MAY1979

On 10/30/2021 at 10:23 AM, Jesse-Lee said:

I got a box of comics yesterday in a regular priority mailing box. But it was the weirdest thing - the whole box smelled of mint. It was like someone poured Listerine all over it - you could literally smell it across the room. All the books inside were bagged/boarded and then packed together in another outer bag, and once I got them out of the box they had no odor at all, but the box itself was crazy minty.

I even joked to my wife (who asked what was in the box - seriously? Do you even know me at all dear?) that it was full of minty-fresh comics. It wasn't necessarily unpleasant, but I found it unsettling for some weird reason.

Were they advertised as Mint comics?

If you can get full graded market price without actually getting a book graded great. The rant via run-on sentence makes one seem like the Joker.

Received my childhood Limited #1 copy back this week. As normal unpressed. Also my original 1987 #1 I sent to CGC about 18 years ago. Purchased 2 copies of #1 back then the other copy is now queued in Sarasota

Not sure why but the Limited slabbed scan the right edge appears "bowed" while it's not a total straight cut the scan is not true to life - some odd refraction due to the case??? The pre-submission scan shows what it looks like in reality. . Anyhow it's the copy I purchased Oct 1985 in my youth and it ain't goin' nowhere

As I recall the Limited series propelled The Punisher from a C or D level character to an A-lister who just a few years later would have 3 concurrent monthly series'

Typical 80's Zeck cover; dude firing gun(s) with mouth hanging open   There's even a Zeck Cap cover like that.  It is classic though!

On 11/9/2021 at 9:06 PM, jjonahjameson11 said:

A closer look at this sale shows the seller has only 35 feedback, all as a buyer and none as a seller so I'm 100% certain the inherent risk imbedded therein kept several potential bidders away.

Next!!!

On 11/9/2021 at 1:41 PM, Frankielo said:

ASM 300 9.4 signed by Todd Mcfarlane just sold on eBay for $1,202  can anyone say market correction coming?!

On 11/10/2021 at 2:56 PM, Frankielo said:

I don’t know, Ebay may be a lot of things but it does protect the buyer

IMHO

Signed or not , the book is dirt common in 9.4, 9.4 on a book of this era is not high grade.

Any correction on a high population book will begin at non hi grade levels. As demand on those much more difficult to maintain.

How about Mirage TMNT issue 6?

Not sure why but one of the more difficult to score a 9.8. Lowest CGC 9.8 population (only 63) of issues 2-8 and there are double the amount 9.6's (141) as 9.8.

On 11/9/2021 at 9:31 PM, Microchip said:

I picked it up just before the madness.   So less than a good auction result for a #1 in 9.8, newsstand copy lately.

40-50% less than the Direct sale as well.

On 11/9/2021 at 10:18 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

Wow! Impressive,  I wish the best for the other copies as well! Did you send in only this one?

I i have half the kirby's, still hope to fill out the rest maybe.

#'s 4,5,9,14,15 were the 5 for $10. I've kept records of all my back issue purchases since 1990, starting on paper, then Lotus 123 in 1992, then Excel in 1994. My current xlxs is descendant of that original 123 sheet ported to Excel in 1994  

I sent #15 to CGC 18 years ago it received (a deserved) 9.6 and at the time there were none higher. A few years later I found a CGC 9.8. I then traded the 9.6 #15.  I am thinking of submitting 2 of the remaining 3 from that day.

I've sold under 10 comics in my life, but probably traded 20-25.   The earliest trade I recall making was DD 257 condition unknown but no less than NM+ 9.6, for a  sealed/unopened  Mego Spock on Card - condition approx NM/M.  This was back around 1991? Current day not sure it was good deal or not?

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On 11/8/2021 at 10:12 AM, Garystar said:

Front and back;

Wow that is outstanding! Never knew those existed.

For BF (Blue Falcon) fans Dynomutt #2 is pretty much the cover on which he is featured most predominantly. Penciled by Paul Norris co-creator of Aquaman.

As with all Treasury's the Hanna's are very, and likley even more, difficult to find in High grade.  In 3 decades, I never came across any that made my personal cut

From Marvel's Scooby 8, Daphne showin' Cavy some love

Great cover!

Petty much all Marvel Hanna's are difficult in high grade since they were newsstand only, these two were the only 9.8's of these issue #'s for around 15 years.

#121,122,129 are Blue Chips that in long term will appreciate. Huge 9.8 and 9.6 population books like ASM 361 are questionable if they can sustain. Won't take much of demand drop for that to occur and has since late Sept it's pretty much down 1/3. I see it easily giving up another 1/3 of that. Long term I feel 361 will stagnate.

#124 nice book , but yeah if Werewolf is in the MCU then Man-Wolf is redundant. Nice cover and era but at best it will remain a very minor "key"

Someone mentioned Ditko issues, in long term no average collector will be able to touch them in 9.2 or above. Get'em while u can.

^ oh man Prodigy that is an ancient reference :)

The only Flipper I ever liked was a Bottle-nose Dolphin and even then not big fan.

P.S. Anyone who holds the book for a while is not a Flipper in my mind. Example you purchased a lot in 2018 and are selling some off now.  To me a flipper is someone who begins to sell the books pretty much the moment they first acquire them.