ExNihilo

If it's me, I'm gunning for a mid-grade IH181. As far as non-GA/SA Marvel keys go, I don't think any other book compares.

Maybe because I always order a set, but my books have always come bubble wrapped. However, that bubble wrap has always been taped with packaging tape. Should probably ask them to start using painters tape.

Is Cad Bane still alive at this point? Any chance this is the fabled Boba vs. Cad rematch?

Someone else compared it to Iron Man #55 and how that book is currently selling for half of what Silver Surfer #3 is. And that's with it being the 1st appearance of two characters who have made cinematic appearances, and one of those being the main villain. I don't expect SS3 to fall back to the 2017 levels that I paid, but I also don't think a regression to $1,000-$1,500 in the next few years would be a surprise. I think the book continues an upward trend if Mephisto does in fact make his way into the MCU, but I expect the book to fall as soon as the character arc completes and for collectors to move on to the next "it" character (much as has occurred with Thanos' 1st appearance).

I know I'm 3 weeks late on this discussion (see this was discussed on like page 98) but I just saw the most recent sales for Silver Surfer #3 and wow, seems like that book jumped in a hurry. I always felt the book was undervalued to begin with and I somehow imagine these prices will likely fall as soon as the speculators finish driving up the prices, but it's just crazy to me. I picked up my copy 2+ years ago for only $275 at the time.

Covers A and B for Superman/Batman #10 with art by Jim Lee/Scott Williams and Michael Turner/Peter Stiegerwald (respectively) Batman #50 (Jim Lee/Scott Williams) Cheating a bit with these next few Superman/Batman #8 Aspen SDCC variant (Michael Turner/Peter Stiegerwald) Batman #50 Comic Market Street variant (Natali Sanders) and last but not least, my personal fave of the Batman #50 variants, Ssalefish Comics variant (Joshua Middleton)

Missed opportunity to call this Todd Talk.

My bid was so close. Only off by $19,000.

Does anyone know when the Ashley Eckstein signing is supposed to occur? I remember seeing February but not sure when. Just super excited for my book to begin the lengthy journey through the CGC process.

For anyone who's unaware, Hickman has a signing coming up. First one that I've come across since 2019.

This has always been the case. But the search function in the forum isn't exactly robust, so I understand why the question continually pops up from time to time.

I think the Wave 1 books might have been the last time I bought books from him. The completionist in me is tempting me here... https://www.instagram.com/p/CKe6WY_MJZm/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

I wait until my books arrive and then open the box like it's Christmas. Sometimes you get that toy you want...sometimes you get socks.

Honestly, if it's a cool book you just want to own, save yourself the money and buy it raw. Personally, the only reason to buy raw is resale and signature verification. (Or I guess registry, but that's a whole different set of collectors as far as I'm concerned.)

I kinda like the printed comic shirts on Gwen and MJ.

I love Joelle Jones' heavy ink lines. It really makes the primary subject in her pieces pop out. That and the colorists that usually work with her make her pieces so bright and sharp. I subbed to her Catwoman run for as long as Artgerm was doing the covers and then I dropped it. Truthfully, she's a great unique artist, but she's not a good writer. I had no idea where that Catwoman run ended up going, but it wasn't captivating.

How do you feel about the the overall value of these boxes? I stopped buying his stuff about a year ago because the sets just started to get pricey. $20 for cover A's and $60+ for cover C's became a bit much. But I did think maybe I could buy a box every two years in the hope that they'd be full of more recent stuff that I may have passed on. My biggest issue are the signed books. I much prefer my signed books CGC graded in a yellow label, so having raw books like that would probably kick in my OCD. Your haul looks pretty good though. All Marvel/DC (another worry of mine is getting indy publishers which I don't collect much of).

What are you, some kinda detective or somethin'?

If we're going off metals I think the metals in decreasing value post Copper should be... Chromium Age (this would refer to books in the 90s to early 2000s and would be somewhat apt given that some books had "chromium" foil covers. Overall, it would refer to the period of comics with gimmicky covers that was prevalent in the 90s). Aluminum Age (mid-2000s to 2020s(???)) Digital Age (20xx - ) Personally, I'd like to avoid using "Modern Age" unless you want to go through the exercise of re-naming ages again down the road. I think using "Digital Age" allows a natural move away from precious and base metals. So what happens after Digital Age? I guess it depends on what happens to the marketplace. With the existing ages, there's at least some sort of industry shift so it would make sense to wait and see what future shifts occur to delineate changes in ages.

Ok... Thank you for being here to repost the obvious for us newbies. Not sure what we'd do without you. Don't let post count fool you, your account is older than his by 3 weeks, so he's more of a newbie than you are.

Given that books are generally signed by the writer, artist, inker, colorist, creator, there are only a handful of signatures that could likely be. The most obvious contenders are Scott Lobdell, Brett Booth, and Norm Rapmund. The giant "S" would lean towards Scott. Comparing against his known signature on Google, that is Scott's autograph on that book (short of it being forged).

Step 1: You'll need to get a creator form from CGC. Step 2: Fill out a standard form online at CGCcomics.com for the sketch artist. Step 3: Send the sketch cover, the creator form, and the standard form to the artist. Step 4: The artist will do the sketch, fill out the creator form, and they'll send the book and paperwork directly to CGC. Emphasis on the creator sends the sketch directly to CGC in order to maintain the chain of authentication.

On the plus side, I can probably pre-emptively block the user from any future sales threads.

are we just claiming books from @ivdyer's collection to start off 2021? In that case, I'd like to claim the Michael Turner remarked book.

Thankfully X-Wings don't have the same physical limitations of jet fighters. In other words, no one has to ask why random X-Wings are fueled up and whether they can fly several thousand miles. Now if TIE Fighter squadrons start jumping into hyperspace, i'm gonna be a little concerned...