shadroch

The ones I've done are usually only a few months. A key person might have two years. There really isn't one set standard. For many jobs, they are hard to enforce. Judges tend to allow people to work and make a living. You really need to show that you will be harmed by that person working in the particular field. That's in NY, courts other places may be different.

Seems like a happy ending with only one semi-regular taking any licks. How disappointing. Sharpened my pitch folk for nothing.

I'm pretty sure Steve had one. When he left CGC he went to work for the Hero Alliance for a few months, then to Heritage before starting this phase of his journey.

You evidently are reading the numbers differently. PGX did not lose 3% of their sales. They lost well over 50%. In a three way market, stealing 50% of your closest competitors market is nothing to laugh at. CGC had 95% of the market. Now its 91. If that continues a few more years, it will be troublesome. If I were CGC, I'd have simply bought Steve out with a nice pension rather than let him walk and start a competitor.

Looks like they captured about 10% of CGCs market. Not great, but not terrible for a startup. How long did it take for upstarts to capture 10% of IBMs market? Any idea how the numbers compare to CGC after two years? That's not a fair comparison as CGC was the whole market at the time but I'd like to see numbers compared.

I'm still trying to figure out why the worlds best comic dealer is worried about a third rate failed company?

If CBGS or any other company were in bankruptcy proceedings, wouldn't there be a public record? If bankrupt, wouldn't there be an asset auction, open to the public? For some reason, I can't find any evidence of them seeking or being granted protection from the bankruptcy courts. Has jb ever produced any evidence for his bizarre attacks on the company?

I've been stocking up at great prices. I don't think the market is very balanced right now and I think these books are selling at too large a discount. Just one mans opinion.

I'd refuse the package. Too much chance the book is no longer in the shape it was when you bought it.

Stopped by Torpedo to get some information on their LA show and they had it on display. It's signed by Stan and in a Yellow labeled competitors slab. Only close examination reveals it to be a restored copy. The label could be a bit easier to identify as being restored, but a gorgeous book. I'm surprise it is so exposed.

Awesome Thread!

I understand this is a very convoluted tale involving outsiders but, in the end, isn't the general policy here one that allows returns and refunds if buyer isn't happy.

Any possibility of discount tickets? Groupon or whatever?

The way I'm looking at it, the buyer got the finished product that he paid for. I may well be very wrong, but that's as I see it.

I'd say the buyer is paying only for the finished product and any preliminary work belongs to the artist. Giving the buyer first crack at the prelims is a courtesy, in my opinion. I like that the artist won't ink over prelim pencils. I can see that being problematic.

I want to give it an 8.5 but it's just shy of it. Solid 8.0 with a bright future.

No, they will be fine.

Remember that Marvel( or any company) has all the expenses of producing and advertising the product but only sees 40% of the price. On a four dollar comic, it's barely making much more than a buck and a half. If a comic sells 20,000 copies, that's thirty thousand dollars to cover every expense from the time the editor assigns the job to drop off at Diamond. On the other hand, I don't know how many shops could absorb the loss of income if every comic dropped a dollar in price. That is a huge chunk of revenue to lose.

Until the loose grading cycle kicks in and all these get resubmitted.

2.5 Avengers. JIM 2.0/2.5

Why not try that first? I've had amazing results on white covers.

Wonder bread it over a few weeks and you'll get decent results.

The Price didn't sell very well and in 1981 not too many shops were bagging magazine type books. It was kind of an odd book. Not a comic, and not a magazine . Trade paperbacks and graphic novels were still a few years away from really being popular. I remember seeing this in a shop and being turned off by cover price. I think this book is much rarer than Vanths first appearances in Epic Magazine.

I first learned to appreciate Nedors from these boards and when it was time to actually buy a few I was surprised how tough some can be. This is an amazing accomplishment and quite a collection.

Hoping for Weds, myself. Almost went this mornibg as a place by me was showing it around the clock. I'm not sure what kind of crowd you'd get at 8:15AM on a Saturday. Both the quantity and the quality.