shadroch

A missing head renders the book incomplete. I don't see how it could be treated any differently than a missing MVS, most of which don't affect the story itself. It should be a 0.5 or in a green label.

What choice do they have? If last months mag came out August 15th and had a cover date of December, this months mag can't be October, can it? A better question would be why comics have any month on the cover.

CGC lists the date of publication according to the publisher. A book will generally have a publication date 2-3 months after it's actual distribution date. This practice dates back to the 1930s and was an attempt to keep things on the shelf longer. When the direct market started, books were generally in comic shops two weeks before they appeared on newsstands. Before long, speeding up Direct distribution made the gap three weeks. Not every publisher uses this method so the easiest thing to do to print the publishers Month of publication, not the real one or date first distributed.

In the Fall of 1961, Perfect Film and Chemical Corporation went public. In 1968, the company bought out Martin Goodman and became the owner of Marvel Comics. They owned Marvel from 1968 to 1986. You know them as Cadence Company. Offered here is a certificate of ownership for 100 shares of Perfect Film and Chemical Corporation, issued in October 1961 and redeemed in October 1967. These don't come up very often and I've seen people asking insanely stupid prices for them. $25 shipped gets you one of these certificates, originally issued to Oppenheimer and Company. US only. Returns at your expense, paypal or Zelle preferred Price dropped. Photos to follow

4.0

I recently sold six copies to a dealer for $30 each and he was more interested in this book than X-Men 282. We laughed about it but he has the demand for them.

So damage done in the distribution chain shouldn't count?

Years ago, a friend and I were lucky enough to find an original distributors box of 100 Grendel #1s, the color versions I call Volume 2. We split them with him taking the first 51 copies and I kept 49 and the box. Over the years, I'd take out one of two, always taking the top copy. This left me with 36 copies that had never been out of the box until I counted them a few minutes ago. I am offering them here as a lot, including the original box for $1,000 shipped. These are pristine copies. Just a handful of 9.8s would make this a steal. This lot is for sale until I wake up Monday morning, at which time they will be offered in smaller lots. Paypl or zelle only, US shipping only, NO RETURNS on this offer, Trades considered. Photos to follow

Thanksgiving weekend used to be the biggest show of the year for NYC back when Phil Seuling and Creation were battling it out.

I was going to go with 3.5 but choose to give it a 4.0 just because.

Lots of new business's stumble in the beginning. I don't know if I'll give them anything but I do know I'm not happy with two of the four major auction houses and welcome the competition.

Thats too bad. I'll pass on a grade. That book is a personal favorite.

Can you show the inside cover? Water stains kill a book and I'd need to see the inside and splash page for a fair grade.

I'm seeing a 2.0, not sure what others are seeing. It's a great book and you got a good deal.

It would cost you a minimum of $100 to do the work, get it re-slabbed and shipped. Perhaps more. Almost certainly not worth it.

Have you read any of the threads on this very subject? I'm not sure why anyone would still be selling on ebay.

For some reason, trading has never taken off here. I think it is really something that needs be done in person.

Almost any dealer will trade for books they need. If it is a high grade copy of a book that is in demand, you should have no trouble trading it. If it is a common book and the dealer has twenty copies, don't expect much for it.

9.2

I have not read any of them but I bought a long box of what I thought were all Avengers, but there must have been two dozen different avengers series in it. New Avengers, Dark Avengers, Young Avengers, AA, A/X, far too many to list. They are all from the same time period but I don't know how inter-connected they are. I gave up on even trying to sort them.

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This auction ends Thursday at 9PM East Coast Time. Paypal, zelle or checks accepted. Domestic shipping only. BIN is $25 and includes free domestic shipping otherwise-Shipping is $7 lower 48. extra to other domestic locations. Returns at buyer expense. You must notify me within three days of arrival. Offered for your consideration is a reader lot of low grade Supermans Pal Jimmy Olsen from the 1963-1970s era. I will try to list the major defects, but this is strictly a reader group. #60 General Jimmy leads an army of alien toy soldiers against a super-enemy. Fair, with some water damage. #74 Jimmy becomes a Super-Imp, changes Perry into a talking tiger. I'd call it poor, with a spine split, centerfold detached and water spotting. No foul or musty odor. #79 Jimmy time travels to become THE REDHEADED BEATLE OF 1,000 BC. Poor with a detached cover #81 Jjimmy opens Pandoras Box and turns Superman into Super-Demon Typical book that grades Fair. #86 The team of Brainiac and Olsen battles Supes.. #87 An early LEGION OF SUPER_VILLIANs app, as they team up with Luthor, Brainiac and evil Jimmy. Poor, with detached cover and spine split. Fun read. 102 Remaindered copy 103 Jimmy murders Clark Kent and Supes is pissed. Fair 143 Jack Kirby era, guest starring The Newsboy Legion. A big chunk of the cover is out ,bringing a solid Vg down to a Fair/Good 148 Kirby cover and story Fair, with a chunk out of back cover Ten books in total, with two being Kirby. Starting bid is $5 and please increase by a minimum of fifty cents. This may be the start of a group of low grade SA and BA lots if it goes well. Photos to follow

I was trying to find something nice to say about them.

I'd say the Legion. First they bounced around as guest stars for a few years, then they had a solid run in Adventure for about 80 issues, before ending up as a backup in Action for a few issues. Next they were the backup in Superboy for a year before becoming the main story. After about five years , they changed the books title to The Legion and everything went smoothly until the Legion Baxter series premiered. For the next year, there were two series. The Baxter series was the main book but the old book, now called Tales of the Legion continued putting out new stories for a year. After that, the Tales of The Legion reprinted the Baxter series. Then The Crisis came and since Superboy no longer existed in the DC Universe, everything about the Legion had to change. since he was the reason the Legion was started. No Supergirl. No Mon-el since he was Superboy's adopted big brother who spent 1,000 years trapped in the now non-existent Phantom Zone. I won't even attempt to chart the Legions path after the Crisis but it branches off in literally dozens of branches. You had LEGION 89 where a pseudo-legion operates in the present day, you had Legionnaires where younger versions of the Legion members mysteriously seem to have been cloned, you have at least a half dozen revamps. Honestly, I gave up years ago.