shadroch

Thanks. I'll check out that thread. I saw the other page you referenced but didn't find it all that useful.

I've been hoarding these for awhile but I really don't know much about them. I see the Whitman logo changes frequently. I just recieved a batch of six Superboy issues between 244 and 254 and they have several different logos. One is a black circle, some are red, some are blue andothers are green. Is there a key to these? They almost seem like a return date code but they were non-returnable as far as I can tell. They all have the same Superman figure in the UPC box. Two have no cover price,and there are other minor differences. Is there a definitive list, and are there variants between the same book? For example- will all Superboy 244s have a black circle logo and no little funny whitman logo?

I love listening to the color blind describing a rainbow.

Those are very realistic expectations. If you want max value, offer the lower value books here. You''ll get 25 cents on the dollar.

Most of that is what I consider specualtion. They aren't for me. At this point in my life, I'm more concerned with protecting my assests than in trying to increase them Speculation helped me get here, but now I can be conservative.

The problem, as I see it, is most dealers are well stocked with books like Spiderman 150-320 so except for a few books like 239, 252 and 300 there isn't a lot of value to them. Same with X-Men after Bryne left. You've got a lot of nice books and I can see it goingfor 100K or more to the right person but a lot of those less expensive books are worth more to collectors than dealers. If I already have 50 copies of X-Men 176 and sell three a year, what is a 51st copy worth to me.

Stocks are at an all-time high, real estate is way up in many areas. In the last few years, my best real estate investment was an REIT that owned a bunch of cell towers, but my advisor said they changed the laws and that particular investment won't be so great going forward. I'm always looking for good investments but they are getting harder to find.

It's yours. Thanks. I have a short box I'm hoping to get listed tomorrow.

When I look at the money I made selling books last year, I smile and thank the universe for being very good to me.

I'd trade the SC 22 in a flash. I wouldn't make the trade for it. Evah.

I know this is crazy but I divide my books like this- Gold, Silver, Bronze, Copper, 90s, older drek, newer drek. It works for me.

I agree it would be a large proect, but the way you worded your initial answer left me wondering. Thank you.

It seems like you just made the case for fractional ownership.

Thats so 2008

You want credit for it? It is all yours. I hope you can be proud of it. We're just sitting here laughing at how off base you are, but that is our little joke. I just had a book on auction I was hoping would clear $50 so I didn't pay a bigger premium. It should have ended at 7 but two bidders kept it going almost an extra hour. Final bid was north of 160. The best part was a nicer copy is on ebay for half that. Life is too short to worry about the ones who just don't get it.

Are you really that clueless? I advocated for the creation of the off topic forum to keep the other threads from degenerating into nonsense. I suggested they be sent to the cornfield and they were. Kav wanted his own place and he got it. The problem seems to be a lifetime of losing seems to have left him incapable of recognizing a win when he got one. I hope that forum is a great success and is hugely popular.

It's a self-published book that cost him a few dollars to print. He's got a dozen similar books.

I change the board and the bag whenever I sell an expensive book. Otherwise, they are one and done. I just think someone buying a $500 book deserves a fresh mylar and a new board. I reuse the old stuff on the next book I have.

The best part is Kav and his buddies are now confined to one thread and more importantly- they think they won. They get to play in their shiny new playpen and the rest of us only have to ignore one thread. A win for all.

I believe he is practicing the old- give a fool enough rope strategy.

This is another thing I don't understand, and it is not just on comic boards. How in the world is it better for a young person to pay rent to a stranger than to stay home and invest in the future?

I've heard stories of Kirby doing quick sketches for kids who went to his house, if they were polite and he was in the mood.

I really like the cover and have a mini-hoard of these I've bought over the years, but I didn't care for the story. It's been years since I read it so perhaps I'll revisit it. The Moore run started when I owned my first shop and while I read 95% of the comics I sold, Swamp Thing wasn't among them. A customer had pointed out the new artist to me and I kind of liked it so I read issues 21 and 22 back to back and didn't care for the new direction Moore was taking it. It wasn't until around issue 25 that I started to enjoy it. I started to lose interest after American Gothic.

Thats okay. The hobby is a big tent. There is room for everyone. Well, Almost everyone. What I get a kick out of is the people who claim they aren't concerned about the money but have their books pressed, trying to squeeze an extra two tenths of a grade.

Wow. It's almost like you are trying to make money off your customers. For shame.