mnaz1988

I’m too OCD not to try and fill in the gaps between newsstand and direct editions of my collections. I hate it though.

That being said, I do find newsstand editions much more difficult to find, even for 80s books. I wouldn’t be surprised if the newsstand editions begin to rise in value above the direct. As of now, both are pretty simpatico.

8.5

Just picked up this beauty this weekend. My oldest Batman yet, first appearance of “The Bat-Ape”.

A slight tear on the middle of the spine but I’m actually very impressed with the color of the pages and the glossiness of the cover. Not bad for a 1958 book.

Thanks!

I'm waiting for The Muppets Take Manhattan to get hot. Fozzie Bear asking what he should do with the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. 

Has anyone noticed that Star Comics, from Marvel have been heating up lately? Ewoks, Peter Porker the Spider-Ham, Chuck Norris, etc. They seem to have some rise in demand lately. Any ideas as to what is causing the rise in demand? 

This weekend I purchased Peter Porker the Spider-Ham #1, high grade.

8.5-9.0

3 hours ago, The Lions Den said:

A book with a cover that's completely split usually gets a grade of .5   

 

 

 

 

Yeah that's what I thought, just double checking. It's a damn shame. 

This book is generally nice looking but the covers are detached. Any guesses on a grade? 0.5? 1.0?

Thanks - Mike

What would the grade be on this guy? I bought him a few years ago and now I’m considering trying to sell it. 

I always assumed no matter how good the rest of the book looks, a detached cover would be an automatic 0.5 poor. 

Thanks - Mike

3 hours ago, Morganmi said:

Here's a few of the more popular issues I have scans of that I picked up in the 80's and 90's.

As someone who didn't collect until the late 90s, what were some of those books priced during the 1980s? $5 a piece?

I've been convinced for the last four or five years that the Bronze Age stuff is about to go bonkers. My guess is within the next couple of years, we may see more Marvel movies with characters like Werewolf by Night, Spider-Woman and maybe more Ms. Marvel stuff.

Bought these two at my local comic shop. First books I bought since the virus struck in March. I heard somewhere these Negan one-shots are heating up!

1 hour ago, Frisco Larson said:

Nice, I own #1. I've had it for 20 years, but it's not a 9.8 that I can tell you LOL

Congrats to the winners

On 10/5/2019 at 12:39 PM, Cosmic Shel said:

Here it is:

 

 

DAMN That's a nice copy! Funny enough I was just wondering the same thing yesterday. Went to a local show and bought a few more issues, including Giant-Size Werewolf by Night 2. I also picked up WBN #23, 34 and 43. I actually think Werewolf by Night is a gem that will eventually become much, much more popular. Perhaps I'm wrong, though.

1 hour ago, F For Fake said:

Horror fans are a different breed altogether, and are willing to spend serious $$$ on books that the guides ignore. The Chaos Halloween books have been hot for 20 years now. There's a chromium variant and a glow in the dark variant as well. They always sell strongly. The Topps Jason vs Leatherface mini has long been a hot and pricey run, as is the Northstar Leatherface series, Dark Horse's Army of Darkness mini, etc.  These books fly under the radar at shops but always sell well for me.

Yeah I love horror books. Was at a show recently and saw Texas Chainsaw books but even then they seemed priced too high. Could've bought them, but decided to wait. 

I notice that any book with "Michael Myers" from the Halloween films is going for well over the price guide. For example, I own Halloween #1 from November 2000 in about VF or so. On the price guide, it's $3 in 9.4. On EBay, the lowest issue is going for $15 and the highest for over $50. Many Michael Myers books are into the $100+ range but the price guide still shows them extremely low.

These books seem hard to find as well. I never see them at shows or shops. Only on EBay and even there, they are difficult to find in large quantities. 

Got this guy recently for a good deal.

Just got this guy for a pretty good price.

Nice cover!