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I like how he misspelled Ferrigno, to make it look as if he's just some clueless non-pro who doesn't know what he has in those dubious first 6 Hulk issues and only knows Hulk from TV.
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'It wasn't that white in 1962, let alone 58 years later.'
Tell me about it. I was born in 1962 as well and have the same condition.
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On 8/14/2020 at 12:39 AM, Buzzetta said:
I have always learned from these threads to scan both front and back before I send a book in.
In the event of a mishap, how can either party prove the scans are of the same book?
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Jeez, I would not put a book with that corner damage in the 9+ range.
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The guy just keeps listing more and more. I notice that a lot of the replicas are quite poorly trimmed, so at least that's something to watch for. I can't believe he's going to a printer where they have no regard for copyright. Maybe he's getting them done in China.
Ah well, who knows?! I thought it was worth flagging this, as I'm sure it'll lead to problems down the track.
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33 minutes ago, pemart1966 said:
Anyone want to spend the $99.99 to find out?
This guy is clearly selling them as "replicas" so to that end...OK - copyrights notwithstanding.
It's subsequent owners of these books that could be the real problem - if they try to pass them off as the real McCoy.
I'd be a little happier if he'd labelled them all as "replicas", reprints" or something similar.
As far as I can tell, these books do not have 'replica' printed on them anywhere. The whole idea appears to be these are copies that cost way less than originals for collectors who just have to have them. At best, they can fool their collector buddies with their seemingly impressive aquisitions. At worst, they can try to resell them as genuine. I don't see this as any different than printing up exact copies of $100 bills and selling those as replicas. It's just unbelievable.
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14 hours ago, Mmehdy said:
I wonder how the paper quality is on those and how similar to the original?...
He apparently uses newsprint paper for the interiors, not sure what he has for the covers. They don't look vibrant/saturated enough on his photos, but they might be better in person. From his feedback, people seem pretty happy with the results. In 10 or 20 years, will new collectors be able to tell the difference between these and originals?
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On 9/2/2020 at 4:55 PM, 01TheDude said:
You don't have to spend a lot to get the books unless you have some sort of bad OCD. I think this one cost me $4.50 plus shipping from ebay back in 2017. Sure-- a reader but it doesn't matter to me - I like my books raw, readable, and not so delicate that they can't go another round being read. Condition is always a consideration but it should not be a detriment to enjoying a collection imo.
FF #61 was the first late-60s Kirby FF I ever saw, around 1977 when I ordered it sight unseen. It's right in the middle of Kirby's absolute peak years.
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Just now, Ghost Town said:
I'd say those are all valid criticisms of Kane's work.
Completely off topic anecdote: I like to go to Star Trek conventions just to tell people how much I don't like Star Trek.
Actually, I'm here to be convinced that Gil wasn't all that bad after all. His cowboy covers were somehow better than his superhero stuff, probably because he preferred the genre.
But when I look at his cover to X-Men #76, all bets are off.
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On 2/14/2012 at 2:44 AM, seanfingh said:
Gil Kane was an essential part of my childhood love of Marvel Comics. His covers conveyed dynamic action better than virtually any other artist. He was prolific, fast and good. The Editors must have loved him even more than I did. I loved his lizards, dinosaurs and monsters the most.
He always drew dinosaurs with snake-like heads. I can't believe he was assigned the Jurassic Park comics.
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Gil Kane is one of my least favourite artists of all time. His characters all look like those poseable wooden figures at art shops, with really weird anatomy. And all those ugly up-the-nose shots + knock-kneed poses.
His cover to X-Men #76 pretty much captures everything I don't like about ol' Gil!
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3 hours ago, Howling Mad said:
There's 938 of them on the CGC Census, they aren't exactly rare.
They fetch insane prices though. Kind of like the Tesla of comics.
Probably easier to get away with fake copies of this too, as you wouldn't know what the genuine article is supposed to look like, being an indie printing.
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14 hours ago, Lazyboy said:
Okay, so now we've established that you have no idea what "warehouse book" means.
The only reason there may be anybody who doesn't understand how common the books you listed are is the relatively recent influx of insufficiently_thoughtful_persons into the
hobbymarket.I thought they were super-rare.
When supply exceeds demand, books sell slowly and for low prices.
KNOWN supply, obviously. And everyone knows what a warehouse book is, so shove your snide little insults. Is being a creepy passive-aggressive misanthrope like you acceptable on this board, is it? Nasty, nasty...
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WARNING! DO NOT READ IF THIS SUBJECT IS BORING TO YOU!
We know for a fact that Hulk #181 was included in the Mile High II collection of 1.5 million uncirculated books. I've spoken with a dealer in the US who says Chuck used to trade quantities of his bulk finds as a way of 'laundering' and varying his stock. Guys would just sit on multi-copy boxes for years, being careful not to flood the market all at once -- unlike this all-things-comics dude who now lists around 10 x Hulk #181 per month.
From this very board, a thread called
'I thought Incredible Hulk 181(Wolverine) was rare and hard to find?'
posted in 'Comics general'.
Posted May 4, 2009 Topnotchman'I was at one of Carbanaros NY conventions in what I think was year 2000, the year CGC was getting organized. The conversation amongst a few dealers was about a guy in New Jersey who still had a brown box case of uncirculated Hulk 181. The debate was do you just pull one book at a time and sell it without telling people you have hundreds.'
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4 hours ago, Joe Ankenbauer said:
What if aliens came to earth and destroyed all the IH #181s that were on display in comic shops? How do you think that would affect the price?
Yeah, except the scenario of uncirculated case-loads is actually genuine.
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11 hours ago, Wolverinex said:
Whoa.... surprised he hasn't flooded the market with TMNT 1
Jeez, I hope that's not gonna happen.
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2 hours ago, etowah1123 said:
If demand wasn’t there price would not b where it is at. What do you think a fair price for that book would b?
The price has been manipulated to where it is now. People pay according to their perceptions, not reality. What if it came out that there are case-loads of 150,000 VF/NM copies of 181?
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1 hour ago, Lightning55 said:
Yes, the door is open to abuse in that area. Not having seen one, I'm curious how they compare to the originals. Especially the type of paper, cover gloss, color saturation,etc.
And I hope someone reports the situation, although eBay is known to be very slow to react, if they do at all.
I've seen similar listings on eBay before, but the sellers seem to go underground pretty quickly. I contacted one of them last year as if I was interested in purchasing from him. Initially he said he could reprint virtually any comic I wanted, but after a further equiry he stopped responding. Probably got spooked. This is pretty serious stuff, making near exact replicas of items that are worth tens of thousands of dolllars. His feedback is good, buyers are impressed with the quality.
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1 hour ago, Lightning55 said:
Looks like a possible copyright violation. Depends on what the statute of limitations is on copyrights, before they fall into the public domain.
Some intellectual property material, like old books, movies, songs, etc., are emerging from their protected status. The laws protecting them have a time limit.
Certainly the Silver Age stuff by Marvel and DC are not able to be reproduced without permission, but people will do what they can get away with, until someone makes the effort to stop them.
Also, I have seen situations where the items are for sale here in the U.S., but the products are shipped from outside the country. That makes it even more complicated to stop.
Aside from copyright, the biggest potential problem is these could be passed off as originals.
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1 minute ago, VintageComics said:
None of the books he's selling are rare. They're all available to anyone with money to buy them. I think most collectors who have been collecting for more than just a few years realize this.
Yeah, that's pretty much the point. These books are common and supply exceeds demand.
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3 hours ago, VintageComics said:
Many of those are not warehouse books. They're just popular keys.
This sell all_things_comics has been discussed here on this chat forum MANY times and has been accused of using questionable practices.
The fact that he's been selling multiples of these issues, week after week for at least ten years, reasonably implies he has warehouse level quantities of them. I guess nobody who's spent thousands of dollars on common books wants to know about this, however.
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Some guy's selling home-made 'replicas' of Silver and Golden Age keys, quite blatantly:
https://www.ebay.com/sch/sun_tzu_lao/m.html?item=224139018032&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562
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And here's an unofficial 'replica' of it that some guy's had printed. That's kinda scary:
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Yet another one's just gone up, for those who still need it:
When supply exceeds demand, books sell slowly and for low prices.
Can an Ebay seller really be this Unaware??? or is it a scam???
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I feel like telling this guy I'm willing to bid $100K if he could post more photos of those 6 Hulks and I like the look of them.