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Readcomix

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    I will now add a few (three) raw, high grade silver and bronze Marvel books....
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    $95 shipped within U.S. for the first comic to feature an African-American character in his own book!
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    Hiya Sha! Great mix in this thread! Do I recognize that Katy Keene #7?
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    Went to 2 stores, both very generous with their selection and quantity (one was 1 of each per attendee; the other I've known the owner a long time so even though the posted policy was 4 books per attendee, he prepared me a bag with 2 copies of each that would be appropriate for my daughters, and 1 of each of the ones he thought I might like.) I read the Avengers last night. I like the Savage Avengers so far (there's a back-up in the FCBD book, and I've read #1 already) but the FCBD Avengers lead story by Jason Aaron was plain awful. The guy writes Tony Stark's dialogue as if Stark is a 13-year-old girl. I guess it's his tone deaf attempt at making the character sound like the movie version? Plenty more to read, but 0-1 so far. Still on the FCBD pile are spiderman, goon, hope, interceptor, deadly class, and he gave me Buffy, not sure why. Will also read Lulu and the teenage Catwoman book from my kids' pile. One ship had BOGO on their dollar boxes; my daughter made a stack.
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    Especially since it's post-1959. Got to be about as late as a Cuban date stamp gets. Very cool, Liz!
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    I thought you were being funny and purposely putting the Wolverine there!
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    Who the heck really knows what goes on in each individual mind that transits through a few or even several years in this hobby??? Case in point, I stopped in an LCS today and found they had a fairly large (approx 20 short boxes) mostly bronze/smudge of silver collection on consignment. The vast majority of the books were at least FVF with many, many in the VF and NM ranges. Only a couple outliers were lower grade, mostly among his silver. Clearly, the guy grew up in the 70's. The store owner said the guy bought off the racks and bought a few of any he thought might take off. So what did I see in multiples? At least 30 Black Panther #1, just as many 2001 #1 (but a half dozen #6 too), half a dozen MTU annual #1 (X-Men appearances were a thing back then), two Ghost Rider #1 and Hero for Hire #1 each, and....161 copies of Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man #1. I'm blanking on what else, but there were many lesser bronze Marvel #1's in quantities of 6-10 each, as well as some better ones (Ms Marvel #1 and Nova #1, come to think of it.) The guy was both a run collector and "investor" it seems. My personal takeaways/reminders were: 1) speculating/flipping is not new to the hobby, and 2) there is a LOT of high grade bronze still,out there, just starting to resurface.
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    @Casablanca I see what you did there with Wolverine @kelholt This may be the first time we have seen two Planet #10's in four pages on a thread here....your copy is simply awesome!
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    How I forgot these two earlier I don't know....
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    Reassessed my pricing -- $125 shipped within U.S.
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    First, thanks for doing this thread -- I'm learning a lot and revisiting a lot of material I've frankly become jaded about. (For example, Morrison JLA -- you could probably find the whole thing in tpb in every Barnes and Noble in the country. It's ubiquity makes it easy to forget how awesome that run is.) This is a great, fun thread and an enormous contribution to the community. Thank you! While I like the pick of the Circle Chase series, it seems to me #4 is much harder than #1 to come by. To the extent people will try to complete this set, the last issue has some potential to see demand. Not disagreeing on #1, just throwing that additional tidbit out there.
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    Also looking for a raw, VGish Yellow Claw #4 if anyone interested in this book has one.
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    Dell Comics' Lobo #1 (December 1965), the first comic to feature an African-American title character in their own book. According to artist Tony Tallarico, copies of the 200,000-print run book were returned in unopened bundles by distributors, as many sellers were put off by the book. Approximately 10,000-15,000 copies were sold, and the title was canceled with #2. Comps are not plentiful; six available and four sales listed on eBay. This copy is about a GD 2.0 with the following flaws: staining, rusty staples, cover detached at top staple, centerfold detached at bottom staple, small piece of front cover missing along right edge. $80