Jesse-Lee

This is on my list of "always buy it when you find it" because you could get it all day for under $5... And I actually like the cover.

How dare you! (Kidding, kidding - all in fun.)

Posted this in the TMNT thread, but I figured I'd share it here too: My wife and kids got me a "Vintage Cowabundle" from Kevin Eastman Studios (6 Mirage books and 6 Archies) for Father's Day, and it finally showed up today! Really cool stuff - no earth-shattering books in here, but definitely a radical gift: They wrote a little note to my wife on the packaging: A pack-in vintage card: TMNT 45 signed and remarqued by artist/writer Dan Berger: And the rest of the books:

My wife and kids got me a "Vintage Cowabundle" from Kevin Eastman Studios (6 Mirage books and 6 Archies) for Father's Day, and it finally showed up today! Really cool stuff - no earth-shattering books in here, but definitely a radical gift: They wrote a little note to my wife on the packaging: A pack-in vintage card: TMNT 45 signed and remarqued by artist/writer Dan Berger: And the rest of the books:

I agree, I think they go great together too! I have 359 in a 4.0. I went in on 181 without a specific grade in mind, just two criteria - it had to present well (since I knew my price range was lower grade) and I had to get a deal where I felt comfortable. I went back and forth with the seller on BIN offers until we settled at a good place - ended up being just a tad under GoCollect's current FMV for the grade. It's a sweet book! And I know everyone says it, but I still can't believe the price of DC keys compared to Marvel. This would be a $1,000+ book in any grade if it were a Marvel character of the same caliber as Poison Ivy.

Couple of flea market finds.

Went to a pop-up flea market today. Only one booth with comics to speak of, and most people were interested in his LPs and other non-comic stuff. He had a couple of long boxes, and it was the weirdest, most random selection of books I've seen in a long time - most of the stuff was low-mid grade, but some of the 90s stuff is actually pretty clean. Almost everything was bagged and boarded, but nothing was priced. So I did my pulls and took it to the guy to ask prices. It was so strange - he shuffled through my pile for a minute, but he didn't consult a guide or online or anything; he just looked and thought a minute and then said, "these are $65." Comes out to just over $4/book, so even with the condition issues there should be plenty of meat left on them to turn a profit, but I was baffled by the randomness of it all and how his pricing structure/business model works... Dark Knight 1 is a first print, and the Batman 457 is the "000" error.

To frame the man... it's got to be in-hand! Wooooooo!!!!!

You can get a 9.8 right now on eBay for $150, or a 9.4 for $50... they paid $110??

It made me happy to see that my Batman 404 in a 9.4 is worth $360 according to them though! I knew DC would catch up some day! /sarcasm for those who can't tell I'm joking. Also, $360 BIN on a Batman 404 CGC 9.4 for those who can't tell I'm joking as well... First wins.

For sure - just an ouch because it was pre-sold a lot on eBay (not by me, headache avoided), and the thought of having to scrap all those books, bummer.

Was curious why my Crain Trade Venom 35 hadn't shipped, so I reached out to the retailer - this is what I got back. Ouch...

And I got the following two from @warden5523's sales thread - great seller, thank you!

FYI, there's a thread in the Comics General section that you might want to post this to:

Just wanted to say thank you - I ended up selling my Leo and April for $430. I ended up buying a couple of keys in the past few weeks (not for $430 obviously, but I sold a lot of video games/toys/comics last month, and the $430 went a nice way toward my buying goals). Glad I took your advice!

I'd say Gleason, Garcin, Bianchi and Bagley. Maybe the Crain trade.

I didn't go crazy but ordered 4 covers I liked before FOC at like $7 each (Gleason, Garcin, Bianchi and Bagley). I did find a Crain trade cover at what I guess was "retail" ($30) a while back, so I pulled the trigger on that too since it seemed to be popular. The virgin was sold out where I found the trade, but it was the only place I found the trade still in stock anyway.

There are still a ton of php errors happening for me - anyone else? I made a post about this a while back, prior to the board shut down, wonder if there are lingering issues...

Nice!! That's crazy, I actually have that Annual/King Size Special 6!