boomtown

On 7/9/2020 at 9:31 AM, picon3 said:

This was a bizzare reprint choice in the midst of the Deathlok run.  The dreaded "Deadline Doom", but still...

 

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.

18 hours ago, Broke as a Joke said:

Aliens 1 predates DHP 24 as first Aliens in comics.  Predator 1 is legit though.

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

1 hour ago, G G ® said:

This all seems silly to me, and a bit of a storm in a tea cup.

I'm not going to comment on personal remarks and escalation back and forth but I can make two observations. I have no dog in the fight.

1. I can't honestly see anything initially which would have caused offence from seller to buyer. 

2. As a seller you are always grateful when people buy your books, or at least I am, but even a large initial purchase does not entitle a previous buyer to large scale discount in perpertuity going forward.

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

1 minute ago, N e r V said:

Ok. This one, right?

 

That's it! In the very back.

35 minutes ago, N e r V said:

Where’s this from?

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

8 hours ago, telerites said:

Being an ERB fan, I always loved Skull.  I bought the series off the stands and then got poked because the last issue left me hanging in a marvel implosion. 

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

6 hours ago, 1Cool said:

Deadly Hands of Kung Fu 1 - 8.0 - $25

On 2/18/2020 at 3:59 PM, boomtown said:

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.

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.

11 hours ago, Brock said:

This was also my favourite DC period... I was 10 or 11 and spent weeks looking for books like Demand Classics.

Last year, TwoMorrows published a book called Comic Book Implosion: An Oral History of DC Comics Circa 1978 which is well worth a look if this period fascinates you like it does me.

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.

9 minutes ago, Shadow said:

 I wonder what that Showcase Deadman original art cover would be worth or if it even exists? Not sure if Demand Classics was produced? 

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.

2 hours ago, batmiesta said:

And a Spider-man one, shown here with a regular sized book to give some idea of the size.

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.

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.

21 minutes ago, AlexH said:

I was just about to post this -

https://store.nakatomiinc.com/berniewrightsonsfrankenstein.aspx

That 1st release is doing great on ebay. The first few listed went in the $300 range and the last one sold for $500.

Thanks again for bringing it to the boards attention.