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Naphtha

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  1. Naphtha
    What!?!?
  2. Naphtha
    I hadn't heard, but I assume Stan Lee will have something to say about this!
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    Understood, but it is still the preferred payment method. Retailers with refund policies will either drop it or put the 3% onto the buyer. Imagine buying a TV and then being told you owe money when it arrives broken.
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    This is horrible. Paypal keeping 3% just because they can is beyond overreach. Just another nail in the ebay coffin (along with the new 4/2019 tax update).
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    Can you explain?
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    There's a pic that shows what looks like a clear full break in color even if its a hairline. I think it looks like an 8.5. Also, if an issue like that is truly a NM copy wouldn't the seller at least spend the 75 to get it graded considering the thousands he/she would lose when trying to sell raw?
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    The FF52 has one of kirby's best covers and it is much more rare...but SS is one of the best. I wish they would have done a better cover on the FF48.
  8. Naphtha
    I recently made this switch a few months ago and will never turn back. I will add that I definitely don't recommend the bins made for raw books. They're too wide and the issues tend to shift around easily.
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    Yes, check out marvel solicitations these last few months and Namor is everywhere. Disney's silence on the issue just points me in this direction further. I think the complication with the character rights came from his origin as a mutant, but that's just me speculating. Yes! I think he has WAY more than aquaman ever had. He's an anti-hero who would start as a sympathetic villain. I don't know about anyone else's opinion here, but sympathetic villains never do very well in the superhero movie genre...
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    Ahhh, The Geek Twin. Credible, or maybe as you say "wishful thinking"? Anyone can speculate. What's most frustrating is the kind of people who draw certainty from a graph posted on twitter. There hasn't been any official statement from either companies on the matter since Kevin Feige himself stated that "it was complicated". That was last year.
  11. Naphtha
    No it hasn't. Companies would never publicly disclose contract terms and limits.
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    How do you know they don't own him already? Namor is the first mutant...
  13. Naphtha
    Holy run on! Marvel never sold merchandising rights to characters only movie rights. The amount of money they would have to pay to utilize a character in a movie they don't own is pocket change compared to the money they make selling t-shirts and toys. If you think Marvel is afraid of copying DC, where have you been for the last 60 years?
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    His character fits perfectly as a polar opposite to black panther. The parallels between Atlantis and Wakanda on opposite sides of the spectrum makes him a perfect fit. Not to mention the current political connections of multiculturalism and nationalism.
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    Everyone knows the director cryptically announced Namor earlier this week right?
  16. Naphtha
    I heard marvel might be planning to buy the x-men and fantastic four franchises back. We'll just have to wait and see!
  17. Naphtha
    I think the takeaway should not be "cancelled" but that they are reassessing how to use these characters. All of them are essential except Kitty Pryde...she can hang out with Lockheed forever for all I care.
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    True, his overcoat cracks me up.
  20. Naphtha
    Is that sarcasm in reference to carbo?
  21. Naphtha
    that was my point as well. overspray, centering, cover blunting from overhang, the list goes on. None of these factors play into the grade, but they certainly should affect the overall value.
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    I just can't believe that anyone would actually put up a price like that unless they were purposefully trying to manipulate the market in some way. The only thing I can think of is two competing nuke bids, but it doesn't explain the added proxy bid at the end to seal the deal. Heritage does state in their contract that they will "bid" on behalf of the seller so maybe they saw the secret bid at one increment higher and said "let's ruin this guy's week/month".
  23. Naphtha
    That's interesting the internet auction ended at $2,640. Look at the overspray on the bottom. Geeze!
  24. Naphtha
    Those auctions aren't really accurate. What heritage does is give everyone 5 seconds to decide whether to bid. If you do your homework, you know when you need to bid to not be the person sitting on the decision whether to pay over GPA. This causes about 3-4 people to simultaneously bid, causing a massive cluster where the last man standing (last person to click) is stuck with a massive bill. I watched it happen to the X-men 4 8.0 WP that sold 11/18 and the recent 9.4 WP that sold a couple weeks ago. Also, I just checked and this book is being relisted in next weeks auction so someone wasn't happy.
  25. Naphtha
    $18,857