Kon_Jelly

Wow that looks to be a very good 8.0 - must be something inside the book that's causing the grade drop.

Bagley's also back on ASM now, so technically he counts too? And I'm with you - Bagley is the artist that I associate Spider-Man with since that's when I started reading. I also don't really hold McFarlane as high as most people. I understand his influence to the character, but my god his MJ was awful.

Okay now I'm just convinced that you're high.

You're equating two things that have literally nothing to do with each other (and also showing a fundamental misunderstanding of Bitcoin at the same time). Here's the thing - people want to own the comics because they want the actual comics. Once you detach the ownership from the comic itself the interest in owning it is going to plummet.

Sure, but I meant it from a purely practical matter. The reason you'd want to own a fraction of Action Comics 1 is the same reason you'd want to own a plot of land on the moon. You can't hold the comic in your hand just like you can't visit your moon property, but you can show someone a piece of paper that says it's real. Emotionally it's the same thing, and it's a bit nutty. And if you take that side out of it you're just looking at a bad investment opportunity.

Seems to me there is quite a bit of downside. This sounds similar to the companies selling plots of land on the moon - you buy a piece of paper that says you have something that you don't in fact have at all. Then if you actually tell anyone that you bought a fraction of a comic book and they'll think you're insane.

Here's another one I just ran across: https://www.withotis.com

Gotta love his Star Wars covers

Just arrived

I sold a book through Shortboxed a few weeks back and had a very good experience. I'll definitely be listing more in the future.

Man I post one reprint and everyone has to rub their first print issues in my face!

It was J Scott Campbell's variant of Birds of Prey. I was buying a few JSC books on the order and didn't realize that was a preorder. Still silence from them. Unfortunately I paid via Apple Pay Cash (not the card like I usually do) so I have no idea how to go about getting my money back, but I'm trying now. I also reached out to Shopify to see if I could do anything about suspending their account (which would essentially shut down their online store).

Just arrived today. Doubt I'll ever own the original in a condition anywhere close to this, so I'm super happy.

Got the UF4 second print for a steal, but the All-New Spider-Man made up for it. It was still in the poly bag, so I took a gamble on it. Turns out it has some pretty big spine ticks that break color. Ah well, can't win 'em all.

I agree 100% - a standard blue label is what I would get. But between the two character labels Venom is the easy choice.

Got this last year. I'm thinking it's time for an upgrade...

IMO the current Venom label looks way better than the Deadpool label.

Cover date for me is ASM 228, book on the shelf was ASM 231. Neither of them are all that desirable, but I prefer the cover to 228. I think Daredevil 182 is the most iconic cover for my birthday book, but otherwise May '82 was pretty unremarkable.

I think the prices are higher because of the hype around Punchline (which I don't understand at all, but whatever). The A cover for $15 isn't too bad for his store, but $40 each for B & C is a bit ridiculous. I bet they still sell it out, though.

I've had three orders with them that were fine, although they did all take longer to ship than any other store I've ever purchased from. My last order was placed in February, and I stupidly included a pre-order book. But that book was released 3 weeks ago and I still have no info on my order. Last purchase I'll make from them for sure.

I have a few just for display purposes, but I don't collect them. They're good enough for cheap little figures that I can put out in my office. With the sheer quantity of Pops that exist I couldn't even imagine trying to collect them. I think you mean Skottie Young.

So wait - did they take the titles 100% digital, or just the issues? Is Ghost Spider 10 waiting for me at my LCS right now?

My Venom 25 1:100 just came in. Bagley's art from this era is what I think of whenever I think Spidey, Venom, or Carnage, so it was an instant buy from me. Love it!

Getting grader's notes on a 9.8 while here I am trying to figure out why I didn't get grader's notes on a 9.2. CGC confuses the hell out of me sometimes.

How does that work? Why even have a pre-screen service if it doesn't do what you pay for?