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Blastaar

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  1. That's actually a great idea. Like they have all those Venomized variant covers they should have Vigilized covers with Tim Vigil doing the covers.
  2. Behold...90's cheese at it's greatest! I give you CYBERNET from Youngblood!
  3. Unless you post pictures I'm going to have to go with the White-Out issue from Alpha Flight.
  4. I thought E was for eyewear, my fault. I can't explain what draws me to it, but I like it, I think? The main reason was to see where this would rank in the much talked about ABCD and now E ranking. No hero, lower tier artist, and rock bottom pricing. But it is a splash and a page 1 title that maybe has appeal?????
  5. Here is an odd one. Full spalsh, non hero,pg 1, ehhh art and only going for $100 on the bay. What's funny is I'm actually drawn to it, don't know why. So A,B,C,D......or E? Power of Shazam #33 Pete Krause
  6. Ahhhh. Ok, that make sense. Thought it was referring to layouts. I'm a dolt.
  7. Ok, here is an odd one. Just purchased the original art to this page (sorry don't have OA picture in hand yet). It is Page #1 to Hulk(1999) #5. Great issue with contributions from some all time greats. Story and Art is split up into three parts between Sal, Tex, and Mike Miller, framing is by Dan Jurgens. But who did the intro page? My guess would be Sal, but on the next page, the start of part one, his Hulk looks strikingly different. Any thoughts on the artist? Will upload original when I get it.
  8. oh come one....this one is only$10,000. I bet you can get it for $7,500.
  9. I used to bunch his stuff in with the cheese of the late 90's and early 2000's but I have really started to appreciate it more and more and find it rather striking and unique. Since his passing it has been very tough landing some of his OA. Prices are insane. Anyone have any and would like to share? Here are some cool ones I came across.
  10. I'm a sucker for the Thing, especially when he is fighting himself! FF #12
  11. I'll take a stab at A. Cover from a top 50 artist Splash from a top 10 artist Defining moment or first appearance
  12. Joined just a couple months ago, still getting the hang of the place. Was venting in the moment. Going to see if he makes good with a payback before PayPal has to extract the funds. If he does not pay me back before the deadline than I would be more than happy to share his name. It's listed as one of the names to watch out for on the facebook link shared in this thread. If you want his name PM me and I will share it.
  13. Ya, I checked it out as well. Lot of names on there.
  14. Just sharing my experience my man...sorry I can't be more helpful. I guess if your looking for a point or a teachable moment from me it is I should have asked for recommendations from the board or gotten a referral. That and artist that are open and willing to do commissions with a two week turnaround are available for a reason.
  15. I'm not going to torch the guy, karma can do that. And again.....maybe he is down on his luck.....maybe he did lose all his commissions....and if the guy doesn't have $350 in his pocket to pay me back he must be in a bad way. It's just messed up that's all, came to vent. At one point I even said can you send me a splash or a panel that you might have.....he sold them all to Anthonys I think, he has nothing. He knew the deadline ahead of time, I even extended it a couple weeks, but as time and excuses passed I didn't even want to look at his work if I had it. Most cases you hand funds over to an artist and know that he will get to it when he can...and that's fine. But this was different because he knew the tight deadline and excepted the money.
  16. Nicest guy in the world on the phone when we first talked. You would most likely know his name, steady artist in the 80's and then dropped off. He created a character or two, and the commission would have been a solid addition. After the first call his correspondence took a nosedive. And I can almost bet he was excited to take my money to pay off the last sucker...my guess is he is really behind on his work. I should have asked for a recommendation. Right now I would be happy with a Mrs Argobast sketch, at least I would have something to show for the money that was given. Also, as the title states, I think I was scammed, I wanted to get the opinion of the forum.
  17. I did speak with PayPal and they said they would give him 10 days to respond. My question is....if he has no funds or no CC tied to his account...how do they get the funds to pay me back?
  18. I found my way to him by googling artist excepting commissions. Made my way down the rabbit hole, ended up getting his direct email address and started a correspondence. We talked for a good 30 minutes on the phone and he was pumped to get started on it.
  19. No invoice. He asked me to send the funds directly to his PayPal account (email address). I did day one. This is my first request for a refund, apologize if I am lacking knowledge in the process.
  20. He still has to have a payment method attached to his account in order for them to extract the funds.
  21. I escalated it up through PayPal and they informed me that he has not made any effort to address my refund.
  22. Mid May the artist (DC artist from the 80's, I refuse to name him as to take the high road) and I discussed having a commission worked on and that it would be received in time for Father's day June 17th. This was a gift from my four young children to me (with my money ). The artist requested half of the payment upfront and I told him I would pay him in full if he could expedite the order. He said he had the time and would get to work on it. The very first day we spoke I paid him in full $350 using PayPal for the commission. The date kept getting pushed back beyond the date it was needed. I asked for some pics to see how it was coming. He would never respond with the pics. He finally gave me an excuse, valid or not, that the airlines lost all of the commissions he was working. I informed the artist that I had made other arrangements for a Father's day gift after he missed the agreed upon date by several weeks and I asked for a refund. He agreed to the refund my PayPal three weeks ago but each week I am being told to wait another week. My gut is telling me that he is taking funds from other people to pay off other refunds. This is wrong and unethical, he has worn me down and I am out $350. This sucks