toitle Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 (edited) EDIT: Holding my ground, looks like this movie will be cowabungalicious. Edited June 27, 2014 by toitle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techvoodoo Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Hello, I need some help with some TMNT comics. My wife bought me as a gift issues 2, 3 and 4 of the original Mirage comics and I have no idea how to tell if they are 1st prints or later printings. There isn't any typical comic copyright info on the inside cover where it would typically say if it was a 2nd or later print. Can anyone let me know how I can go about identifying that she didn't accidentally buy me later printings and pay 1st print prices? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toitle Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 This thread is a bit long, but very detailed: http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7479092&fpart=1 Called Ninja Turtles - Differences Between Printings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 For issue 2, the inside cover would state that it is a second printing. If it doesn't say that then you have a first print. If it's a third print it would have the cover listed here: https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?TID=183361 For issues 3 and 4, second printings have different covers than first prints. See here: https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?TID=157081 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archaeon90 Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Going to be getting this next week pretty stoaked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techvoodoo Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Thank you for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinMB-migration Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 I was so stoked to meet Kevin Eastman at Heroes last weekend. I brought two items to get signed and when I arrived at around 12, I went straight to his booth. I walk up to his line, which had about 20 people in it and was thinking, "Okay, this isn't too bad...." As I approached the end of the line I asked the person at the end, "This is the end of the line right?" He looked at me and pointed to a humongous line against the side wall, and informed me THAT was the end of the line. It was like that scene in The Christmas Story where they go to the mall to meet Santa. Anyway, my friend was with me and neither of us wanted to wait for 4 hours so we were like, well at least we can walk up to his table and at least see him. After going to his table I found out that if you were willing to buy one of his Prints, Comics, or various other items, he would sign and personalize them for you and you didn't have to wait in any line at all. So I picked up two of this prints he was selling and an IDW TMNT #10 Cover B and was definitely a happy camper then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techvoodoo Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 those prints are great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryAllen Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 9.2 @ $5,688, not bad. clink TMNT 1 9.2 first print Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bug33fouf Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 just picked up some Teenage mutant "hero"turtles adventures comics. these are larger then a magazine book. anyone know the value on these? not mint would grade them in the FN range. issues 53,54,55,58,69,&70. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 I would presume they are not valuable. I would also presume they are from the UK as the TMNT were known as the "hero turtles" in that part of the world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Don't know if anyone has checked out the VCC but I have a couple sorta-kinda-semi-rarish TMNT variants listed. http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7814997Post7814997 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Here's another that I got back recently. It's the tough-to-find Gamestop reprint of #1 that accompanied the release of the 2007 movie-based video game. I think the only thing keeping it out of 9.8 is the unwitnessed interior signature by the director of the movie, Kevin Munroe. Though, that's a cool signature to have. 1 of 2 highest graded...no 9.8's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maloney414 Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Nice book! (thumbs u That is a very hard book to find in high grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 This is what I spent my money on this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archon_Turtle Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Here's another that I got back recently. It's the tough-to-find Gamestop reprint of #1 that accompanied the release of the 2007 movie-based video game. I think the only thing keeping it out of 9.8 is the unwitnessed interior signature by the director of the movie, Kevin Munroe. Though, that's a cool signature to have. 1 of 2 highest graded...no 9.8's They dock for interior signatures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaSealed Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Here's another that I got back recently. It's the tough-to-find Gamestop reprint of #1 that accompanied the release of the 2007 movie-based video game. I think the only thing keeping it out of 9.8 is the unwitnessed interior signature by the director of the movie, Kevin Munroe. Though, that's a cool signature to have. 1 of 2 highest graded...no 9.8's They dock for interior signatures? Yes, usually a 1-2 grade drop. The wonderful world of CGC grading. I have several book I have bought that have artist/writer sigs on interior so they hammer the books. Great way to obtain books at better price points for a "defect" that some don't mind and some actually like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Here's another that I got back recently. It's the tough-to-find Gamestop reprint of #1 that accompanied the release of the 2007 movie-based video game. I think the only thing keeping it out of 9.8 is the unwitnessed interior signature by the director of the movie, Kevin Munroe. Though, that's a cool signature to have. 1 of 2 highest graded...no 9.8's They dock for interior signatures? Yes, usually a 1-2 grade drop. The wonderful world of CGC grading. I have several book I have bought that have artist/writer sigs on interior so they hammer the books. Great way to obtain books at better price points for a "defect" that some don't mind and some actually like. That's not 100% correct. There is a size and placement issue to consider. If the interior signature is in the margin and doesn't obscure any art, they typically won't deduct any points. I've got a triple-signed 9.8 TMNT book as evidence of that among plenty of examples that are out there. However, if the signature is large, covers any of the interior art, or bleeds through the page, a deduction occurs. In my case, Kevin Munroe's signature is large. It takes up roughly 25% of the page and it's done in red marker. Hence, a deduction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toitle Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Sup with the weird black? This is what I spent my money on this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
