Dick Pontoon

This schmuck did the same to me and many other sellers with the ID leab_us2015 Looks like some guys mistakenly shipped him books without being paid, too. Check his feedback. Probably started a new account after burning that one down.

What's not to get? Sales in wrong areas. Absurd crapping on numerous occasions. Trolling for press/cleaning clients. PGM post for an already listed book that was self graded already. Hi Swick! The thread has been scrubbed and the post to which Harvey and the others referred to is gone; I forget the poster's handle. That said....

Looks like the cover is detached.

Well, I don't think using optimistic BIN pricing as a guideline is the most practical way to judge. On this copy, a weak 4.5 but from an established auction seller, I'd guess it will hit $1800, maybe even $2000. What do you think?

GPA info indicates an upward trend 5.0 2013 2014 12 month 90 day last sale $1,1306 $1,744 $2081 $2167 $2125 3.0 2013 2014 12 month 90 day last sale $739 $989 $1,196 1,135 $1,135 It's been going up across the boards in all grades and is unlikely to level off much until it obtains equilibrium with other SA Marvel 1st appearance keys, especially with the forthcoming movie.

I don't see prices going down either on slabs or raw copies.

Nobody thinks Strange Worlds #1 (12/58) counts? I know folks like to parse details but post-implosion sci-fi or monster stories count as pre-heros to me. A lot of the early ones were transitional and I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the older-style post-code fantasy stories (like the ones by John Forte) were leftover inventory. Kirby did some work at Marvel in ’56 (Astonishing, Strange Tales of the Unusual, and notably the Yellow Claw) but didn’t return full time until '58. He worked on everything: monster books, romance books and Westerns. Here are some starting points: Strange Worlds #1 12/58 Tales to Astonish #1 1/59 Tales of Suspense #1 1/59 Strange Tales #67 2/59 Journey Into Mystery #51 3/59 Strange Tales #68 (1st cover) 4/59 Journey Into Mystery #52 (1st cover) 5/59 Tales of Suspense #4 (1st cover) 6/59 Two Gun Kid #48 6/59 Love Romances #83 9/59 My Own Romance #71 9/59 Rawhide Kid #17 8/60 Teen-Age Romance #84 11/61 Amazing Adventures #1 6/61

J/K. Is this the package you referred to when asking if anyone ever lost one in the mail? Did it have tracking? if so, what does the tracking say?

I wanna join the fun!

Recently finished "Girl In a Band" by Kim Gordon, it was quite good. Just started "Serling: The Rise and Twilight of TV's Last Angry Man," a biography of Rod Serling. It seems to be a little sensationalized or dramatic but so far I am enjoying it.

Yup. Having the wherewithal is a big part of organizing books. I enjoy doing it, but I need to be in the mood not just have some free time.

I still think you should give my method a shot, it worked for me. I don’t have it finished yet, its broken up into 3 separate groups, but within those groups all the boxes are sorted and alphabetized from Amazing Spider-Man in the 1st box to X-Men in the last. Part of the reason I haven’t finished it that I like to keep newer stuff separate until I’ve had time to read them. Start with an empty long box. Open up maybe 3 of your other long boxes. Since they’re already alphabetized it shouldn’t be too bad. Take all the “A”s from those 3 boxes and put them into order in the empty long box. Move on to the “B”s, “C”s, etc. You’ll need to have a couple of empty longboxes to start out with. As you go through the other stacked boxes and interfile more into the “master” boxes, you’ll need to keep shifting books from the 1st box to the 2nd and so on as the contents of each expands, but it’s not as bad as it sounds.

I don't envy you the job, and if I were local I'd love to come over and drink beer while I watch you sort 'n' suffer. I'd try starting small. Take 3 - 6 longboxes and alphabetize them. Then, take your next long box, alphabetize it and interfile into the already sorted boxes. It'll still take time and be a big multi-day job, but it will seem more manageable and you'll also be able to see the progress as you go along. Since the collection is so huge, it might be best to keep everything sorted alphabetically until it's all together, and separate by genre when you're done (if that's part of the plan).

Correct, Moon Knight was unnecessary. Not so much when he was introduced as a nemesis for Werewolf by Night. He was an interesting character in that context and made multiple appearances.

Right after a little break for Linda Carter.

30-Day Here's my latest addition, which completes the run. I'm told it's a Circle 8.

You made it out of the hot tub! Congrats!

Colors on that one are outstanding.

Getting ready for the weekend.

Aggressive in my case meant just as I said. Dealer pricing to sell. I think Pontoon is right. When I see a low priced book, I dont think "Oh look at this aggressively priced book" I’ve been collecting for 40 years. I have friends who are dealers, and talk to a lot of people who sell comics and collectibles and have never, ever heard anyone refer to a book that’s priced to move (i.e. cheaply) as being priced aggressively, just the opposite. A book that’s priced aggressively is testing the boundaries of the market. However, if folks wish to use the word according to their own personal definition that’s up to them.