The Less Blob

But not much interest for relatively early "Y" issues beyond 1 and 2, etc. When WD became a $900-$1000 book so many other issues got hot and I think that was even before the show . Heck, the whole run, but I guess that is almost unique, although Preacher books from 2 - 15 or so had a little momentum for a bit, all of the first Deadpool regular series. But I guess everything has its own trajectory.

My apologies for sidetracking this, all of us 40somethings are remembering that point in the early 80s when we discovered Kleenex. Gross.

I never did that. The graphics were too horrible. My 17 year old brother had his own stash of real porn to dip into.

OK, maybe this was posted a couple of months ago, but really? With a tear?? https://www.ebay.com/itm/SPAWN-185-NM-B-W-SKETCH-VARIANT-COMIC-EXTREMELY-RARE-PORTACIO-TODD-MCFARLANE/183425275687?hash=item2ab4ff9727:g:fA8AAOSwCAlbkEOG I know this was not a cheap book to start with, but when did it hit this stratosphere with 9.8 slabs approaching $1000? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Y-THE-LAST-MAN-1-1ST-PRINT-YORICK-VAUGHAN-GUERRA-DC-VERTIGO-NM/232915293287?hash=item363ad55467:g:zAoAAOSwwVBbjbAE

Do you know how long it took to download a decent game on a 300 baud or even 1200 baud modem? Believe me, I had a lot of time on my "hands." Interesting, around then I lost interest in comics.

I prefer when publishers come here to plug their stuff that they say who they are. I can respect that. After sitch comics (who I think is a boardie anyway) and the fairlane the goblin guy came here I went out and bought some of their books

To clarify, this was nearly 35 years ago and I was 12.

I mainly downloaded off pirate BBSes. Ran one myself for a little while. Traded disks with European "cracking crews."

I just hoarded my games, traded copies, never sold. That would be unethical! There was so much c64 piracy that the software developers in the USA just stopped making c64 versions. By 1984/5 most of the games were coming from Europe where the c64 was very popular (and very few could afford an apple or IBM)

I still have a shoe box of 5 1/4 floppies full of games for the Commodore 64. Somewhere in my mother's storage room is my C64. I wonder if they still work? Probably have not turned it on for 28 years? I can't bear to toss them for some reason. Historical I guess.

The really missed the mark on the last Conan movie.

Michael b. Jordan will be playing the Rocket Racer.

Do not diss the rocket racer. This is my retirement and/or kids' college fund (yes, I plan on paying for 8 years of college with rocket racer money) you are messing with. And Thor 339 is on the cusp of becoming a $100 book. The new hammer is a key character in avengers 4. It will be voiced by Christian Bale.

Just waiting for that Rocket Racer movie appearance. I am stocked with 1st and 2d apps and ready to retire Scrooge McDuck style on a pile of money!

Hydroman is at least enough of a spidey villain to be in Spidey monopoly

Pretty sure I have a big stack of sticky robert bell bags I took off comics, but have set to the side for some reason. Not sure what to do with them, but I hate the idea of throwing them out. Maybe bag garage sale books in them to make them appear more vintage?

Why are they basing a movie on such an obscure group of villians? Spider-Man hasn't even seen Kraven, the Scorpion, the Molten Man, the Rocket Racer, and a bazillion other actual Spider-Man villians.

But that is actually a popular character (in comics and outside of comics) that is likely to hang around. That it is arguably not the first appearance is another issue.

Everyone just wants to get free valuable information. I apparently have 50 copies of thor 459 (same shop that bought 1000 339s.. It took 10 years for him to repeat a thor mistake). That book is not hot. Will thunderstrike be in avengers 8?

Ok, these must be stiffer than similar looking ones I have seen/received. My sincerest apologies.

Maybe I lack imagination, but I don't see how that can keep a high grade comic high grade if there is some rough handling. I would be terrified shipping a $50 nm type book in that.. That's like mailing a comic out with 2 pieces of cardboard as the sandwhich, which I would never do unless maybe industrial thickness cardboard, otherwise minimum 3-4 depending on thickness. Regardless, I am shifting to boxes and the genesis type mailers. And I understand, you haven't had a book get damaged, but maybe you haven't encountered the right postal worker in the wrong mood? heck, I used to ship records in bubble mailers (because they were "free" at my office) like 18 years ago, but that makes no sense. Somehow out of like 75-100 records mailed, none got cracked in half. In hindsight, I got very lucky.

If you are selling a lot of books at once (like Donut) chances are multiple books will often go out in the same shipments, so you save time that way too. It takes about as much time to pack 5 books in 1 package as 1 book.

The packs are on ebay for like in the $5 range. One of those golds has a $1.45 BIN. Even Milehigh is only charging $4.40 for a NM copy.

Wouldn't a few "hot" $15-$25 books at auction help drive traffic to your expensive fixed price slabs? probably a different market, but you never know. But I get it, I too am loath to spend $5 on a likely $15 sale for new books. Last time I did that was with that Wonder Women Federici variant cover that was hot a month ago...bought the last one off the rack. You know what I did not remember to do with that book? Try to sell it. And now it's 50/50 whether I can recoup the $4.99 cover price. Passed on 10 of the Deadpool Garbage Pail variant I could have flipped for $20-$25 then because I did not know it was hot. That one you can still make a little money on, but not much.

comic mailers save some time. i don't schedule pickups, the p.o. is on my way to the subway. i have down time at home in between loads of laundry, making dinner, etc. i have 2 kids and an enormous mortgage. $12 is two 6 pound chickens. $1.05 gets me a pound of broccoli. enough for 2 dinners and 2 sets of leftovers! every little bit helps. ideally it would be more money, sure.