Cman429

7.5 but it looks like it has a lot of fixable issues (dents pressed out, etc)

I submitted books at CGCs Megacon booth (manned by some terribly inept people btw) on Sunday and they appeared on my account yesterday

Yes and yes

Almost all comic guys do that. Azzarello has upcharged to sign Batman Damned since it came out. I was just at Megacon last weekend and Andy Kubert charged $30 for any comic except Batman 655 then he upcharged you to $60 to sign it. Creators knowing what’s valuable and what isn’t and charging premiums for premium books is common now.

Oh gee, Liefeld bashing, how original. It amazes me how people have no problem with Jim Lee’s outrageous prices when all he’s contributed to comics are awful “redesigns,” running DC into the ground and a bunch of forgettable $1 bin 90s trash. What has Rob contributed? I dunno, Xforce, Cable, and one of the most popular comic characters ever created, Deadpool… I wouldn’t worry about Rob setting the bar on prices too high when there’s a lot of guys far less important or accomplished than him who’ve already done that

It was literally a sea of humanity. If you were in the middle of an aisle you couldn’t see what booth was to your left or right and I’m 6’2. My brother told me meet him at CGC, I got somewhere around your/Dale Robert booth and lost my bearings bc you were just in a crowd of people. The Frank Miller line stretched from his booth across the black curtain to across the back wall. Practically every celeb line was a 2 hour wait. Just chaos.

They won’t even let you get in line. And if you do get in line, well, just picture the blimp scene from Indiana Jones & Last Crusade. They have a table set up at the front of the line. You present your online code, they scan it and hand you a paper ticket. Then your allowed to line up like everyone else. If someone wants to pay cash, they just have to do that at the table too. You don’t skip anything, your still stuck in line with everyone else. The only advantage to a code is if the line gets capped & they shut off ticket sales you usually get allowed in since you pre purchased one. Rosarios line was insane. I met her last year when she was with the Clerks crew, waited maybe half hour. This year I was told the wait was closer to 2 hrs. Playing Ashoka made her crazy popular. Not sure about Chevy because he requests his table be set up behind a curtained off private area so people walking the floor can’t see him. His table seemed busy whenever I walked past but it was hard to gauge his line and I didn’t meet anyone who tried him.

I don’t like belaboring these discussions bc as you say, everyone has their own opinion and it is what it is. But just as my final rebuttal, you seem obsessed with the airport scene. It’s a great scene but reducing the movie to that one scene is as reductive as reducing BvS to “Martha! Why did you say Martha!” If you found Lex’s plan more compelling and his manipulations more intense, that’s fine. I find Granny’s “peach tea” more suited to an Austin Powers movie but we all see things our own way. At the end of the day, Cap and Iron Man had literally 5 movies worth of character development and backstory to build on which made their manipulation ans eventual break up epic storytelling for me. Batman just showing up out of nowhere after zero mention in MOS and Clark and him being at immediate odds when they never even bothered to, you know, meet before, just made the entire story seem rushed and poorly executed. But if it worked for you, I’m jealous bc it saddens me the first ever Batman/Superman crossover is an silly illogical mess to ME.

If anyone is going to meet Hayden Christensen I’d strongly recommend buying your auto ticket or photo op online in advance. For Megacon (fanexpo show) both options were sold out two weeks prior to the show. In 6 years of Megacons, I’ve never seen a guest sell out. I dunno if they cap his line at a certain limit or he’s just insanely hot right now but if he’s your #1 priority for the con and you don’t wanna be disappointed, I wouldn’t wait until week before to book a photo op or hope to buy auto tix at the show!

What always cracked me up about Civil War and BvS being released like a month apart was their stories were basically the same. In both movies, the villain’s entire plan was to turn the good guys against each other and have them beat each other up. Civil War just executed it way way better.

I go to several cons and half dozen card shows a year, in my experience dealers selling raw vintage/“wall books” are always way overpriced. They don’t even want to negotiate like dealers on whatnot or IG do. That’s bc they’re not looking for serious longtime collectors at shows, they’re hoping to sell to impulse buyers or rubes with no idea of FMV. As for the “exclusives,” you ain’t kidding there. I can’t be the only one over this gimmick? Every online dealer had a table full of “exclusive” variants. Don’t get me started on the nude variants. The McDonald guys had a table full of them priced at like $75+. I am embarrassed how they perpetuate the fanboy “has never touched a female” stereotype I thought we grew out of as a community. Meanwhile Black Flag was still selling the same Crain variants people are always trying to scalp on here or feebay so I’m not getting the scarcity argument. Finally, I bought two 2023 C2E2 variants at the Unknown table which I guess they split between the cons. I guess I have a different definition of “exclusive” than comic dealers… I was at Megacon three days and didn’t walk the entire space but the comic sellers seem to be shrinking every year. Maybe it was C2E2 splitting the attention tho. I passed that Dale Roberts booth several times and was tempted to say hi to joeypost but didnt want to bother anyone when vintage comics aren’t my jam. I wish I couldve found custom Lego mini figs but all I saw was guys selling ones pulled from sets. I did bit a few hundred in toys tho bc toy dealers seem willing to price things in line with ebay and even negotiate better prices. Or maybe they just had a bad weekend and wanted to salvage Sunday. This was my 6th Megacon in a row and I’m sad to see the comic selling aspect eroding away.

Add these two to my ever growing pile

Does anyone attending Megacon this weekend sell blanks/sketch covers? I plan to get a handful of commissions this weekend and need to find someone with a good selection of blanks. Feel free to DM me.

That book is awesome! I know the grade is secondary to your sigs but out of curiosity what was the first grade you got back on it and has it stayed relatively the same? I’m working on a few multi sig books and I’m just curious if cracking and recracking leads to a steadily declining return LOL

add to my other claim

add these two to my pile plz (one copy of the Harley/Ivy/B&V book)

these two added to my pile at $4 each (only one copy of Batman 442, plz)

these 2 @ your 2 for $12 sale

I’m noticing certain books Todd is more likely to t-bag you on. Like it seems he almost always does it on a ASM300. It’d be interesting if some dirty stats nerd went through this thread and like eBay listings and came up with a spreadsheet on which books most frequently get the t-bag while which are more apt to get a full proper Tood Mc sig.

These 2 BOGO just under the wire. (one copy of the Batman plz)

these two, thanks.

So I underestimated the glut of McFarlane books flooding the market. Darn CGC and their lightning fast turnaround times! Evidently my “board friendly” price wasn’t so board friendly after all. To rectify that allow me to offer a one time price drop to: $700 I hate bumping my threads but I’d like to avoid feebay and get this off to a boardie - even one from Cleveland. Offer good until this drops off the front page then I guess I’ll move it elsewhere.

I deal in comics, cards, and toys and comic book people are BY FAR the absolute WORST when it comes to making deals. On cards it’s not uncommon to offer say $3000 on a $5500 ask and get an immediate accept or offer $175 on a $300 BIN toy and get it without a counter. But you send an offer for $150 on a $200 comic and they react like you’re trying steal milk from a baby.

these two

Here’s Toddy….