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I'm not a great fan of Kelly's duck covers. Don't really like the heavy line work -- if that's the correct term. Also not crazy about the mayhem depicted on some of them (a point I've made a couple of times before), although these are pretty mild. Kelly's themes often seemed to reflect more the content of the DD movie shorts than the Barks DD 10-pagers, which Kelly didn't give much indication of having bothered to read.

It's funny, I love Kelly's WDCS covers from the first 100 issues... #34, #36, #44, #69, #87 to throw out some random ones. There's probably a few dozen I like. But they were not consistently winners, and after #100 or so his style seems to get sketchier and sloppier.

 

 

I will admit this is a good cover, not the best condition, but a good cover:

 

One of my all time favorites! I need a nice mid-grade copy.

I recently sold a copy of that book and thoroughly regret it! I don't think there's too many Disney covers with prominent use of firearms, certainly not in recent times, no? It's a very Loony Tunes cover on a Disney book.

Nero Wolfe to werewolf

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It would take me a couple days to lay my hands on my copy, so here's a link. Sorry!

This thread is the sh*t!

I know what you mean - it has all the depth and sophistication of a Bronze Age Hostess Twinkie advertisement.

Exactly -- because trying to save the universe by having the Silver surfer snatch at a glove, and stealing the plot from Weird Science (using the cube to craft your she-Thanos version of Kelly LeBrock) is somewhere between Tolstoy and Shakespeare

I'm not cool enough for those clubs. I'm just a comic dweeb

Thats's WHY you're more than cool enough for this club!

Conan in jail to flying female

This club needs a membership drive...let's see how much love is really out there for this book.

June to June-July

I loved the early Elementals....downside of creator-owned...Creator runs out of steam for concept, concept runs out of steam....

But willingham nailed it off the bat.

Not that it should crack top 10, but what about honorable mention love for B&B 79?

I have been reading through this since the thread's inception.

 

I personally subscribe to the old model of scans with the older grading system for raws. G, VG, Fine, VF, NM. If I feel a book is between a grade I will say VF+ or VF-NM.

 

I cannot stand behind a point system as I have personally seen books come back higher on straight resubmits by a full point.

 

Recently acted as a third party in the sale of a book. The seller estimated the book at a 5.0. Both the buyer and myself estimated the book at a 6.0 with a 6.5 on a good day of drinking. The buyer has a history of some spot on grading.

 

Book came back a 7.5.

 

I feel it's safer all around to not guarantee an exact grade on eBay. On the boards, we act under the assumption of familiarity with the CGC grading process so it is a different story. Tuesday's 8.5 could be Wednesday's 9.0 and Thursday's 8.0.

 

I think you stated that really good. I'm going to follow this from now on.

I agree...I'll buy into the whole 9.2 vs 9.4 vs etc thing when I start seeing 6.2, 6.4 etc. Til then my mindset as a seller and buyer has to vary to accommodate this reality, but I take it all with a grain of salt....Like Buzzetta said, resubmits can vary. Everyone is human. If your gut doesn't like the match between the book in the slab and the # in the corner, find yourself a different copy, or negotiate the price to your belief if you can. CGC (or anyone else's) service of providing an objective third-party grading opinion does not abdicate you from responsibility as a buyer (obviously, I know)....same thing with the raw eBay seller....please give me good pix, give your grading opinion, answer my questions about what cannot be seen....so I can make a responsible bid/offer as a buyer. For all the inherent limitations of virtual, not in person buying, it generally seems to work out well.

Wow he must have really started in the business when he was young. Some of my first LCS experiences were right around when he had started the Daredevil series, it was red hot back then.

I guess so.....DD #158 was January 1980, so he was 23-ish. And John Carter 18 and that Weird War issue (#54?) preceded that by a bit. He may have started in his late teens??!

Club? When did this become a club? I wanna join the club. I like clubs!

Shhhh..... We're like one of those L.A. Clubs....there's no sign over the door, and ya gotta know somebody....

Without a doubt, it would be the Adams & Smith run of Avengers from issue #93 through #100 from my point of view.

 

I still remember back in the day when Avengers 93 used to be one of the most valuable BA books in the marketplace. Not so much anymore, as it seems to have fallen right off the radar for some reason. Not so sure why since it is part of a classic Kree/Skull Wars story line and coupled with 52 pages and cover artwork by Neal Adams.

 

+1

 

Many books to love

 

I'm so DC that thinking of Adams on Avengers just seems outlandish to me. Like picturing DiMaggio in a Red Sox uni, that bizarre. I have to admit, though, I am intrigued. Maybe I should look for a reprint of this run.

It's beautiful and an awesome story. One of the Aeams issues has a splash of Triton climbing out of the water onto a dock that is absolutely stunning.

I have seen several different versions of these do-it-yourself-cases, they all share the same problem: they are expensive.

 

I just don't see anyone buying them to store their collection in. Maybe a few books, but at $15.99 each it is just to much to make the average comic collection switch from mylar and backing board.

+1

Looks like the header is just an e-mail that you print yourself. Better have a color printer. Also, I'd prefer it to say "My Grade" vs "Raw Grade" under the grade field. "raw" and "slabbed" describe the physical state of the book; they are not sub-types of grades (as compared to "I grade this book at..." And "third-party graded at...")

Splash of seltzer to splash of ocean

So does anyone care about Malibu Sun 13? I'm truly clueless, not making a comment on the book. I'm making a trade with a guy who has two copies. Should I look to get one?

 

I'm a Spawn fan...I love that book. Not sure how those that didn't participate in the birth of Image Comics feel about it, but it holds a lot of nostalgia for me. So yes, I would trade for two copies if I were you...

Thx! Wasn't sure of true Spawn fans' views on it.

Nine hours for this thread is an eternity....Christmas tree to Christmas tree

So does anyone care about Malibu Sun 13? I'm truly clueless, not making a comment on the book. I'm making a trade with a guy who has two copies. Should I look to get one?

Rockford (at least some) have a distinctive stamp. Check comicbookpedigrees.com for examples.

 

Thank you!

Haha 4 has a war related cover...

Thank you Richard! I missed that when the 20 led me to scan Gerber. I guess the racist depiction on 20 especially struck me because I think of the funny animals books as targeted to the youngest set of readers, even younger than the intended target audience of GA superhero comics. I can't imagine, for instance, a copper age kids' comic such as Rainbow Brite or somesuch with a racist depiction of an Iraqi after the invasion of Kuwait.

WWII covers, especially ones that demonize the face of the enemy, are such enduringly powerful period pieces, snapshots of the culture, for that reason. (To some degree we also saw this during the Korean War/early Cold War). But to see it on a book for the littlest readers particularly speaks to the depth of feeling from that era.