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Thanks for clarifying! I’m with @wombat; transparency is the real key. Hesitation to buy when one is concerned with the stated whereabouts of the offered book will weed out most potential problems. (I won’t say all because occasional problems always seem to find a way to worm through, despite the best collective thinking we apply to our rules.)

I agree that transparency is key regardless of which way the vote goes. Like Bird, I didn’t understand the legitimate exceptions concept either but that has to do with my not chasing a hot pre-release since New Teen Titans #1, nothing to do with Domo Arigato’s fine but thankless efforts. Would listing for a friend (but not as a consignment, merely a favor) fall under this as well? I’ve done it twice, including a current thread. In my case, I’ve done it to do something nice for someone who has been nice to me, while bringing a good book or two to the boards for a seller I would trust. I also do it in the Hope it will create a new boardie when they see their books move here. But more importantly and more frequently we see it done by boardies to help collector friends in dire straits/poor health etc and these are often great threads all-around. Just musing out loud on the virtual page.

Thank you @jimjum12 for giving me a turn at stewardship of one of these; been wanting one for years! For those who don’t know the backstory on this one, this issue (cover date Dec. 1941) hit the newsstands in Nov 1941. It depicts a Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Last call! PM’s welcome!

I can't remember the issue number, but it was Morrison's early 90's JLA run. Mostly a great read. In pre-Robin Tec's, Bats did use a gun.

Thank you @jimjum12 for entrusting me with the opportunity to take over stewardship of one of these…wanted one for a loooong time…

So well put! Exactly - had I not been a comics kid, expecting more Avengers and less Buck Rogers/Flash Gordon, I probably would have loved Star Wars from minute one. As it was, I recall distinctly being happier at the ending than the opening scenes, but not loving it so much that I got into the sequels and Lucas’ whole universe. It’s so individual; would I have been a Star Wars fan over the years had comics not existed? It’s a What If that I cannot write; I’m honestly stumped. As to Thor; thank you I had no clue it was a homage as I never saw (or didn’t remember) Thor 362! I think I had dropped the title before then, but this makes more sense to me now. I completely agree with your take on weapons, and when it’s integral to the character, whether Thor’s hammer or Punisher’s guns, it’s seamless. But it seems in my memory like for a while there, soon after Punisher blossomed as a lead character, you could find fancy guns in most any hero’s hands. That brief era still gives me a narrow but visceral reaction. But that’s just me; I liked Punisher much more as a supporting character, could not get into him as a series lead. My favorite example is that Morrison JLA story where J’onn is the baddie (something to do with a villainess named Scorch) and the entire JLA picks up Martian guns. I mean Batman in that situation, sure, but Wonder Woman?? I’m not the world’s biggest movie buff, but as the director Whit Stillman said, “It’s not just the truth, but when and how you learn it.” Thank you for that thoughtful, helpful response!

How about Tigra? She’s about as underrated as anyone despite a fairly long Avengers stint.

This! The whole superheroes with guns thing of the early 90’s seemed so off the mark to me — it’s escapism; give the heroes superhuman abilities, not weapons, even if they are Liefeldesque exaggerations of real-world weapons. Guns are too ordinary for superhumans. (Executioner with guns in that Thor movie ) I’ve told this story on the boards before, but comics killed Star Wars for me: my mom takes 12-year-old me to see this Star Wars movie. Opening scene of cool guys in white Iron Man armor looking outfits, and they’ve got guns instead of energy blasters in their hands! I’m sitting there as a kid thinking, “15 years of Marvel comics and we’re still getting Buck Rogers starships and ray guns, just with better effects?” Then the Dr. Doom ripoff walks in and I was ready to go home. So I guess Star Wars is an answer for me, too.

My friend says offers welcome on Swamp Thing #37.

What a memory! I forgot about #163! I didn’t recall Austin on What If 35 either, but great as Austin is I didn’t think the style would be a fit. I don’t have an MTU 100 anymore but I recall enjoying the book. I’ll have to look back at it. I was just trying to give some examples, but I’d like to see what those pages might have looked like under a less heavy hand.

I enjoyed reading the DD run when it came out, and Miller’s layouts were inspired, but I wondered then and still cannot help wondering how much better it would have looked under a less heavy-handed inker than Klaus Janson. It didn’t have to be Al Williamson or Joe Sinnott, just a solid Marvel house style guy e.g. Joe Rubinstein, Bob Wiacek, Dan Green etc. … Would love to see alternate takes on some of that if copies of pencils still exist.

Vampirella vol 5 #25 (final issue) cgc 9.8 SS signed by artist Steven Desario. $225 Alterniverse store variant, limited to 500 copies.

Vampirella vol 5 #20 cgc 9.8 SS signed by artist Steven Desario. $225 Alterniverse store variant, limited to 500 copies.

Adding two more for Anthony, a pair of Vampirella store variants (his shop, Alterniverse, limited to 500 each). Both are signed by artist Steven Desario. Same terms are above except shipping is only $10, not $40, on these.

Puppy dog to blue shaggy dog

Why does the presence of tape shift it to a green label?

I think there’s 5.0 on the boards right now for $4000. (Can’t recall whose thread for certain but I saw it.)

What could go wrong???

Bravo! Thank you!

S’pose I shoulda put this here when it came in…

Will you be linking from here once it’s ready to rock?

I’ll take an x-men Teen Titans too

Take 20% off either one, or take both at 20% and deduct an addition $20 as shipping two vs one is a negligible difference, if any,