The-Collector

I agree. I think part of the problem is not many HG copies actually exist. SPJM was not the most popular title and I don't think it saw the same speculative interest that other bronze titles did. The census (while only a poor proxy) is interesting in this case. Only 558 graded copies total! Only six in 9.8. and We haven't seen a substantial rise in those numbers since the book's price started to climb. So my feeling is the census won't ever explode. As a comparison IM 55 has 1969 copies with 53 in 9.8 and ASM 129 has 6320 copies on census with 89 in 9.8.

Thanks guys and Absolutely Love it!! Red Cross ambulance in the back they are saving is sweet!! Is that blood dripping out of the Nazi's mouth in the foreground? Very gruesome.

yeah to each their own. Highly stylised stuff is always going to be divisive.

It's called "style" Malvin You can call it style, but if FM's name wasn't attached to that art you would think it was a joke. That right hand and joker chin/smile are inexcusable, even for a legend. Sorry, just my honest opinion. I agree.

that's Australian for beer. or something. Can't remember. Had too many black widows last night. It's a red back spider. Unique to Australia. It's not koala bears. get your facts straight. It's dingoes. Not "Koala bear" just "Koala". Australian's are just a big joke to the rest of the world. What bits are a big joke? Or just everything. Good to Know. Forgive that misplaced apostrophe. No offence meant. I am also Australian. The Simpsons episode lampooning Australia is a good example of what I mean. I think it is very Australian to be self-deprecating.

that's Australian for beer. or something. Can't remember. Had too many black widows last night. It's a red back spider. Unique to Australia. It's not koala bears. get your facts straight. It's dingoes. Not "Koala bear" just "Koala". Australians are just a big joke to the rest of the world.

How could you compare Star Wars 1 to BA12? Its neither a Marvel or DC creation. You could compare SW to Rom, GI Joe or Tranformers, but not Harley Quinn. I'm just comparing it to every other alternative media hype book crash post speculative bubble which usually coincides with the release of said alternative media. See, also most recently, Alias 1 (even Daredevil 1 corrected somewhat, but has the benefit of a kind of silver age buffer that cushioned its fall a bit). -J. BA12 CGC 9.8 sold for $1000 before any rumor of a SS movie, it sucked back down below 800 and I even recall a BIN on ebay for $600 I stood and looked at and then the news broke and it went 1000 city and then proceeded north. SW was a 500-600 book in 9.8 before breaking news of a movie. I saw 2500 and right back down. Likely lower. Harley will unlikely break the SW box office record, but BA12 will always hold a higher spot over SW1 any day going forward. You may be right, but don't under estimate the similarities between the two books: Both started as alternative media, were then adapted to comic books, and then adapted back to an alternative media; both have a similar amount of graded 9.8 copies on the census (400+ now, each); both at least tripled in price almost overnight upon the speculation of a movie; both are HEAVILY speculated on; both have prior alternative media adaptations on television which did little to nothing for the values of their respective "first appearance books"; and of course last but not least neither is a true "first appearance" book. It ultimately does not matter to me what either book ends up doing, but I do notice the patterns and the parallels and it may offer an instruction of caution for those paying attention to such things. -J. DC owns Harley and I would venture to say they will use her and make her more successful. Margo signed up to be Harley for 10 years. She isnt locked into the Suicide Squad. Thats not even her main role in the DC universe. She's the Jokers gal and like him or not Leto is the Joker. Regardless of the outcome of the SS movie, expect to see more Margo and Leto. Madlove New trailer doesn't bode well for Margot in the HQ role. The jokes she told didn't land with me and she doesn't even have a Brooklyn accent. How can we have HQ without her occasionally saying "mistah J"?

Maybe I have the terms mixed up. I was under the impression that foxing is an age-related process of deterioration that causes spots and browning on old paper documents such as books, postage stamps and certificates. Is that different than tanning? Yes. Which can be different from a dust shadow depending on how the shadow was caused.

+1 And that this is you under copy is flat out ridiculous.

Nice copy. Much whiter than most.

+1 The stance of the vampire and the rendering of his face is very awkward.

I was going to bid on that one but thought it would go too high so didn't bother

That cover is superb. Probably one of my favourite works by burns.

Ahk that is what happens when I type on my phone.

Beautiful. Blows my mind he gave those out for free.

Looking forward to it.

Do you have pics? I would love to see it.

ASM 143 was the first example I thought of too. It seems the nice blue ones are harder to find in my experience. But it is realtively easy to find copies in the middle. Another one that springs to mind is the BC add for ASM no# 1 which is sometimes blue and I think other-times black (don't quote me I haven't checked for a long time).

If The-Collector had responded with this, I would have thought he's interested in an informative discussion, and I'd go count pages (I own all of his published work ). For you I can't be bothered. I think your first response explains quite a lot. He just doesn't sell his work. I think I agree with you his work is relatively small, that is compared to others. But overall I would say it is not insignificant and I would expect more to be avaliable given what he has done.

Thanks you!!

Baumgold only has the believer pieces left (and all the good ones like Ai Wei Wei / Fidel Castro are gone) and Scott Eder doesn't want to part with his pages/covers. I know where some is. I was more interested in opinions on why it is so hard to find given the size of Burn's body of work is not small. He has done a fair bit of illustration work outside of comics but you never see those come up either.

Hi Guys Just wondering if anyone had an opinion on why Charles Burns OA is difficult to find? He has a significant body of work and he has been working in comics and other fields since the 1980s but his work does not come up for sale very often. Thanks Jake

Love the display! Same thing happened to me- it's a sickness that has no medical treatment or cure! Congrats! And if we're lucky, there will never be a cure! Best disease ever! There is EC... and all the rest. Truth is...I can't resist either one. My disease is chronic and incurable but can be controlled by frequent addition of horror comics to the pile. Very nice. I can't help but ask, what condition is the Ghostly Weird 122?

What does everyone think a 9.8 ped copy would bring?

Nice copy.