MAY1979

eBay can be a roll of the dice as the polluted with garbage Original Comic Art category is avoided by many buyers who simply don't have the time or patience to separate wheat from chaff.

What amount do you feel is (or was) the going rate? My opinion is its probably within 10% of FMV

IMHO Nope! Given what I see in the pics if not done properly pressing might even lower the grade. I guess the C&P might make the back look a little nicer?? My feeling is the risk is significant for at best what will be a minor rewards probably not even meriting a .5 jump. Of course, I'm no expert in pressing but there are some here who are.

Occasionally Marvel had new art commissioned for their reprint books. Here are 2 examples from Mr Rosa's old collection: When Ditko returned to Marvel this was his first task: I am curious to know why Marvel used what appears to be a generic inventory cover rather than the Hulk 130 original I have great memories of fishing this one out of 4 for $1.00 section at my first trip as child to a comic book store. Never thought I'd find a high grade copy of it:

Love the 70's early 80's Marvel Reprint titles! They deserve their own thread

As TV and Film related goes Key Trek 1 is genuine blue chip. Unlike Star Wars 1 supply is ultra low My opinion given how difficult to find in 9.0 or above the growth potential is huge. I feel probable a 9.2 with WHITE pages 5 years from now will b a 25-30k book. hold on to it tighly or you will have huge regrets

5% of $1500 is $75. The quality of either for that amount is horrid

IMHO hold on to #1 to fund a possible early retirement. Unlike poser books Trek #1 has significant steady continued growth ahead. Hold on to it tightly, future you will be very grateful you did

Thanks! Now i can revisit Mankuta's inane musings from turn o' the century

Mike's is a great site but the data ofttimes is not accurate, I've seen this over and over again with on-sale dates. Of course not being accurate can easily be said about Overstreet, CGC and the GCD Edit: After doing more research; #84 is confirmed as Miller's first/earliest work that was published however it's unclear if WW64 or Zone84 was on-sale first. As Western (Gold Key / Whitman) did have their own distribution channel for non-newsstand sales it's plausible Zone 84 was out a week prior to WW64. Also plausible Zone 84 was on-sale at same time or a week even 2 later. I'm not sure we'll ever truly know which was on-sale first and where, but I will say Zone 84 is a significantly more difficult book to find in any grade than WW64 and big-time Miller fans should want Zone 84,85 and WW64

"URAnus is built on a funny tilt"

Nice. Hope there is at least one "room" dedicated to his 1978-1981 work. I'm big fan of his draftsman-esque era.

Good logical point. However I thought same in 2007 and in terms of art dropping it did not occur. I think worst case mid 6 figures items and higher might slow a bit. What I would really like is to be able to go to a con again with 1K in pocket and actually have enough to buy a single late 70's Superhero page again When I started in art I could bring home 3 DC or 2 Marvel Bronze covers for that ... Anyhow its not going to happen!

Watched EP1 just now. Trek shows usually start off slow and get better over time, this one started off as solid. Really enjoyed it, cast has nice on-screen chemistry. For me it showed great respect for the original. Chapel is a hoot! Very Entertaining!

In my opinion the Zones and the Weird War are not indicative of what would follow for Miller. Peter Parker 27-28 interiors we saw good solid glimpses but for my eyes the first time Miller truly looked like Miller is Daredevil 158. Anyone know who inked Miller on those Twilight Zone issues?

CGC is rather secretive about things. I stand by my original statement.

Thanks for the response. Perhaps one day CGC will add but for now they seem intent on dedicating their time towards Memorex VHS tapes

While same cover date (or cover code for GK's), As I recall reading Gold Keys books at the time were distributed for sale 4-5 months prior to cover date and Marvel and DC was approx 3 months. Any GK/Whitman/Western experts here?

@valiantman Hi, I'm curious; is there a way to potentially pull Page Quality data from CGC using CGCDATA? As an example to determine the percentage of CGC slabbed White Page Silver Age books from 1961-1967 ?

Merely curiosity? Or is there another reason for asking? Overstreet has noted it for at least 28 years - I went back to 1994 the oldest one I have handy. I first recall seeing it mentioned in the early-mid 1990s in CBG (Comic Buyers Guide). Miller has confirmed it as well in interviews. For a long time no one seemed to care that much about the Zone issues, but in moderns times its must have 1st this and 1st that. Serling by Miller - Cool!

IMHO the only certain way to remove potential bias is to deslab before submitting.

Miller art on one story in #84. A Low print near end of run double-size book My guess is demand for the few 9.2's and Higher exceeds supply and would have much competition among Miller super-fans if they come up for regular auction? There is also a Miller art on one story in #85 which although still difficult is easier to find 9.2 and higher compared to #84. Sent my 84 and 85 in last Oct perhaps they will be back this coming Oct???

Great cover. Seems very photo-realistic to me

In the context of that comicart-l thread it was that "Cover" was begin used to hype a way to increase the cost of the item. Yep, Nowadays it does not matter as sellers make up whatever copy they want Los Bros style, as long as off eBay, without recriminations. I do wish I had an archive of some of those comicart-l topics there were some fun reads there. Due to the lower dollars amounts involved on art the board skewed towards more fun than this one in the now.