RockMyAmadeus

Well crafted. What, like beer...?

Vak, like Vaccuum...?

You keep away from my kerning! Poor thing, getting all crunched. That font doesn't sound like it looks.

You're saying that your words for the OP are "screwy"...?

Ooo! Do share with the class! I'm on tenterhooks!

That's a terrible idea. What if only one person made a silly lowball offer for the book?

Keen eye!

Yes, but they have no variants of themselves. X-O Manowar #0 = chromium; X-O Manowar #0 - Gold variant chromium

That 10 pack is priced at $5.49. Man, would I love to be able to pay $5.49 for one.

Just anonymously drop this book in their mail...

That's a person who has never built anything in their life. All the weedy details is what makes the world run correctly.

The UPC logo variants weren't...generally...marketed according to their status as first or second tier characters. For the most part, the 20 packs contained the same mix of books, none more (or less) common than the other. The exception would be the boxed versions, which wouldn't have contained as many. So, while sure, the regular versions of books would have been produced according to status...Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and the like...the UPC variants usually were not. If they produced, say, 10,000 of these books, they probably would have produced 10,000 of ALL of them, not 10,000 Batman, but only 1,000 Legionnaires. In other words...you're likely to find a much more even distribution among these much rarer (as a whole) versions. Detective Comics #0 UPC variant is likely to be "as common" as Legionnaires, etc. The UPC logo variants were specifically produced to reach a different audience than the average weekly comics buyer.

Not rare at all, relative to the others. It was included in the 20 packs of Zero Hour, and *may* have also been included in the Zero Hour boxed set.

Missed you at ACE last week. That Navy Pier is HUGE! Not as big as McCormick, but pretty big...hope it's warmed up in Chitown...46 degrees in the middle of October was a bit chilly!

Wait, you were serious...? I thought you were being funny. If you weren't, obviously the bags and cards and whatnot aren't actually part of the book. Yes, I get that it's part of the "package"...hence the point of this whole thread...but they're not part of the book itself, and CGC cannot slab a book in a polybag. Well, they *could*...but it would be an awful mess.

I am wondering about the natural toning that books get as they age. I am finding books that I bought brand new, off the rack, in 1991, 1992, 1993...and stored properly all these years...starting to exhibit toning from age. Not edge tanning...evenly distributed toning over the entire cover. A good example of this is Wonder Woman #72 (1993) Since we can't see the future, and don't know how paper from the 80s and 90s will react with age....I wonder how this will affect grading going forward. After all...while a book like Avengers #4 was bone white when it was released, I doubt there's a single copy out there that hasn't toned even just a bit with age.

Sailor should have rebutted with 'even though we dont pee on our hands, they still teach us to wash after handling our junk-' I agree. Gross.

Bu the way...you do know that you're not ignoring anyone if you mention them, right...?

Now, now, no need to cuss. Grown-ups can make their points without resorting to swearing...

Now THAT is the funniest thing you've said all year, kav. Kudos for the belly laughs! It's good for the soul.

Good grief, kav, who are you screaming at...?

You must have misunderstood my comment: ignore only works if it's mutual. One person ignoring someone doesn't give the ignored party carte blanche to endlessly attempt to provoke conflict, nor does it give them some sort of moral victory if such provocation is addressed. I'm certain you understand that.

That's an interesting theory, kav. Here's mine: It's a recognition of the boundaries which the administration has set...right or wrong, just or not. It should come as no surprise that those who hide behind official skirts to provoke conflict here refuse to do so where there are no such skirts behind which to hide. Good thing there aren't any of those people around.

What...? A Shogun Warriors #13 for $24?? A steal at ten times the price!

Personally I don't think there is anything wrong with blocking people. I have a few folks blocked on the boards and it makes visiting threads and reading them much better Absolutely. If you don't like what someone says, the right thing to do is simply not interact with them. The children who need their babysitters are the ones who can't control themselves, and are compelled to try and provoke conflict. The "I'm not touching you!" type people, who never managed to grow past the age of 7. Why that is officially ignored, I'll never know, but for the most part, it works just fine. There are people here with whom I have not interacted in years, and vice versa, because we behave like decent human beings, rather than rabid mongrels, and avoid each other's virtual space. It's not difficult at all.