Jesse-Lee

1 minute ago, jjonahjameson11 said:

It should be noted the one for $3250 is slabbed by CBCS, not CGC

Yeah, thanks - I said Voldy (meaning they who should not be named), but sometimes the shorthand doesn't translate well. If that one sells, it'll be interesting in the long run to see what the difference is between a CGC and non-CGC sale. Also watching to see what happens with that CGC $5,500 - I'm sure it'll be a best offer, but I wonder where? I couldn't afford a 9.8 (even the missed opportunities listed above), but as the new owner of an 8.5, I figure a rising tide lifts all ships, and this is actually really fun to watch and track!

Couple new 9.8's just hit the 'Bay, one for $5,500 OBO and another (voldy) for $3,250 starting bid, no BIN...

I heard ASM 365 newsstands are selling pretty well...

3 hours ago, Yorick said:

This was such a fun game.  My brother and I overloaded our weapons by double-banding them and the plastic broke apart.  We ended up building our own crossbows so that we could hit the castles harder!

I dig that ATAT over there on the sidelines...

Aw man, I wanted that game so much as a kid!

Found it!! I was right on some things and wrong on some, but the Deathmate thing helped me on the trail of the different colors, thanks! (though I was wrong about the covers):

The series is "Exquisite Corpse" from Dark Horse in 1990. It was a 3 part series that could be read in any order. I never read it, but I remember wanting to and then forgetting about it. Here's an ad from the back of Frank Miller's "Give Me Liberty" (which is probably why I thought the colors were more pronounced on the book covers):

27 minutes ago, Lightning55 said:

Sounds like the Deathmate series by Valiant and Image.  There was a Prologue that of course you would read first.  Then there were 4 Issues only denoted by color: Deathmate Blue, DM Green, DM Yellow, DM Red.  You could read those 4 in any order, as they had no numbering.  Then you finished with DM Prologue.

That must be it, but it just doesn't feel right in my head - I do remember the color thing though, but those covers just don't look right, I remember this series having solid or mostly solid color covers. But thanks for this, maybe I'm just meshing two or three things in my head!

1 minute ago, telerites said:

so not an anthology like "By Bizarre Hands"

Just picked that because it is Dark Horse in 1994 - three issues. Different authors adapted some of Joe Lansdale's stories to comics. First issue image below.

 

Correct, not that, but thanks for the try! I feel like it started with an F maybe? Ha, my memories aren't helpful at all...

I'm hoping someone can help me out, this has been bugging me lately. I'm trying to remember the name of a limited series, I think it was four issues but could have been six. It most likely would have been late 80s, or in the 90s I think? I feel like it might have been a Dark Horse series but I'm not 100% on that. The "gimmick" with this series is that you could read the issues in any order you chose, there was no real #1, #2, etc. It was up to the reader how you read the issues to get the full story. Anyone have any clue what I'm talking about? Sorry I don't have more to go on and my memory of it is so all over the place...

4 minutes ago, Greatwhite said:

BIN?

Sorry, BIN = Buy It Now

Found 2 Venom packs at my Walmart - neither are going to be a 9.8, there are corner issues and looks like a couple of spine tics. Not sure whether to open these and see what's inside, hold them sealed for a bit, or sell them sealed. Sealed packs have been selling for usually around $20 (couple $10 sales, couple $30 sales, but mostly in the $20-$25 range). I can see the sides of the other comics and can tell at least one is that Champions/Avengers lenticular, but can't tell the others. The Venom is going to be tough to find in a really high grade since it's on the front and these things don't seem like they're handled very carefully...

1 hour ago, Greatwhite said:

Any thoughts? There is an ASM 300 ungraded up for bids on eBay right now. 09/27/2020. Starting bid is 550. These books have been selling for a lot more and yet  with less than 2 days left there is not a single bid on this book. There are 9 photos and the book looks great..

I'm not sure, it's a good question - maybe people are trying to find "deals" on raws or are turned off by the high start bid that isn't a BIN? Or maybe there's just more interest in buying graded? Another 9.6 sold for a BIN of $1,150 (and that is starting to look like a steal at this point actually), and a 9.4 listed at a BIN of $1,500 or best offer sold for a best offer price of $1,400. There have been a few raw sales lately in the $800 range too though. If you still have a line on that 9.6 for $1k and you can afford it, you may want to think about getting in on it, just my ...

Two more absolutely crazy sales today - a 9.4 W Direct for $1,625 (5 bids) and a 9.6 W Direct for $1,700 (64 bids!)

16 minutes ago, batmiesta said:

Let the double entendre's commence.  

 

At a 9.8, your Giant Size Man Thing is way above average - congratulations on such an impressive specimen!

17 minutes ago, Galen130 said:

My pleasure.  Glad you like them.  

Love 'em! And it looks like I'm the proud owner of the only 9.6 Gary Frank cover variant Doomsday Clock 12 currently on the census...

Picked up a couple more books on the boards the other day, thanks @rjahn98! Here are a couple of my favorites:

Absolutely love this cover, will look great next to my Batman 404 (if I ever figure out exactly how I want to set up a comic display...):

And this one might look cool next to my Batman 244 that is on its way:

Of course I had to have this one as a Joker freak:

And Dell'Otto is one of the best, and this is a sweet cover:

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And finally, first Robin King:

Just now, littledoom said:

“Honey hole” comic shop finds 

I spy a couple of currently heating up Turtles - nice price!

Great communication, fast shipping and the books are excellent. Thanks!!

I've often heard of X-men 94 as the "poor man's" GSXM 1 since it has a lot of great second and third appearances and it's the first new team appearance in the main title series. Still pretty pricey, but not as pricey as X-Men 1 (and it's the new team that most people associate as the X-Men) or GSXM 1...

2 minutes ago, littledoom said:

47 has a back cover of the first issue.. kinda like Spawn.. whatever is the most eye appealing

Yeah, that back cover is pretty sweet - I was luckily able to grab both 46 and 47 recently in a really nice grade for about $1 over cover.

1 hour ago, littledoom said:

teenage mutants ninja turtles 47.. 1st Space Usagi.. becoming a $30 comic

I'm hoping 46 heats up more too - 47 has the first Space Usagi story, but 46 has a Space Usagi "prototype" spread:

14 minutes ago, valiantman said:

The whole list of prices looks suspicious - like some "global calculation update" changed all the values without using any recent sales data.

The last two sales for CGC 8.5 are $15,500 and $16,177, but the GoCollect value of a CGC 9.4 is only $15,500? 

CGC 9.0, 9.2 and 9.4 should be significantly more than $1,000 increments above the 8.5 price.

The most recent sale is a CGC 7.0 for $9,600 but GoCollect says that's a $6,250 book.

Bad mathematical formulas give bad results.  I people would each pay me $9/month for bad math.  Bad math is really cheap to produce. 

You should look at their ASM 300 values - they've been undervalued for weeks, then had a slight bump across all grades yesterday, and now it's been downgraded again...

I did notice the used to show stuff currently for sale on eBay and it looks like that stopped working...

16 hours ago, Hezi said:

Any input on some overlooked issues from the original run? I see #53 and #56 are now listed as keys on key collector when they weren’t previously listed just a few weeks ago. Any idea as to why?

46 has the first Space Usagi as a "prototype" - it's like a character file spread thing, like the DC Who's Who kind of. 47 has the first Space Usagi story as a back-up story, where Usagi meets Space Usagi.

8 minutes ago, revat said:

Well for a large portion of the copper age, newsstand issues were more common than directs

I think it was around 50-50 in the mid-80s, going down to about 30-70 (70% direct) and then 20-80 around the turn of the decade. My preference on copper books is toward the newsstands, because the closest "comic specialty shop" for me in the 80s was an hour and a half away (and I was still a few years away from being able to drive), so my only option was to buy off the rack at the local drug store and grocery store. So I like buying comics now that represent what I mostly would have had the chance to buy back then.