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And also fact... The power of the internet. It's power to link us together and focus attention and connect us can be a blessing or a curse. The term 'going viral' really does apply. I just can't imagine how terrible it would feel if suddenly thousands or millions of people were attacking me online and making accusations and spewing hatred. On the flip side the internet can expose bad behaviour and help to stop it.

Happens to be a character I like. I haven't burned anything down in a while...

Hello and welcome to the boards. Your images are way too small to grade accurately.

Where there's smoke there's fire is pretty apt. Just too many accusations to ignore. He may not have been convicted in a court of law but I'm pretty sure he has a problem.

Wow. Congrats, that's a sweeet book

"9" light diagonal crease left top middle back cover parts barely breaks color" "vertical creases left edge back cover does not break color" I'd suggest you look at your book under a strong light. A cell phone light held close to your book is actually very helpful. Tilt the book back and forth under the light and examine the book very very carefully. A loop or magnify glass would also help. I'd wager a drawer full of clean underwear this isn't an error and the 9 inch crease is there and it's very difficult to see because it barely breaks color. The vertical creases on left edge back cover should be pressable. Not sure how good Comic Doctor is. If you PM me I can share info on who I send my books to for pressing, he's never let me down. I know you wanted a bit better grade but looking at your before scans I would have graded this around 6.5, maybe 7.0 after clean and press, and I don't see it ever getting any higher. Still a sweet book.

Match made in heaven, Rosie O'Doom

Agreed. It isn't just the Masks that have gone up. I've noticed prices increasing on most of the other LB Coles, Bakers, Timelys, essentially the classic covers. In the end classic covers go up.

Right

#1 and #2 just keep going up.

Agreed, and she's a hell of an actress.

CGC Mike's solution is great but you could also just post a list of the books you want to buy and a takeit. There's no rule requiring you to quote a book you want to buy.

I hope there's a Conan Rd that crosses Groo Rd so we can have an epic battle.

Weird, I can't seem to find a copy. I bet someone is hoarding them...

Sure, he killed himself and ultimately that was his choice. But I don't think we should ignore how our behaviour online, or for that matter in person, can affect someone. This guy's reputation is destroyed, his chosen career is over, and thousands or millions of online haters have attacked him. He may very well have felt the whole world hated him and his life was over. And I think we should also try to imagine the state of mind he was in just before he killed himself. At the point of despair that he decides to kill himself it might have seemed like the easiest way out to him but is that how we really want situations like this to resolve?

Thanks @BA773 I'm a collector of foreign SA comics, think Spanish Fantastic Four from the early 160s. What do you have locally for books published for your market?

Sales were pretty steady for the 2 year period 2019 and 2020 and then prices explode right at the end of 2020. I'd imagine it was the same for every SA and BA key.

I decided to check. Picked Fantastic Four 48 because it's a key and it's common and selling all the time. In 6.0 it was worth an average of $1900 in Dec 2020 and Jan 2024 it was worth an average of $1700. So it's worth slightly less than before the price runup which would make sense considering prices tend to run too high and then run too low.

Hey BAzz, could you start a thread about comics in Switzerland and/or Europe. I'd love to know more.

A family member was sexually assaulted when she was 16, by a man at her church. She told her priest and he said she was making it up to get attention. So she told no one else. At 23 she finally went to the police. The guy actually confessed to doing it and was sentenced to 5 years in prison, SUSPENDED, if he went to treatment. Stuff like that, my friend, is why women don't come forward sooner. Happens all the time. Agreed. Some people are predators looking for someone younger and less powerful that they can take advantage of. And who won't be believed if they get the courage to reveal it. I don't know much about Ed Piskor. Is he someone unfairly persecuted by people on the internet or is a creep? We'll probably never know for sure but it's a shame it came to this.

Don't have any idea what the grade is from your post. A 2.0 sold for about $1600 last year, a 6.0 sold for $4300 this year, a 9.0 sold for $33000 in 2020. Sorry, I don't know what a Kane signature would add to the value.

And I'd agree. Covid spiked prices and we've now dropped back close to the long term trend line. Maybe a little lower because I suspect some of the guys who got in to flip were under water and left a lot poorer and some of those buyers are gone for good.

It's usually good news when they're making posters or fridge magnets of issues you own..

They go elsewhere or they adjust their prices. In reality something priced 4 times current market isn't likely to sell anywhere. I do spend time watching their feed of recently consigned books. If something is underpriced or priced reasonably the time to buy it is right when it's listed for sale.

Teeth marks are too big for a mouse and too small for a polar bear.