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Got this 90s Marvel Collectible Classics chrome cover on the low

It’s been days since my last eBay sale 

On 11/2/2022 at 5:23 AM, theCapraAegagrus said:

At least s/he was honest.

“I promise to give you first right of refusal when I resale”  

On 11/2/2022 at 7:51 AM, Dr. Balls said:

And that Fantastic Four issue where they mixed up the color plates and created a psychedelic-looking cover. I had that one in my collection because it looked cool and trippy. That kind of error is quite large to make it out the door.

Man I wish I had that! Goes for more than I’m willing to pay! 

On 11/1/2022 at 5:49 PM, Dr. Balls said:

For everyone not familiar with the printing industry - they have convinced themselves they are rarities. In all actuality they are just a slip of the saddle-stitcher or printing mistakes that didn't make it to the trash bin. It's not like it's a unique mistake like printing the number of the issue wrong or forgetting to remove a piece of dialogue. They are mistakes that employees make and get overlooked, likely due to the tens of thousands that the print run is in.

For anyone curious, the black line is just a miswrap - the reason that there aren't many like it is because they caught them and threw them into the trash. The bindery department miswrapped the cover (as you can see the amount of white pulled onto the front cover brings the not-to-be-printed-in-the-live-area black ink line into the "live" area of the back cover during assemblage) or trimmed the cover incorrectly (depending on how the printing plant puts the book together). The black line could be seen on the "parent sheet" (the large sheet of paper that is run through the printer) - the parent sheet can have 12-18 (depending on the size of the sheet) of the covers on it. The parent sheet only has the inside and outside covers because it's a different paper stock than the inside. They print many of the same cover on one large sheet of paper for cost efficiency (ganging up), and them trim them out to be assembled with the rest of the book. There are a few different ways to assemble a comic book off press, but regardless of how it was put together - one of the covers was cut improperly, made it past quality control (of which the first, middle and last of the run was probably inspected and that was it) then assembled onto the book.

If I ordered a hamburger with no pickles, and got one with pickles, I wouldn't be terribly excited that I just purchased something rare and unique - I'd just shrug my shoulders in acceptance that the guy putting it together didn't read the ticket right. But, to each their own, I guess.

 

The fact that a vertical black line gets this guy wild is laughable. Green Lantern 1 New 52 “tear drop”  

On 10/31/2022 at 6:22 PM, THE_BEYONDER said:

So if a potential buyer messages you a request to do F&F outside the ‘Bay....risks as the seller?

the package could get lost.. but the risk is more on the buyer's side

It’s been such a long time since the last ebucks promo

On 10/31/2022 at 8:09 AM, comicginger1789 said:

Well there is starting a price high and then there is this

I can understand shooting for a 3 or 4x multiple tops of what a regular CGC 7.0 would fetch. This is ridiculous and should be ridiculed 

Just checked a 7.0 only sells for $60-100 and there’s a couple newsstands listed for $100

On 10/30/2022 at 8:37 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

Whoa I have 127 and didn't know

 

Yeah Phantomex lived beyond that storyline.. but Xorn only lived within it

On 10/30/2022 at 8:25 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

Ah he appeared in #129? I was wrong

 

128 is 1st app, 129 is first cover.. Xorn was 127

On 10/30/2022 at 8:22 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

I have a few of the new X-men you found, but not near as good of shape! The character in #128, I forget his name,but the mostly white cover is something like 1st cover or 2nd appearance and he was popular for a time

I think they're cool!

Xorn. I have that in newsstand! lol.

On 10/30/2022 at 7:21 PM, Dr. Balls said:

Somebody needs to let this guy know it's not 2021 anymore. There's no apes or Russian bitcoiners buying $50 comics for $500,000.

 

Considering I sold this back in 2018 who knows how long this item has been listed lol.

On 10/30/2022 at 6:29 PM, paperheart said:

He accepted my best offer of $90K

seriously? lol.

On 10/30/2022 at 6:02 PM, Cat said:

Was the listing done by Thor? 'It's thy comic, oh gentle beast of the night, speaketh freely and enchant me...'.

I'd say the only regret here is that this fool would have obviously paid you more than he did for it. After all, it's a oNe Of A kInD.

Initially I had the series set listed for $80 and then he messaged me multiple times telling me about the line on the back and said I could raise the price to $100 and he'd pay that. And he did

On 10/29/2022 at 9:06 AM, oldmilwaukee6er said:

Spawn Batman with a barcode adjustment sticker 

I have one of those 

Sell later

On 10/28/2022 at 5:58 AM, spreads said:

Crazy, how many estate sales are in your area, and middle of the week no less?   How many comics in total were there, multiple copies of books too - what was the backstory on the owner?  Nice grab...

This was the farthest I’ve driven for comics. Totally not in my area at all. As for the middle of the week I think that has to do with Halloween weekend. There was maybe 10 plus plastic containers full of comics. Hard to guesstimate. Definitely close to thousands. The female owner was definitely a reader and collector. Had amazing cultured stuff. Deep rooted Popeye, Little Nemo, Eisner type of collector. Although there was some dups and collectible comics like Sups 75 and Spawn 9 she definitely seemed beyond that and into the artist’s artist stuff. She spent a lot because she had thousands of quality hardcovers many of which were complete sets

On 10/27/2022 at 6:32 PM, Beige said:

1989 series - yeah?

Yeah

On 10/27/2022 at 2:34 PM, Qalyar said:

Some pretty nice books there. I find that Near Mint 24 interesting. I've never had a copy myself, but I thought they were on a cream-gray-ish cardstock cover. Not that it's surprising that a fanzine would have more than one cover stock option, really. Looks good on that orange, tbh.

Yeah that’s a keeper! I’ve seen it on a white cover. If I was to describe the cover material I’d say it’s akin to construction paper like material 

On 10/27/2022 at 9:47 PM, Microchip said:

That Lobo issue!!!   It's renowned as difficult to find, well done, you've got some good knowledge there.

I hoped to find other good Spoof comics in there including other Hughes covers but some were missing  

On 10/27/2022 at 2:15 PM, manetteska said:

Robotech! No book IVs?

Healthy run of Robotech titles but no book IVs