Jesse-Lee

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!

Nice books - what are those comics on the shelf mounted in?

I think I still have a bunch of these in a box at my parents' house, but I did find this one the other night when going through some of my old bins here at my house. Didn't realize people still collected them. Any I should look out for if I find that box?

I've actually never been to a comic convention - went to some local baseball card shows as a kid. But in college, I worked at the dorms at UW-Milwaukee, and in the summers we'd rent them out like a hotel, and my job was basically that of the GM of the "hotel." This is back when Gen Con, the main Dungeons and Dragons con, used to be held in Milwaukee. Since so many people stayed there, my co-worker and I decided to call and see if Gen Con would give us free day passes to check it out, and they did. It was super interesting - I wish I was really into collecting at the time because I bet there were some cool comics to be had, although the focus was on tabletop gaming. I did get to meet Lou Ferrigno though, so that was pretty neat. I remember him being really nice, although I think we got to meet him for all of about 30 seconds.

Recent LCS back issue sale pickup. This book came out when I was in about 6th grade, and it's one of my favorite covers ever. I used to put a piece of paper over the cover and trace Wolverine, and then I'd try to draw him freehand. I suck at drawing.

Pretty darn good, I think. Not a 9.8 I suppose - slight issue on the lower left corner and a little bit of slight wear along the edge of the spine, but no spine ticks and it's super clean otherwise (unlike my obviously dirty scanner, sorry about that). Still, for $2.50 it's a really nice copy.

Thanks! I guess now that I have a 9.2 and a raw copy, I should be satisfied... for now.

Thanks, yeah, I guess that's exactly how I should be looking at it. I felt like I made a couple of mistakes when I got back into collecting, especially as it pertains to slabbed books. But so far the slabs are books I want to keep, not flip, so maybe it shouldn't matter as much.