jgallo

Nice books fast shipping thanks

James G

Just a thought you can bring these to a UPS store and they will wrap and ship them for you. I know I wouldn't mind the extra cost of that if I was able to get the Thor piece. It would certainly take a lot of the shipping issues off of you, just drop them off and it's out of your hands.

James G

If the thor is available please let me know because

James G

Well its not quite a 3 but it's close

James G

A coverless Tec #29 as well... LINK

This was one of my old copies and the description he gives is really misleading IMO. Here are MY notes on the book when I was selling it.

1st 4 wraps married and the centerfold is from a 3rd book.

1st wrap is split with chipping and the lower right panel was replaced by Matt Nelson

3rd wrap has a panel missing

4th wrap has small piece out of the last panel

several extra staple holes along spine in the book except for the first 4 wraps and the centerfold.

No staples in the book at all

The good things are that the pager quality is very nice cream to off white

James G

So does anyone know why or how the Batman Adventures books were reprinted and released. I cam a cross a 14 which blew my mind as I saw no reason for this to ever be reprinted.

Aside from the Roman numerals the logo is all white and the letters page has been replaced with an ad for Bloodlines and Robin.

James G

Well the Sparkle City .5 didn't hit $10,000

 

Did anyone honestly think it would?

 

-J.

 

I am actually amazed at how high it did close. It was a beyond ugly copy and incomplete to boot.

 

+1. It petered out at just under the highest I thought it might go for, though I am a bit surprised it even broke 8k with such poor eye appeal. Looking forward to that 4 on comic link now. Any thoughts on FMV on that one?

 

-J.

 

In the grand scheme of things, I suspect the sale of the 0.5 copy will look like an absolute steal down the road. Considering a coverless, brittle paged copy missing the entire first wrap and centerfold sold for just under 6K, a copy with the centerfold, with the first wrap, with the front cover and superior, non-brittle PQ is a comparative steal.

The only problem here is the assmption that the 6K price for a brittle incomplete interior is sustainable. I don't think it is and I think that was a fluke and isn't likely to occur again.I can buy a nice complete interior for 7K ish any day of the week.

There have been several sales on .5 copies missing the back cover in the 7-8K range which I think it right, after all I can buy a 3.5 restored copy for 13K, which is a better deal then an incomplete ugly beat up copy for 8K IMO.

James G

I haven't had anything to add here in a while, but this came today.

Highest graded copy!

James G

Let me get my copy posted before the 9.4

 

What is the world is wrong with that book as it looks MUCH nicer!!!

That is my type of copy so off your hands :-D

James G

I'd rather have a Action 7/10/13 over a Supes #1 anyday, I just can't get over Supes #1 being just reprints of Action 1-4 and the cover is a reprint of the Action #10 splash art.

 

After TEC #27, I would want a Bat #1 over any other the pre-Robin TECS based on it being the first Joker, since he really is one of the most important DC characters.

I have ALWAYS thought Superman 1 was WAY over valued. People go nuts over the

First book devoted to a single character and classic cover and origin retold stuff.

That being said that fact that Batman 1 is a year later and WAY more common does hurt it's upside a bit. There are a couple pre Robin Tecs I would much rather have over a Bat 1 including my 28. I can get a Bat 1 almost whenever I want one that isn't the case for a Tec 28.

Oh and I currently have a coverless copy missing just the first wrap, so you can add that to the list

James G

What sells for more, is more in demand has little to do with "the truth." I thought we were discussing which comic had legs, and would be desired by collectors.

 

 

Cue up IH 180-181 references...

 

 

 

 

-slym

BUT Hulk 180 is gaining at a steady pace especially lately,. Sure it's still 50% of more less then 181 but it isn't junk like 182 ;-)

James G

let me got a step further, I don't think people care enough to pay a premium for the black label. If a white is 2500 I don't think you can get 3000 for a black. I think a person in the know would buy a black at 2500 if given the option.

James G

I have had a few raw but for slabs

9.8 1060469001 white

9.2 1170440001 white

the raws I have had were all white. There is no doubt in my mine the black is rarer, I just don't think anyone cares. If CGC had put it on the label, they I think it would make a difference.

James G

Thanks fully in the 50,000 books I just bought I got complete runs of all those titles among others. I loved teh Alf show as a kid but if I had any of the comics I can't recall. I see the cover as a goof more then anything to crazy.

James G

This is certainly one of the first pages I bought and one of the only early pages I have still kept.

http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=573071

I sold the spidey 300 page I bought with this page for a fraction of its value on ebay I guess it was just a few years before the boom on OA. Glad I kept this but the 300 page is probably worth more.

James G

So after a lot of work and the help of one AWESOME Rick/Gator I have gotten to this point, a life time dream!

Now all I need is 31-37 ;-)

James G

And maybe this is common knowledge, but it's new to me and I thought it was interesting. It looks like this book's splash page art was later 'borrowed' for Batman 1, which came out in 1940.

 

 

Very interesting and cool to note. They filled in a bit more of the cape but it sure is the same image and used the same way. Nice catch and cool pick up.

James G

I posted this one a while ago, but i got a slightly larger scan of it. It's my kind of low grade...no tape and a great presenting front cover.

Wow that is killer looking what brought it down in grade I assume the back cover?

You have a great run going there.

James G

So this book was on the wall in Chicago so imo it was fair game. I didnt see it but would likely have bought it. Just because it was mentioned here doesnt mean a book at a show is somehow promised to anyone specific.

Unless i missed something wayne-tec is fine

James G

Did a quick and easy deal with Dillion no problems.

Thanks

James G

I have a couple pages

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=584499&GSub=88821

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=805416&GSub=120032

Contact me if interested.

James G

I just cannot get over the prices on Walking Dead. It makes no sense to me whatsoever, and if I still had 'em, I'd be selling 'em hand over fist.

 

A word of caution to those who think this is not a bubble, and that WD will continue to appreciate forever and ever...

 

The sales of WD are not driven by casual viewers. Casual viewers are not suddenly collecting comic books because of this show. Reading the TPBs because of the show...? Perhaps. Suddenly dropping everything to invest hundreds of dollars in the floppies based on what happens (and who appears) on TV? Very very doubtful. Casual viewers are not watching the season finale, and then jumping up, exclaiming, "Oh my God! The five second clip of that chick with the sword...I bet she's on a comic book somewhere! I have to have it! And...not only do I have to have it, but I need to pay top dollar for a high grade example...preferably signed and authenticated!"

 

That price jump on a CGC 9.8 from $450 pre-finale to $670 the very next day? That was sold from one comic book collector to another slightly slower comic book collector, both of them probably overcome by the universal WD hype. The only people getting whipped into a frenzy here are other comic book collectors. And, if anything, this is most similar to a game of musical chairs. We'll see who gets a seat, and who's still left holding their overpriced WD comics without a chair when the music stops.

 

I don't quite understand this argument. I think it's safe to say that anyone spending hundreds to thousands of dollars on a comic is of the "comic book collector" variety, regardless of what the issue or title is, whether Modern Age or Silver or Golden. But collectors ARE spending thousands of dollars on certain issues and titles. I don't think you can so easily dismiss WD as another Magnus 0. If anything, it's becoming a cultural phenomenon more along the lines of TMNT. The question is staying power with those collectors.

 

When TMNT caught fire in the mid-80s, did the collector community have these same arguments? If so, here we are 25+ years later, and people are still spending thousands on that first issue. It's become THE key of that era (whatever era that is...the 80s generation era?). Is Walking Dead becoming THE key of this current era? If not already, it certainly seems on the verge of it. So, I can definitely see WD Issue 1 becoming THE key issue for all serious collectors to obtain for years/decades to come. It's no longer just hype. There's something more cultural behind the frenzy, unlike those Valiant days of yesteryear that came and went so quickly.

 

The show's casual viewers are likely reading the trades. Whereas the hardcore viewers might be jumping on the floppy bandwagon (thus the inexplicable price jumps for the Weekly reprints). But the collectors are the ones laying down the big money.

 

Do I think these prices will hold up? Every instinct agrees with you actually. No way these prices remain this high. But I'm just not so sure this is your typical bubble. I don't see prices coming down to less than $500 for Issue 1. Sure, supply is certainly MUCH bigger than TMNT 1. But the demand could very well become a permanent staple of this era.

 

The trend is your friend....until the curve at the end.

 

Expect TWD to fall as Pre-Unity Valiants did.

Not even close to the same thing. I went through both and I made a killing on Valiant stuff. There was no show or mass media behind it and it was a much smaller company then Image. Will WD drop off, sure at some point but everything does. I remember when Ultimate Spiderman 1 was the book especially the white issue. Now not so much but it still has some strong value.

As for Valiants well they aren't to bad these days either...

James G

Do not use Goo Gone it may stain.

use lighter fluid but don't soak it, your best best is wet a qtip and use that lightly to try to get it off. If done right it should not stain the paper and will not sure up on black light.

James G

Latest Edition

 

Sweet!

 

 

Great looking #37 Andre Thanks for sharing! What issues do you need to complete the run?

 

31, 33 and 35.No rush as I'm tapped out till SDCC

got a 27 huh!?

Somehow he always forgets about that one

Nice clean 37 though....

James G

Got some nice color guides with no problems, great packing and fast shipping.

James G