Dick Pontoon

On 3/21/2024 at 11:09 AM, batman_fan said:

I had the T-Rex kit as a kid.  Bought it from the toy store in Osgood, IN.  They were clearing the kits out so got it dirt cheap.  I loved the color and glow in the dark teeth.

Those long box monster kits got issued initially with the -98 notation so the forgotten prisoner is a 422-98.  My understanding is the -98 was for $0.98 price.  Later they got changed to -100 for a $1.00 price.  I included the two box types for the Dracula kit.  You can see the 424-100 versus 424-98.  People with severe ADHD have to have both in their collection.

Methinks you mean people with severe OCD have to have both.

You beat me to it!

https://www.cgccomics.com/news/article/12753/

With all that wear, staple rust and stain, tape pull/ink loss, water spot on the spine I wouldn't go above a 3.0.

I wouldn't tape that back cover to the book since it's the wrong one. The back cover should be a Mason Shoe ad.

On 3/16/2024 at 1:01 PM, jimjum12 said:

Tell Jim I said hello, if he's there .... if you can, please.  GOD BLESS ...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

Sure thing! Jim's is usually the first table I head for. I usually get the early bird ticket so I can have a little more elbow room before things get crowded, but I don't know if I'll do that this year since the tickets are now $50 instead of the regular $15 admission. $25 or $30 I didn't mind but $50 is a little steep.

On 3/16/2024 at 1:54 PM, KirbyJack said:

I remember that scene raised some eyebrows in the letters page. 

For what it’s worth, I DO NOT consider it to be canon.

Nope, definitely not! I imagine Jack drew that scene for the gag of Ben falling out of bed without consideration of the Baxter Building living quarters.

On 3/4/2024 at 11:37 AM, Comicshows said:

Coming up soon is the annual Old School comic book show put on by Little Giant Comics at the Everett Arena in Concord, NH. Very solid guest list along with an amazing dealer line up. Vendors from across the USA setup here selling, buying and sometimes trading with the thousands of fans who attend. Only comic books plus related merchandise. No pops or other pop culture merchandise. Comics from a dollar to thousands of dollars will be available. I believe the website for more info for you readers is oldschoolcomicbookshow.com. 
 

Who’s attending? A couple auction houses along with great dealers including Harley Yee, Terrys Comics all the way from a 4 day one way drive from the West Coast, Richie from Florida, Basement Comics from MD, Heroes and also J & S from NC, Reeces Rare Comics, Derek from NJ along with Zapp Comics. Plus many other quality dealers from the New England area. 
 

There should also be evening activities both Friday and Saturday for those coming from a distance away. 

It's always been a 1-day show, I don't believe it's been changed this year. The show is on April 13th. The only evening activity I'm aware of (please correct me if I'm wrong) is a limited seating dinner with Steranko on the 12th. And the J&S Comics who sets up at this show is based out of CT, they're not the J&S from NJ or from NC (if there is one there, too).

I've been slowly re-reading the series when time allows, and this morning after starting #65 was surprised to find out that Johnny and Ben share the same bed. Huh-wha? Did I forget about that arrangement in earlier issues?

And if the OP is in the market for an FF #23, I'd say this one is priced a bit aggressively. A graded 4.5 just sold yesterday on ebay for $127.

On 3/15/2024 at 3:26 PM, Ryan. said:

That spine is rough. 6.5 looks right.

Are you looking at the top 2 pictures? I believe the OP is saying his copy (top 2 pictures) looks way better than the copy on the bottom, which is not his and looks like a 6.5.

I can't really tell much from the top 2 photos, they're too small and have heavy reflections.

On 3/14/2024 at 1:09 PM, the blob said:

$5000 a month is a real job unless you have a vast supply of primo stuff you paid discount prices for, yeah, a $500 (profit) side hustle is easy. It's weird, I hit 50 back in 2002 and lost my energy for this stuff. I guess I'll find it again next time I'm scrambling for money.  I know you were supposed to pay taxes regardless, but the old reporting rules seemed fair to allow for a side hustle and to not force people into a nightmare of paperwork. $6K now I guess is a decent compromise.

2002 is a typo, no? I thought you're in your 50s now, not 70s.

The typography is all messed up, like Dr. Balls said. I would stay far away from these books.

On 3/12/2024 at 7:52 AM, Kevin.J said:

What an anus

He needs to be on a list, if he turns up again in a few years memories will have faded and nowhere to check.

I'll second that.

On 3/10/2024 at 1:16 PM, thehumantorch said:

Was it kellyssuperheroes?

I doubt it. In cases like these, part of Danny's m.o. is to feign ignorance and then cheerfully take the return and issue the refund. He wouldn't come up with a ridiculous ploy blaming the submitter for undisclosed resto.

Can you share some pictures of the books and the seller's ebay ID?

On 3/8/2024 at 10:17 AM, dbcn said:

That's what I would think as well @shadroch, and yet the label clearly says 'Newsstand Edition' but there clearly isn't a barcode underneath the sticker... 

That's because its newsstand version without UPC. If you look under the sticker, you can see the UPC box. Three different covers were printed:

https://www.comics.org/issue/275076/cover/4/

Cal!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/296234891836

On 3/2/2024 at 12:05 PM, Ryan. said:

Pathetically low bids entered 

Some of my pathetically low bids are still winning!

I know it's annual time but I don't have #400 and these are my last 2.

I'm getting near the end of mine, too.

On 2/28/2024 at 11:55 AM, Darwination said:

My understanding is Ground Advantage is just rebranded first class mail.  Through eBay, the cost is dirt cheap, not so much at the counter (and it seems like it's not just the eBay discount).  My experience is on par delivery times with Priority Mail (and at most a day or two more) and that the main factor in delivery time has to do with local operations from where you send it to or send it from.

Yup. That mirrors my experience as well.

"Entertaining unboxing videos" is an oxymoron if I ever heard one.

I know you're being facetious Bill, as you beat your anti-Kirby drum again, but Jack did pose on a cover first.