ChillMan

On 11/4/2021 at 10:55 PM, RareHighGrade said:

Just this week, I won a book on HA for 15% less than my maximum bid.

Cool...I mean I'd way 'overpay' for something I really want.  But...watch out.  Buying or selling, and not just comics.  Don't believe their sweet talk on the phone.  Don't sign their papers or let them lock you in by saying your item is listed in their useless catalog.  Make sure your item is advertised online for months.

Auction Houses and insiders have warehouses full of GA and all comics to clean & press & release to the public in order to maximize their profit.  Heritage (for all items) adjusts the bids, keeps items for themselves, makes sure other items are for max bid, etc., etc.

DC Superpets movie stinks.  I want to see American Eagle rescuing POWs and blitzing Nazis and Commies...tearing them up with his claws.

On 10/25/2021 at 11:06 PM, ChillMan said:

My above post got messed up.  What I was trying to say is....the only comic I'd buy simply for the cover (that's not how I collect)....is Master Comics #32.

The youngster in the other thread, who has 50 years ahead of him....my advice is:  Don't buy comics for the cover art.  Despite what everyone says.  Buy the highest graded of 1st appearances.

Master Comics #32 might be the exception....I call it the 1st appearance of how the American Eagle should be.

My above post got messed up.  What I was trying to say is....the only comic I'd buy simply for the cover (that's not how I collect)....is Master Comics #32.

On 10/2/2021 at 10:10 AM, woowoo said:

I started cutting out Marvel V stamps off the news stands so that's in 1974 with Hulk 181. I already had mommy send for my stamp book. I did buy books before that at 20 cents so right around 1972 i started.

I was reading a post on Taxing books. I have no record on what I paid for my nice books and the Restoration price i paid plus the fact that i traded early on 300 worth of little books to get a 100 book. I went to SF cons with my dad i did buy batman 1 that my dad bought me and it took years to pay back. I bought a copy of Detective 27 from E. Gerber himself back in the early 80's had it restored paid for safe box when i moved out of moms house that cost around 100 a year for years so how do i pay tax on a book that's worth 150k now that i had stored graded drove to Reno spent night there lost money than got my book and drove home ? Drove to get Restored lost a day pay to pick up on and on. I have to pay Tax to sell after i paid Tax to get book. I guess i have to keep collecting.

Speaking of Hulk 181....I think a youngster should invest in Hulk 180 instead.  And not listen to popular thought.  Use your own eyes.  Don't be afraid to rock the boat.  Sorry Cap 1 fans....but I'm only interested in Human Torch #3(#2).

Let's put it this way.  Put my current mind/mindset back in my 20-year-old self....and I'd be swimming in money now.  With collectibles and with a successful business or 2.

My advice to 20-year-olds is....keep your eyes open for and go for business opportunities....and try to predict what collectible items are underrated now but will be desirable in the future.  And don't listen to the current standard advice.

Patrick Wilson...Ocean Master...on the set of Aquaman 2:

But hey ok, I try to be honest.  I was always thrilled with casting Momoa.  And the Black Manta and Ocean Master actors are getting super jacked too.  Manta is 6'3" too...just an inch under Momoa.  He said when he first arrived on the Aquaman 1 set and saw Patrick Wilson all huge & ripped, he said "Oh, it's gonna be like this."

On 9/29/2021 at 1:12 PM, Crowzilla said:

And yet it is Superman and Lois that is CW's most streamed show with no Aquaman in site, and HBOMax is prepping a new Superman cartoon and not an Aquaman one.

Superman is evergreen, while Aquaman most likely is tied to however long Jason Momoa is still on the property (and we have yet to see if the original success can be replicated).

True, television needs to be considered.  Which gives a huge boost to Aquaman's first comic....albeit from the Green Arrow.  Also, Aquaman actually does have a new cartoon coming out.

To me, it seems like Aquaman made Momoa....as all his previous movies flopped.

On 9/29/2021 at 10:57 AM, Robot Man said:

vs Black Manta

Ezra Miller Flash is not-straight.  Heath Ledger Joker and new Jokers are not-straight.  New Batman is highly questionable...he looks ridiculous in that muscle-suit.

On 8/14/2021 at 3:38 PM, RareHighGrade said:

Batman obviously, but nevertheless, that doesn't mean you shouldn't be happy with your MF 73.

Thank you.  It's a tough crowd in here.  Coincidentally (or rather inversely?) my favorite clips that I watch every day is Pawn Stars....where the entire comments-section proclaims that every mediocre item is worth a fortune.

Well the sample size is low....but the popular opinion seems to be that The Batman will win.  Anyone care to predict the numbers?

Let's assume pre-Covid fair-and-square.  Will Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom improve on $1.15B.  If so....will this new Batman go to $1.5B or what??

On 8/15/2021 at 1:34 PM, Gotham Kid said:

So Flash and Aquaman, but not Superman

They have movies in production, and Superman doesn't.  Plus Man Of Steel already got beaten soundly by Aquaman.  As did Batman v Superman.

The 3 contenders for top DC and GA superhero in the general public.

Who will get the best box-office??

Harley Quinn, Wonder Woman, and Black Widow simply aren't as popular with general audiences as we're told they are.  And the movies are pretty bad.

As Pantodude said....page quality and all notes are already factored-in to the CGC number-grade.

I actually have no idea if brittle pages means it's really brittle or if it's just the next bump-down from tan-to-offwhite.  I've never seen a label that says tan pages.

On 6/20/2021 at 7:47 AM, KirbyJack said:

...or Adventure 26, or Detective 15.

More Fun 31 has the earliest copyright date of these 3.  May 5, 1938.  Detective 15 is May 10.  Adventure 26 is later in May, I forgot the day.

DC used MF 31 in their court case vs Siegel to establish the earliest appearance of Superman.

MF 31 Church has 4-1 on the cover as the newsstand arrival date.

If you can't acquire Action #1 first story-appearace of Superman.....be on the lookout for a More Fun #31 first image of Superman.

Think about it.  Be proactive.  Grading, auction, and dealing companies are smart and want MONEY.

They will produce 8.0 copies up the ying-yang, from out of nowhere.

Sell all your comics like that and invest in Church copies...or I predict current valid driver's licenses and passports of dead celebrities will be the next big thing.

Google probably doesn't like this.

Hey the photo is cut-off at the bottom.... the best part...

I'm not a covers guy.  Except if the top-grade of this one popped up for sale....I might have to get stressed and see if I could figure out how to buy it.  The only comic I'd way-overpay for simply for no reason other than I like the art.

Marvel's 1960's Daredevil gets all the hype.  But I'd take an SS #6 any day of the week.  I have no interest in SA comics.  An original-Daredevil movie, with obviously The Claw as the villain, could have a lot of potential.  I rate the 1922 Nosferatu stairs-shadow image as #1 all-time in horror cinema.