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I finally got a chance to dig out my copy of Comic Scene #5 with an interview with Jim Aparo. One of the few interviews he did.

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The NHL regular season starts tonight.

Aparo does Doom Patrol

On 9/13/2023 at 7:18 PM, MattTheDuck said:

It's the same with Costco branded (Kirkland) products and most of the "house" brands you see at Kroger, Safeway, et al.

This is true for most (if not all) generic products.

https://thedinnerdaily.com/generic-vs-name-brand-foods-is-there-really-a-difference/

On 9/3/2023 at 11:06 AM, Robot Man said:

Checkers / Chess covers?

No chess/checkers theme is complete without JLA #1. Here's mine

On 8/30/2023 at 5:58 AM, Dave2739 said:

What's ridiculous about this? I think you've lost the meaning of this thread. You're not posting panels (you're posting entire pages) and they're not particularly ridiculous. 

It's pretty ridiculous that the Silver Surfer is there. Mar-vel died on Titan and at the time the Surfer was trapped on Earth.

Here's something you don't see everyday. Jim Aparo inking Frank Miller.

On 8/16/2023 at 3:55 AM, Bosco685 said:

If there are three versions of a character over decades, yes. Because within those decades you have multiple comic book appearances, individual lore developed and the reaction of readers to such content.

Thanks for asking though.

 

Pleas allow me to clarify:

Do we really need to rank things when there are 3 of them and nobody cares about Dan Garrett?

On 8/7/2023 at 6:17 PM, Bosco685 said:

I may be wrong, but I'm assuming you may have missed the four-season Young Justice TV/streaming series. The third Blue Beetle is actually quite popular as part of the series. Along with a comic book fanbase compared to the first two versions.

3 Characters Who Wore the Blue Beetle Mantle, Ranked by Importance

 

Do we really need to rank things if there's only 3 of them?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/investigation-ebay-employees-stalk-harass-couple-60-minutes-transcript-2023-08-13/

Barretto never crossed my mind. But now that you mention it, I can totally see it.

This shirt was gifted to me in the mid to late 90s and I'm trying to identify the artist. Dan Jurgens? Jose Luis Garcia Lopez? Someone else? I can't figure it out.

On 8/12/2023 at 7:32 PM, Ride the Tiger said:

I think you are thinking too much about this built in shipping. Like I'm trying to rip people off. You have me confused with the sellers who purposely over-grade their books, don't give you proper descriptions. Take a photo of the book still in the plastic. Use terms like WOW or KEY or MOVIE COMING. What you get from me is the book you see at the price you agreed to pay. Don't matter how to break it down. You are getting what you paid for! 

So you would be willing to pay 5 times the shipping?   I never said or implied that you are ripping people off. I was talking in generalities. If you are sending someone a package anyway why charge 5 times as much?

On 8/12/2023 at 7:19 PM, Ride the Tiger said:

You're assuming I charge $5 for a book. But you know the price of the books and the condition. So what's the problem? You see 5 books you like, you agree it's a fair price, you get the books shipped bullet proof. No games. Every book is checked out thoroughly. I've never had a negative. 

I wasn't talking about you. I was talking about ebay shipping in general. That's why I used the pronoun 'they' and not the pronoun 'you'. The going rate for shipping is about $5.

I don't know the price point of the books Lightning55 buys, but let's say you buy 5 books for ~10 bucks each from the same seller. Would you be willing to spend $25 on shipping when you know it doesn't cost anywhere near that?

On 8/12/2023 at 7:05 PM, Ride the Tiger said:

If you are getting 5 books shipped really well with great descriptions and photos does it really matter? Are you really concerned about a few bucks?

If they are charging $5 each for shipping then they are spending $25 on shipping 5 books that easily fit into 1 package and is costing them a fraction of that.

A little bit more that "a few bucks"

On 8/12/2023 at 6:13 PM, Lightning55 said:

So if I buy 5 books from you I am paying 5 "built in" shipping charges? Ouch. 

Yes. But hopefully the seller will give you a partial refund for the combined shipping. I've done this as a seller and had it done as a buyer.

It never hurts to ask the seller ahead of time. If they are halfway decent they will do this.

On 8/7/2023 at 6:17 PM, Beige said:

You have this as a seller on each listing.

 

Make sure it is unchecked and you have 'opted out' of instant payment and can now combine postage. 

Where would I find this option? I tried to find this on one of my buy it nows and I can't for the life of me find it.

I know that it's nowhere near Cerebus or Savage Dragon, but if add them all up, Terry Moore's Strangers In Paradise has ~120 issues

Here's some more Metamorpho by Jim Aparo

All Star Comics #3 - First Justice Society.

On 7/31/2023 at 8:25 PM, djzombi said:

More recently acquired final issues. Some interesting tidbits about these - the Sensational is a newsie, the (New) Talent Showcase is Darwyn Cooke's 1st(?) published work, and the Showcase has a star stamp on it that I believe was discussed in another thread - a certain distributor, perhaps?

 

 

 

I had no idea Marvel published a Zorro comic in the 90s.