amount of glue on cover" but it gets the "GA Pass" and resides in a Universal label.  I've opened a magic marker in a different room from a Nexus #28 and it comes back with a POD and C3 description.

I'll usually put some odd amount for the dollars and cents (46.84, 58.63) but also, odious as it might sound, at the last snipe-filled moment though keeping in mind the bottom-line number I don't want to exceed.

Way back when, if it was something I really wanted, I used to bid an outlandish sum and just expect it would win.  There was a great science fiction S&P set that I really wanted to get for my ex's birthday so I tried that stunt and still had to sweat it out at the end.  Theoretically I was almost assured of winning, but then some weasels came around nickel-and-diming and I just paid much more than what I would have normally.  In the end, the ex kept that S&P and I was lucky to escape with my comics.  Probably some kind of moral in there somewhere.

per PM:  Avengers #3, Hulk #5, FF #3 and #9.

As others have noted, the eBay option sounds like the best, shortest route to go:  "You know, I'm not familiar enough with your collection of "Amazing Aardvark Man" but if you check eBay you'll get a better idea of what the market is for them."  Done.

Conversely if you have the time, you can just turn around and slowly face them while exclaiming:  "You... you're really talking to me!  No one's taken a chance to get next to me since I was released!  I told those guys at the asylum that I'd be a functioning member of society again!  Of course, it did help that they never found the bodies so nothing could be proven, but hey... we can't do all the work for the homicide department too.  Am I right?"

3 minutes ago, goldenacase said:

take

It's like watching a tennis match... only more strenuous.

I saw it in an afternoon Imax showing (seating about half full) in South Florida and thought it really delivered.

Nits to pick (and they are nitty) would be:  1) Thor's rapid jump into humor when rescued (sure he was interacting with The Guardians but he just lost all Asgardians under his watch).  2) That iron spider suit - though useful to bring Peter up to space-battle readiness, it seemed like something introduced to sell more toys.  I'll take the old-fashioned Spidey suit.  Maybe a couple of others that escape me now.

Way too many pros to mention but some are:  1) Red Skull!  2) Those team-ups and fights.  3) A really formidable, well-written and well-acted villain.  No twirling moustache or grandstanding here - this has been building for several movies so let's get right to it.  4)  Peter's fear and reaching out to Tony when he was dissolving was really heartfelt and touching.  5)  I also thought that Dr. Strange coughing up the stone was probably part of the "one in fourteen million" scenarios that proved to be successful in the end.   

Overall it was quite the spectacle and, with all its time/location jumps, plethora of heroes and a really substantial villain, "read" just like a comic book.  It even had the cliffhanger ending that we all remember so well, needing only a "To Be Continued... Don't Miss the Next Issue or You'll Hate Yourself" blurb.