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13 minutes ago, Jeffro. said:

They are pretty goofy but they do have a certain charm to them. The Thanos issue is hilarious. Don't the police take him into custody at the end of the story?  

Yep in cuffs. Salicrup is a genius

1 hour ago, Chaykin Stevens said:

Was the Cat supposed to be Patsy Walker or Greer Nelson?  She was drawn with red hair like Patsy on the cover, but dark hair like Greer in the story.

My guess is it's sort of both or sort of neither. An amalgam of the 2 but with touches neither had.   As you mentioned on the cover red hair, red hair on back cover too. On the now iconic Thanos Copter splash hair is reddish brown with red highlights same with the 2 pages that follow it. Then it varies by panel between darker hair and reddish.

"These comics are easy to read" even if many of the story's are unintelligible

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Found the Kirby/Romita #20 Cover and the #20 splash  in different gallery's. Spidey looks like all Romita on that great cover.

"Top to bottom, left to right, that reading stuff is outta sight"

dupe again -having issues

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I'm real fan of the #20 Kirby FF cover which was years before my time. Don't have scan of my book at moment.  Fun series. Love those Electric Company Characters like EZ Reader and Jenna.

The whole thing is a dream sequence

On 2/26/2021 at 1:43 AM, lou_fine said:

Well, looks like it ended up at $1,900 with a few bids in the last minute which jumped it from $1,300 right up to its eventual $1,900 finish.     

$800-900 above current going rate and in my opinion it greatly lacks eye appeal. The off-centering causes some of the right side of cover to be chopped off right threw the blue "collectors item" circle as well as the comics code stamp/seal and the M in "TM". There are many nicer looking copies out there, at least to my eyes, that go for hundreds less.  Is it the pedigree or in general folks love to fork over an extra $800 or so to comiclink ?

On 2/5/2021 at 4:46 PM, bluehorseshoe said:

 

It does make sense #1 has hit the $2000 plateau even though the population of the book in CGC 9.8 compared to other books is on the high side. 

- #1 and #2 (low distribution compared to previous and next issues)  are books that were pretty much HOT from the very day they went on-sale. Other issues in the run of course too were very hot during the 1980's but not from Day 1

- #1 and #2 are books that all kids collecting comics in 1982-end of decade had or wanted badly.

- #1 is one of the most remembered (classic) books and covers of the 1980's.

- It can be argued the TV Show and GI Joe #1 are Pop Culture symbols of a generation and the demand for #1 far outstrips supply

Speaking of Issue #2,  I recall as child getting it at an unplanned and unexpected visit to a comic book shop. Issue #3 was already out and no issue #2 appeared and my local newsstand racks.  For many reasons including the story it remains my favorite issue of the run. I still read it once a year.

In general if I had the newsstand as a child I seek the newsstand now. Same too goes for direct sale. 

From what I've noticed the last few years, I'm no expert just my own observation, is 1979-1985 (inside the era I collect most) newsstand copies sometimes command higher prices than direct sales. Seems to me the effect is more pronounced on Marvel than DC.  As for myself it's more of a deal with Marvel as the direct sales covers are different from my memories if I had the newsstand back in the day.  With DC only the UPC area is differs and at least as of now I do not usually seek out DC newsstand copies even if I had those as a child - DC Presents 26, Fury of Firestorm #1 and Batman and the Outsiders #1 being my only personal exceptions as those 3 only seemed off to me without the UPC code and I've really no idea why...

Here are two Digests that were not from Vane's collection.

Ed Hannigan created many interesting original cover designs in the early 80's, Best of DC #36 is an excellent example.

Classic Kubert!

11 minutes ago, Math Teacher said:

Here's the thing. I didn't say that is was morally or ethically wrong. I said that <I> don't like it, because I feel it's not fair to people who have poor Internet service or circumstances that keep them from sitting in front of their computer for the last 15 minutes of the auction. Some examples of circumstances would be work, family commitments or emergencies, or just the time of day. Let's just agree to disagree and move on.

Bidding/Snipping Services have been around a while. Last 16 years I have used eSnipe for any item I am serious about or when I know being able to place a bid will be an issue. Their charges are reasonable and they are kind with what in effect is overdraft protection. 

It's not for everyone, but for Dimez it might have been a perfect answer.  Be aware some services are "sketchy" so best to do research or get recommendations from those who you know to be honest.

3 hours ago, stinkininkin said:

I want this forum to be a place where everyone feels welcome to post, both dealers and collectors. This is not the way.

Giving kudos to his integrity and honesty was wrong?  Is your concern is that it will scare off dealers or collectors who lack what Burkey has displayed?

I've dealt with Mike for 20 years, Heritage "scandal", which I've lack of knowledge to the details, aside,  he honors his word. Several times I purchased from him (via his site) and minutes or so later others offered him significant amounts more for the items if he voids the sale and deals it to them . In all cases he honored the original sale commitment to me. I participate in several hobbies and few dealers/sellers/collectors do the same in similar cases nor have his integrity.  Not sure I want this to be a forum that does not value that trait.

On 12/6/2020 at 10:00 PM, Twanj said:

$400k

On 12/10/2020 at 8:17 PM, romitaman said:

and....SOLD!!! (ALL CASH)

sorry to disappoint vodoo  

but hey...keep the conspiracy theories going......

 

As US Taxpayer I'm truly happy to see you admitted the cash sale in writing on a public forum. Kudos!  The taxes on that will be a nice chunk of change (from my perspective, but of course nothing in overall scheme of things) for the IRS to collect and deposit into the US treasury.

Economics 101 Supply and Demand.  Given the vast graded supply when demand dips or drops the going rate will follow   

Luckily got mine for $5 'round turn of the century.

Thought I bring out another for the season of holidays.  Apologies in repeating yet again my thanks to Vane as without him I woudl not be the current caretaker of this festive on sale Dec 1981 high grade digest.

Contains the unpublished (used in Cancelled Comic Cavalcade) Sandman #8 by Kirby.

11 hours ago, wombat said:

I realize they don't show a magazine, but they also have ones listed for regular CGC bags so I'm assuming these must fit. Maybe I'll ask for the measurements. 

Please ask for an in use pic as well at thickness 1mil or 2mil    If they are custom and fit nicely, more folk like me may have interest