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Is this really Chris Severs' incognito. Hi Chris, I see you are still trying desperately to convince someone anyone that you are not wrong. P.S. if you are not Chris my apologies.

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^Carneys call 'em Rubes

As a kid I loved the series pulling it from quarter bins in the 1980's. Like many books read in my youth, I now finding it lacking but some of the art and covers are excellent. If you are not digitally inclined, pick up Essential Nova and decide if you want to pursue further

Just a riff on the general hyperbole that existed here from spring 2020-early 2022 Or a new memory of $18

So like with anything collectible (or sick six sigma) related no absolutes as outliers will always exist. @beastfeast I consider your comment to be nearly 100% correct.

BUH BUH BUH Sellers/Flippers/Investors/Speculators were stating it had "unlimited upwards trajectory" At this juncture you'd have to pay me $100 to take even a CGC 9.8 copy of the book to justify wasting the space to store it!

Have too much sodium

Interesting premise. Not sure I totally agree but it does explain a lot of behaviors and actions of those in a bunch of hobbies...

I think we

Add Milgrom to that list of names - very little out there of stuff he both penciled and inked. Agreed! A true Groo fan wants a cover image. Pacific #1, Special #1, Marvel Age #24 and Epic/Marvel #1 as the keys/semi-keys go, all display very nicely. Destroyer Duck #1 was one of the books I picked up at my first ever visit to a Comic Book store as Child. At that point the book had been out for 10 months. The shop had a load of them behind the counter and was offering them at 1/2 off.

Probably will be told keep up the good work. As long as Fedex and UPS are public company's, greasy politicians will invest in them and lobby for the USPS to be disbanded thus throwing windfall of epic proportions their way.

Almost like a Mylar w/proper Board should be inside the encapsulation. As long as there is no viable competition it sadly won't get better folks. The sole way to show CGC you truly mean business is to purchase only raw books or CB*S slabs and only submit to C*CS. Which ain't ever going to happen - right?

I see it hit the 0 day wire since end of March. So it's already out there for any "in the know" or with Google , likely as a result of this thread;

Was not here then but those who remember that Golden 1991-1992 era (ALL IMHO) even in the hobby are not seeking them. I did pick up this at NYCC for $40. Significantly lower price now in CGC 9.8 compared to raw 28-30 years back

Scammer is as scammer does

Note who owns 6.45% of Fedex Corp. File Date Form Investor Prev Shares Latest Shares Δ Shares (Percent) Ownership (Percent) Δ Ownership (Percent) 2023-02-14 13G/A DODGE & COX 16,674,920 17,331,895 3.94 6.90 9.52 2023-02-09 13G/A VANGUARD GROUP INC 18,390,509 19,050,450 3.59 7.55 8.79 2023-02-09 13G/A PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 13,195,532 13,921,967 5.51 5.52 10.84 2023-02-07 13G/A BlackRock Inc. 16,526,633 16,691,254 1.00 6.60 6.45 2023-02-06 13G/A SMITH FREDERICK W 20,783,462 20,658,394 -0.60 8.20 3.80

P.S. The whole Groo animation exploration rights nonsense as I stated from the get-go was and is a Nothing Burger. Oh where oh where are the folks who scoffed at that 12-28 months ago I laugh at this pandemic bubble era comment earlier in this thread regarding Destroyer Duck 1 9.8 One for $660 before that. That book is sooooo under valued. Be patient. It's percolating... Wrong! and the poster likley knew that as well at the time. BTW I know who purchased the recent $338 copy on eBay. Guy has another 9.8 copy with a wrap that is nice but not perfect so he upgraded. In effect he had a buy-order in at $350 even though he knew it might still dip below $300. DD#1 9.6's are they even worth the CGC grade-slab fees anymore ?

DD did have alledged sales $1850 range. To be clear anyone who purchased DD1 in 9.8 at $1000 was a fool at $1500+ a mendicant's mendicant... those who heeded advice from myself and others like jick in this thread can now pick up one at FMV of ~340. Where my guess is in the range it will stagnate for the long haul. I for one am glad Groo prices are now within reach of True Groo fans and not mendicant flippers and speculators. Seems of the Early Groo #1's, Groo Special is by far the most rare in 9.8. Oddly it's also the least expensive. Although in Overstreet from 1987 to at least 2008 it had the higher valuation. While it is the least submitted as I recall it by far had the lowest print run, due to the last minute change in publishers due to Pacific going belly up and that Eclipse knew going into the deal it was a one-shot only and Groo was going to Epic/Marvel Books CGC Label CGC Total Avg. Grade 10 9.9 9.8 9.6 9.4 9.2 9.0 8.5 8.0 7.5 7.0 6.5 6.0 5.5 5.0 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.8 1.5 1.0 0.5 1. Destroyer Duck 1 (2/82, Eclipse) Jack Kirby & Neal Adams cover. 1st appearance of Groo the Wanderer. Origin & 1st appearance Dest Universal 961 9.23 157 245 210 131 77 63 36 16 11 3 3 5 1 1 2 Books CGC Label CGC Total Avg. Grade 10 9.9 9.8 9.6 9.4 9.2 9.0 8.5 8.0 7.5 7.0 6.5 6.0 5.5 5.0 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.8 1.5 1.0 0.5 1. Groo the Wanderer 1 (12/82, Pacific Comics) 1st appearance of The Sage & Taranto. Sergio Aragones biography. Universal 556 9.32 193 126 84 46 37 22 19 10 7 4 3 2 3 2. Groo Special 1 (10/84, Eclipse) Universal 132 9.52 61 29 21 10 2 3 5 1 3. Groo the Wanderer 1 (3/85, Marvel/Epic Comics) Universal 442 9.31 3 151 109 56 34 24 27 11 14 2 4 4 2 1

When a parcel is colic-y, the USPS takes it for ride.

eBay has records of how much each seller made for the year. I thought that is what is sought and who is affected

That seems to be similar to the old Casino trope of "Playing with the House's Money". A trope that is only good for the casino. A trope that is also wrong. Once you win money playing Blackjack, Craps, or whatever, that money is yours not theirs. Professional gamblers understand that and thusly are able to make a living. Regardless if the funds from the purchaser were made from Crypto, or working as an Architect, or Driving a Race Car, or selling home knit scarfs on Etsy or any other revenue stream - If they forked over their funds for the NFTs and the NFTs have depreciated so that selling them means doing so at a price lower than they paid, with or without fees, then plain and simple they have "lost" money. Bottom line it was their money to lose and they lost it. Unless of course it's was someone else money they were purchasing NFT's on their behalf, then their Investor/Client has lost money. P.S. Whether someone cares or not if they lost money, does not change the fact that they have.

The Shop I used from 1982-1995 had them from their start. Guess I thought that was normal. I think they added Mylites in 1983. I still have books in the original Mylites from my childhood On anything decent though I changed boards in the 1990's and then again 12 years back and then for some again during start of the pandemic to keep myself occupied.

Yep everyone kept the issue and in high grade. Wolverine 1 (1982) was a huge production run for its time in which pretty much everyone bagged/mylar'd and boarded from the get go. I was just a small kid then and I did that. As I understand it many shop owners and collectors also gobbled them up from their local newsstands as they all thought the book was gold. ASM252 and Thor 337 are other prime examples of that. I would bet those who have lost $ with NFT far outweighs those who have received nominal gains. Buy nothing, get nothing applies Like any "scheme" those who get in and out early are the ones who make bank

I'd expect another 10% drop soon especially as year end nears. Impossible to predict a bottom of any market of course, but for comics the underlying causes have not changed all year. In Sept I pulled the trigger on some minor Bronze/Copper keys (not ASM but one 1979 X-Men) only to see they have already dropped more than 10% in FMV, falling to near 2019 levels.