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Well, well, well....I open this thing in the late night last night and it’s @Raze and @davet75 slugging it out Mano a Mano (Y’know...Mano...the fishbowl head villain from the Legion of Superheroes) then I get up this a.m. and it’s an all-out barroom brawl for breakfast with @Funnybooks @ECDC and @Comcav! Thank you gentlemen for smashing furnishings with me like the bunch of drunken rock stars that you are But we have a long way to go til Monday at 10pm Eastern, and vile villains lurk these board, plotting dastardly deeds, no doubt! Our story thus far: Going Steady #14 - ECDC at $200 Della Vision #3 - Comcav at $175

The book, or the kid???

I agree on the drug issues, but we’ll have to agree to disagree on the writing itself. I found it tinny and dated on last read. But I can dig it out again; maybe it was me that night or something....

Bat longJohns under the Bat-pants? That one is more noticeable than 251 to me, but then again I’m in no way a visual artist.

I agree 76 is the better cover of the two; on the flip side, it had taken a while for the significance of 251 to be widely understood, but it may be the most important Joker key since Batman #1. This marks the return of the crazed killer; it’s as important to the Joker as Miller’s Dark Knight Returns is to Batman himself. 76 is part one of a historic and groundbreaking story (in fairness, it doesn’t hold up so well when read today) run’s significance cannot be taken away. It’s a #1 of sorts in that it is part one of the storyline, but it’s not necessarily any more important to the the whole of the storyline than say the Speedy drug issues.

Either way, you’re halfway where you want to be so just keep the one you have. Maybe you can trade something else, or buy the 251, either now or later? I’m writing here as someone who has both, understands the significance of both (yes I read them) and has no strong personal love for both, other than loving both covers and appreciating their respective historic significance.

Thanks Bob! I'll watch my mailbox

Both books are now open, with new high bids! Thanks Dave!

Baker is open! Thanks Dan!

Bidding is open! Gentlemen and Boardies, start your engines!

Della Vision #3 in VG+. Holding back from Fine range for back cover stain that is also on a few back pages, increasingly lighter. Five on census, topped by 6.0. Tough Atlas title. Open $125 $1 increments BIN $700

Going Steady #14 (last issue) in GVG. Tough St.John Matt Baker gem. Worst of it is horizontal 1-1/2” cover tear from spine across under “G.” Open $125 $1 increments BIN $700

First, the freebies. One per auction winner, or win both auctions and receive all three:

Two books on the block, separate auctions, same end time: Going Steady #14 (Baker bonanza) and Della Vision #3 (Al Hartley at his best). Three Dave Stevens books will be posted as freebies. Winner of higher priced book at close chooses first, other winner chooses one next. (BIN trumps auction buy). Win (or buy) both? Receive all three Dave Stevens books. BIN for each book is $700; opening bid for each book is $125. Bidding is in $1 increments. Bidding is open once all books, including freebies, are posted. Auction ends at 10 PM EST on Monday night, April 19. (A 9:59 pm bid can win; a 10 pm bid is too late. Time stamp rules.) Payment: Check or money order. Shipping: USPS Priority at $8 Returns: Sure, just notify me within three days of receipt and get it back to me in the same shape on your dime. Don’t be listy including the little one in my head.

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@Funnybooks why confused? I’m keeping an eye on this thread! Great stuff Nic! Good luck with the sale and the grail!

There we have it! I would not have been confident from those pix; I was just speculating on how someone could have justified it. The mix of books in better grades than you are reporting from first-hand review could reach that number, but your having seen them blows that theory out of the water as a possibility. I can’t imagine how someone talked himself into all those “if’s” breaking right just from those pix. Crazy.

I’m sure it’ll find a home. Just may not be worth slabbing, as your potential buyers might be more likely to be those looking for a reading copy.

Between the House of Secrets 92 and MS5, it might be fair. Longshot, but if the MS2 is high grade, it could be a reasonably good deal. Such is today's crazy market, but those three books in nice enough shape could justify the number. Don't know that I would have had the confidence from those pix alone, but maybe the lot was viewed in person by the winner?

If you bought them for yourself and you’re happy that’s one thing. But if you bought for resale I’d be more more worried about the narrower audience for faded copies than the significant grade drop. I mean, the grade will be what it will be and you can always price it fairly for the corresponding grade number assigned. But I would think the buyer pool is likely smaller for a faded copy versus a same-grade bright copy in most (but not all) cases.

The original Conan run is a contender too. Yeah, yeah Red Sonja I know, but that's not necessarily more exciting than a DD#7. It's a run that's at least in the mix.

@Unstoppablejayd giant octopus alert!

ONE FINAL FLASH SALE! $30!

Thanks Eric! (Did you go to pg 5 and look at the pix/details? -- presents FN or so from front cover, but calling it VG due to inside cover tanning)