Jesse-Lee

If you're talking about the green one in your photo, that's actually R2-A5, ya filthy casual... I kid, I kid, I had to look it up. Cool pics, seems like a fun time!

I really liked the way they used Bizarro in the Rebirth Red Hood run, I thought it was a cool (and actually sometimes touching) take on his character. I always had a soft spot for Bizarro.

Went a little crazy in @ygogolak's recent outstanding sale. Talk about a great seller - beautiful, tightly graded books, great deals and some of the best packaging I've ever gotten. Thank you!

Got this in a mystery box today - really cool cover, love that he drew so many different characters... But - what's up with Cap's legs? Is it just me, or are his legs way too big and too low for his torso?

$50!? Dude, I'm jelly - love that sketch cover. Nice grab!

I don't typically do mystery boxes, but I've seen a lot of people talk about the Boxed Heroes box, and I figured I'd drop the $30 plus shipping and try it out - the big prize this month was an ASM 300, and the secondary prizes included Captain America Annual 8, some MotU books, Avengers Annual 8, Longshot 1 or X-men 244. I posted my results below - and my thoughts about the experience - in case anyone is interested. Their presentation is really good - the box is nice and sturdy, and I could re-use it to carry books to a convention or if I need to transport 5-10 books safely somewhere. They included their info card, a trading card and a couple of stickers. Kind of cool. First book: Hobgoblin Lives #1 -- Value: $3-4 Everything is nicely bagged in Mylar, so they look and feel great. Second book: King Spawn 1 McFarlane Cover -- Value: Cover price I didn't pick this one up; cool cover. Third book: Batman 112 Molina Variant -- Value: Cover price I collect this run, but I only have cover A, so this is cool. Fourth book: Black Cat 9 Netease Variant -- Value: Cover price Fifth book: Miles Morales Spider-man Annual 1 -- Value: Cover price Sixth book: Something is Killing the Children 19 -- Value: Cover price Seventh Book: Civil War II 1 J. Scott Campbell Midtown Variant -- Value: $8-10 Pretty cover. Eighth book: Wonder Man! 3 -- Value: $1 Ninth and final book: Uncanny X-men Annual 11 -- Value: $3-4 Overall, the "value" was about what I paid, but most of these books are ones I don't want. I'll probably end up giving some away or bundling some reader lots with other low-value books I have to try and sell. I don't think I would buy another of these - to be fair to them, their presentation, service, delivery is all outstanding. All the books, even the older ones, are really high grade and all look great in Mylar. I knew it was a gamble, and in that spirit it was worth it, but I think I scratched my mystery box itch for now.

Sir, this is an Arby's...

James is legit, bro.

Crack. Duh.

It's not a ship, it's a schooner.

Sorry, let's bring it back to comics. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on the idea of Kal-el as a pop-culture Christ figure and the parallels to scripture that we see in comics - specifically the thought that Jor-el gave his only begotten son to be the savior of the people of Earth and the allusion that Superman is a near-omnipotent being who can hear all (super hearing) and see all (x-ray vision), who throughout comics history martyrs himself to save people who are likely unworthy of his grace and love. Discuss.

I find it hard to believe there is no God when I cast my eyes upon the beauty of this thread which He hath seen fit to bestow upon us on this glorious Friday night/Saturday morning.

Remember when I complained about a missing "d" in "Are prices still climbing or have they eased up a bit???" I promise I'll never complain about such a simple grammatical error again. Time to go wash out my eyes with bleach.

As a Joker guy I lean toward Ledger, although Nicholson was "my" live version of the Joker for a long time - I was in 6th grade when Burton's Batman came out, and I was fully enveloped in Bat-mania, from the books (I read Killing Joke, DKR, Year One, Death in the Family, Son of the Demon TPB, "The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told" and "The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told" to tatters in that same time frame) to wearing a Batman t-shirt basically non-stop, to the great Prince soundtrack (which is still on my regular driving Spotify playlist). The Adam West Batman was on TV after school and Romero was great, but the Burton movie was my #1 favorite film for a couple of years there - I got the VHS for Christmas when it came out and wore it out. So I thought this video was kind of a cool take - it lays out why Nicholson's Joker is the scariest Joker. I thought they make a lot of good points:

Collected as a kid until about freshman year of high school (1992). Most of those books were unfortunately either gone, in poor condition, or drek. Got back into it a little in college, but never really had the money, so I just bought stuff strictly to read and a lot of those are also gone or worthless, like beat-up trade paperbacks. Then I jumped back in last year - got the bug when I went to a local antique show and found some books for cheap. Getting back in was my COVID hobby I guess. Jumped back in with both feet - I tried to come in on a tight budget, but started buying graded key books and hunting for raw deals. I've spent a lot in the past year or so, but I've done well value-wise. Now I'm starting to sell off some stuff, recoup some funds and try to focus in a little more (although I'm a sucker for a good sale/convention/antique show, etc. and can't help myself sometimes!).

That's an Abomination.

My guess is it's Jeff East. He played the teenage version of Clark Kent in the Christopher Reeve Superman movie. I think the autograph says "Best of Wishes from Jeff East Young Sup." alluding to his role as "young Superman" but running out of room to write the whole word.

I've talked about my personal feelings on signing keys before (spoiler - don't like 'em), but for me personally, the only sig series books I'm interested in are ones with cool remarques or great sketches. I currently have 3 sig series books, and they're all either full sketches or remarques. I just feel like it's a less expensive way into collecting some original art without breaking the bank, and I like the uniqueness of them. But if I were to go the autograph route, I think I'd gravitate toward one book that has as many (all?) of the creators' signatures on the same book.