Lurker89

SOLD Incredible Hulk 340 NM was  $240 now $200

A few barely noticeable spine ticks and a non color breaking crease top left of the back cover. Looks like a great press candidate. I won't be heartbroken if it doesn’t go.

SOLD X-Men 266  was $225 now $200

NM to NM-

Extremely small CBC bottom left front cover, some color rub on the back cover otherwise a very crisp book.

It's been a long time coming that I shed some comic weight.

Those of you who I have bought from over the last few years know how I operate. I love these boards and treat them and my fellow boardies with respect.

Kudos Thread: 

https://boards.cgccomics.com/topic/509922-lurker89s-kudos-thread/

Lets get to it.

The rules:

No HOS or Probies

first "I'll Take It" or wins and trumps ongoing PMs

-Payment due within 5 days unless otherwise arranged in advance.

-I accept and strongly prefer Paypal. I will also accept money orders.

Shipping- shipping 1-8 books in the US will be $8.

My intention is to ship within 48 of receiving payment.

Shipping to US and Canada only unless otherwise arranged. 

Other than the 1-8 books shipping as stated above Shipping billed at cost via a second invoice.

Raw books will be sent in a Reptillian Overlord comic mailer via First Class Mail for 1-8 books. Priority flat rate box for more than 8. Additional insurance can be purchased at buyer's cost.

If in general you would prefer your  books be shipped in a priorty flat rate box or some other manner I will do what I can conform to most buyers shipping requests at their expense.

Grading-  I will not grade any higher than NM (9.2- 9.4) I do my best to be as accurate as possible if you would like additional pictures I can provide. Feel free to PM if you think something is inaccurate.

Returns- Sales are generally final. There can be exceptions made if something is unintentionally misrepresented on my end.

On to the books....

Hey fellow boardies,

Planning on selling some of my books here in the near future so figured it was time to get the Kudos Thread up and running.

I have bought a few books here over the last couple of years and it has been a great experience for all involved.

Bought from:

@SOLAR BOY

@devo3000x

@Tbone911t

I highly suggest working with and buying from all three they were great guys and helped me out with some awesome books.

Thanks in advance,

Mike(Lurker89)

On 3/21/2022 at 1:33 AM, divad said:

I would remove all three staples regardless.

Rust never sleeps.

It does however rest its eyes. 

I'd like to leave it in its original distribution form rusty staples and all.

On 3/21/2022 at 12:47 AM, Lightning55 said:

Curious what the back looks like.  Maybe a return address on the top left, a mailing permit number where the stamp would go?  I don't know how these were distributed, but unless handed out personally, wouldn't they get mailed to a subscriber base?

If nothing is on the back, it could still be that it was set up for mailing.  The old method used to be to print out mailing labels on a pre-formatted label sheet using your subscriber database.  Then peel and stick the labels on, add a stamp, off they go.

I'll  take a back picture when I get home from work today and throw it up here. Nothing on it from my recollection though.

On 3/20/2022 at 12:08 AM, iggy said:

The staples look awfully rusty. I’d have her return it, then get a new wife and best friend. 

🤣😘

On 3/19/2022 at 11:54 PM, mysterymachine said:

Looks like this one had it. You can see where the staple was pulled.

Key Collector Comics - Comic Reader #126

 

Thanks for sharing. 

On 3/19/2022 at 11:35 PM, Lightning55 said:

Looks like it was stapled so that it could be mailed.  I believe that time period was before the USPS changed their policy about how to seal mailing pieces, now no staples allowed.

Cool thanks for the info.

Anyone else have any info on these?

Was a certain percentage of these stapled off the press and designated as "mailers"?

My lovely wife knowing I'm a Moon Knight nut purchased me a beautiful copy of Comic Reader 126 celebrating us being together 12 years.

The only thing that immediately jumped out at me was that the book was stapled shut.

One of my best friends hooked her up with the seller, he informed me the staple was intentional at printing. I figured I'd ask if anyone here had any insight into this practice or it's purpose. The staple looks original and intentional but obviously all copies were not stapled this way.

My lovely wife knowing I'm a Moon Knight nut purchased me a beautiful copy of Comic Reader 126 celebrating us being together 12 years.

The only thing that immediately jumped out at me was that the book was stapled shut.

One of my best friends hooked her up with the seller, he informed me the staple was intentional at printing. I figured I'd ask if anyone here had any insight into this practice or it's purpose. The staple looks original and intentional but obviously all copies were not stapled this way.

The market dictates....

That being said I agree on IH271 and disagree on HOS92/SW1... for my own reasons 

IMPOSSIBLE!!!

May I submit my answer in slab form?

Also let's see a pic 😜

I buy Voldy but I will not buy PGX on principle.

PGX and CGC do not have the same grading criteria.

It will come back lower.

eBay seller is not be responsible for the difference in grade. You bought a PGX book with a PGX grade not a CGC book with a CGC grade.

Don't buy PGX

Welcome to the boards.

2 hours ago, fifties said:

I think it all depends on why you bought it in the first place.  I buy my books, generally in "reader grade" condition, in order to read them, and yes, there is occasionally some "collateral damage" occurring, mainly on the more fragile copies.  That said, one can read almost any non copyrighted book online, except for EC's.  If you only bought it for the cover illustration, you could either leave it in your own sleeve, or send it to a grading service.

I own it to love and preserve it. 

The history major that I was likes to think I'm preserving history with. The nerd in me just loves having high grade rare gems and first appearances of my favorite characters.

I do enjoy preserving condition for sure and would be very unhappy with myself if I damaged the book

2 hours ago, vheflin said:

Judging by this recent sale on Heritage I'd say you did pretty good.  I guess yours is around a 3.0 but post it in the PGM forum to get a good idea of what it would grade.

I appreciate the find on HA.

Sounds like I found a nice rare-ish gem.

As far as handling it to put it in PGM the the delicate spine gives me the willies I would hate to pull it out and and have an oopsie, I'm sure I'll muster the courage at some point though. I wonder how those of you who have collected gold for some time view this. Should I just get it encapsulated as is, hoping for a 2.0 +.

Or

Should I aim for the new fangled conserved label and see if I can find a historian/archivist/Indiana Jones to "conserve" the book mainly the spine.

I apologize in advance if this conserved idea is anathema to community standards

Sounds like I found a nice rare-ish gem.

The the delicate spine gives me the willies. I wonder how those of you who have collected gold for some time view this. Should I just get it encapsulated as is, hoping for a 2.0 (anybody know if I'm in the ballpark with that idea of a grade).

Should I aim for the new fangled conserved label and see if I can find a historian/archivist/Indiana Jones to "conserve" the book.

@onlyweaknesskryptonite you too buddy .... Shhhhh 😜

@kav

@Buzzetta

We'll always have our secret time together 😘

1 minute ago, Robot Man said:

Welcome to the wild, wacky world of GA. Very nice book to break your cherry on. Once you taste GA, you just can't go back.

Thanks , I think I did well price wise and love the cover.

Just reposted this in the Golden Age Thread didn't realize I was in Comics General and know someone may call me out on it.

Though I could argue it's a general comics discussion