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Destroying covers/books to fleece people out of money.  Sounds like a great chap.

Roy Thomas editing a magazine with ego in the title has always been a little too on the nose for me.

Are they owned by the same people as Dynamite or are they related to each other in some way?

On 3/21/2024 at 12:54 AM, DC# said:

Apologies if this has been reported already here.     
 

 

 

Is it possible to have a FedEx package held at a hub or store for pickup?  I pick up my UPS packages at a local UPS store to avoid any issues.  I'm aware that may not be possible depending on peoples' location and is an added inconvenience that we shouldn't have to do because of these companies' failings, but it would provide some peace of mind on high value packages.

So many great Charlton horror covers from that era.

On 2/25/2024 at 9:59 PM, KCOComics said:

 

My 11 year old son started playing D&D recently and I've really gravitated to painting figures for his games. 

I recently bought and painted this Galactus Statue. It was made from a 3D printer and purchased on Etsy. It took roughly 8 hours to paint and I'm still touching it up here and there. 

I'm trying to settle on what to paint next. 

That came out beautifully!

Wonderful artist and person.  She will be missed.

A genre I never knew existed.

On 2/14/2024 at 9:15 AM, Nick Furious said:

Do you currently buy from Mycomicshop.com?  Never had an issue with their grading.  

Their grading is super tight.  I'm confident that just about anything I buy from them below 8.0ish would grade at least a half point, and sometimes a full point, higher most anywhere else.

On 2/10/2024 at 9:01 PM, Cat said:

That's Emma Frost by the way. You know, the absolutely beautiful, drop dead gorgeous Emma Frost. 

 

Yeah.... 

Is this Greg Land?

I'm all shook up!

I thought this might be a good place to ask about this new Nightwing Compendium.  It's one of my favorite runs from the 90s, so I'm likely going to grab it, but does anyone know what type of quality these are?  What type of paper stock do they use?  I also worry about a paperback binding that large falling apart easily.

https://www.amazon.com/Nightwing-Knight-Bludhaven-Compendium-Book/dp/1779525869/ref=sr_1_5?crid=3G01ZQ03A1QGV&keywords=nightwing+bludhaven&qid=1705676975&s=books&sprefix=nightwing+bludhaven%2Cstripbooks%2C108&sr=1-5

Thanks!

On 1/16/2024 at 11:53 AM, s-dali said:

Well, imo, that gives a lot of credibility to the rest of the texts being real.

 

 

This has lessened my skepticism as well, but I would still love to know how someone with seemingly no knowledge of the hobby would know to come post this here and say they had the answers to the questions we have been asking.

Changed my mind.

I don't believe the picture with the heat gun was posted recently.

One other thing concerning me about GoCollect's statement is that there is no mention of having to prove the fraud or of a mechanism to do so.

I'm completely aware, and appreciate it. I wasn't referring to him and I maintain my stance that at this point it's not helpful to keep people in the dark and risk more people falling victim to this fraud.

Can someone explain to me why the name of a store or dealer you have proof that you purchased a suspected tampered book from has to be kept a secret?  I'm not seeing how stating a verifiable fact puts any one at risk, while not naming the store puts others at risk of unknowingly buying books that have been tampered with.  Especially since if these people are trying to liquidate their stock of these books they are likely offering cut-rate prices and people are getting duped into thinking they scored a great deal.

In some cases it's coming off as people enjoying being "in the know" while keeping others in the dark.

On 1/5/2024 at 10:30 AM, Cocomonkey said:

I second CLZ. I also use Excel--I was using it before I started with CLZ, and I still keep it up as a backup--but CLZ is just a lot easier to track, add, show missing issues of a title, etc., though it does cost money. It also now has a built-in connection with...something I can't remember that costs extra but adds estimated values to everything (I don't use it, so can't remember what the name is).

Oh yeah, CovrPrice.  I forgot about that.  I haven't looked too much into that, but it may provide more of what you're looking for in terms of potential keys, @Gavin Crawford. There are different price tiers, and I don't know if it functions as a collection database if it's not linked with CLZ, but it might be worth checking into if you want to track what people are considering key issues on a week to week basis.