Why cant I find a high grade GI Joe 21??

[Guest]

I have this issue if interested.

Gijoe a real american hero vol.1 no.44 yr.1986 condition very fine+

[Guest]

thanks but I am only collecting super high grade copies of the first thirty GI joes from the 1980s right now. If you have any of those I may be interested! D-

[Rickdogg]

I've been wondering...Why only the first 30???

[lighthouse]

Cuz he's not a full-on Joe-Freak like you...

 

He's limited his Joe-Freakness to just 30 issues

[Guest]

I just collect the first 30 because they were the really good stories. After that they started doing the heavy sell on the hokey Hasbro toy line....super neon aqua space special trooper and like that. So I only got the Freakiness for the first 30 issues as someone here puts it!

[keithdagen]

I really thought that the storyline held out well until about 60, but then died in the main series. The Special Missions kind of redeemed it for the first dozen issues of that one, but then it all pretty much died.

[Guest]

I guess it was doing good up to that far but I just didnt like the stupid Serpentor thing. I was hooked up to the point when Storm Shadow figured out who killed the Hard master. Then they started the whole Serpentor debacle. silly.

[Guest]

Is that Destro as your Avatar? cool picture. Did you have any more Joes youd like to part with yet?

[Rickdogg]

I'm still on my hoarding campaign I'll let you know when I get some more HG copies. I received my raw #5 & #15 in the mail the other day and will be submitting those soon with my next batch of books.

[Guest]

How did the books look? I usually get screwed when I order through the mail!

[Rickdogg]

This is from the same collection that I bought which received all 9.6's! .

 

This guy is a real cool guy, his ebay user ID is "chromium-man" Nice guy He sold the #1 from the same collection that received a 9.8 White for $250. I bought all of his Joes so...hahaha

[snizzenfixit]

This guy is a real cool guy, his ebay user ID is "chromium-man" Nice guy

 

Ahh, yes. I have bought from him too. Nice guy, quick shipper. I wish there were a whole lot more just like him.

 

Phil

 

[Guest]

you suck man....shoulda saved a few issues for me!

[Rickdogg]

He sure is a cool guy. I always deal with him off of ebay since I trust his grading 100%. What he calls a 9.4 has always gotten a 9.6 or better when I submitted them

 

 

[Illiterati-migration]

Just as a GI Joe side note... I got a copy of #1 (first series) the other day for a dollar that is absolutely AMAZING. And I don't mean relative to costing a dollar or relative to its age. I mean this book is FLAWLESS... it doesn't even look like it's been opened. I almost peed myself when I opened the box. Can't wait to get this'un graded!

[Darthdiesel]

Make sure it isn't a reprint or a Tales Of GI JOE! !

 

But, if it is the real deal, congrats to you!

[keithdagen]

Darth,

 

You mention reprint -- determining reprint status on some of those early issues, like #3 through #10, can be a real bear. Any tips to tell which is which?

[Guest]

The first prints have either the barcode or the black and white Spider-man in the bottom left hand corner. The reprints of the first 21 issues have the all black spiderman and usually a 75 cent pricetag. The reprints also state the second or third printing on the bottom of the splash page. Hope this helps! D-

[Illiterati-migration]

The first prints have either the barcode or the black and white Spider-man in the bottom left hand corner.

 

This one's a barcode, baby!

 

Darth, you scared the hell out of me there. I mean, what a waste of a dollar!

[keithdagen]

Since I've sold them, I don't have it to look at, but I had an issue #3 I think, that did not have 2nd print stated anywhere on the splash page, and appeared like all the others as to bar code, but it made me nervous because when you got to the monthly checklist at the back, it was suggesting that issue #8 or 9 was the current issue. There were no other giveaways, but I flagged it in the auction listing as "potential 2nd Print, can't verify, bid accordingly."