Get Marwood & I

Don't you sad face me Jimmers, or I'll send BF in - and you'll definitely know when he's kicked your door down

Yup. 3 years I've been trying here Jim, largely unsuccessfully!

Depends. If the current grading contest is anything to go by it'll come back an 11 Jim

Home MacGowan!

At least one person is reading

Four cohones!

One area of newsstand discussion that I find is often overlooked is in respect of annuals. There is a lot of excitement, say, for regular Amazing Spider-Man newsstand issues later in the run with issues like #694 commanding huge premiums and even finders fees. In my experience, although going back about 5-7 years, some of the last newsstand ASM annuals were at least as scarce but rarely if ever attracted attention. The GCD doesn't have any newsstand versions listed for annual 35, 36 and 38 for example: To my knowledge, #37 and 39 were not produced as newsstand copies which, if still the case (it's a long time since I last looked) is itself an indicator of relative scarcity. I've never seen a 36, but owned a 35 and 38 in my time. Both are nothing special as issues in themselves and they barely scrape $8 sales as direct editions. But a quick check of eBay, Google, Amazon, Mile High, Mycomicshop etc etc shows not one single newsstand copy available to purchase. 29 direct editions in the 33 results for annual #35, and all the sales are also directs: It's the same for #38 So, if I was Chuck I would probably feel justified slapping a 100x premium on these issues in newsstand. They do appear to be that scarce comparative to their direct edition cousins. But as far as actual buyers goes, no one seems interested in collecting them. I sold a large ASM newsstand run to a fellow collector but they didn't want the annuals. It's almost like annuals 'don't matter' somehow. Anyway, just some rambling thoughts from me. If you find an ASM annual in newsstand for #35 and 38, you'll likely be holding a comic of some comparative scarcity. Which no one, it seems, wants!

Four Cough

Four Candles.

I'd be embarrassed to sell that ASM as a 5.0 personally and was thinking my 4.0 was a gift. But I think I tend to punish moderns more for grade characteristic flaws and, comparing it to an old silver age 5.0, I can kind of see how it meets the 5.0 criteria. Also, the black covers over emphasise everything. I do think my own standards are too harsh and out of step with the hobby in general based on what I see here, on ebay and from dealers. I've always had a problem giving books with clearly visible flaws 9.0 or above. As a bloke at work once told me, find your standard, lower it 20%, and you'll fit in.

I know my Four Colours. Sorry, Colors

I would leave the sticker on even if it could be removed easily Jim. It's part of the books history and removing it would be like taking the big yellow sticker off of a certain type of ASM #184.

Darby O'Gill and the Little People

I liked it

How do you feel about the book now Gaard?

Cheers - I'll check the image files over the weekend. There are a few where the price isn't clear. Busted through the 1,100 mark finally...

It looks like someone kissed Patsy's backside on issue 93 Good luck mysterio and hope they all sell

Spindel Mannen, Spindel Mannen. Does whatever a... No. No, it doesn't work at all does it

Look at the size of them! And the rings too.

Yes. A ring free one hopefully!

Yes. It's a great thing, regardless. And it's fun to speculate over weird comic anomalies on a comic forum isn't it

Ta-daaaah!

But they can't legitimately characterise it that way as there's no evidence to support that conclusion, only guesswork. There's only one way to find out of course, but I'm reasonably confident that they'd grade it as a regular copy with a big yellow post production sticker on it. Or, they'd mess it up and label it as a no price variant with Mark Jewelers insert