Real Elijah Snow

Are you saying you have a Sandman Kieth page and want to trade for a MCP page with Wolverine?

Thanks! I read the thread. I'm a little surprised there weren't more posted... Also, most were black and white, and not all that detailed. I actually do feel lucky getting this one out of a dollar box even though I'm not at all familiar with the character. Maybe this is the cosmos's way of pulling me into new Valiant... I also pulled an Archie #1 (coverless) out of the same booth for one american dollar. I posted about it in the Golden Age forum for anyone interested in seeing how clueless I was to what I'd found.

The guys (and gals) in this thread are my friends, robot! Take your talk of databases and widgets and the matrix somewhere else!

I did a count. it's missing a few wraps towards the middle, but thanks for pointing out the splash. I just saw that 3 on the page and assumed that wasn't the first page page.

Holy cow! Thanks so much for the reply! I had no idea, but I figured it was early.

I for one really like the variant for #1 because of it fitting in the theme of the hoax that went on with the original marketing of the character. This one will be the one that jumps the most if anything ever comes of the Sentry media wise. I'd assume it's rarer than the SDCC. The regular #1 is fairly easy to find, but like others have mentioned, it's a black cover that's known for having visible spine ticks. I'd go with the variant in 9.8 at current prices if the regular is selling for more. It won't stay that way.

I was all over the original Valiant universe from the beginning, but I haven't kept up much with the new Valiant. I've been meaning to. This might be my best bet. Also, over the weekend I bought an X-O #50 out of a dollar box, opened it up, and there was a sketch inside... Anyone know how rare these are? There's hardly any info on Ebay that I can find, or a thread dedicated to these. If there is I would love to see it..

This may be a longshot, but does anyone recognize what issue this is? Missing the cover and 1st wrap. I rescued it from a dollar box this past weekend...

I found an Avengers as well later at the show. Again solo, and again one of the first couple of boxes I looked in. I'd take a pic, but not sure which box it's in and I've yet to unpack.

Found at 3 different booths. Only 1 per booth, and 2 of the three were found in my first box in the booth. HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN?? I always have dreams of making a big stack of them, but usually an hour+ later I'm wondering how I always seem to find one pretty quickly when starting a search, but they're so often solo.

You'll get more traction for this posting in the OA section....

Looooved the X-force run. I met him only the one time a few years back, and he was about as chill as you could possibly imagine.

Also, yeah, you're right. They are under the images. Thanks again--

Thanks! I actually just went on the site without going to the FM page, and they're listed there for some reason, but not on the FM linked page.

Is there a way to see your asking prices?

I'm going to say it. I was a fan of Chromium Man as a teen. I dug the art mostly. I even bought the cover for #1 from Adam Pollina a few years back. He was shocked that I even remembered the book and barely charged me anything for it. It proudly hangs in my office. I expect that not one person is going to say "me too!". If anyone reading this would like to prove me wrong, feel free to pm me to avoid any public ridicule.

I meant the people who saw it on the news that have no idea that 9.8 is tough on that book, or even realize it's CGC'd that think that their VF copy is worth $1400. I'm aware of how tough that one is in 9.8. I've probably gotten about a dozen 9.6's over the years. I always try if they're close.

"ERMAGERD, I HAVE THAT BOOK, AND IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH $1400!!!" -- everyone who watched that on the news that has an 80's/90's comic collection and has a $10-$20 copy of that book. POW! ZAM! SWISH! ZOINK!

Whoops. Quoted the wrong post. I consigned this. Glad you got it!

That was one that I consigned! Glad it went to a good home.

I sincerely can't find an example of this in this thread.

Who/why?

It definitely could have happened at CGC. Here's my experience: I've subbed probably 20,000+ books over the years. I've never had anything that I thought was damaged at CGC besides 1 isolated book, and one 25 book order. The single book was a Chew #1 that was perfect when I sent it in. I expected a 9.8 as my experience has dictated that expecting anything higher is foolish. (I've gotten exactly 2 9.9's over the thousands of books I've subbed and they were both the same book;Forever Evil #1 lenticular, and the sub was done onsite) The Chew #1 did get a 9.8, but upon examining it, it had 3-4 deep creases on the back cover that weren't there when it was subbed. No way on earth anyone would have given that book a 9.4 with those creases. To me it looked like what happens to books when they're in a not full box and bend over. My reasoning was that it happened after it was graded. It could have happened at some other point, but that's just my speculation. The second example still makes me a little sore to think about, but here are the details. I sent in a box with 3 separate 25 book orders. These were all high grade moderns, with the expectation that most would hit 9.8, with a few getting 9.6'd. I checked the grades. 2 of the 3 orders were in line with my expectations. 1 of the 3 orders was waaaaay lower. (I'm talking 6.0-9.0 nearly across the board) When the books came in I ripped into that box to examine the books. Every single one of them had varying impact damage to the lower left corner. I've handled enough books to know that these had obviously been dropped on their corners while the stack was kept together in the bigger bag I put separate orders in, and depending how close they were to the edge of the bag/board, the damage went from major corner crunch to a few stress lines. I called CGC to discuss the situation. My reasoning was that with the 3 orders in the same box, and one taking a major hit, the order had to have been dropped after it was received. Otherwise the other 2 orders would have sustained some level of damage, but they had not. Keep in mind that every order I've ever sent in has been beyond well protected. I've had exactly zero damaged orders before or since. Explaining my reasoning got me a small amount of sympathy, but no accountability. They offered to press/regrade. The books came back with about 1/2 being 9.6/9.8 with the other half in that nearly unsellable 8.5-9.2 modern slab range. They were very nice about the whole thing, but no matter how many times I reiterated my logic, I couldn't get them to admit that the order had to have been dropped after it was received. I probably lost around a thousand dollars on the ordeal when all was said and done considering what 9.8's vs 9.0's sell for on certain moderns. Maybe more. I tried not to dwell on it, and haven't had a problem since. I probably wouldn't even mention this order that was dropped if they had done what they did after while also admitting that logically it was obvious what had happened. It was beyond frustrating explaining the circumstance, and getting the response of "Yeah, we didn't do it". If they didn't do it, then somehow during shipping to CGC ,through some Sith magic, the double boxed and padded package of three orders was penetrated, one order was all corner crunched, and the other 2 orders were left completely unscathed. Amazing. I love the service and it's been a major factor of my business for a decade and a half. I haven't had a problem since, and don't expect any. Humans make errors though. I get that. That's what happened there, and I'll never be convinced otherwise.

Moon knight has been held back for something big. Otherwise he would have been on an episode of AOS, or used as a throw away secondary character in the Netflix stuff. I disagree that he can't translate to film well. He doesn't have to have a stark white costume that looks weird on screen. WWBN #32 sells and in all grades. I've sold probably 20 copies the past several years, and even low grades don't sit at all for a few hundred dollars. There is a lot of demand for that book.

What?