Schmakt

That first appearance always confused me. Put the Thanos appearance in FF, and you've got the hottest bronze Marvel this side of IH181. (And dammit, I started reading this thread too late last night and ended up buying another copy of IM55. I don't even remember what happened to my original copy... I traded it for *something*... I wish it was an ASM50, but I have a feeling it was more likely something like a DD18)

Now that's interesting... What If ASM16 pre-dated DD1? Then we're in a SS1 v FF48 situation. What If SS1 pre-dated FF48? Surfer showing up in FF was a marriage made in heaven, but I wonder what would happen if SS1 was first? Or if they came out in the same month so that we're looking at something akin to ASM252 v SW8. (albeit with much greater implications) EDIT: Note a lot of data, obviously, but a 9.8 ASM16 has 50% potential of a 9.6 DD1... that just seems crazy to me. But, again, I'm biased toward the lawyer.

I concur... I don't like the new site either. And the old Treasure Hunt is gone! Combined with those horrible stickers that put on CGC books I rarely even check prices there anymore...

I think you should contact the people who live there... that would be such a trip. I was scanning some books in earlier, and came across several with names or initials on there, and I was thinking how much I'd love to find those people and see if it mattered to them to see that book again. In particular this guy below! (he also signed the first interior page) If I had a name and address like you do, I'd definitely reach out... That said, if it's still in the envelope, I wonder if whoever owned it ever really cared in the first place, so maybe it wouldn't be as much fun as I'm imagining.

The only reason I sent it in in the first place was because I couldn't find out what in the world it was... I thought maybe I'd learn something from whatever CGC put on the label, so I was pretty surprised to see it come back Blue. Last thing I wanted was to encase something unique in plastic with no mention of its uniqueness, so I asked if I could send it back in for a new label. (They were great about it... it was free, and they apologized, noting that their graders had never seen a copy of the book before and so didn't realize it was an error.)

I've wondered about this from the POV of staying power of the character... Would the characters themselves had had more of effect across the universe if they began life in a more popular or better suited book? I'm a DD collector, so Imma stick with that title... You've got DD131 and 168 as the pretty clear winners of the first appearance game from the entire DD run, I think. What's next? #111? Would Silver Samurai have had more staying power and been perceived as a better villain had he started off in an X-Men book? What about #197? Lady Deathstrike had a brief moment in the sun, but would it have lasted longer if she was more directly associated with Wolverine? Purple Man makes for a great villain when handled correctly (thank you, Netflix), but he's never really mattered outside of Daredevil, so #4 sits fairly low. Gladiator is one of my favorite characters and has, I think, far more potential than Scorpion or Rhino, but neither Melvin nor #18 get off the bench nearly as much as ASM41 puts The Rhino into the game. What happens if we swap those two characters?

I've posted this a bunch of times... still haven't ever found anyone else who had come across this problem. (CGC originally gave it Universal)

I don't *know* at all, but that looks like a heat problem to me... I don't have the setup that you do, but I feel like I've seen similar "rolls" in some of the older holders. I just always assumed it was a result of them sitting in a car or something. :-/

::takeit:: And if you have a similar 123 to fill that gap...

When you decide you want to but a particular comic, how to you go about searching for it online? Is there a comic-focused tool, like kayak, that will search multiple sites at once? I find myself going to ebay, pedigree, wwcomics, daleroberts, highgrade, reeces, metro, ha, etc, etc... typing in the same search over and over... Is there a tool out there that combs a number of sites at once?

Hah, true... I guess, if this comics thing hadn't worked out, Kirby could have had a great career in head-fashion...

I just got my first copy of Thor #126 and finished reading it... That fight really lasted pretty much the entire issue! Lots of bluster, but it was a lot of fun to see that extended Kirby fight scene... not to mention Odin's super dope hat. But the best part was the first page of the ToA story where Thor shows up in shorts. I think he should have kept them!

Should I expect an 8.0 Qualified out of this? I'm thinking, on a good day, this gets an 8.5, but I've rarely seen a book with so many spine ticks and no other issues... (I was thinking the corner wrinkles might be pressed out) What do you guys think?

*sigh* I still haven't gotten one of these...

Hi! Would it be possible to update the Daredevil #1-#380 set to include a slot for #319 2nd print in addition to the slot for #319 1st print? Thanks! -jim Hello @Schmakt, Unfortunately, this set is titled and designed to allow for one slot per issue. The additional prints and/or variants must share the same slot as the standard issue. Thank you

thanks guys! I don't know much at all about the Diamond history... that "Spawn" code definitely looked wrong, but I didn't realize they just didn't have codes back then... Any idea what year that started? Or maybe the better question is whether or not I should even be trying to record the Diamond codes as an identifier... If I'd done that previously though it sure would have made it a lot easier to import all the data from my old DCBS orders! (kicking myself...)

I also noticed not getting logged out (finally!) I actually liked the new layout pretty much immediately... I tried the contact button to tell them, but that failed :-p It took a little getting used to on when to use the front/back buttons vs when to use one of the new dropdowns or something, but I'm still liking it better. Now if we could just get an API (even behind a higher paywall and a fair use legal agreement) that let us pull current prices... or maybe even just once-a-month EOM averages... or... Difficult problem to make sure that you don't end up giving your product away for someone to resell, but man it would be amazing to be able to hook into that amazing dataset! Maybe just be able to retrieve the previous month (where a sale existed) for Universal sales of a subset of prices (just show 9.8, 9.2, 8.5, 8.0, 7.0, 5.0, 2.0 or something)

well I'd love to confirm if "SPAWN0001" is actually the code that was used so I can know if the Image site is a good resource... I'm trying to find some kind of fairly unique identifier that I can assign to my books that has some relevance outside of my own data. I know it won't matter pre-1982 (or whenever Diamond started assigning codes), but I figured it was a pretty good place to start for tracking at least Moderns... if I can find a place to lookup the old codes... (and assuming that codes aren't recycled... I guess I was already assuming that, but I'm not 100% sure)

Does anyone know of a website that shows the original Diamond order code for comics from the past? The Image site has a "Diamond code" value, but it doesn't look anything like the current codes I see in DCBS or previewsworld (e.g. "SPAWN0001" for Spawn #1 vs "JUN190014" for Spawn #300) Thank you!

Thank you! I had no idea it was something so close to home... Excellent. Thanks again!!

Anyone know anything about this store and/or this signing event (like when it happened)? Seems like the place is maybe gone out of business... Thanks!

6th piece added to my "draw-your-characters-as-a-band" commission wall... Took almost a year and half to get this back, but Rob was nothing but pleasant, and I think this turned out fantastic! https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1628863&GSub=194563

This is what I wanted to ask...

No... dude decided to hang onto it and wait for something closer to $60k... no way he really had any intention of selling it... You're not going to pull a fast one on that show with something whose value is so relatively easy to pin down...

yeah... I was definitely not in the market for this... I'd actually forgotten all about the app until you send the $25 code the other day... Had my eye on that Cocaine Comix #1, but this popped up, so... Marketing: 1, jim: 0 Well done.