shadroch

Finding them in 6.0 or better at a price I find reasonable is difficult enough. It's amazing how many well loved copies are out there. When I bought my Adventure 247, it was one of the Top Ten Silver Age books, and may have been Top Five. Even Adventure 300 was tough to find, in almost any grade. I finally completed my run but still buy anything I find over 4.0 if the price is right. I need about ten books to finish the SuperBoy /LSH series but they are cheap and plentiful. I was recently shocked when I saw my "surplus" Legions filled two long boxes. I just can't help myself when it comes to SA/BA Legions. When the blockbuster movie is announced, I'll be ready.

The Legion Adventures are just about the only run I have where grade isn't important. I've about twenty slabs, mostly in the 6.0-8.0 and a couple of 9+ ones but I really like my well read copies the best.

I'm too lazy to do it myself. I've reached the point where it's easier to buy things than make them.

Thanks, but I am hoping for something a little more subtle.

I'm looking for a nanny/security cam and see some that are teddy bears, and some come in books, but does anyone know of one that is a super hero statue or something similar?

If it were only that innocent.

He will deliver what you pay for, but so will a hundred other dealers that didn't rob old ladies to build their business.

I've had a number of items marked delivered that didn't show up for a day or two. If it is stolen, consult your home owners insurance.

Daredevil went bimonthy around issue 110 or so but the writer pleaded with everyone to buy an extra copy and it was saved. Edit- In 107 it was announced it would go bi-monthly and the writer made the plea. Issue 108 came out 60 days later and they had dropped the Black Widow from the title after about two years. Four weeks later, 109 came out and it went back to being monthly.

No. CGC would put the Declaration of Independence in a green holder because they didn't witness it themselves.

Why would the store owner want this presser guy back? Heck, I can ruin his books for him if that's what he's into.

When I started collecting, DC had an advantage because I knew some of the characters. I grew up watching Superman reruns, and was in second grade when Batmania exploded in 1966. I also liked that most DC books were self-contained and not part of a three issue arc. The first two runs I put together were the Legion Adventures and Justice League 1-110. I spent the summer of 1973 at my Grandmother's house and the kid next door had boxes of Marvel Comics, all in order and most in a glad food storage bag. It was the summer of the Avenger-Defenders War, as well as Starlin's cosmic space Opera starring Captain Marvel, Drax, Eros and Thanos. DC had nothing that came close. Maybe the Manhunter Saga, but that was buried in 100 page books that cost much more and were mostly reprints. Soon my weekly purchases were just about every Marvel on the stands and if I had any money leftover, a couple of DCs or an occasional Charlton- Yang and Space 1999. When comics went from 20 cents to 25 cents, it meant my dollar bought four comics instead of five and I had to cut books. Do I want a 60 cent Brave and Bold that is mostly reprints or do I want two Marvel titles? I dropped Superman, Action, Brave and Bold, and soon DCs were small part of my collection. They never recovered, especially when Atlas came out. Most of the Atlas books were pretty bad and I only kept up with a few after #1 but that all came at DCs expense.

I have "Masterworks" style books of the early Marvel Conan's, that were published by Dark Horse, as well as "Essentials" style books that reprint the Savage Sword stories.

I think Destroyer Duck was originally going to be a one-shot fund raiser for Gerber's lawsuit against Marvel, and then became an ongoing series for bout a year.

Another interesting topic would be min-series that were canceled or abandoned before their conclusion.

Best of luck. Does the job involve moving to the NYC area or are you already there?

It's a shame CGC didn't separate direct copies from newsstands from jump street. I don't blame them for not doing it but it would have been helpful.

For those books, MCS would be my choice.

Around 1975, I was visiting my Uncles in Minnesota and went to a church rummage sale where someone had donated a stack of these small, weird comics. I was ll excited until I saw they were in black and white. I'm not sure why, but that really upset me and I passed on them. I ended up buying a few coverless Tarzan comics instead. To this day, I'm still not fan of B&W books.

It occurs to me that many books seem to be drawn with the first thought being the arts worth on the after-market. A splash page can bring 2X-5X what a regular page would bring and since no one wants a Dr. Vegas page without the hero on it, the hero has to be on every page. Even a half splash brings a premium, no matter if it doesn't advance the story properly. When an artist is paid $3,000 for an entire story but knows his splash or half splashes will triple his income, there seems to be a real conflict of interest. A book full of splash pages may look nice, but in the end you are supposed to be telling a story, not just drawing pretty pictures. End of rant.

CGC has standards?

If you are going to sell on ebay, why not let mycomicshop do it for you. You'll save money, will only ship one box to them and not have to deal with returns.

I'm slowly downsizing. My plan is to leave little except money in the bank and a car or two. Maybe a couple of income producing properties. Frankly, most of my family is better off than I am. None of them need much of anything.

I'm going thru this right now. My Aunt died with no will, her brother took it upon himself to handle the estate that exceeded two million dollars. My Uncle has yet to sell any of the stocks in the estate, give anyone an accounting and has totally abandoned his fiduciary duties. The house was loaded with antiques she had tens of thousands of dollars of amazing jewelry, most bought in the 1960s when gold was $40 an ounce. The last time I saw him I told him if the roles were reversed, my mother would never do this to his children, but he has no shame.