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Looking at the scan....I'd have kept that 8 even if they had called it 9.2. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

That ST 8 is definitely a tad undergraded....it must have been graded right after the 13. Those Everett covers look great in low grade....high grade takes them to the realm of unbelievable. What did Comiconnect call that one ? GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

Those Kubert Hawkman issues are some of the best comics ever made. I always had a soft spot for Viking Prince too. When is someone going to post their NM copy of B&B 24....? GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

Somehow I don't think any higher grade copies will surface between now and then....at 3rd highest you have a real prize there. Now I have to figure out who plucked the raw Metro 8.0 from underneath me...I think that one hit 400 bucks. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

Thanks, Tom. It's probably going to be the keeper....the gloss on this book is AMAZING and the spine is still puffy. It definitely hasn't been pressed...although that wouldn't really bother me. So many of these monster books have castles, rubble, or rocky terrain that the scan ends up looking like the book has spine stresses that are actually part of the art. Now if I can find an ST 74 in this shape. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

Presents very well + great provenance!! Very nice!! TG99 Nice 3.0....maybe my favorite grade for a Marvel key, affordable and sturdy enough for reading. With that PQ I'd wager it spent a lot of it's life in a chest or a dresser drawer. Nice. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

Here it is. I also posted it in the grading forum. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

It's OK ,buddy. The one I just got from Metro (yesterday ) is real decent. It'll do for now. I'll post a scan this weekend. I WAS going to bid on the 8.5 ,but when I saw it sitting at $ 500 with 4 days to go I knew it would probably top a grand so I stayed out of it. There's somebody ELSE out there who bid it up. It's tough in high grade....wouldn't have surprsed me to see it hit 1300. It's one of my favorites and one of the very few with an 18 page Kirby story. I seem to recall Zzutac being another 18 pager. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

But as you observed, it didn't come cheap!! I'm glad it was you....but this means it won't come back up for sale again until I'm playing shuffle board in Florida. I consoled myself with a decent copy from the Metro site....should be arriving soon, but it doesn't hold a candle to that one. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

I could never have ONE favorite monster book...but that one is in a 5 way tie for first. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

Allright.....which one of you high rollers trounced me on the CGC 8.5 TTA 20 in the weekly Heritage auction ? A thousand dollars plus....YOW. Congrats, whoever you are....sweet book. GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

My buddy bought a Charlton Ditko cover from the Northford run when Metro first got it.....the gloss was INSANE.....never seen anything like it. That ST must be sweet. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

They were probably afraid CGC would go hard on the married centerfold, clipped coupon, and facsimile cover. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

I started buying them with issue 30 and it took a while to find the earlier ones back then. The 21 set me back 20 bucks, which was a LOT back in the mid 80's....you could still pick up real nice Ditko Spideys for $ 20 then. I think I looked forward to each new issue of Swamp Thing more than any other comic I can remember....although Byrne FF's and McFarland ASM's were close. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

I think another factor is that many collectors just don't want to sell. I picked up a sweet 24 at the LCS awhile back...maybe a 9.6. It's a beaut and kind of tough in grade, as is the 34. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

Ah, the younger "immediate gratification" generation. If me contacting them didn't make stuff all of a sudden get unstuck at least a third of the time with ComicLink, sometimes after weeks of inaction, I'd have given them two weeks...so offa my back, YOU! INSTANTLY......or sooner !! And make it snappy ! GOD BLESS... -jmbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

shiney...pretty....me want. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

For those who don't already know....Robert Rogovin has revamped and updated his website www.fourcolorcomics.com and all the books are actually for sale. Quite a few Atlas titles with plenty of pics. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

That is one NICE 6.0, Rick. Now is definitely time to get one...got to be the most undervalued key out there. That 8.5 in the recent auction for 14K seemed cheap to me...then again, I'm not the one peeling off the Franklins. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

Ahhhh......the "Ted Turner" issue, one of my favorites. GOD BLESS.. -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

Mine's got some problems that don't show in a scan....it's barely a fine....but I love it. It's definitely a poster child for Pre Code Horror. I'd have to put it in the top 10 covers of the genre.GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

Nice copy.....that's high grade for a Menace 1 ....I was on a cloud for weeks when I got mine. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

.....I thought that was why we liked 'em. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u P.S. According to Genesis....naked was the ideal....clothing was a BAD thing...and if you have a wife who likes to shop, you know how mind-numbingly true that is

It really is a VERY cool book. The Heck story is one of my favorites...some of his best work ever....kind of has an E.C. feel to it. I've really grown to love his work when he inks it himself. Back in the day it seems everyone I knew scoffed at him...I guess his style was so different from the Kirby and Ditko stuff we all loved. It also has a robot story that's awesome. The work is either Sinnot or Heath....stunning. A lot of folks remember Sinnot as an inker, but his illustration skills were top notch also. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

Just got this beauty from kryptospidey.....and the Ditko Abominable Snowman story is DEFINITELY an Ancient One prototype. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u