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Keys, first, keys, next, and keys last. The rest of the run you can fill in anytime. Having extra keys to trade or sell is a great way to finish runs. I have just about the entire SA Marvel run in the form of Omnis and I much prefer having 8 copies of Spidey 14 to having one each of 14-35. I reduced my Avengers run from two long boxes to six or seven books and a couple of Omnis. The whole Kirby FF run fits into a foot of space on my bookshelf.

So we are still part of England?

Think About risk and reward . What can happen to your book that cost thousands of dollars as opposed to the reward of having a few people recognize it for what it is . I don't leave thousand dollar bills laying around my apartment for people to admire and I wouldn't do that with my comics either . Very few people appreciate books and to have a comic laying out in the open and the light and exposed just doesn't make sense to me. The overwhelming majority of visitors to my apartment couldn't tell Spider-Man one from the Shazam one, and giving that one person a special tour of my books is a thrill.

Mylite2s orMylite Plus. Either of the type you mention simply don't last. After a few years they get cloudy and sometimes worse. If you spend $10 on a book, be willing to spend fifty cents on proper storage material. Quality trumps quantity.

M&M factory in Times Square is fun for the whole family. Eat at Ellen's Stardust Diner. Around 50th and 7th/Broadway. The food isn't the best, or sometimes even very good, but the experience more than makes up for it. Governors Island is a hidden gem.

Where are you staying, and how old are the kids?

CGC has made similar mistakes. Once in awhile something slips through quality control. If someone in an alternative newspaper somewhere wanted to bash comic grading companies, they have quite a few boners to choose from.

Really? Why? Because autograph authenticators aren't perfect, unlike comic grading companies?

Except for the extra staples. I can see them knocking a 6.0 to a 5.0.

Perhaps its only your policy. Mine doesn't exclude water damage. They did ask me where the closest lake or river was.

I've never encountered books that were stapled shut. Has anyone?

If you had all the convenience of the modern world, it wouldn't be Canada.

No, but I'm going to look for it. Thanks for the heads up.

The Spot.

J. Jonah. Outside of the dead Goblin, JJJ has certainly caused Spidey the most lasting damage. You don't have to wear your underwear outside your pants to be a villain.

Hey. We paid for your computer. We pay for the meals your children eat. Without us, you might have to get a real job. You owe us. Everything. Without us, where would you be? Or maybe not. Maybe we owe you? Its so confusing.

Go to a show and stand there charging $10 a photo. Not many people will be willing to pay it. If an artist can find people willing to pay for the picture, I say go for it.

I'd try the WTB section.

An actor or artist works full time at their craft. Most have limited time off. I don't blame them for wanting to be compensated for their time.

That's the way to go. I've had some nice trades, 500 books for a single one works well. Much better to have six $30 books than 900 quarter books.

Fantastic. Way to go!!!!

Congrats. Were many found in the raw or were they bought stabbed? I recently found a Marvel Presents 5 in the back section of a shop. First Marvel Price variant I've stumbled across in a while. The rest I've paid premium value for them.

I'm currently selling a Al Hirschfield Bill Cosby caricature. I can't believe the hateful emails I've gotten, with several people vowing to never buy anything from my store. Be prepared.

IIRC, that version sold for $5 when it came out. I wonder what SL and JR got for signing it? Fifty cents a pop?

In some cases, earlier signatures do command a premium. A period minor league autograph sells for more than a later major league one for many stars. Roberto Alamar signed his name Bobby in the minors. Those signatures are much rarer than the tens of thousands he signed in the bigs. Mattingly used to sign as Donny until 1983/84. I own several TNMT #3s signed and dated by Eastman and Laird, when they were at a convention pushing the book. I'd charge more for them than just a normal #3 that I had signed today. On the Spidey book, it always bothered me that Romita couldn't bother writing out 1,000. It must have saved him five minutes, at most. I remember when Jose Canseco decided signing his name JC would let him sign more per hour. Promoters put a stop to that thankfully.