Jesse-Lee

Just picked up a 9.4 Batman 405 to match my 9.4 404, for basically the cost of grading. Hey, sub-9.8 coppers need love too...

The main reason I asked is because I was able to buy a mixed lot of TMNT books, and the miniseries #2 was the only Archie book in it, so I want the credit to be correct...

Wow! I guess it is the type of purchase where you'd have to find the exact right person at the right time.

Well now it looks like you can buy an entire run of ASM from 150-838, all CGC 9.8s. Cost you more than $500 though... https://www.ebay.com/itm/Amazing-Spider-man-150-838-Vol-2-1-58-All-Cgc-9-8-238-252-298-299-300-301-361-36/333295165665?hash=item4d99f0a0e1:g:zE4AAOSwDfxa4y2h

A lot of the issues are pretty easy $1 bin finds. Preacher has some nice collected editions too that I bet are pretty cheap - I have a bunch of the single books and the whole collection of TPBs, it's an amazing read. For LotDK, the "Venom" story line is easily one of my favorites (issues 16-20). "Going Sane" (65-68) is another favorite and a cool Joker story.

I'm not who you asked, but two that come to mind for me off the top of my head are Preacher and The Legends of the Dark Knight. Lot of good arcs in LotDK, and Preacher is one of my all-time favorites.

No, but I do have this shirt that wear often:

Maybe instead it's more like Grimace, the Hamburglar, all those old McDonalds characters who were around when I was a kid but aren't anymore...

I have a question about this mini-series - CGC notes the first issue as the first appearance of Bebop and Rocksteady, but if you read the books, they aren't named in the first issue and they only show up in their human forms. It's not until issue 2 that they actually show up in their more recognizable, mutated forms, and that's the first time they're called by name. Shouldn't that be a distinction? I mean, technically the guys who will become them are in 1, but the "real" Bebop and Rocksteady (for the intent of the comic/show) are in issue 2.

Picked up a bunch of new raw books, here are a few favorites:

A few new additions (a couple of these are maybe technically modern? They still "feel" copper to me):

Never mind, I looked at the wrong thing.

I personally bought this off the newsstand when I was a kid. My plan was to never open it, and when I turned 40 I could sell it for a million bucks and buy a mansion. Well, I'm 42, and you can't even sell it for a Starbucks coffee, but I'm glad I still have it.

Threw down a $9 impulse bid on a local auction site to win these. Mid to lower grade, but at that price I shouldn't lose money. Plus the Star Wars are pretty cool and the Batman is the first appearance of Lucius Fox.

I wish her the best, and she's far, far more talented than I, but this cover is giving me a bit of a "Hotel Transylvania" vibe...

Rescued these two from a 3-for-$10 box today (along with a Spectacular Spider-Man 158):

Had 15 minutes this afternoon to pop into a shop, grab a copy of Batman 98 and do a quick dig through their 3-for-$10 box:

Thanks! I see what you're saying, but I more-so meant that I think at least most of these books all came in some multi-pack at some point (like 1-3 came in a pack, 16-18 came in a pack - even though 17-18 weren't in this auction, etc.). So to see all these comics that have been included in multi-packs over time, and see those two random DC books that definitely came as Whitman editions in multi-packs, seems weird, like a pattern. Either way, I figured they looked like interesting books for a $9 impulse bid (well, not sure on the Disney ones), and that's cool to hear on 16 - I've never read it! JLA 167 is part of a story line that ultimately leads into the Identity Crisis story which is pretty cool, and Batman 307 is the first appearance of Lucius Fox. We'll see what kind of condition these are in... Here's a pic, should have them in-hand Thursday:

Here's a weird question - were any of the Whitman packs known to include actual DC-branded comics, or did DC do their own packs of these same issues? Here's why I ask: I threw down a winning bid of $9 on a whim on a local online auction for 8 comics - the books are Marvel Star Wars 1, 2, 3, and 16 (all diamond price box reprints), Mickey Mouse 189 and Donald Duck 201 (both Whitman editions) and then JLA 167 and Batman 307. Now, I double checked the auction photos and the JLA and Batman are 100% branded DC - I've seen pictures of the Whitman covers and they aren't those. But I just thought it was a weird assortment of books - all these reprints/multi-pack books and then those two particular books that are known to exist in reprint form. So it made me think that whomever they belonged to initially would have bought them all in multi-packs somewhere. Or maybe it's just a coincidence?

FYI, I emailed today and got a super-fast response from CGC (should have asked them directly in the first pace probably), and they said they'd remove it as long as you note on the packing skip that they have your permission to remove it. Just wanted to follow up in case anyone else had the same question.

Yeah, 27 is an awesome cover too!

Found this bargain-hunting the other day:

Thanks, cover specks are from my scanner, didn't realize how badly it needs cleaning!