Etreiw

On 2/13/2023 at 10:47 PM, scburdet said:

I like it, especially since a lot of writers seem to always just sign in black

Mr. Ron Marz used Green Marker on my 4 Green Lantern books.

Nice purple signature for somewhat similar cover.

Nice book along with your chosen heading too.  I got some books of her signed as well from the Powergirl title, it's odd though cause they were signed on the same day but her signature is somewhat different than yours cause they had labeled it as signing & sketches...

On 1/9/2023 at 12:29 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

Sorry it happened to you Etreiw. It's a lovely signature. If you haven't already, I'd contact CGC to see if there's anything they can do for you. It wouldn't grade a 9.6 with the scratch, so being inside the slab, and with your before and after photos, I'd like to think it's a clear case (no pun intended) of negligence on their part. Good luck. 

Family members have mentioned I should try to get a credit refund,  if I didn't have enough going in my life right now, I would play the email tag game with CGC.

On 1/8/2023 at 6:17 AM, 1950's war comics said:

i slightly blunt left corner bottom that wasn't there before?

I think it's the way I took the picture that gives you that impression, there was no grader notes on either.

On 1/8/2023 at 6:52 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

A sodding great scratch across the middle?

Yep....   It goes back into my collection, a story to be told that it was a beautiful 9.6 with a beautiful signature until the graded book was put into a slab......while they were putting the comic between the two plastic slabs there was some kind rub that caused the paper scratch...   At first i thought it was tape or something on the outside of the slab but nope...it's on the inside.     

On 10/7/2022 at 4:24 PM, jimbo_7071 said:

I would not have been surprised. Most people I knew were in to X-Men, New Mutants, ASM, Batman, Cerebus, Flaming Carrot, and maybe a few other titles. I didn't know anyone back in the 80s who was reading Green Lantern. I knew more people who read The Omega Men (which started in Green Lantern) than people who read Green Lantern.

I might be making a double post cause I don't see the post I made so I will make this a shorter response.  As a kid walking through comic shop, I would just bee-line to the superman boxes, I did not even look at Green Lantern comic.

On 10/2/2022 at 2:24 PM, Zoinks said:

"Here we are near the end of 2022 and there is not a regular running series of Green Lantern which is freakin nuts!"

That's only because of Dark Crisis. You read the recent Morrison volumes right?

I enjoyed those Morrison seasons.    wonder what it will be like after Dark Crisis, I'm not getting any vibe that there would be a Green Lantern Series, I have no interest in reading that one-shot that John Stewart will be in.

On 3/15/2022 at 12:09 AM, KingsleyChan said:

Artgerm is def an under appreciated artist! Beautiful Wonderwoman and supergirl books!! I'm sending in this one 

what was your final grade anyhoo  ? I made a video of the signature slabs I got back.... fingerprints on one of slabs which I believe is related to how many times that book was handled.  Perhaps I should stick to making my own signature window bags.  

On 9/14/2022 at 2:54 PM, Kevin76 said:

I got all these in 9.8 a few years ago,  have a complete 0, 63-100 set, covers are great  

Wow.   Back in the late eighties I had only picked up a few wonderwoman comics that George Perez had done but it wasn't till there was a Challenge to the WonderWoman mantle that I really started to read the character.  From that storyline, I pretty much have every issue until this last year where I begun to lose interest in her because of the art and the storyline....I may pick it up if a varient cover looks good.

On 3/15/2022 at 4:29 PM, MAR1979 said:

Only 5 months you must be well connected. 

Har har har  First 2 orders I got lucky I think cause as of today that third order is still at the received at CCS stage.....

On 3/15/2022 at 12:09 AM, KingsleyChan said:

Artgerm is def an under appreciated artist! Beautiful Wonderwoman and supergirl books!! I'm sending in this one 

Nice!

Actually with the first one shot, the book needs a good press on the front cover and on the back page it has a bent corner as well as a itty bitty tear, along with color break soooo yeah it would be a low-grade, eventually I will slab it with a blue label and not a yellow one.   Looking back at how Birds of Prey got off the ground and witnessed their wonderful adventures, I realize it great to be a part of that the stories, the artwork.  I don't even glance at today's volume of Birds of Prey cause they are not my jam.   

I think DC today isn't allowing breathing room for new titles maybe start with one-shots and mini-series to entice the public to want to see further adventures.  Instead of just starting a new title like "Wondergirl" and then cancelling it after 7 issues....art was beautiful.

On 9/28/2021 at 5:29 PM, Brandon Shepherd said:

Fingers crossed for you, love Brian Bolland WW covers!

Before Bolland had done covers for WW, I had only had bought a few early WW books but I pretty much started my WW run when Bolland did some of the covers.  I never stopped WW until this year because the cost of comics was getting above the budget I had for reading new comics....  

3 hours ago, JayBees said:

I have "quit" three times in the past, but came back.  There are always three series I will buy, no matter what, and I made that decision the last time I "quit":  Justice League, Avengers, Titans.  There is nothing wrong with sayng good bye. I am sure some day I will, but for now, I don't mind spending my money. I have no kids, so I might as well enjoy what I have. 

And yes, I agree, splitting sets are.. difficult to do. I want to sell my West Coast Avengers #45, but...  I .... just... can't... do ... it.....  That means I have to buy it again.

 

I have no kids as well, cause if I did I probably would have had to quit ages ago.  

If comics were still cheap, then yes it would be harder to quit but I just remind myself that near the end of me buying weekly comics, I spent $20 bucks on 2 modern current DC comics and that itself is bad. Prior to signing up to CGC, I read majority of the collections that CGC had linked to their site, I wondered what made those collectors quit? Was it the cost increase over time? Perhaps a untimely death? Or they needed some money?  I never dreamt that a year later that my own collection would stop  in Feb of this year. 

11 hours ago, the blob said:

I see kids going through cheap boxes. those are the boxes they can afford. Part of the problem is many conventions are so dang expensive it keeps some kids out.

Mine did. He had some titles he wanted to read from 1 up like Howard the Duck (2000 version) and Earth 2. I was a little annoyed he got them out of a $2 box (as some probably could have been found for $1), but I bought them anyway as I didn't want to discourage his desire to read them, Anyway, once read he gave them back to me and i will be getting my money back and then some on two issues of Earth 2.

Ah Earth 2 (DC)  man there was so much potential with that series but sadly the storyline went kaput and it ended...forever logged into one of my comic book boxes.......

12 hours ago, the blob said:

 

The fact that 98% of what is $4-6 now will be a $2 or less back issue later does create a big disincentive. I wonder if comic companies allowed some returnability of books, thus severely limiting the amount of overstock out there, if that would actually raise sales. Of course, we have decades of back issues that need to get unloaded, so maybe it is too late. 

 

 

Exactly!  The thing is, we who bought print are getting old, when I went to a small comic convention, did I see any young kids going through the $2.00 comic boxes? No I did't, so down the road when the seller is trying to unload those $ 6 dollar comics, they gonna have to drop the price just to get those 70 year old comic book readers..........

4 hours ago, ECDC said:

Yes. My “this is absurd” moment came about 25 years ago. It wasn’t so much that comics hit $1.95 about that time, but all the gimmicks really turned me off. I bought 5 copies each of X-men #1, covers A-E... so 25 copies!

I spent almost $50 on that one issue! I was part of the problem. No more. 

With the exception of one book, I still have every book I have ever bought. 

I’m quite happy now buying only back issues that came out prior to the mid 70’s. 

I still remember DC had at one point advertise the saying, "Drawing the line at $2.99".  If they are pushing digital reads then why don't I see the advertisements for that kinda of venture when I surf the net?

59 minutes ago, mattn792 said:

On the bright side, your hiatus isn't related to a loss of passion for the hobby.  When the fiscal picture gets brighter, you may find yourself right back in the fray.

I've "sworn off" comics twice in my life - first when I was 9 or 10 because I hated the Fatal Attractions story line so much.  That was a full swearing off, but luckily it only lasted about 7 years.  I even came to appreciate FA a little bit as I entered my adult years.

The second time was after I had the misfortune of reading the atrocious "Death" of Wolverine story.  At that point I realized that new releases no longer held interest for me, and I haven't bought a new one, of any title, since then.  Who knows though, maybe after 7 years have passed I won't think that Charles Soule is an overrated hack, but I doubt it.

Luckily, swearing off #2 just left me more time and funds to focus on the books I actually enjoy 

I've read some bad DC stories as well like Cry for Justice and recent storyline that they put Wally West through was pretty bad. This is different, we all know that the cost of comics have steadily rose and some of it is related to adding varient covers to issues.  I don't see the justification of shelling out over $6 bucks(including tax) for a new modern comic book.  It was a great 34 year run.  I'll stick to buying blue-ray videos of new DC cartoons...like that Justice Society coming out in May.

6 hours ago, the blob said:

Don't be silly. Something will catch your eye. I bought the Ross Hulk/Thing diner cover just because I really liked it. I bought the something is killing the children virgin cover at cover price because I thought it looked cool. I didn't even know it was hot. And I wasn't about to pass on an ASM 55 at cover price -- At the very least you may find yourself staring at a book on the rack that is currently $35 on ebay and say "I might as well" unless you pledge to never go into a comic shop again.

Having seen some DC comic previews for March, April and May, I know there's some pretty interesting storylines coming out but I can't walk back into a comicbook store cause the temptation would be to great.  If I want to keep a roof over my head and able to buy some food....comics are the one that have to go.  Ebay? I have never bought anything comic related from Ebay and I sure in hell won't start now.   Gonna be tough for the next couple of weeks though. 

2 hours ago, FoggyNelson said:

You will be back L O L 

Buying new comics? no. Having 34 years worth of DC comics, it's time to reread them and slab them as well.  I just didn't realize that beginning of this year that I would be quitting buying new modern books.  The cost of individual issues have finally gotten to the point of saying dam, that was pretty expensive entertainment.

43 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said:

Rotten isn't it, that day when you decide to stop the weekly new comic shop. Lots of us have been there though Etriew, so don't feel too bad. Things change and it's just too expensive now for some of us to carry on collecting in the way we did back in the day when things were more manageable. I miss the chats with my comic shop guys more than the comics themselves - those largely unattractive, expensive moderns with their bazillion variants made it quite easy to stop actually - but it just didn't feel right to keep going back without buying anything. And I agree with your digital sentiments - comics are a physical thing, or nothing. 

I liked your video with the nephews by the way - typical of kids to be as interested in popping the bubble wrap as the comics inside isn't it 

Good luck with your comic exploits in the future, in whatever form they take.

I think in general comics are at a crossroads cause of the increase in cost,, sure there's gonna be an expanded Spawn Universe now but how long will that interest last? Then again I wasn't aware that there was a big interest to make a bigger Spawn Universe to begin with.  

As for the nephews and one niece, showing them what they will likely inherit from their Uncle, a tonne comics that will be old and needed to be slabbed for sale.

1 hour ago, Brandon Shepherd said:

Superman #86 was my very first single, new Superman comic back I the day! Congratulations on the signatures and great video!

Thanks!  I went through alot of comic books that Mr. Jurgens has done, it was a tough choice to decide which first ones I should get him to sign.  He had jumped onto the Superman title at issue #57, which I also have but I thought getting a character he created 3 issues in would be cooler, sadly CGC does not recognize when Agent Liberty was created. sigh.  I was tempted to send in his work from the title he had started Teen Titans Vol 2 1 | DC Database | Fandom  but my budget was already at it's limit.  Maybe next time he visits CGC.  afterall his signature is pretty nice.  I do have all of his Teen Titan issues. Sadly his Teen Titans lasted around 2 years. ;( 

I was really hoping that any new signature signings would be done after Geoff Johns and not before.... this really frustrates me cause I wouldn't mine getting some old comics signed by some of the people below me.  It comes down to how much money I should be put into shipping.  Arggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh .... Deadline for CGC to accept shipment is Oct. 26, 2020.......

Dan Jurgens $75   Peter David Signature fee: $75   Howard Porter Signature fee: $75

J.M. DeMatteis $75    Keith Giffen Signature fee: $75   or J.M. DeMatteis & Keith Giffen Duo Signing fee: $100  

Louise Simonson Signature fee: $75 Walt Simonson Signature fee: $75 or Walt & Louise Simonson Duo Signature fee: $100

8 hours ago, Keys_Collector said:

Seems like such a waste to get a signature on a comic with so much artwork.  IMO, it's best to get signatures on books that allow the signature to breath and have some negative space to showcase the signature AND the artwork.  To each their own I guess. 

Exactly.  Which is why the more I think about it, I'll just stick with one signature per book.  When I sent in comics to get Amanda Conner and Jim Palmotti signed I did have 2 separate letter boxes but to get 3 signatures?  I think I would have had to make one big letter box covering almost the entire book and let the writer's and artist/inker decide where they want to sign but.the cost to get them signed is high for one itty bitty book.