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thehumantorch

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  1. Careful wombat, he's not called piper because he smokes a pipe...
  2. Don't back down Malvin. Leave your comment up, it's important that people know the truth.
  3. Looks great. I'm gonna have to get Prime just to watch this
  4. Watch out for the moderation on the Invision forum. It's crazy.
  5. Maybe not that incidence but most creeps are gonna be creeps and offend again.
  6. 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.
  7. Happens to be a character I like. I haven't burned anything down in a while...
  8. Hello and welcome to the boards. Your images are way too small to grade accurately.
  9. 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.
  10. "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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. I hope there's a Conan Rd that crosses Groo Rd so we can have an epic battle.
  14. Weird, I can't seem to find a copy. I bet someone is hoarding them...
  15. 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?
  16. 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?
  17. 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.