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Thanks for the videos! Well done. Perfect length. I like the details on what you think are the main reasons for the grade and why you think the copy presents well for its grade. I see a shelf of TPBs back there. Maybe you could flip through a few pages of the story if you have a reprint for the slab you are showing? I like the historical tidbits, it is interesting to me to hear a mention of the historical context in which the issue was released, why this piece of work from this writer/artist is important (or not), who did the cover, how it is representative or unusual (or not) etc. Knowing those things bring a book to life for me even if it's in a slab. Maybe drop a black or white cloth on the speckled marble table for sharp contrast with light or dark covers? They might pop more... And might save your cases from scuffs. Thanks!

Re: reading your comics. I'm a reader and I read them all but with resources like the GA Reading Room thread, widely available reprints, compendium volumes, and cheap reader copies of some books I wouldn't be comfortable thumbing through a valuable book for anything but a quality check. I get nervous when I'm holding a valuable collectible of any kind. I love what is IN comics and focus almost entirely on reading and directly appreciating the art but I do understand the compulsion to buy some that are never read. I collect vintage action figures that I just stare at. Collecting is a personality trait that, for comic collectors, would probably be manifested in some other collection if not comics.

Wally Wood Ed Piskor Jesse Jacobs Geof Darrow Moebius Ashley Wood Robert Crumb Al Williamson Marie and John Severin etc...

Thanks! I absolutely love comics and have learned a lot from these boards.

Depends on the book. A publisher/printer can do whatever they want to do. For example, Image reprints #1 issues to get people to look at series they missed the first time around: https://imagecomics.com/news/what-can-you-get-for-a-dollar-new-image-firsts Those Image books have a gigantic "image firsts" logo by the spine. ---------- Ture Hoefner

I wonder if the bag was a cheaper version of "mylar" that was not really biaxially-oriented (polymers all lined up with each other in 2 orthogonal directions like east-west and north-south). Maybe it was PET instead of BoPET. http://www.wikiwand.com/en/BoPET Just a guess but a sharp object could easily split/cut a thin plastic that has all of the polymers pointing in one direction (think of splitting wood with the grain)... But not so easy to split a thin plastic if it has "grains" in multiple directions. -------------- Ture Hoefner

I've seen GPAnalysis.com mentioned many times on these boards: https://comics.gpanalysis.com ...but I'm more of a reader of low grade copies and reprints than a collector of valuable books so I don't use an online pricing service. ---------------- Ture Hoefner

Less than 709,379 http://blog.comichron.com/2009/06/detective-comics-sales-in-1940s.html?m=1

I like the part about how the Edd Cartier cover was creepy enough to make the editor to think about who he wanted to sell to and he decided to start putting out boring covers after Unknown "But Without Horns"

Yes. It was frustrating. At one point the police reconfirmed with me that I had insurance. At that point I realized they would probably not expend much effort on my case.

Never use a storage unit. I had one get burglarized and the cop who filled out the report told me he would never use a storage unit because they get broken into very frequently. In my case they had video, license plate, everything. I never got anything back. The officer working the case, when visited by me after I got impatient and drove to the police station and visited his desk, said he simply didn't have time for it as he was working cases for things like gang bangers who were driving stolen vehicles through the front of pawn shops to steal guns. Always have insurance, never use a storage unit.

You are reading the 2012-2015 Avengers. Those TPBs seemingly end at Vol 6 "Infinite Avengers" at issue 34 but see the "Avengers Time Runs Out" series of TPBs. Vol 1 of that series starts with #35 of the Avengers series that you started reading. There are so many volumes/series of the Marvel characters that the first step you take when presented with this problem is to figure out which volume you are trying to complete and how many issues it had. In this case it's the 2012-2015 series with 47 issues (maybe/probably the 5th series, who's counting). Once you know that it's not too hard to search the rest. ------------------ Ture Hoefner

They are using OAuth for authentication if they are legitimate. https://oauth.net Think of it as a way for a website or web service (app) to use your credentials to connect to some other website or service without knowing what the credentials are. You see OAuth in action when you do things like access some website as your Facebook user or your Google account user. ----------------- Ture Hoefner

Some people write free software to show that they can (to help their resume or to stroke their ego), others do it to learn, some do it to stick it to the man, some do it to provide a path to some enhanced version that costs, etc.

I'm a comic book reader and appreciator of comic art and comic history. I've learned a lot while lurking here and thought it was time to join. Favorites include Wally Wood and all the other EC artists, Moebius, Robert Crumb, Jesse Jacobs, Ed Piskor. I buy mostly TPBs, compendiums, compilations, reprints, and comic history books. Just finished reading "The Ten Cent Plague" and now reading "Men of Tomorrow". On a desert island with only one book to last me until starvation or rescue I'd have to choose "Safari Honeymoon" by Jesse Jacobs. ------------------------ Ture Hoefner