HuddyBee

26 minutes ago, pemart1966 said:

GCD shows that the only Kubert involvement in the Atom and Hawkman series is the covers - both pencils and inks.

Interesting. I'm not aware of the acronym GCD. What does it stand for?

Regardless here is issue 40...

12 minutes ago, pemart1966 said:

It's a vastly underrated series.  Terrific Murphy Anderson art in most.  Perhaps the best writing of any Silver Age DC series.  You can't go wrong with it.

I loved the fantastical stories from Gardner Fox, and Murphy Anderson's art couldn't be better. Both him and Joe Kubert did a fantastic job with Hawkman. I constantly go back and forth on the best Hawkman artist. 

Although we did get the best of both worlds in Atom and Hawkman 40-41 with Kubert inked by Anderson. Truly a treat!

Awesome copies. Who doesn't love Hawkman? Completed the run 3-4 years ago, and I'm so grateful to have done it. (no pics of MIS group)

5 minutes ago, tth2 said:

If you're into the titles, why would you want a bunch of Marvel Zombie fanboy equivalents competing with you?  I was really into ultra-HG pre-1964 SA DC for a long time, and loved the fact that I didn't have to compete with all of the Marvel big boy collectors.

I'm quite certain one of the reasons I grew so fond of DC comics is because (other than their being better ) of necessity. I could afford DC. So I bought DC and learned to love it. I was only surrounded by DC books. While I would love for DC books to get the love they deserve someday, right now I'm loving the cheap prices, and my being the only guy in the world who wants the books.

4 hours ago, Terry E. Gibbs said:

Guessing there is a JLA 21 and 22 in the collection there as well. Any B & B Hawkman ?? (and nice 129#)

Thanks. There is a 21, no 22 yet though. And yes I have an entire SA Hawkman run, B&B issues and MIS issues included. You just can't beat Joe Kubert and Murphy Anderson (Infantino comes close tho Flash fans) Some of my favorites. (sorry I don't mean to undermine the FLASH thread)

Here's my copy of 129. Nothing special, about a 3.5. Though I'm not really a huge Flash collector, I mainly collect SA DC, so maybe I'll take a stab at the run someday. I just own 129 for the first SA appearance of the JSA (along with all respective GA characters) in flashback. 2nd GA Flash in SA as well. But most important for me, first SA appearance of the GA Hawkman.

You'll see me next on page 137 for the 2nd SA appearance of the JSA.

On 1/20/2020 at 10:01 AM, comicginger1789 said:

Aquaman. There are some classic covers I like but beyond that, I haven't found a point where readability is good enough for me

Please NO!

Nick Cardy and Gardner Fox may have produced some lame SA stories, but Cardy had some great art. Have you read any of the Skeates and Aparo SA books?

1. X-men (never liked the team, I dunno, or the art)

2. Black Panther (he's okay I guess)

2. Eternals (Movie hype is ridiculous, especially considering they're just Marvel's New Gods)

4. Ant-Man (literally just the Atom released several months after Atoms first app.)

5. Captain Marvel (gimme old school Captain Marvel (Shazam), heck I'll even take Mar-Vel, just not Carol)

You could probably put all marvel characters save Carnage up here before we started listing DC. DC is just better. What can I say?

I think its pretty obvious the comic market just isn't focusing on DC for better or for worse.

Case in point: How many New CGC labels were released with DC Characters on 'em?

I don't know if this has already been brought up, but I haven't seen too large a decrease when it comes to DC SA keys. Marvel books have shot up exponentially since the MCU was started, and I think the hype is simply ending, with Endgame essentially tying the knot. While yes Disney will never let the MCU die, I think the run is mainly over, and therefore books' hype is decreasing along with values. DC books never had that huge spike, and therefore aren't dropping like the Marvel books.

Hot things cool down. Cold things just stay cold. 'nuff said.

7 hours ago, tv horror said:

Oh and no slabs I don't agree with encasing books where's the fun of a re-read?

+1

Mmmm... don't you just love the government?

Here's a look at a similar faded book I have.

Just a real nasty extreme fade...

On 12/15/2019 at 3:14 PM, 1950's war comics said:

i'm usually fine with any purchase i make to fill a slot ,  so no need to upgrade, sometimes i have a low grade hole filler and i think i should upgrade it .. but after awhile i get over it ....

+1

I'll only ever rarely consider upgrading coverless books, but then I get lazy, and don't feel like spending money on the same book. I will often times buy duplicates, but they are usually lower grade copies of the book I already own.

Quantity over Quality's my collecting philosophy.  

3 minutes ago, Krismusic said:

yeah but with moderns re subbing with fee's, shipping etc.. wouldn't the profits be used up if it does upgrade and if it doesn't then your kind of out of luck

I am aware of this. 

13 hours ago, HuddyBee said:

For sure, nowhere am I saying its a guarantee. Just thought it might be worth the risk for anyone trying to make a few bucks.

1 hour ago, theCapraAegagrus said:

You could buy 9.6 CGC or Voldemort slabs under the same premise...

'cept...

PGX 9.6 value < CGC 9.6 value

2 minutes ago, comicdiablo said:

definitely do not want to imply based on this one previous order from PGX that doing such would reliably result in higher grades from CGC, and I want to emphasize that my last PGX order was an anomaly in terms of suspecting a lot of comic undergrading.

For sure, nowhere am I saying its a guarantee. Just thought it might be worth the risk for anyone trying to make a few bucks.

Very interesting. I could see people picking up PGX 9.6's in hopes to possibly get CGC 9.8's at a fraction of the cost. If this data is representative as whole, there are quite a few money making opportunities to be found.

Finish my Aquaman Vol.1 and Shazam! Vol.1 run, and start a Metamorpho, Spectre, Plastic Man, and JLA run. Still lookin for that cheap coverless B&B 28.

Also looking to fill in a early BA HOS run.

8 minutes ago, James J Johnson said:

If it's missing even one specific page that should be there, it's incomplete, even if there are 10 extra duplicative components..

It is incomplete. I just don't know if its ever been known for a book to be incomplete due to a manufacturing error.

1 minute ago, RockMyAmadeus said:

Putting a lowest offer acceptable on 1 or 2 listings in easy. Putting a lowest offer acceptable on 1,000+ would take the better part of a day, if not more.

I see, do you put that on new books you list? I always set my lowest price at 50% of what I'm asking.

13 hours ago, RockMyAmadeus said:

Anybody know who "collectiblessince1998" is...? They keep making 60-80% off my asking price offers. I don't want to block them, but this is a waste of our time. I'm not going to seriously consider those kinds of offers.

Why not just put a minimum offer on your books, so offers to low are immediately declined?

A lot of people forget about Hawkman's MIS run. Here are my copies of the two covers he had in this 4 issue run. MIS 87 is the first Murphy Anderson Hawkman art, and you gotta love it.

3 minutes ago, lizards2 said:

BB 44

 Always loved the grey tone cover in issue 44, one of my favorite covers.