RockMyAmadeus

All true. It's just a garbage book. Whoever decided this should be a "special" book was high.

My favorite words.... Some people aren't concerned with census or GPA apparently: Reynoldjay's Vanguard Illustrated #2 CGC 9.8 RJ is such a crack up...look at his "official CGC box"...

My favorite words....

Comic Cavalcade'smid 90's ads = Yes, I DO want that Vengeance of Vampirella #1 White vairant...how much? Only $300? Where do I send my money?

That's because I'm not around. If I was, it wouldn't be. You can take that to the bank.

But why do that? They must have known that these things would sell out regardless of production values. Sucks for collectors after the fact, but Marvel got its money off these things. They weren't for sale. The were given out as gifts, one per store, to retailers who ordered Spiderman #1. Marvel kept about 3,000 of them (from whence the BeatStuff hoard came.)

We now have the knowledge to 'iron' them out. Not possible. These were printed on terrible, terrible cardboard stock, and it's very, very difficult to find a copy, any copy, that isn't split someplace along the spine. As well, the cardboard is absolutely unforgiving, and whereas with a newsprint cover, or even a Baxter cover, there was a bit of "give" and flexibility to the spine so that stress didn't always result in permanent damage along the pressure line, with cardboard, there was no such flexibility. Once you bent cardboard, it stayed bent, permanently, no matter how you might try to "iron it out."

The number "10,000" has been bandied about since they were printed, but I don't think anyone knows for sure. And, unlike the Plats which went to stores and ultimately collectors, the gold UPCs went to Wal-Marts, so survival rate is a major factor.

Didn't I just say that....?

It's not rare at all. Check out the hundreds BeatStuff has been trying to sell for years. They want too much. It IS rare in 9.8, but only because the production value was garbage. You'd think, for something that was supposed to be special, they would have ironed out the problems BEFORE printing 10,000 of them. Maroons.

10,000

I've loved Dave Stevens from just about the beginning of my collecting days. Starslayer #2, 3 and PP #1 and #2 were some of the very first books I hoarded. I, too, am sad that I'll never get a SS by him.

Who is this "greggy" who posts more than two words at a time...? :shrug:

This is all your fault, you dang-nab insti-GAtor !!!! I thought he was changing it to GAYtor. Here's a preview of the new costume....

A couple of 2x4s....

Hey, I can cook and also design woman's clothes and I cry at movies. ...but tell me, how? I was only kidding..I didn't think you would really come out like that...damn..my bad... Now I'm going to have to start a thread to prove I'm not gay. Wait, you're not...? :shrug: That sucks. I had a cousin of mine all lined up for you and everything. Drat.

Or, they're just jerks who get off on publicly berating nice people.

Why would you even pass on information relayed to you be such an obvious person_too_unaware_of_social_graces? Frankly, I'm disappointed in you, Rick, for dredging this muck back up to the surface. Apparently, poor taste needed a spokesperson. because he politely asked me to, however, don't confuse a messenger with a spokesperson... I found it interesting that the book actually graded 9.2 (speculating on how, but that is a different story) (thumbs u How is that interesting considering he had the back cover cleaned? It's a slap to the face watching you post stuff on Frank's behalf - by acting as his messenger you're lending him an air of respectability that he does not deserve. Lighten up, Francis.

Why would you even pass on information relayed to you be such an obvious person_too_unaware_of_social_graces? Frankly, I'm disappointed in you, Rick, for dredging this muck back up to the surface. Apparently, poor taste needed a spokesperson. because he politely asked me to, however, don't confuse a messenger with a spokesperson... I found it interesting that the book actually graded 9.2 (speculating on how, but that is a different story) (thumbs u You don't need to explain yourself to anybody. (thumbs u

I wish I could believe this, I really do, but with your patent inability to tell a simple truth...on just about any subject...I'm resigned to having to put up with your heaps of steaming BS for some time to come. He'll be back. Probably after a name change. That's enough for the ignore button. Bye, scammer. BLOCKED.POOF Ahhhhh...the Water Cooler....

Point hoppers.

. I've seen better.

I will NOT be denied my points! Unless, you know, someone denies me... But OTHER than that, you just watch it!

Here we go again....

The difference is a "cleaned" back cover that the 8.5 graders notes mentioned as "rub transfer" from another book...thats what down graded the book originally. Part of the main beef of the whole beginning of the thread,he DRY CLEANED the back and didn't disclose it was my original PRESSED 8.5 now "cleaned",being offered as a "raw" 9.2. So why didn't you just do all this stuff and save yourself from having something to person_without_enough_empathy about? Or are you just one of those people that has to have something to person_without_enough_empathy about? I know I am....