shadroch

That era had a lot of bad art. If the artists didn't blow the deadline, forcing a reprint, it was handed in at the last second and there was no time for touchups.

Can you blow up each panel to full screen?

Covers are printed seperately and attached later. I've seen plenty of books with extra pages, and even a few with some pages printed upside down or backwards. The books with extra pages ma be easier for quality control to pick out.

I didn't say it was reliable. I said it is the best free source out there. You can see the prices and you can examine the books that sold at various prices. It is a tool and a tool is only as good as the craftsman using it. If there is a better free source, I'm not aware of it, but I'm always looking to learn.

6.5

It's not easy, as one sellers VG might be another's Fine, and a dealer that has 15 copies in stock may be cheaper than his rival who only has two. Ebay is the best free source, and if you learn how to navigate MCS's site, you can draw a lot of useful information. I generally scoff in the direction of people who use CGC prices to price their raw books.

We all want a more perfect experience!

I heard they assigned that task to the Quality Control Department. Rest assured you are in good hands.

You can shave a few days off the whole process by taking your payments thru paypal, but it will cost you 3%. Not much anyone can do about the delay in getting the books listed unless they want to hire more people, which isn't easy these days. As I found out about Bisbee- Everyone wants a job, few people want to work.

Thats your choice, but if the have stuff ou want, just build the shipping into your bids. Do they have a buyers premium as well? Most aucton house are going to them nd they can add up quickly

It's not out of line with what third party shippers charge with auction houses. I buy from several auction houses and all three of them charge a handling fee( $3-$5.95) and two of them charge a dollar per box. Some auction houses subsidize shipping and others don't. Whenever you see third party shipping, you need to be careful. I had one charge me $318 to ship a rather large playset, because they opened the box and individually wrapped each toy soldier and piece of equipment rather than just put the box into a bigger box and ship it. Now that you know, just bid accordingly.

Once upon a time, I did. When I had my stores I made it a point to read every new comic I sold and at that point my personal collection was only a few titles I collect. While I pretty much have read every Marvel and DC from the mid 70s to about 1990, I now have at least fifteen boxes of modern books I have never cracked open. Foer example, I have not read an X-Men comic since The World Without Professor X or whatever it was called, but I have well over two boxes of stuff that came later. I was buying a few $1 comics from MCS each week to try and read a few moderns but didn't find any I was crazy about.

I find a lot of people who think like that. They see a popular book and think they will undersell everyone. It works great for them as they get some money quickly, and works great for me because I get a popular book at a discount and then simply relist it.

Or he cut them up!

I take it to mean you are leaving money on the table. Jack up your posting prices. If they don't sell, lower the price 5% and they will appear as new listings.

I'm wondering about the supposed stacks of Spiderman pages mentioned in the story.

Did Ditko get his art back?

I'm not a lawyer, and see no reason why any of these folks are entitled to anything. It's nice that the companies do so, but they are under no obligation. Comic book artists were treated no different than millions of other Americans who worked long hours at lousy jobs while the owners of the company got rich.

Yes, I meant he had no descendants.

Ditko has no heirs. He never married and has no children. Out of curiousity, do the people who think Disney owes people something because their parents did work for a company Disney took over feel the same about reparations for people whose great grandparents built much of this country while working under even worse conditions than Kirby and Ditko were employed?

It looks really nice but as far as a grade goes, I'm at 4.0. Water stains plus a popped staple equals 4.0 or less. If you go the qualified route, maybe 6.5.

Suppose I hire someone to build a house. I offer them $100 a day and they accept it. They build it from scratch and happily accept their paycheck. The house is great and I sell it to someone who forty years later sells it to you, for many times what the house was worth when they finished it. Years go by and their grandchildren pass the beautiful house their grand dad built. Finally, one of them knocks on your door and explains since their granddaddy built this house while working for someone else, it is only right that you give them a part of your house. Does anyone think Babe Ruth's great grandchildren should be given part of the Yankees? He performed work for hire and suffered under labor rules that put Marvels to shame. Kirby and Ditko were free to work for anyone they chose. Ruth either played for the Yankees or he didn't play. As a ballplayer, he was considered to be the property of the NY Yankees.

Would it matter? Would either of them have a claim?

Someone has to explain to me why Ditko's brother is entitled to get rich off his brothers work? At least Stan's brother is suing for work he actually did. If a carpenter is paid to build a house and fifty years later the house is worth millions, does the carpenter get to sue or to claim he owns a piece of it?

If you have seven copies of a $100 book in stock and your records indicate you''ve sold one a year for the last ten years, what would you offer for an eighth copy. You are offered a book worth $100 that you can't keep in stock, and that you've sold a dozen of in the last three months. Will you pay more for the second book even though both will sell for the same amount?