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1 hour ago, Martin Sinescu said:

I was following this book and several early ASM's, most of which went a decent bit below what I expected, so there were some soft sales this round on CLink. Could be folks saving up/spending at cons, summer money seems a bit tight. I already spent everything I'd amassed before this auction came up, so I wasn't around to drive the prices up on the books I was watching. As VintageComics alluded to, depends on who's in the game at the time. 

Yeah, this crossed my mind once or twice- seasonal effects on prices.  I'm still new to the auction side of CGC comic books. 

16 hours ago, namisgr said:

+1

This is another example of a book that has less eye appeal after being manipulated than it did before.  From the lengthy line of color loss at the top of the spine and another one at the top staple, to the half-completed erasure of the arrival date, it's hard to understand how this book could've received the assigned grade, unless flaws introduced during its manipulation weren't given full consideration.

For comparison, here's another copy of the issue in the same grade, side by side:

  

Yep. I see the difference. Thanks for posting.

20 hours ago, paul747 said:

2018 average GPA is 2800, 2019 about 3200 this copy looks very over graded to me but in line with sales averages. Is this low for this book? hell no its high this looks 8.0 tops to me.

Thank you. 

http://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAUCTIONS%2FSEARCH.ASP%3FFocusedOnly%3D1%26where%3Dauctions%26title%3Dx%2Dmen%2B4%2B%26ItemType%3DCB%23Item_1322493&id=1322493&itemType=0

X-men 4 - first appearance of Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver and Brotherhood of Mutants sells for $2700. Any input on this? Why so low? 

I'm sending my key SA CGC graded comics off to auction. Page conditions vary- "white", "off-white to white" and "off-white". Should I send the "WHITE pages" comics to an auction that specializes in or tends to feature more "WHITE pages" comics?

I know most of you are collectors here, so maybe I should ask those of you who prefer or only collect WHITE pages- Do you have a "go-to" auction(s) ?

Real nice piece! Lots of action.

http://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?back=%2FComicTrack%2FAuctions%2Fauctions.asp%3FIDuser%3D%26col%3Da%2EMaxBid&id=1305460#detail

http://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAUCTIONS%2FSEARCH.ASP%3FFocusedOnly%3D1%26where%3Dauctions%26title%3Dbattlestar%26ItemType%3DCA%23Item_1305450&id=1305450&itemType=1

On 3/31/2019 at 4:21 PM, GMRS said:

Please PM me if you have any 1970's Shazam panel pages, splashes or covers. I am paying top dollar for the art from Beck, Schaffenberger, Oksner, Cockrum, Giordano, Weiss and others. Thank you.

 

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I saw your post the other day. I've been watching a nice '70s Shazam splash on ComicLink. I was going to bid on it, but it exceeded my price range today.  It's World's Finest #275 Page 39 Title splash.

Good luck building your collection!

17 hours ago, The Lions Den said:

Glad to see it worked out favorably for you...  

7 hours ago, Gnasher said:

Well done, good result

Thanks. And I appreciate the helpful advice you guys offered when I first joined this board.👍

Hello. I just received my first ever batch of slabbed comics from CGC. They look beautiful and I see zero Newton rings. 

I have a couple questions. I'm sure these questions have been asked before in this topic, but I notice there are hundreds of posts here and I don't have time to go through all the posts.

Thanks in advance for any answers.

1- My slabs have no rings now. Can they appear later on? And if so......

2- Is there a way to store the slabs in order to prevent or prolong the appearance of Newton rings? 

Just received slabbed copy today.

I decided to pay for pressing. I think it helped overall appearance. It's Beautiful!

1 hour ago, glendgold said:

He drew Superman in Jemm Son of Saturn. 

Good to know. Thanks!

2 hours ago, vodou said:

You'll probably have to cull some redundancy, but this is a pretty good start:

https://www.comics.org/searchNew/?q=gene colan superman&sort=year

Thanks. I checked out your suggestion, but there's too much info to go through.

But I looked at Gene Colan on wikipedia and was surprised to find a comprehensive bibliography. I'm guessing a friend or family member is maintaining the site, hence all the info. Apparently, he did a ton of stuff for DC, but I only recognize 3 issues where he would have drawn Superman- World's Finest 297 and 299  and DC Challenge #1.  I'm not familiar with the 4 issue Phantom Zone series from 1982.

Who is the first comic book character with the power of teleportation?

This piece is described as "rare". Does anyone know how many issues Gene Colan drew with Superman as one of the characters (World's Finest, Superman, Action, etc)? 

http://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?back=%2FComicTrack%2FAuctions%2Fauctions.asp%3FIDuser%3D%26col%3Da%2EMaxBid&id=1305462

8 hours ago, vodou said:

Yes, same Dave Cooper. Gun Fury from very early in his career, and it shows. Crumple from much later around the the time he jumped off into fine/gallery art for a decade or so. He's back to doing comics, of a sort through Fantagraphics (again).

Thanks!

Does anyone know if the Dave Cooper in the links below are one and the same? 

https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/dave-cooper-crumple-cover-wrap-around-original-art-fantagraphics-1999-total-3-original-art-/a/7189-93650.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515

http://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?back=%2FComicTrack%2FAuctions%2Fauctions_first.asp&id=1305469

2 hours ago, MIL0S said:

John Buscema & ‘The Tribe’: Savage Sword of Conan #5 pg 61:

The credits on this story are "ART: JOHN BUSCEMA and THE TRIBE". On the letters pages 'the tribe' is described this way: 

" Oh, and incidentally, the members of Tony deZuniga's talented "Tribe" which inked and embellished this issue's classic tale are: Steve Gan, who handled the Falcon and the "bad guys" - Rudy Mesina and Freddie Fernandez, who inked the minor characters and most of the backgrounds - Pete Lijauco, who did the gray-tones with Mr. deZ's help and supervision - and of course Tony himself, who handled Conan and many of the other major characters - including the ladies, naturally. (The boss gets all the breaks!) "

Beautiful! And I appreciate the info.

2 hours ago, Rick2you2 said:

Do you mean art that says "the Tribe" is by one of the artists?

 

I'm looking for art that is credited to "The Tribe", not to the individual artist.  Also, if anyone knows any interesting history about The Tribe, please share.

1 hour ago, GreatEscape said:

Conan #69 p1 title splash with Belit:

CAF link

Nice!

Does anyone have OA that is credited to "The Tribe"?

Please share it!
 

Here's what the Who's Who of comics says about "The Tribe":

TRIBE, THE
Name and vital stats
TRIBE, THE [aka ACTION ART STUDIO]
Note
Group of New York-based artists from The Philippines
Studio personnel
ALCALA, ALFRED (super/pen/ink/) 1977-78 > 77 78
DE ZUNIGA, MARY (co-own/) 1977-78 > 77 78
DE ZUNIGA, TONY (head/) 1977-78 > 77 78
GORDON, ANDRE (ink/) 1977-78 > 77 78
LANDGRAF, KEN (pen/ink/) late-1970s > 77 78 79
MONJI, ED (pen/ink/) late-1970s > 77 78 79
NANCO, CHUCK (ink/) 1977-78 > 77 78
NEBRES, RUDY (pen/ink/) c1977-78 > 77 78

Here is something someone shared with me about "The Tribe":

Pencils: Jim Sherman
Inks: Sonny Trinidad ?; Tony DeZuniga ?; ? [as the Tribe]

And here's what the Who's Who of comics says:

TRIBE, THE
Name and vital stats
TRIBE, THE [aka ACTION ART STUDIO]
Note
Group of New York-based artists from The Philippines
Studio personnel
ALCALA, ALFRED (super/pen/ink/) 1977-78 > 77 78
DE ZUNIGA, MARY (co-own/) 1977-78 > 77 78
DE ZUNIGA, TONY (head/) 1977-78 > 77 78
GORDON, ANDRE (ink/) 1977-78 > 77 78
LANDGRAF, KEN (pen/ink/) late-1970s > 77 78 79
MONJI, ED (pen/ink/) late-1970s > 77 78 79
NANCO, CHUCK (ink/) 1977-78 > 77 78
NEBRES, RUDY (pen/ink/) c1977-78 > 77 78

My curiosity is piqued, so I started another topic requesting more info about The Tribe.  Please share your knowledge!

Did he do any other Fourth World titles?

I'm looking at a nice Shazam title splash page from 1982 signed by Don Newton. Very cool! Dan Adkins inks. I notice in the item description that Don also worked on Aquaman, Batman and The Phantom. My memory is foggy, but I seem to recall that Don Newton took over for Jack Kirby's Fourth World when Jack left DC to go back to work for Marvel. Is that correct, or am I thinking of someone else?

Here's a link to the page. 

http://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?back=%2FComicTrack%2FAuctions%2Fauctions.asp%3FIDuser%3D%26col%3Da%2EMaxBid&id=1305455

On 3/15/2019 at 1:59 AM, stinkininkin said:

No, the Tribe was a primarily Filipino group of inkers, not connected with Adams.  Adams inking group was called the Crusty Bunkers.  

 

Thanks