The Less Blob

Is Time Warner about to go bankrupt? I didn't read the article, but are they thinking of unloading the DC properties or just scaling back on publishing? I don't think this is a Marvel firesale in the 1990s situation. Time Warner just wants to lose less money in publishing. I am not sure that, other than maybe during some period in the 90s, they ever really made money in publishing. Maybe they can no longer justify the losses in publishing used to generate IP as they have a huge quantity of character and story lines and other stuff already they can utilize for TV and movies.

I'll ask them where they get them. It is better than watching some insufficiently_thoughtful_persons playing video games and saying dumb stuff, which they also watch. too much of. With remote school they are in front of the screen all day. it is really bad.

My understanding is that the zillions of inexpensive t-shirt heat presses that also say "comic books" in the descriptions (and sometimes they try to charge $100 extra for the same press when they say "comic book") are inadequate for pressing comics.

My illiterate children watch the youtube videos where folks read the comics. they really do have a better grasp of recent comicdom that I do. my 9 year old has a seemingly encyclopedic knowledge of star wars comics cannon, but I think he has read about 2 of them in his life in hand.

some folks (me) may not have realized it was the first appearance. i was vaguely aware this was a character with potential and i bought harley quinn stuff out of the cheap-o boxes when I saw them and would have bought this (but not for a whopping $3!!) if i ever saw it. I got other BA books out of the cheap, even the prestige Harley Quinn books in $1 boxes, and pretty much all of her first series out of a 5 for $1 box!! (this shop made its 50 cent books 5 for $1 once a week, I went nuts, but not nearly nuts enough in hindsight). when my friend's comic nerd wife wanted to name their daughter Harley Quinn in 2000 (that got shut down for some reason...and he owned a comic shop!) that should have set my alarm bells off to buy as much of this stuff as humanly possible, even if I had to shell out $3 for some of it.

Yeah, i see big asking prices, no actual sales. if i am 20-30% below everyone else I'm still ok. And maybe I keep the #2, dunno.

ok, more tomorrow

129 was a book that dealers who went by guide were screwd on. The 5.0 I bought was just a bit below guide. I sold it here for 2.5x that price the same day.

Yes BA 12 was not expensive.. Until it got expensive. Some time in the 2010s

129 for $90 in vg wasn't even that cheap 5 years ago. I got a 5.0 copy for $50 at a local shop and a mvs less 4.5 for $20

my phone is trashed. need to get a real phone.

Fascinating how we were buddy buddy with the Russians in the comics for a hot minute

It has been like 9 months since I bought a comic live I was so excited to see someone selling at a streetside flea market. $1 each. I'm a little late on the Apocalypse books, the Lose is some sort of oddball independent that have high ebay asking prices, but not much in sales history.

If you had an old overstreet at your fingertips I suspect you would see some inflated price. There was a brief period in like 2000 at the start of ebay where 129 could be had at $25, but my understanding is that many were inked copies. (I, stupidly, was only buying GA and SA right then..dumb!) You could probably get a VF ASM 300 for that price. Yes, I got an ASM 300 for $3.50 on ebay, but that was one of these guys who did a "U pick" with like 50 spidey books and I picked the 300. I couldn't believe it actually arrived! I remember paying $65 for a slabbed 9.4 around 2002/3. 361 was never really a "dollar" box book. Obviously mistakes happen. I bought a stack of Raphael 1s for 66 cents each... But yeah, I think you probably could have gotten it in $2 and $3 boxes at shows. Same thing with NM 98, people say it was a dollar box book, but I never saw it in one and I was regularly buying Liefield new mutants when I saw them in dollar boxes (and did pick up some NM 87s...although I suspect they were in $2 boxes) because I thought they had upside.

Agreed, and that is where I do my buying. I only managed to fish one copy out of a dollar box over the years. 362 on the other hand...

We have some nice Star Wars decorations, not comic per se, of course

agreed, you do not want cranberry sauce or gravy getting on your books

I vow to go to a comic shop today.

Not taking chances is probably not good for collectors. that's when the interesting stuff happens.

Yes, these pics are terrible, the others were done by my son on his iphone, these are mine on my garbage phone, you'll have to trust me..price stickers are on bag, of course, and these aren't recent prices! Thor 339 9.4 or better $12 (I have 10 or more copies, if you buy more than one copy any additional copies are $10) Wonder Woman 274 1st new cheetah (and Huntress and Power Girl), 9.4 $30 SOLD Avengers Annual 10 1st rogue and madelyne pryor 8.0-8.5 $70 Wonder Woman 271 1st Huntress Backup 8.5-9.0 $9 Black Panther 3 9.2-9.4 $12 Spawn 1 9.4 or better (I have 5 copies available) $22

I missed the Rom 1 getting grabbed. I am certain I have another one in the same condition.

As promised one more batch before I go to bed X Factor 87 signed by Quesada 1993 pristine 9.4-9.8+ no COA $6 Amazing Spiderman 51 / 492 mid-grade spine ticks $3 Sold. Jungle Action Black Panther 21 7.5-8.0 $7 New Mutants 1 "rare" "COMPLIMENTARY COPY" stamp mid-grade wear $4 Darkchylde: The Legacy 1 Dynamic Forces Darkchrom variant COA 527/1500 signed Randy Queen 9.4-9.6+ $16 X-Men 256 1st New Psylocke NEWSSTAND 9.2 - $13 Batman Shadow of the Bat 81 Road to No Man's Land 9.4+ NEWSSTAND $5 NYX 7 9.4+ $4 X-Men 150 9.2+ $7 Adventures into Fear Morbius 22 6.0-6.5 $11 Adventures into Fear Morbius 23 7.5-8.0 $16 Adventures into Fear Morbius 26 7.0 $7 Adventures into Fear Morbius 27 8.0 $10 Adventures into Fear Morbius 28 7.0 $7 (Take all the AIF's for $43) SOLD Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane 106 the famous "I am curious (BLACK)" issue - low grade reader - $25 Marvel Team Up 55 Warlock 1st Infinity Gem 7.0 $5 Plop 17 6.0 $4 Iron Man 125 1st Rhodes cover app, Ant man 9.2 $14 Moon Knight 50 SPLATT 9.4 $8 Ms. Marvel 15 6.0 $7 DC Super-Stars 18 Deadman and Phantom Stranger 7.0 $5 Creatures on the Loose 17 picture frame 9.4+ gorgeous slight blunt top left $9 Sandman 45 9.4+ $3 Sandman 46 9.4+ $3 Sandman 10 1st corinthian 9.2 $17 (Take all 3 sandmans for $20) Avengers 227 9.2+ $7 Avengers 236 9.0 newsstand $7 Defenders 22 7.5 crease bottom right $6 Sold Rom 31 2d Rogue 9.4 $15 House of Secrets 125 4.0 $3 Marvel Chillers Tigra 5 8.0 $8 Son of Satan 1 ..some water damage, oxidized bottom staple $5 Aquaman 63 8.5 Oceanmaster $7 SOLD What If [Silver Surfer Possessed the Infinity Gauntlet] 49 9.2-9.4 newsstand $17 Creatures on the Loose 16 9.4 nice picture frame $14

Thanks everyone who has purchased (and even those who have not, you may see something you want eventually). I have reflected the sales to date in the listings. Expect to get some more up tonight, but need to make dinner for the family.

OK, y'all have convinced me, I will post some more stuff

My understanding (from DC employees) is that historically TW was ok with DC losing a little bit of money or breaking even if it generated enough IP and other material to make money elsewhere. But I guess if other parts of TW are bleeding and DC has mangled a lot of its super hero media, maybe they can't do that anymore. The Rona got many people out of the habit of going to comic shops for 3 or 4 months especially in populatin centers in CA and NY. I have not been to one since March.