jaeldubyoo

 

Comics & Comix opened a shop just around the corner (about 1974?). Also, there were a couple of used bookstores on the block that sold back issues. There was a kid that priced the comics for one bookstore. He used to let me have some of the comics for cheaper. I remember he re-priced an Avengers #100 from $1.00 to 50¢ for me. He was a big Neal Adams fan. I think his name was Adam.

 

I was just doing some Internet research to find the name of the comic store across from Recycle Books in San Jose when I ran across this post. I think the "Adam" you mention might be me. If so, it is a funny coincidence. If not, a reasonable error on my part. Back in about 1975 I started memorizing the Price Guide every year. This gave me a tiny amount of local notoriety in San Jose comic shops because I could price things without referring to the guide. Because of this (among other things) I would answer questions at local conventions, like when Rick Calou of San Francisco's Comic Detectives challenged all comers to stump me on the price for any comic (no one won the challenge). Another thing that happened is that Scott (I think that is his name) at Recycle Books asked me to price comics for them. I priced what they had and appraised collections for purchase as well. A little later, Roger Grant-Ribal at Comics & Fantasies hired me. The time period I was doing the pricing at Recycle was more like 1976-1978 than 1974, and I was 10-13 years old at that time. I was a big Neal Adams fan back then, but my name is Andy, not Adam. However, I don't know of any other "kids" who did what I did for Recycle Books, and I knew every store in town.

 

For what it's worth, I briefly worked as a comic book artist from 1991-1994 before getting into the video game and film FX business.

 

Best regards,

 

AP

www.paqart.com

 

I'm not good with names, so it probably was you. After 30+ years, some memories are a bit fuzzy.I was going to San Jose State University and graduated in 1977. I still have that Avengers #100. Good to hear from you after all these years.

I found this book in a thrift shop for a measly $4. It's a big and heavy book, chock full of Carl Barks stories and illustrations. I know Barks' stuff is not as popular now, but I still enjoy his works immensely.

Just got my books from vaillant. They're great! Thanks, Claudio!

This thread had 4,444 posts, with 4 new ones when I clicked it.

 

Numerology.

 

The number 4 is considered bad luck by the Chinese. The number "four" in Chinese sounds like the word "death".

Sorry, I wasn't trying to claim anything. I promise I won't take after 48 hours.I was just saying that's the kind of lot I would be interested. I should have just left a comment that it's a nice lot for those who are interested in older, non-superhero and wouldn't mind if it wasn't high grade.

Okay, here we go...

 

 

Starting at the top :

Little Lulu #148 and #150 (1960)

Hot Stuff #14 (1959)

Classics Illustrated #83 (1965)

Racket Squad #24 (1957)

Flash Gordon #5 (1967)

Wyatt Earp #25 (1959)

Gorgo #4 (1961)

Mysterious Suspense #1 (1968)

Four Color #885 (1958)

Quick-Trigger Western #16 (1957)

Young Romance #49 (1952)

Heroic Comics #70 (1952)

Wild Bill Hickok #7 (1949)

The Jaguar #15 (1963)

 

...but wait, there's more!

 

 

Pinocchio #2 (1963)

Thirteen #29 (1971)

Brain Boy #6 (1963)

The Outer Limits #17 (1968)

Tarzan #178 (1968)

MARS Patrol #3 (1966)

MARS Patrol #6 (1968)

Space Adventures #3 (1967)

Fightin' Army #26 (1958)

Fightin' Army #66 (1965)

Battlefield Action #20 (1958)

Battlefield Action #21 (1958)

 

Thanks for looking.

 

Peace,

 

Chip

That's the kind of lot I'd be interested in. Unfortunately, I'm not eligible.

 

Star Wars 1 + X-Men 137 + Spidey 200

BTW here's the scan of the reprint that goes with the Star Wars #1.

Here's my offer: Choose any three of the following.

Star Wars #1 (I will include a reprint with it)

X-Men #137

Daredevil #181

Amazing Spider-Man #200

That Marvel Family #77 cover is so cool. Having grown up thru some of that era, I can relate to those comics.

Give me a few minutes and I'll have some offers up.

Marvel Family #77

Treasure Chest v18 #2

I feel that X-Men 248 first Jim Lee needs to be added to this list, he is DC's main man now and let's face it this issue is where it all started. One of the best artists if not the best in the last 25 years and this issue should be in everyone's collection.

That's Jim Lee's first X-Men work, not his first work. It'd have more potential if Marvel hadn't systematically eroded the X-Men comic franchise over the last 20 years with a combination of poor stories and overexposure.

 

I thought he did a backup story in Xmen classics?

 

Racking my brain. Coming up with nothing. May have to do some research.

Classic X-Men #39

To be honest, I found the series hard to follow. It took several readings for me to get a good idea of what was going on. Seems like it might be difficult to translate into a good TV series.

I went through my copies of #95 thru #110. I read the letter pages and Wolverine was mentioned only 3 times. Storm, on the other hand, was mentioned in nearly every one. It’s striking that a lot of letters were written by female fans. Early on, Storm appears to be the more popular X-Men. What is certain is that Wolverine became the most popular. What’s difficult is nailing down when it became apparent. A lot of people think it was almost from the beginning. I think it was more gradual, a few years down the road.

1986 was about Miller because Batman wasn't as popular as he was in 1989.

 

Wolverine was at a peak in popularity at that point in time. Not the peak but a peak. So was Miller (he was the hottest thing since sliced bread) but I don't think it was a co-incidence that Wolvie was chosen for Miller's project.

 

I do realize that Miller had a fascination with Japanese culture.

 

That still doesn't mean Wolvie wasn't popular.

 

Anybody have guide values for Hulk #181 to see what prices were in 1980 - 1990?

 

 

 

You made me dig out my old Overstreets.

OPG 10 (80/81) $3.75

OPG 11 (81/82) $5.25

OPG 12 (82/83) $16.00

OPG 13 can't find my copy

OPG 14 (84/85) $20.00

OPG 15 (85/86) $24.00

OPG 16 (86/87) $24.00

OPG 17 (87/88) $32.00

OPG 18 (88/89) $36.00

OPG 19 (89/90) $75.00

What this shows is steady increases except after the mini-series when it triples and between 18 and 19 when it doubles. My recollection is that Hulk #181 sold for double OPG if not more during the early 80s.

The two most important issues in Wolverine's growth in popularity were X-Men 133 and the Wolverine Mini Series.

 

As many of you probably know, Wolverine was an also-ran in the early X-Men run, and the writers were decided which of the duplicate anti-social wild-child characters to kill off in X-Men 95 - Thunderbird or Wolverine.

 

Ah yes but by the mid 100's he was beginning to gain prominence both in stories and on covers.

 

I think the Miller mini was done because he was popular.

 

 

I think the Miller mini was done because MILLER was popular. In fact, I'm sure of it.

Not for me. I bought it because of Wolverine. In fact, I really didn't care for the Miller art then. But I knew Wolverine would be hot. I bought 50 copies of #1-#4 because I knew Wolverine was hot.

The problem here is the grading and resto check. Doesn't matter who resubmitted the book. The label changed. Drastically. Stick to the facts.

BTW, We have a similar rug. I only wish I had a similar book.

They looked at the book-said it wasnt trimmed

Looked at it again-said it was trimmed

Looked at it again, said not trimmed

Looked at it AGAIN-showed it to everyone-said it was trimmed

HAVEN'T looked at it again but confirm it is trimmed....

Yeah-nonsense...

 

People are giving Kav a hard time, but this post is a pretty good recap of this situation.

IMO, the problem is not that CGC made a mistake, or that CGC is sometimes inconsistent in his grading. The big problem is that he made the same mistake 3 times on the same book. This is no longer a mistake, it's unability to detect a given defect (in this case, trimming). If they can not detect trimming (unless it's obvious), they should rethink his policy about trimming.

They graded almost 3 millions comics, how many books out there sit in the wrong slab?

If the error rate (not only trimming, but all possible defects combined) is only 1%, there are 30000 wrong slabs out there. In my book, 30000 is a huge number, even more if we consider that most of the books would be GA-SA comics.

We have no way of knowing how many CGC graded books that are sitting in the wrong slab. But I bet you it's more than what most of the collectors out there think. Not only micro-trimming that may be hard to detect, but easier to detect resto like CT slip through with blue label. It's a given that they're only human and mistakes will be made, but it makes you wonder at what rate and whether that rate is acceptable to most collectors.

Another thing to consider is that there are probably many more cases like this, but most don't make it public. The OP spoke up. How many didn't and bit the bullet? Is this the tip of the iceberg?

I'm pretty sure if You gave me a stereomicroscope and some trimmed and untrimmed books and a few hours I would have a 100% error-free trimming detection rate.....

Not cost effective. If you need to take a few hours to examine a few, what makes you think CGC will spend the labor cost and time on something like this? Even if you only examine suspected ones, think of how many of the well-done micro-trimmed ones will slip through without being suspected and detected. You cannot examine every single comic that way to be 100% sure.

Bottom line, don't expect perfection. Doctors make mistakes, lawyers make mistakes, presidents make mistakes. People. Make. Mistakes. We get over it, and move on. It WILL happen again. Part of life.

 

Bottom line, when those people make mistakes, people may die. I sure as hell wouldn't want anything less than perfection from them if I had to depend on their opinion. Why settle for less? The doctors and lawyers are certainly liable for their mistakes. Even the president has to answer to congress.

Of course, people don't die because of a CGC mistake. But it may cost you money. Even though they may be human, would you settle for less with your comics? Are you willing to suffer a financial loss because of their error? I don't think so.

What is the first appearance of Booster Gold?

 

Also, DC Presents #26 is the first Cyborg, right?

 

Sorry, I can't find my stupid OSPG after I started cleaning the comic room/office last weekend.

 

Yes and yes.

 

I really wish DCP #26 didn't have that NTT preview in it and the first appearance would of ended up being NTT #1. I bet it would go for a lot more the DCP 26 does if it did.

 

I personally find it odd that DCCP # 26 is considered the first app. of the New Teen Titans. Doesnt it fall under the same " preview" umbrella as all the other previews that nobody cares about/argues against being a 1st app?

 

Agents # 6 is a preview of walking dead , Rick is in that preview ( cgc calls it a preview of walking dead )

 

Walking dead # 1 is listed as Rick Grimes 1st app by cgc.

 

DCCP # 26 ( cgc calls this 1st app of NTT in preview , huh?)

 

New teen Titans # 1 ( cgc gives a BLANK for description, huh? )

 

People pay money for CGC, I understand they are in the service of grading books, but if they are going to continue to put this information on books, they need to understand that people are paying for these " credits" and they need to start being consistant.

 

It's kinda hard to ignore a 16-page story.

Rick bought a comic from me in the VCC. Quick payment. Easy, smooth transaction. I would not hesitate to do business with him again.

Yesterday, there was an article about Moon Knight in USA Today. I just happened to catch it while waiting for my car to be serviced.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2014/03/04/warren-ellis-moon-knight-comic/5836581/

I think an over-inflated sense of your importance in the world is really just standard operating procedure for the vast majority of humanity.

 

Not really, for anyone over 40. It's called humility.

 

I disagree with you entirely. Hubris knows no age limits, or any other limits.

 

Nearly every religion on earth calls pride the ultimate problem of humanity, and rightfully so...age may teach one to mask it, but hardly resolve it.

 

It takes power outside yourself to realize exactly where you stand in the order of things. No one reaches that place on their own.

 

All it really takes for this is to have a family.

 

I will politely agree to disagree.

Let me guess-you've never been married or had kids. My wife and daughter are my "reality check." They can humble me like no others. When I screw up, they let me know in no uncertain terms that I messed up. I find that people who live alone often do not have anybody to give them an honest opinion of how they're doing. Or maybe they don't care because they think they are right and everybody else is wrong.

Rocket Raccoon #1 is part of a 4 issue Mini. Would someone really just want the #1 issue?

 

I have #1,2 & 3 but have been holding them cause I figured they were worthless without the #4.

 

Nope, nope. Apparently just issue #1 is well worth selling by itself. That's 30 bones man!

It's funny how #1s sell by themselves. It seems a lot will settle for just the #1. But the other numbers are a tougher sell by themselves.