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MAR1979

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  1. MAR1979
    Well then its good to know his Social media posting is not indicative of his writing - right? BTW: I might have just F-ed around at lunch and consumed "an omelette - plain, a chicken salad sandwich on wheat toast. No mayonnaise, no butter, no lettuce. And a cup of coffee"
  2. MAR1979
    Thanks! It will be wintering in Sarasota. It was 20 years between my 2 Oakland DC 48/52 page Adventure Comics CGC submissions. It was this topic that inspired me to gather up my DC 48/52 page books for grading.
  3. MAR1979
    It's got a lot wrong a press won't solve. Still a CGC 5 is more desirable to most than CBCS 6 so more than worth it for that alone. BTW I did want CBCS to succeed, as consumers benefit from true competition, however I've seen only a small handful of book in their slabs which I feel are indicative of the grade they assigned. IMHO they should have been too strict to the point it slowed down business the first few years then they would have boomed once word got around they were equal to CGC in grading or better. They decided to go the Oprah route "Here's 9.8 for you, a 9.8 for you, and everyone gets a 9.8". Hopefully one day a new service will come along and use CBCS as a template for what not to do.
  4. MAR1979
    or lack of regex skills doing a mod rewrite ?
  5. MAR1979
    I think I just f-ed around and purchased an Original Miracleman #1 :
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  7. MAR1979
    He did get lucky it was Albert as their were at least 3 OCA dealers in attendance at NYCC who would likley not have accepted a return if it had been a cash sale. No names need be mentioned ,I think most who have been around the hobby know.
  8. MAR1979
    Never heard of "Cates" until this topic. No issues with someone not being in the Original Comic Art know. The IMHO cringe worthy post on his Social Media however has nothing to do with a lack of OA knowledge therefore a good ribbin' is simply not out of order.
  9. MAR1979
    You win the topic for the book on the right I thought the All-Star 10 exists in pencilled form and a light boxed inked form. I could be remembering wrong of course. If I am right is yours the inked light boxed or a recreation?
  10. MAR1979
    BTW I really like this topic. Thanks to Kav for starting it. The DC 52 and 48 pages were a decade before my time but something about the look of them spurred my interest.
  11. MAR1979
    "Old School" slabbed Kirby and Cardy covered 52pgs. Both purchased raw in 1998 and slabbed around 2001. I picked up a bunch of Oakland's in August 1998, less than 2 weeks prior to them being made "publicly available", but the Forever People 8 was not one of them.
  12. MAR1979
    1999 CGC Slab from their first couple of months before page color quality was added.
  13. MAR1979
    The seasons develop a bit slow but I do enjoy the show, looking forward to it each week, and wish there were more episodes per season. The take on the characters differs from the comics, of course so too did both Cartoon series'. IMHO Raven and Wonder Girl are excellent. Also love Blackfire. Casting, scripting, for Jason Todd was perfect they found someone who I dislike in the same way as I did in the late 1980's comics. Sure wish Cyborg wasn't hiding out with Doom Patrol.
  14. MAR1979
    Another popped up while going through my slabs for scanning. There are only a few comics that remind me of my Dad, this is one of them. I do miss him. This was first month DC differentiated between Newsstand vs Direct Sale. They must have printed tons of the Direct version this first month. Not saying this newsstand is "rare" but from my observations it's lower in population. I do wonder if Jim Starlin thought this cover would be so remembered over 40 years later? It an excellent cover, but of course that's not the reason it's remembered.
  15. MAR1979
    Correct. It's been well documented in Twomorrows publications, blogs, and various books the past 20 years. I first learned of it in the mid 1990's reading: The Comic Book Heroes: The First History of Modern Comic Books - From the Silver Age to the Present by Gerard Jones , Will Jacobs The maneuver was pretty much the coup de gras in Marvel taking over the leader spot in the industry.
  16. MAR1979
    Thanks for starting this topic. Seems like what i wanted would have been GoCollect a week ago and earlier, but definitely not now. Will give GPA a try.
  17. MAR1979
    Off-center cover, notice the 4 in 414 is cut off. Glad comic's aren't graded like stupid trading cards
  18. MAR1979
    Some direct sales Marvel from 1979-1981 Just don't look "right" to my eyes. This is one of them that for me personally only the newsstand looks "correct".
  19. MAR1979
    My final pre-Covid newsstand purchases. Due to my earliest memories of these books I specifically sought out newsstands which I don't normally do.. Glad I got them before they jumped in "value". One day the Statement with the yellow background might come true for the book? Classic Byrne covers.
  20. MAR1979
    Standard Deviation or portent that supply and demand is taking hold?
  21. MAR1979
    Noticing a trend while going though my books for scanning. A bunch of Newsstands for which I thought, or rather guessed, I had Direct Sale. Seems to me 12-19 years back Newsstands were somewhat common at cons and on eBay. For DC especially back then I never would have sought them, but yet ended up with them. Probably 15 years since the box this one was in had been gone through. Great Garcia-Lopez Cover from a fondly remembered series. 1st app Dart.
  22. MAR1979
    How about Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta) in a high-ish pitch?
  23. MAR1979
    While breaking-in my new scanner found that my Losers Special which I've owned for nearly 20 years was a newsstand. To be fair it's the first time in 10 years or more that I opened the box that held it. Now I have to look for a direct sale as to me the book is not the same with out the "1935 DC50 1985" in UPC area "Old School" slab
  24. MAR1979
    Don't recall if i posted this in past. The last 2-3 pages of this book were excellent and timeless, even if the rest book was horrid. Mine from back in the day has some serious spine creases, so went looking for a replacement 5 years back. I had sought the direct sale as it was what I remembered but got a fair price so ended up with the newsstand version. The book was one of DC lowest seller's the last 2 years of the run.
  25. MAR1979
    Big fan of this Aparo cover since I was a child. Love the scowl on Superman's face and the look of shock on the Flash.