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Great episode, Felix. I always enjoy hearing stories from the old timers in this hobby. The discovery of Hulk 181 is exciting. Can't wait to get more details for that.

Maybe what you offered to the dealer was not worth $35,000 to him. It's not like you offered $35,000 cash for an item he priced at $50,000. Did the friends that you consulted value your stuff at a solid $35,000?

You and Joe should have left the pencils the way you found them.

Kirby, Ditko, Romita, Buscema

Is Egyptian Queen considered Frazetta's best work? How does the Egyptian Queen compare to Conan and Death Dealer paintings?

Fantastic video! Glen's descriptions for the Kirby pages are terrific.

Why wouldn't they? They are getting money from both the seller and the high bidder. It is not just about money, Ankur. There might be ethical or legal considerations as well.

Very entertaining segment. Albert's stories are great.

The second link has ASM #98 ranked number six. 1. ASM 50 2. ASM 39 3. ASM 33 4. ASM 129 5. ASM 43 Vol 2 6. ASM 98 Hard to argue with any of these, aside from ASM #43 Vol 2 by John Romita Jr. It is all subjective, but I would say ASM 98 is a better looking cover than the remaining 14 on the list.

That is really high for an almost all paste-up cover.

Agreed. Except I would only want to own pages that had been touched by Frank Miller. As a fan of the Daredevil series and a collector of Frank Miller art, I would love to find the 8 x11 thumbnail layouts for DD 179 and 181.

It would make a world of difference to me if Miller did the layouts for the Wolverine LS on a separate piece of typing paper, like he did with the latter part of his Daredevil run. However, Joe Rubenstein confirmed that Miller did loose breakdowns on the bristol board. Since Miller did loose pencil breakdowns on the bristol board, I am comfortable with Miller's involvement with the original art from this series. As far as the Daredevil series, it sounds like I am in the minority, but it is important to me whether Miller touched the boards. Previously I thought the cutoff was #185, and I heavily discounted the issues after #185. Now we have Klaus Janson saying that Miller started doing layouts on separate pieces of paper for issue #179. These are some of the most important issues from the run, but all things being equal, I would much rather have a page that Miller had some contact with, rather than one that is all-Klaus. That said, I agree with consensus that DD 181 is such an important book that the value of pages form this issue is not likely to be adversely affected by the fact that he did breakdowns on a separate pieces of paper.

10x mark up does sound crazy, but I am more concerned about Cool Lines' misrepresentations about alterations.

How did they create the borders?

There is nothing wrong with that. If you are not a fan of Marvel superheroes, or Wolverine in particular, I can understand why you have little appreciation for the first appearance of Wolverine. Personally, I rank nostalgia and historical context above aesthetics. Almost every piece in my collection is from a comicbook in which I have fond memories of reading and collecting.