valiantman

If anyone's interested, the monthly Wizard Top Ten lists (1991 to 2010) are archived on WizardTopTen.com

I don't know if these belong in the discussion (not necessarily 1980s movies), but I feel like I must have bought them for similar reasons.

That's the longest wording I've ever seen for "Of COURSE we are criminals, but their JOB was to catch us. They didn't do THEIR JOB very well."

This is a fun bit of math, for those who would rather read about it than do it. You might think "up 50%" and then "60% off" would result in 10% off... but... If the original price is $100, then "hike his prices 50%" means the new price is $150. "Then run his 60% off sale" takes $90 off the price and the result would be $60, for a book originally priced $100. "hike his prices 50% and then run his 60% off sale" results in 40% off the original price.

He created a serious Deadpool, so the bit of love is a lesser bit.

14th Annual Going-Out-Of-Business Sale

A.I. + Rob Liefeld + foot = Mico Suayan + random toe counts

It's funny that the cover he chose to feature on his post about retiring has a left foot that's just > (and the pose is the classic McFarlane Spidey/Spawn)

Somewhat off-topic, but I believe the real-world person behind the dgarthwaite account did pass away.

I know what you're saying, I once sold a CGC 9.6 that I thought deserved a CGC 9.2 because it felt "wrong" to let it sit in my collection as a CGC 9.6. For the "big books" in my collection, I like CGC 6.5. Think about when you were in school (especially in the U.S.A.)... if you got a 65% on a test, you made a "D" and you were "nearly failing". Keep that "nearly failing" feeling in your head and then look at a book that's CGC 6.5. It's beautiful! Sure, it's not perfect, but there's no way it's "nearly failing". It feels like making a "B" on a test when you didn't study at all, and the price is always a deal compared to 8.5 (an actual "B"). CGC 6.5 is also "better than 6.0" in some way that the graders awarded that extra .5 even though 6.0 is the "midgrade milestone" grade, exactly Fine 6.0, so there's some "bonus" on the book to get it to 6.5. Buy a "nearly failing" 6.5 grade, get a "feels more like success" book, and it's a win-win every time.

I have a theory that they're "enforcing" the name of their site. They know people won't "Go Collect" if they keep the site running, so they're forcing people to "Go Collect". It's similar to taking away a child's phone and telling them "Go Outside".

If anyone is curious, those "click here if you're not a robot" buttons don't actually check for the click. They check for the movement toward the checkbox. Humans have to slide the mouse (or finger) toward the box in a way that's very "human". Computers would just alter the checkbox to "checked" in the code.

And that it mostly undetectable if done correctly. Cleaned and pressed was something that could be detected when the wrong types of cleaner (liquid, chemicals) were used, or when the "eraser" was obvious. Pressing as flat as a pancake (unnatural result) would also be detected. I would bet that both would still be considered restoration today, but submitters now know not to do those things.

Possibly a silly question, but the CGC label says Hero Premiere Edition #9. Have you checked a bagged copy of Hero Illustrated #9, or maybe it was a later month (the 9th ashcan, not necessarily issue #9) to see if they're still in the original bag?

Prepare to be unprepared... DrOccult.com (1936)

You are also allowed to disagree quietly. You don't have to be loud. (That was a joke. I'll show myself out.)

The gun hand is often broken. From what I can remember, these may have sold better in Europe than they did in the United States. The few that have come up for sale seem to be from sellers in Germany or the U.K. You could try asking on ValiantFans.com but I'm not sure anyone really ever had extras. Collectors either avoid them (because of the easy damage) or they get one to put aside forever.

I hadn't heard the Selbee story. That's fun because there's not a way to start small and win the actual lottery (the big one, Mega whatever), but that particular game they were playing was so poorly designed that anyone who did the math would realize it. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jerry-and-marge-selbee-how-a-retired-couple-won-millions-using-a-lottery-loophole-60-minutes-2019-06-09/

Unfortunately, that's not how probabilities work, it's not all or nothing. Reality/dimensional manipulation perhaps where you could shunt yourself into another universe where the store is empty, or you didn't have to pee that night maybe. If your superpower is manipulating probabilities, then it's as all-or-nothing as you want it to be. Why would I set something to 72% if I want it to happen?

Scarlet Witch, I think? I guess, but she keeps getting stopped, so she must not have the power to hold the probability.

I don't remember who posted it, but "the power to manipulate probability" is the single greatest superpower, and not only would kids thinks it's lame, adults do, too. But think about it... if you had the ability to manipulate probability, you could make things than have a 0% chance of happening turn into 100%. Do you want to go in a store and find no other customers but yourself? Odds are very low of that happening, but wait, no, the probability just went to 100%. Do you want to sleep all night without getting up to go pee pee (as someone said earlier)... odds just went to 100%. Don't forget the classic superpowers... what are the odds you can fly? Well, it's now 100%. What would be the odds of dying from multiple gunshots? Pretty high, right? Nope, it just went to 0%. What are the odds you could do anything you want and not be seen, even by video cameras? Well, that's 100%, too. The power to manipulate probability is the single greatest superpower and both kids and adults would think it (sounds) lame. What are the odds you read this whole post? I'm going to go ahead and set that one at 20%.