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That's creepy . . .

Ya think? The book was just about to come out, and he was very excited. Of course, as a kid, I wanted to ask for The Thing, but he offered the Pope out of excitement for his project. I figured however many sketches he's done, this would end up being less common among his body of work. It's grown on me. Maybe because Joe Sinnott is just about the nicest human being on earth.

Enjoying this thread; thank you!

I from rats' tails to Witches Tales

It was a cool moment in Bronze history. I remember when these hit the racks.

Close to a full set myself; need to track down two more issues of one of the War titles and a couple Vicki's (by far the hardest; these are actually Tower Comics' Tippy Teen stories recycled.)

Both Comic Book Marketplace and Comic Book Artist dedicated an issue to them. CBM was #77.

Redhead to Red Rube

Geez, after looking at your Pope link, I clicked off sold, and amazingly there's a lot fewer available than have been sold of late, so as guess it really is currently hot.

 

Forgot all about the st Francis until I looked at these listings. Of this Marvel trio, I think the Mother Theresa was the smallest print run, I remember reading that somewhere, but the Pope seems to be in the sales lead currently.

 

Joe Sinnott drew that Pope book, and I have a JPII pencil sketch by him. I first met him at a con in the early 80's, just after he drew the book, so it's what he wanted to sketch for me. I was quite happy, figuring it would be different, as most probably ask him to sketch the Thing or Cap or Spidey, I imagine.

Mentioned this a few pages back in this thread, so I dug it out to share:

Loving this thread idea! I will read with an eye toward appropriate contributions.

Wow. Betty and Veronica in a cat fight. That's hot.

'Zactly!

So when you are selling a $100 book or $1K book its okay to put "I'm not a professional grader" and that should resolve the seller from any problems when the book is missing a interior page or has been restored? Hey I didnt know mess about comics so not my fault. Everyone I am sure can see the issue here.

 

Keep in mind as we die out relatives are going to inheirit our books. This I guess will be happening more and more. I know a guy locally that has marked up every ASM SA book he has due to his OCD. Eventually those books will make it into the market.

 

I am enjoying seeing the different viewpoints on this.

 

 

 

When I first saw a few genuine non-comics people occasionally use this term, it did not bother me. But it's on so many listings now, from long-time dealers and collectors ... c'mon, you sure as heck thought you could grade when you bought the damn thing, so offer your grade opinion when you sell! Who the heck thinks it's a guarantee and does not look at the pix and description??? Pictures, words, why you think it is in the grade range you think it is, disclosure of defects....these are the reasons I pull the trigger!

"Professional grader" implies there's a governing body providing licensure upon passage of a test. I'm not aware of the governing body that administers the CPG (certified professional grader) exam. Yes I realize they probably mean third-party grading when they say this, but it is not the same thing...one exists, one does not.

Which one to who is

Finally, an actual image of Anthro #6 .... sorry it took me a bit to do!

Charles Nicholas to Charles Biro

From Boy Comics to Boy Commandos

Here's my membership card

It's not a book known for its cover colors, but yours seems very good in that regard. My copy's brown is much more faded.

 

Congrats!

Thanks! I hadn't noticed, then I looked up at the previous one in the thread, one of the two 9.4's, and thought huh? But after scrolling through a few fellow mortal copies I see what you mean with both the browns and greens. You see this variation with the green monster on FF#1 too.

Reminds me of the range of variance on my favorite mid-60's Marvel cover color, that deep purplish hue on DD7, IM1, ST135, Shield 1, etc. Dark, glossy copies look like they are still wet off the press

Mystery to Verity

A short-lived imitator

Thank you!

Always loved this cover

I'm in

Well, I THOUGHT I rotated them!

I owe this club my membership dues for that Cap 46 advice (still in pursuit)

eerie and creepy are criminally cheap. great if you want to put a set together

+1

I've heard crazier things....I also think a high-grade Hulk 180 is not a bad hedge, given the history of other cameo/full first scenarios (ooaw 81 and 83 comes to mind).