gradejunky

On 1/27/2022 at 12:02 PM, awakeintheashes said:

Star Wars #18 Sprouse is doing well.

Wow, crazy how these books just sit on ebay for cover price for weeks/months, and all of a sudden,wham, everyone wants the book and the price sextuples overnight.

I did pre-order 3 of these so that is cool.

On 1/23/2022 at 4:03 AM, Blankedboy said:

My favourite recent cover

 

This is a banger.  Not sure why cover A is creeping a bit over cover price in most listings, but this Zaffino cover I'm still seeing for cover or less.  The market is weird.

On 1/22/2022 at 11:31 PM, kimik said:

It should be heavily ordered, but I pre-ordered 50 copies for the 1:50 just in case.

I don't know how far everyone looks ahead, but might be a good time to add a few Skybound X #1 Tillie Walden Clementine cover while they are still cheap.

I definitely picked up a few of those myself.  I have 3 copies of the clementine variant I believe, and 1 copy of the 1:10;  all of them 9.8 candidates.  I have 6 or 7 copies of the 2nd print, which I like even more just from a cover art standpoint.  The 1:25 2nd print may be the one to get as how many stores ordered this 2nd print based on the cover price?  And how many of those ordered 25+ to qualify for the incentive?

Got a few of those on the way from Midtown before someone must have come in and bought almost all the copies before me.  I paid for priority shipping and should have them, and a whole slew of other books they had on sale up to 70% off the other day, by tomorrow.  Even with quick shipping and all, my hopes are low to receive undamaged books.  Midtown comics are complete hacks with shipping.  No matter how many times I've asked to have more secure padding around all sides I'm ignored, or told they don't take "special requests for shipping".  Asking for shipping to be done right so you don't have a box of smashed comics is a special request!?!  LMFAO

On 1/20/2022 at 8:12 PM, awakeintheashes said:

They’ve been using her a lot since she was introduced. Plus, her ties to the Nightsisters is another thing going or her in SW lore. I’m bullish on the character. 

I am behind on the actual reading of alot of this stuff.  I do not read my singles as they are inventory.  Unless I get a total dog copy of something that goes in the "junk box" that I will peruse/read.  SW Bounty Hunters has the TPB's, but no HC solicited as of yet to my knowledge.  Maybe this is just going to #25 like Vader, and then getting a Omnibus?  Waiting on Darth Vader vol. 2 omnibus and eagerly await the read.  Just read the War of the Bounty Hunters companion TPB with the one-shots, and await the main TPB.  Deathstick has been in the Aphra series mostly, correct.  That I do not buy except for isses #10 and 11 (1st Durge in Marvel), which I have quite a few of the latter.

I just snagged 4 more copies of SW Bounty Hunters 14 myself.  Paid $8 each for them and thay all showed up 9.6+.  I'll add them to the healthy stack I already have as well.

On 1/17/2022 at 1:44 PM, awakeintheashes said:

Got it. 

Crimson Reign is really giving them some needed spotlight. Sequels did such a terrible job explaining stuff and the Knights of Ren were one of those. 

The sequels were such stinking garbage it is not funny, though most already know this and agree.  I have heard some say they loved those movies....  Crimson Reign has Deathstick in issue 2 I believe.  Maybe that 1st app. starts to gain some momentum in the near future .

On 1/17/2022 at 11:56 PM, kimik said:

Looks like Strange Academy 15 is a winner this week. 1st Gaslamp cover.

 

That book was already selling for $20+ last week.  Not sure how I keep missing some of these Marvel books that are hitting lately. I think I didn't make an order one of the FOC's that some of these new books are popping on.  The burnout gets real.

5.0/5.5 

Eeks, too bad with that staining.

2.0

Im a bit lower with about a 3.0.  Water stains BC?  Significant creasing and wear.

Also, this is not an american copy, but a pence variant, correct?  Not that it affects the grade but I just noticed.

9.2/9.2 as said maybe a dent down at bottom that breaks color a bit?  If not 9.2/9.4

They will be fine....if you packed them really well with the "reasonable expectation that the post office will be rough as hell with it".  Whatever service is used the amount of throwing, slamming and shaking up and down in a truck is high with all shippers. At least with Priority and up you go on a plane trip instead of ground the whole way, but still.

Could be a lot of good stuff in those boxes.  If he was a gentle reader/handler of the books etc, then it will be worth it.  If the books are sub-par it could take way longer than you think to offload unless you just go the $.99 auction route for the fluff.  If there is DH Star Wars books you could be in some good coin.  Hard to say without knowing the details.

On 1/7/2022 at 12:41 PM, Brock said:

I’m enjoying it quite a bit… To each their own.

Yes, a little ‘Dances with Wolves’ and lot of ‘Lawrence of Arabia’.

The 1st episode was a little  to me.  The 2nd picked up quite a bit especially with the intro of Black Krrsantan.  The one thing really bugging me is the Gamorean Guards.  The costuming is horrible.  The skin tone is way too light, they are not rotund enough at all and they just look like two humans with masks on that are way too big.  Did no one there view the Return of the Jedi film to get them accurate looking??  I think they look like that on the Mando show as well....horrible!  The movie from what, 1984, makes them look real bad IMHO.  Looking forward to the rest of the show, though.

I was going to ask as well where they are cheaper.  I have searched everywhere I know online, and nadda.  I'm not paying $25 a piece for those.  I ordered my requisite 4 copies of Darth Vader #20, but of course that Sprouse cover had not been shown so I did not order any in my FOC pre-order.  I really wish they wouold show covers at least by FOC day.

Regardless of any weird spec play on that book, I have always loved that cover in the Hulk run.

Was just perusing ebay for stuff I'm waiting to get in my latest preorder and came across dc horror presents soul plumber 1.  Was a cover price book yesterday.  Not sure what gives....

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1312&_nkw=dc+horror+presents++soul+plumber+1&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&toolid=10041&mkcid=1&campid=5338314175&_odkw=DC+Horror+Presents++Soul+Plumber+1+1+25+Rossmo&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&customid=1000

Man the people that do this stuff just flabbergasts me .  Eventually they will be caught and have many charges pending on them from doing this kind of thing.  Total scumbags.

I just recently got the 30th anniversary One Volume slipcased edition.  I'm way late to the party.  I started reading it and have enjoyed it thus far.

12 hours ago, kevhtx said:

I could have sworn in the past Ive pre-ordered from DCBS (or maybe midtown) and it lets you pick which FBCD books you want along with your order.

Maybe Im thinking of something else, but Ive ordered them in the past for free with an order somewhere.

The free 20 books for FCBD at DCBS was like 3 months ago if I'm not mistaken.  That is when I ordered mine from them I believe.

My sales this week were literally nill.  I have not sold anything all week.  Past few weeks have slowed down for me big time and I'm assuming that having conventions this year as opposed to almost none last year is the main culprit.

It sucks to get a book like that for sure, but if the rest of the book is free from defects all-together, that is about a 9.0/9.2.

I ordered 5 copies of White well before FOC.  Let's see if I get a single copy.

2 minutes ago, awakeintheashes said:

The 1:500 is probably going to be the book to own, but that has taken a hit as well. The drying up will take a while.

Drying up will take some time for sure. I got 4 copies of cover A and all my copies have faint gloss scuffs on the front and back covers.  Nothing major that affects the ink but still kinda sucks.  Anyone else have this on copies they got?  I'm gonna maybe pick up a few of the other covers but this discourages me a bit.