This will not be the same Vampi we all know.  There is no way in hell today’s woke culture will ever accept the source material or character portrayal, especially that costume.  
 

in any case, it’s certainly better than that B movie attempt they made a few years ago. That was God awful.  

Done.  Was long, but it went very quickly for me.  I'm thinking they probably should have just broke the movie up into 4 episodes so it would be easier for some folks to watch.  It's easy enough to just binge through them if one is so inclined.  The way the chapters were broke up, it would have been so easy to do so.  Anyway, this is the best DC movie I've seen in a while.  Definitely the most refined in my opinion.  Part of me thinks all the delays and turmoil with this film actually helped Snyder as it bought a lot of time to get his final vision polished.  

Well, I really like this movie.  Almost finished with part 5.  Might as well finish it off tonight.  I am absolutely astounded at the amount of footage shot that we never saw.  Darkseid was great.  We need more.  

I see my copy of JImmy #134 going back up again 

3 quarters of the way through right now.  Have to say, I'm impressed.  Thought the hype was too tainted by fanboy fervor, but this is actually a very well executed movie.  May save the last part until tomorrow, but I've seen enough to want to buy the Blu-ray when it comes out. 

Nice.  Although these days, I can just go into my backyard.

On 3/13/2021 at 11:14 AM, Brian48 said:

I don't really care for date stamps.  I think this is the only book I have that has one. 

 

Take it back.  Found another one with a date stamp.  Really awful one in my opinion as it's smudged, but I guess that doesn't go against the grade.

FYI, if they really wanted to do a good Conan movie, they should adapt RED NAILS.  It'll never happen of course.  It would require a hard R at the minimum to do it justice as well as dripping with enough, sex, violence, and "toxic masculinity" that the heads of all snowflakes would explode.  

I thought it was OK, but there was some really silly parts to it.  Would have liked it better if they 1) took out the origin story (absolutely unnecessary), 2) stop putting so much emphasis on a McGuffin (daddy's sword - Conan must have used a million different weapons in his lifetime - HE DIDN'T CARE.), 3) no sidekicks, 4) and no romance with a shallow princess/maiden that needed to rescued left and right.  

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How do you enjoy your collection?

I don't.  Maybe that's why I have no desire to collect any more.  Tucked away safe from prying eyes.  Including my own.

New Gods 7.  I was in the midst of finishing up my high grade Kirby run when prices went crazy.  Gave up chasing it after that and just bought the omnibus.

Never understood the peak to begin with.  What an overblown character.  Darkseid, yes. Orion, yes, Mr. Miracle, yes.  Even Big Barda, yes.  But Steppenwolf?  Really?   

Time to resurrect the old Bats 227 thread!

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On 1/29/2021 at 6:37 PM, Albert Thurgood said:

@Brian48I never heard of that before, and I thought I had bought all of the things he put out for GBP in the '70s. Can you tell me more about this Conan portfolio please?

Not exactly sure when it was released, but I remember it was towards the days when Smith was starting to leave comics.  I posted about my purchase way back in this thread with some added pics.

https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/109091-conan-comics/page/40/#comments

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•  Is Batman 227 the next Incredible Hulk 181?

No.

I'm still waiting for Marvel to retcon or reintroduce War Toy into the Marvel Universe or MCU, especially the MCU.  Unknown Worlds of Sci Fi #2, which is gloriously undervalued right now, would absolutely take off. 

Another vote for presentation, especially if the grade difference is so small.  Heck, I'd bet if you resubmitted both books again, there's a chance the 9.0 can get a bump and the 9.2 might get a downgrade.  White pages are great if you can get them, but OW/W is not far behind so I don't consider that a factor. I might reconsider if it was W vs OW, or worse. In any case, both books will age over time anyway unless you treat it chemically. 

Here's an example where I went from a 9.0 OW to an 8.5 W and couldn't be happier.  Not just because of presentation, but rather the back of the 9.0 looked a lot worse than OW.  In fact, the book looked brown while the 8.5 looked vibrant.

Some beautiful covers. I have a copy of Bats 235. One of my favorites.  Although I don’t collect any more, I may still upgrade my copy if an opportunity presents itself.   

I would say I'm extremely happy with how discipline I've become in keeping my collection small and focused.  In fact, I've only bought a handful of misc books in the last 4 years and only when they were so cheap, I couldn't say No.  I'm at the point where I can probably say I don't really collect comics any more.  I finished my Adams Bats, Smith Conan,  Miller DD runs, and now I'm pretty satisfied just enjoying what I have.  Toyed with the idea of chasing the Kirby 4th World books, but decided I was plenty happy with the Omnibus.  

I think it's fine although a bit unsightly.  If it bothers you, just get it re-slabbed for the peace of mind and be done with it.  That said, I don't think it's enough to be considered a defect that CGC would re-slab it for you at no cost.  

I'd go CL unless you have some seriously high value books that need that the type of exposure and marketing that Heritage can provide (at a higher cost, of course).