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Readcomix

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  1. Readcomix
    Here's a few more generally representative examples of the books in this set. I haven't looked it over since acquiring and enjoying it a couple years ago but I will go through the next couple nights and update here if I Have forgotten anything noteworthy good or bad. Happy to answer any specific questions! The collection came from a local dealer who acquired it from one of the employees of Forbidden Planet upon the employee's retirement.
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    Jonah Hex #1, about a Fine plus
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    Here's the All-Star Western #10, which is one of the lower grade books in the lot at VG. Centerfold detached at top staple, rest of book is solid with general wear.
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    One lot only, but it is a big one: a magazine box full of Jonah Hex: All-Star Western #10-12, Weird Western Tales 13-38 (complete Jonah Hex run), Jonah Hex 1-92 (complete), Hex 1-18 (complete), the 1977 Jonah Hex Spectacular, Secret Origins 21 (guess who?), Jonah Hex Vertigo miniseries Riders of the Worm and Such (complete) and a TPB of Jonah Hex Two-Gun Mojo. 147 total comics. While grades vary with some outliers in either direction, I would say the collection on average is high side of mid-grade: lots of Fine and VF books, some better, some worse. I will post pix of the keys, and some exemplary issues. If anyone wants more pix/info just ask and I will supply. (was $875) NOW $775 Shipped U.S.
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    Up for offer is one BIG lot of Jonah Hex, an entire magazine box plus, bagged and boarded, almost 150 books. But first, First in thread wins Payment is money order or check. Don't be listy Price includes U.S. Shipping Returns/ Sure, just notify me within three days of receipt and get it back on your dime in the same shape.
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    I do think there's two! I've definitely opened a book out of a similar rig before, and there's the similar approach in packing OA deployed by the guy Patriot6 and I both bought OA from. CliffR too, I think. Guy has a boatload of Archie pages.
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    Okay, here's a Buy This Thread option before we close: Take everything remaining unsold for $200 shipped in the U.S. That's: Peter Parker 64. Cloak and Dagger mini 1-4, Cloak and Dagger 1, Miracleman 1&2, ASM 361, Hawkeye 1-4, Prime Slime Tales 1, Tales of the Teen Titans 1-4, and two copies of JLE 33 (1st Sonic the Hedgehog in comics). Thanks all for looking, and thanks to all who bought thus far!
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    Agreed; all-around great guy to deal with.
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    Hey Mike, cellophane, clear/regular/whatever ya call non-opaque scotch tape, or it doesn't matter, all types?
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    It's part of his charm!
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    Was that our Archie OA guy??!
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    Closing soon, probably tomorrow some time. End of month gets busy at work so I want to wrap this up before then and get books to folks. PM's welcome; can't hurt to ask, I'm reasonable. Thanks everyone!
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    I bought from that guy! It looked so hare-brained, I followed the instructions just to see. It did work well and made me laugh. I think each piece of tape was folded over slightly create a pull tab.
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    I've had this experience too. I think your headline is a misnomer, throwing people. A book tightly wound to cardboard with tape that one can't peel without bending the spine or slit without risking cutting the book is not packed too securely. It's packed in a risky manner. That said, I prefer to risk the surgery than to open a bubble mailer and find a book not in a cardboard sandwich. I'm nervous every time I pack trying to hit the sweet spot of max protection without inviting inadvertent damage during the unpacking, and without pushing someone's shipping cost up due to the weight of the body armor. (Though with expensive and rare items, I prefer a couple extra bucks in shipping due to the weight of strong packaging.)
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    I think this way too. I guess it would make me feel as if I've damaged my book, but in the case of the defect we're talking about, it's probably only the inevitable happening in our hands. Still, I can't shake the thought of responsibility for the damage. Damn Catholic grade school, I guess! Flip side is I passed on a Flash #14 for this reason and haven't seen one since. Since GA books can have detached covers and still score VG range in a slab, if it's one of those books that's awesomeness is primarily in its cover, I'm warming to accepting this. Incompleteness bugs me way more, but I even accept affordable incomplete books that I may never see again, though I try to keep it to a few. Brittleness and serious water damage would be the things I would most readily avoid. Also rodent chews, though this is largely because it seems to turn off so many other collectors, rendering a book for more illiquid. Even if it's a book I intend to keep in the "with me til the end" collection, that bugs me because you never know if you one day need to sell, or change your mind and want to sell due to unexpected upgrade, etc.
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    Who would be the likely adversary for a Lobo movie? I'd love to see Etrigan but if that Dark Justice League thing is still a thing they need a very different version for that, I guess. Do they bring in the Omega Men? Who is the right foil?
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    My bronze frame of reference picks Avengers and Defenders hands down....Thor, Dr Strange, Hulk, Namor, Silver Surfer, Iron Man, Vision, Wonder Man, Cap....numbers, firepower, tactical superiority. Prof X is the only significant outlier threat but surely Dr strange has something for that.
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    City to farm
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    With good reason! A lot of cool Ziff-Davis is still relatively under the radar; this may be one of the few that's not so much.
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    Thx Sqeggs! It was a small pile, all far more easily located.
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    Somehow, I find that heartwarming! Congrats again my friend!
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    Great news!
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    Agreed, seller should have disclosed. I just mean with 55 graded and 6.0 well up the ladder, I'd rather spend more on reholdering myself than returning it. Less irksome of two irksome options, but rare bird is in hand.
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    I guess I was just thinking spend a couple $20's to send it to Fla for the reslab, but shipping to and from from your local I guess is not insignificant. Then again, how many of these are on census, and how high is 6.0 in the scheme of things? (Pretty high, I'm thinking.) It's not an every day commodity book so I would probably keep it and reslab, but I am going to peek at the census and answer my own rhetorical question.
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    Why not just reholder?