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w That low grade G+ got £2,600.... and this beauty above raised only £2,300. Mad game. Gutted I didn't see it.

I'm trying to find something nice. Will post worldwide out of England. Those saying US postage only... USuck

Patina. Nice, but give me the Evo X.

How about this Carp? Caught using the most magical of lures, an AF15 (inside fish so pressing recommended). Postage via the Manchester ship canal

I sold them yesterday for £2,800 and £100 for delivery. East Manchester to South West London is no joke, let me tell you! 8 hours non stop, well one stop Time will tell whether I regret it or not, but I did go through them and pick out all the best and nicest grades so that lessens the blow. Feels nice to be the owner of a high grade ASM collection even if it is only 10% of what it once was. It was the same deal I thought I had over the line last week, less issue #300 and less £300. I'm happy with it. I think I'll try and do this again. With all my runs. Pick out the best and sell the rest. Just no point holding low grade or common books. This thread has been enlightening, hilarious, hostile, educational and everything else besides. Now lets all have a group hug, and the beers are on me!

Hahaha don't I just know it!

Sign me up please. I'll play. I finished 10th in Blow up the Moon's comp so that's my target to beat. Though I can't help but think it was by sheer fluke! We'll see

Some early X-Men comics I am selling on eBay. https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/barkeuk_sdwax/m.html?item=202765126583&ssPageName=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562 Rolling the dice on this small lot. 99p starts. Actual postage to USA irregardless of what eBay tells you. All due to end a minute apart tomorrow starting - 21.10 - GMT Good luck with bids!

Blimey! I've just had a look at the original and can hardly split them. You got mad skills! Fantastic work.

That book was a plain white blank? And the art is all your own work? Looks amazing!

Yea just don't shop at Walmart will you? Or go to school.

Anyway, my buyer got cold feet, can't say I'm surprised. But whatever, I'm still sure I'll sell them. Put your knives away will you? If my price is optimistic so be it, I want to get paid for them, I'm not interested in giving them away for a pittance to a dealer. Seems some of you can't get over that.

Well I think you're wrong. Key does not mean Valuable. According to key collector there are quite a number of 'keys' here. Certainly if Madame Web is a key then there are many more that are too. Not sure why the grade matters? Is a 0.5 AF#15 suddenly not a key? Just because its a dishrag? And is #299 not a key because it's a cameo appearance? What about Hulk #180? I will agree some of these are an almighty stretch! #21 G 2.0 2nd appearance of the Beetle #25 VG 4.0 1st appearance of Spencer Smythe and the Spider-Slayers. 1st cameo appearance of Mary Jane Watson #28 VG 4.0 1st appearance and origin of Molten Man #29 VG 4.0 2nd appearance of Scorpion #30 VG+ 4.5 1st appearance of the Cat Burglar #44 VG/F 5.0 2nd appearance of the Lizard #51 VG/F 5.0 1st appearance of Robbie Robertson. 1st cover appearance and 2nd full appearance of Kingpin #59 VF+ 8.5 1st cover appearance of Mary Jane Watson. 1st kiss between Gwen Stacy and Peter Parker. 1st appearance of Brainwasher, alter ego of Kingpin #61 F- 5.5 1st cover appearance of Gwen Stacy #70 VG+ 4.5 1st cameo appearance of Vanessa Fisk (Kingpin's wife) #78 VG+ 4.5 1st appearance of the Prowler #81 F+ 6.5 1st appearance of Kangaroo #96 VF- 7.5 Drug addiction plot. Not Comics Code approved! #98 VF 8.0 Drug addiction plot. Not Comics Code approved! #102 F/VF 7.0 2nd appearance and origin of Morbius the Living Vampire. 1st appearance of Martine Bancroft. #103 VF 8.0 1st appearance of Gog, a monster who resides in the Savage Land #108 VF/NM 9.0 1st appearance of Sister Sun (Sha Shan Nguyen) #110 F+ 6.5 1st appearance of Gibbon. Final Stan Lee original story written for the Amazing Spider-Man title #113 VG 4.0 1st appearance of Hammerhead #139 VF/NM 9.0 1st appearance of Grizzly #140 VF+ 8.0 1st appearance of Glory (Gloria) Grant #156 NM- 9.2 1st appearance of Mirage, a villain who uses technology that creates illusions #162 NM 9.4 1st appearance of Jigsaw *Hot Key* scarred version of the character to appear in Punisher season #167 NM 9.4 1st appearance of Will-O'-The-Wisp #169 F+ 6.5 A young Frank Miller's letter to the editor #172 M- 9.8 1st appearance of Rocket Racer #175 NM+ 9.6 Partial origin of the Punisher. Origin and death of Hitman #183 NM+ 9.6 Mary Jane Watson declines Peter's marriage proposal #184 NM+ 9.6 1st appearance of the White Dragon #195 M- 9.8 2nd appearance and origin of Black Cat #200 NM 9.4 Death of Uncle Ben's killer. Origin of Spider-Man retold #201 NM 9.4 Cover art featuring the Punisher and Spider-Man by John Romita Sr #210 VF/NM 9.0 1st appearance of Madame Web. *News sites that reported the spin-off announcement also wrote that Madame Web could be a possible character in the movie #212 NM+ 9.6 1st appearance and origin of Hydro-Man #217 NM- 9.2 Hydro-Man and Sandman combine to become Mud-Thing #222 NM 9.4 1st appearance of Speed Demon (formerly The Whizzer) #236 M- 9.8 Death of Tarantula #238 VF+ 8.5 1st appearance of the Hobgoblin, Roderick Kingsley. ''Tattooz" intact #239 M- 9.8 2nd appearance of the Hobgoblin. 1st battle of Spider-Man vs the Hobgoblin #244 VF+ 8.5 3rd appearance of the Hobgoblin, a stand-in named Lefty Donovan brainwashed by the original Hobgoblin #245 M- 9.8 Death of Hobgoblin, Lefty Donovan, a thug hired by the second Hobgoblin, Roderick Kingsley #252 NM 9.4 1st appearance of Spider-Man's black costume. Cover swipe of Amazing Fantasy #15 #253 NM 9.4 1st appearance of The Rose (Kingpin's son) #255 NM- 9.2 1st appearance of Black Fox #256 M- 9.8 1st appearance of Puma #257 M- 9.8 2nd appearance of Puma. Appearance of Hobgoblin, Ned Leeds, the second brainwashed stand-in for Roderick Kingsley #258 NM 9.4 Reed Richards discovers Spider-Man's black costume is an alien symbiote. Debut of Spider-Man’s Bombastic Bag Man costume, a temporary disguise in lieu of the symbiote, consisting of an oversized Fantastic Four uniform and a brown paper bag for a mask #259 NM- 9.2 Spider-man returns to his classic costume #263 VF 8.0 1st appearance of Normie Osborn, grandson of Norman Osborn (Green Goblin I), son of Harry Osborn (Green Goblin II), Peter Parker's godson and Molten Man's nephew #265 NM 9.4 1st appearance of Silver Sable #272 NM+ 9.6 1st appearance of Slyde #275 NM+ 9.6 Origin of Spider-Man retold #276 NM- 9.2 Death of the Fly #278 NM 9.4 Death of Wraith. Appearance of Hobgoblin, Flash Thompson, the third brainwashed victim of Roderick Kingsley #280 NM 9.4 1st team appearance of the Sinister Syndicate, led by The Beetle: Rhino, Boomerang, Hydro-Man, Speed Demon #289 NM 9.4 1st appearance of the second Hobgoblin, Jason Macendale, (formerly Jack O' Lantern) #290 VF 8.0 Peter asks Mary Jane to marry him. *cliffhanger page, she declines in the following issue #292 NM+ 9.6 Mary Jane Watson accepts Peter's 2nd marriage proposal #293 NM+ 9.6 "Kraven's Last Hunt" part 2 #294 NM 9.4 "Kraven's Last Hunt" part 5. Death of Kraven the Hunter #296 NM+ 9.6 Unofficial cameo appearance of Spider-Cop #298 NM+ 9.6 1st appearance of Eddie Brock (becomes Venom). 1st Todd McFarlane cover art on the Amazing Spider-Man title. 1st team appearance of the Life Foundation led by Carlton Drake. 1st appearance of Carlton Drake who discovered there were 5 symbiote seeds that could be extracted from the Venom symbiote #299 NM- 9.2 Cameo appearance of Venom #300 NM 9.4 1st full appearance of Venom #301 NM- 9.2 Classic cover art by Todd McFarlane #306 M- 9.8 Cover swipe of Action Comics #1 by Todd McFarlane #309 NM+ 9.6 1st team appearance of Styx & Stone #311 NM+ 9.6 Cover art by Todd McFarlane featuring Mysterio #312 NM+ 9.6 Cover art by Todd McFarlane #313 NM+ 9.6 Cover art by Todd McFarlane featuring The Lizard #315 M- 9.8 1st partial cover appearance of Venom. Cover art by Todd McFarlane #316 NM 9.4 2nd full appearance of Venom. 1st cover appearance of Venom. Classic cover art by Todd McFarlane #317 NM+ 9.6 Early Venom appearance. Cover art by Todd McFarlane #344 VF/NM 9.0 1st appearance of Cletus Kasady, later becomes Carnage. 1st appearance of Cardiac #345 VF/NM 9.0 Cletus Kasady becomes infected by alien symbiote #378 M- 9.8 "Maximum Carnage" part 3 #1 (#442) NM+ 9.6 1st Spectacular Issue! Vol.2 #36 NM+ 9.6 September 11th, 2001 tribute issue depicting various Marvel teams and characters working alongside emergency services as native New Yorker, Spider-Man narrates the experience. *difficult to find in NM condition due to the black cover #512 NM 9.4 1st appearance of Grey Goblin, previously appears out of costume in Amazing Spider-Man #509 as Gabriel Stacy. Gabriel and Sarah Stacy are the result of an affair between Norman Osborn and Gwen Stacy #547 NM+ 9.6 1st team appearance of the Inner Demons, henchmen of Mr. Negative #651 NM 9.4 (Variant) Stealth Suit #652 NM 9.4 (Variant) #654.1 NM 9.4 1st solo story of Flash Thompson as Agent Venom #656 NM 9.4 Debut of Spider-Man Armor MK II, an upgrade to his previous bulletproof armor that allows for better mobility. Origin of Massacre #700 M- 9.8 Death of Peter Parker in Doc Ock's body. Doc Ock's consciousness becomes fully seated in Peter Parker's body. Doc Ock makes the choice to become 'Superior Spider-Man' #795 NM 9.4 Norman Osborne merges with Carnage ANNUAL #2 G+ 2.5 1st meeting of Spider-Man and Doctor Strange ANNUAL #15 NM 9.4 Classic story titled "Spider-Man: Threat or Menace?" written by Dennis O'Neil ANNUAL #20 NM+ 9.6 1st cover appearance of Iron Man 2020, Arno Stark. 1st appearance of Arno Stark in regular Marvel continuity ANNUAL #25 NM 9.4 1st solo story featuring Venom GIANT-SIZE #4 VF 8.0 3rd appearance of the Punisher. Debut of the Punisher's Battle-Van. 1st appearance of Moses Magnum, controls seismic activity

There are. If you're calling me a clown don't beat around the bush. Say it. That's fighting talk round my way.

That's not really true at all is it. 300 is the money book but there are other keys for sure.

I think I will. The kat has kept the cream! And I've cashed the rest I reckon. Happy days

No not at all. I knew I was close to the mark just didn't know exactly how close... Or far. You lot have confirmed it. I have basically agreed a deal with a chap in Kent and will be hopefully dropping them off on Sunday. £3,100 I am keeping #38, #56, #63, #64, #82, #84, #86, #92, #97, #120, #654 they are being added to the other small stack I already pulled which were never listed or shown in the scan gallery. So it's a result

What you lot are telling me and what eBay is telling me are two different things entirely. I'll sell them for £3,500 I'm sure. The listing ended yesterday and I've had four messages over night from different people thinking they sold. Comic books in the UK are not as easily found as in the USA, indeed a lot of these books came from the land of apple pie, prom queens and AR-15's. So we'll see what happens. Don't think I'm not grateful for your advice, I am, and my price I think it's where it needs to be. Cheers

So they're worth 1600... Or five quid each! Ok Ron whatever you say Ron I'm not giving them away, that's for sure, someone can buy them for £3,500 or they will sit on eBay forever. I had an offer earlier for £2,200 which I declined and an offer for £2,500 a couple weeks back which I passed on too. The two 'tyre kickers' in both cases, we had agreed on £3,500 a video game store owner in the south of France and an insufficiently_thoughtful_person just over the Pennines in Sheffield. No idea why they would agree to buy them and then not do. Not cricket in my book. Does seem sport for these insufficiently_thoughtful_persons though and some of the messages I've had from other folk have been quite amusing.

What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister? Yeah not my idea, but Evil Superman? It's a new film called Brightburn, I'm going to watch it later. Sounds interesting even if the review scores are mediocre.

Great post. Real food for thought. Cheers man.

I took the comicbookrealm valuation with a nice pinch of salt... and then discarded two thirds. Am I still way off?

There answer is here - http://tos.trekcore.com/ But I'll be damned if I'm looking!

Thanks for your thoughts. I'll let them sit there I reckon and if someone buys them then I'll let them go. I have already picked out some nice ones to hold so maybe I'll revise the listing again and go in again and pull out a few more. 20 watchers tell me people are interested at least. Marwood, one a piece is definitely the way to go, but I couldn't bear to see them dwindle away like that, I'll take a lump sum I can use or nothing at all. And you're right, I probably would miss them even if I did get a chunk of change, would feel a bit like this