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Underground chamber to underground chamber.

Green non-ped to green ped.

It's pretty difficult to find a Fiction House book in high grade with both a good color strike and white pages. #26 is a pretty common issue, even in high grade, so I would not expect a 9.6 to sell for more than a 9.8 of #29. A 9.8 copy of anything is going to command a premium.

Aero to arrow.

Airplane to flying rubber.

Bethlehem front cover to Bethlehem back cover stamp.

Even farther west to Spokane.

Skyscrapers in the background to skyscrapers in the background.

It depends what the book is. If a mainstream book has been selling for around $2,500 in a certain grade fairly steadily, with gradual increases in price as opposed to spikes from movie tie-ins or bidding wars, then you may not lose too much even if there's a downturn—maybe 30% (not counting selling fees). But if you're talking about something that not too many people collect, or something that cost $2,500 only because it was hot or because a couple of guys got into a bidding war, then you could lose a lot more than that. I have seen even high-grade GA superhero books lose more than 50% of their value (when that "value" was the price paid in a bidding war). Unless, a book is destroyed or stolen, though, then you're not going to lose everything. I generally figure I'm risking about 50% of what I pay for any given book. If I buy a $10,000 book, then it might drop to $5,000, but it isn't going to drop to $0.

I agree with your reasoning. I wouldn't necessarily sell a book if it hit $25K in value, but I wouldn't spend that much on a book. I've only gone over $10K once, and that was for a personal grail. Most of my "grails" could have been had for under $10K in VF a couple of years ago. With this Covid-flation, though, some would likely be over. Ones that actually hit $25K will be scratched off my list, for the reasons you mentioned. I don't need any particular book that badly.

L. B. Cole to L. B. Cole.

Holding a gun while wearing a space helmet to holding two guns while wearing a space helmet.

Yummy treat for some rats to yummy treat for a reindeer.

Small blade to medium blade.

It caught my eye when you posted it—in the less-than-ten-copies-in-the-census thread, I think. Then when I saw it on CLink I went after it. Did you upgrade? Crime to crime.

Green suited creep to green costumed cad.

Green creep carrying a blonde in a red dress to blue creep carrying a blonde in a red dress.

I guess that makes sense. I'm sure I would feel differently if I had a wife and kids. Actually, I'd feel irresponsible about collecting "niche" books if I had a family to worry about. I'd probably feel obligated to stick to books that were a little less volatile—which I guess would mean Timely and DC superhero books. Being single means it doesn't really matter what I spend/waste money on; no one is dependent upon me financially. If I were to die today, I guess my books would go to my mother. My father is still alive, but I have been estranged from him since I was a small child; I hope that he wouldn't have any claim on my estate just because of the biological relationship (not that he would need it; he's better off financially than I am).

I haven't seen it yet. I haven't been to a movie theater since 2012 or 2013. I stopped going because people were ruining every movie by turning on their smart phones. If I ever go to a movie theater again, I'm going to buy a large pop just so I can "accidentally" spill it all over the first person whose phone screen lights up during the movie. I'll say, "Your phone screen distracted me and made me spill my drink. You owe me a new drink." PS—You may be the only person in the GA segment of the hobby who doesn't hate Robin.

Well, he could have gone darker. He could have severed the head of one of the criminals that he captured and carried that head around with him and talked to it the way he talked to Robin—like the way the Tom Hanks character talked to the volleyball named Wilson in Cast Away. Now that would have been dark. I guess Batman's pillow talk with Robin added a layer to the comics, but Robin still gets on my nerves. And Tec 38 is the worst cover of the run; it's almost as bad as the issue of Batman that has Alfred twerking on stage.

Harry Anderson cover to Harry Anderson cover.

Lily Renée art to Lily Renée cover.

Streak to Streak.