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Average ebay sale prices seem quite a bit lower than $150. Take away the 1 $300+ sale and the other 90+ sales seem to be going for between $10-$30 per set. Am I missing something?

It was bizarre at the time, but Marvel was getting ready to feature the Guardians in a multi-part adventure in the Defenders book. Stan probably felt it was a good time to throw out the 1st appearance when he had a deadline problem.

Always surprised that the 1979 Heavy Metal Alien book by Goodwin and Simonson hasn't taken off. Simonson at his peak .

Agree with all of the above. After reading the initial post I really thought that Bio Rupp was going to come out looking very poorly in this. After reading the pm's there was nothing there that would have bothered me. That said, if I had a customer that was spending that type of cash on a somewhat regular basis, I'd certainly try to keep him happy. I do understand the frustration of a buyer that hits the "take it" early in a thread for a $5 book, then realizes a few days later that there is nothing else that interests him and he is stuck paying $15 in shipping.

Xmen #27 VG $15 Spectre #1 VG $8 Batman annual #3 GD $10

Picked this up on ebay this week. Limited to 500 sets, really nice high end Poker Set of the Adam Hughes DC Good Girl Art. Don't play much poker anymore but I'm a sucker for the Hughes artwork.

That's it! In the very back.

It's from a column in RBCC (#103)

Here's the article discussing the Satana debate.

Thanks people! I'll have to reread the story but I believe it mentioned there was an advertisement published for Satana in one of the Marvel Black and White Mags that predated the Warren appearances. I know it implied that Stan Lee spoke with Warren and the Warren character never returned.

Was reading in an old RBBC about a possible lawsuit between Marvel and Warren when they introduced similar "Satana" characters the same month. The story implied that a lawsuit was not needed after the 2 companies spoke and came to an agreement, which I assume was that Warren would shelf their version. The Warren version supposedly appeared in an issue of Vampirella. Anyone know what specific issue number it was?

Here's a shot of some Robert Bell bags that had been sitting unchanged for 30+ years. The tape yellowed but the bags looked clear and crisp until I changed them out a few days later.

Moon Knight #29 & 30 $6 set (readers, mold/moisture damage) Wonder Woman #0 Young Avengers #3 Young Avengers #7 (two copies available) both

Kingdom Come #1-4 $12 set

Catwoman #50 AH!

100 Bullets #3-5 $9 set Cannon #7

Loose ends were tied up and series completed in Marvel Two in One.

After speaking on how much I liked the Global Shipping Program, this is how my package arrived from the UK!!! Not sure if it's the seller or ebay or my post office but someone has some explaining to do.

Thanks for mentioning the twomorrows book! Had no idea they had written on this topic. The preview section included on the site was great reading, have a copy on the way to the house now.

Cover and story/art were finished for the Deadman story in Showcase 105, along with cover and story/art for the Ditko Creeper story in Showcase 106. Both stories were published in the in-house DC Cancelled Comics Cavalcade that a DC editor put together after the DC Implosion. I enjoyed this period also and was shocked when the books were cancelled.

Here's another unique idea from Marvel UK. Used the Cover image on Mighty World of Marvel #154 and then again on Mighty World of marvel 159. Considering the book was published weekly, little more than a month had passed between usages. At least they colored it a little differently.

Yeah, I saw an advertisement for the ptches while I was going through a collection I bought. I like the Hulk one much better than the Spider-Man.

Back, with more fun from the UK! I recently picked up a bulk lot of the Mighty World of Marvel Weeklies and found this classic Steranko cover. This cover was used for Hulk Annual #1 but they had Marie Severin redraw the Hulks head because Steranko's wasn't acceptable. Here we get the cover as Steranko intended. Those zany UK guys removed the bottom lettering "Battles the Inhumans" and replaced with "Battles the INHERITOR" so they could run the cover with the Hulk #149 story. It's still worth it just to see the Steranko artwork as intended.

I don't ship international but I do buy international. Any time I find a good bulk lot of the old UK Marvel reprints from the UK I will try to win it. I'm always surprised how cheap the ebay global shipping program is as opposed to other options. I just had a 250 book lot of Mighty World of Marvels, shipped from the UK to Texas for $23. I had always heard how expensive it is, but on multiple occasions it has been much cheaper than other options. It's to the point now that when I'm buying bulk lots I ask if they can send it through the global shipping program.