Cliff R.

In 2017, I saw an Ebay auction for a coverless ASM #1.  The listing had plenty of photos, and I knew it wasn't an original by looking at the splash page. The coloring looked odd. The pics of the inside pages showed ad pages with "FACSIMILE ADVERTISEMENTS. NO LONGER VALID" clearly marked. I messaged the seller and told him it was a reprint.  He never replied back and the book sold for over a hundred bucks.  This seller dealt in antiques, not comics. 

Ebay link

4 bidders bid on this. I believe it was a coverless Marvel Tales 138.  Maybe the winning bidder had a repro cover put on and slabbed the book? 

This is what Marvel Tales 138 looks like:

Do you suppose the seller removed the original cover or just happened to have a coverless copy?

YIKES! I just saw the asking price. 

7 hours ago, Point Five said:

A lot of unique defects, thus some Hail Mary guesses from me. 

Some of those defects don't have a Googleable name. How can I research a defect if I don't know what to call it...

I'm taking a crash course in grading by studying the previous contests . 

I'll submit my grades when I'm prepared to crash.  

50 minutes ago, MrBedrock said:

 

I always thought that everyone misinterpreted this cover, but after watching some Rifleman blooper reels on Youtube, I'm not so sure. Chuck Conners had a strange sense of humor off camera. 

47 minutes ago, Frank.Einstein said:

Take:

Amazing Spider-man #169  9.4 white  $40

Spider-Woman #2  9.6  ow/w  $25

Nice grab, Frank!  If I hadn't been troubleshooting my  furnace, I would have done the same.

Here's another example of a possible Kirby sig from Ebay:

Maybe an expert could tell if all these signatures are legit, I sure can't.

My Kindle isn't refreshing fast enough. Everything I see is taken.

Gotta fire up the Cray. 

Nearly 6000 views in the first hour.  

That's a tough one.  The 90 day average for the #194 is $191, so $165 would be a nice discount. The #122 price has been pretty much unchanged the last couple years, so my advice is to buy them both. 

Thanks for the info, looks like a good show!  I'll try to go Saturday to check it out.  Hope the weather cooperates, that's 100 miles from me. 

32 / 100  with a preponderance of Spideys.

29 minutes ago, kav said:

good question-are there any original silver age marvel heroes didnt have powers?  Cant think of any. 

Iron Man... 

That should have graded higher. At least a 6.5. That front cover is gorgeous.

Nice looking book!  I think the creasing on the brfc would keep it out of the VF range, so my guess would be a 6.5 to 7.0. The back cover looks very nice.

2 hours ago, Get Marwood & I said:

It doesn't look like a 9.6 to me either as it goes.

That book would not grade 9.0, methinks.

Apparent 7.0 / 7.5

Or not.  

fyi,

I received no Ebay bucks bonus offers in the first 3 months of 2018.

Received one 8% offer this year.  Not buying anything until I get 10% off. 

2.5, still a nice looking book.  I just love symmetrical wear on a comic, seems to enhance eye appeal, imho.

Looks like a solid 2.0.

I say 3.0 too. The front cover looks much nicer though.

 7.5

I wasn't surprised at the 7.0 grade. It  looks better than any 6.0 book I have.

I'm in. 

I should warn you that I've never lost at this.

13 minutes ago, SBRobin said:

How do you know Batman's genitalia was put in there by the artist to sell books and not just an artistic decision he made? It wasn't a DC marketing decision since they recalled it (unless you're under the impression that was their plan all along). 

So there is no editorial oversight in comics these days?  If it had been Supergirl showing off her assets, would anyone have cried bloody murder?

You bet.