Whatever happened with Eides and the Detective 27 Scandal??? 0

[General Zod]

Pretty sure it was confirmed by someone who knew behind the scenes. I'm annoyed that I can't figure out exactly where that happened. I do remember reading it in surprise.

[kimik]

I would not doubt that there is more to this story than has been told by either side, but it is probably best for everyone involved to just shut up and let by gones be by gones now.

[namisgr]

It was conjecture that the new 6.5 was that book but as far as I know that was never confirmed by anyone with actual knowledge vs speculation.

 

Conjecture, sure, but with an extremely high likelihood of truth. The extreme scarcity of high grade copies of this book, coupled with the match in the timing of the appearance of the 6.5 blue labeled copy with Todd's purchase isn't proof Todd's book garnered a blue label, but is very suggestive of it.

[comixcroz]

actually last I heard the book has not been slabbed and there is no plan as of yet to do so.

 

Eides simply claimed the book was trimmed because of that piece sticking out and refused to buy it. The book was so clearly not trimmed and Todd made a very smart business decision and snapped it up.

 

Definetely not Danny Dupcak that sold it either.

Edited February 22, 2009 by Comixcroz

[Larryw7]

There's more to this story. Unfortunately I'm not privy to all of the gory details, but I don't think this saga had the Disney.Happy Ending that so many people assume.

[telerites]

1 hour ago, Larryw7 said:

There's more to this story. Unfortunately I'm not privy to all of the gory details, but I don't think this saga had the Disney.Happy Ending that so many people assume.

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[Mr bla bla]

Isnt there a video with Todd and his tec27 on youtube somewhere...

[DanCooper]

This is not the video specifically with Todd and the Tec 27, but it is a short news story on the controversy with Eides

https://youtu.be/9C1H8hLK-wY

[Larryw7]

Danny really did sell the book to Todd McDevitt

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There are a couple of boardies who know what went down, but they don't seem to want to talk about it. After all this time, maybe they feel it's water under the bridge. But I'm always interested in the life and larceny of Danny Cupcake.

[telerites]

3 minutes ago, Larryw7 said:

Danny really did sell the book to Todd McDevitt

There are a couple of boardies who know what went down, but they don't seem to want to talk about it. After all this time, maybe they feel it's water under the bridge. But I'm always interested in the life and larceny of Danny Cupcake.

Yeah - I have posted several times of how Dupdork cheated me some 30 years ago.  Just amazed how he has been able to continue his deceit. 

[DanCooper]

30 minutes ago, Larryw7 said:

Danny really did sell the book to Todd McDevitt

What's really never been cleared up by Eides (or anyone else) is how it was known to be actually Dupcak.

Danny seemed to have changed physically, over time, from his Fantazia/mugshot days and the mugshot (taken in 1997) was really the last known public photo of him.

And Pittsburgh? (something about being in town for a bowling tournament or other?)

I wouldn't put it past him to pull off something along these lines, as George Costanza would say about Jon...um, I mean... JOHN Voight's LeBaron - "That's the beauty of it!"

Edited May 2, 2020 by DanCooper

[James J Johnson]

30 minutes ago, Larryw7 said:

Danny really did sell the book to Todd McDevitt

There are a couple of boardies who know what went down, but they don't seem to want to talk about it. After all this time, maybe they feel it's water under the bridge. But I'm always interested in the life and larceny of Danny Cupcake.

Is this the video and book?

 

[letsgrumble]

28 minutes ago, Larryw7 said:

Danny really did sell the book to Todd McDevitt

There are a couple of boardies who know what went down, but they don't seem to want to talk about it. After all this time, maybe they feel it's water under the bridge. But I'm always interested in the life and larceny of Danny Cupcake.

Todd McDevitt certainly got a lot of attention from the media and the comics community at the time. 

Found this online post from 2007 with some details: http://www.lyriacomicexchange.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=51&sid=86e74c27cbf2e39058697738f91bc506

[James J Johnson]

12 minutes ago, DanCooper said:

What's really never been cleared up by Eides (or anyone else) is how it was known to be actually Dupcak.

Danny seemed to have changed physically, over time, from his Fantazia/mugshot days and the mugshot (taken in 1997) was really the last known public photo of him.

And Pittsburgh? (something about being in town for a bowling tournament or other?)

I wouldn't put it past him to pull off something along these lines, as George Costanza would say about Jon...um, I mean... JOHN Voight's LeBaron - "That's the beauty of it!"

So the Detective 27 referenced in this video graded trimmed, or purple label for a different reason?

One of the links here leads to language about this Detective 27 being part of a group of books, all offered to Edie's, suspecting fraud, Edie's passed, the books were sold to the gentleman in this video and later showed up graded with blue labels in Heritage auctions. Is that all part of the same deal? And if so, what turned out to be restored? Just the Det 27? Lots of conflicting info. Cliff notes please!

Edited May 2, 2020 by James J Johnson

[James J Johnson]

5 minutes ago, letsgrumble said:

Todd McDevitt certainly got a lot of attention from the media and the comics community at the time. 

Found this online post from 2007 with some details: http://www.lyriacomicexchange.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=51&sid=86e74c27cbf2e39058697738f91bc506

A poster named Whetton states something to the effect of many, if not all, of the other 68 books bought by Todd along with the Det 27 had signs of alteration, but the Det 27 didn't? Is that right? There's another thread I found about some early Actions in that group that later were included in Heritage auctions, and they graded blue. So conflicting info there too.

[LordRahl]

1 hour ago, Larryw7 said:

Danny really did sell the book to Todd McDevitt

There are a couple of boardies who know what went down, but they don't seem to want to talk about it. After all this time, maybe they feel it's water under the bridge. But I'm always interested in the life and larceny of Danny Cupcake.

Quite the accusation to make with literally ZERO evidence of it. As I remember, Eides is the only one that claimed this, claimed he had evidence and then when pressed, never produced any evidence at all. 

[Larryw7]

57 minutes ago, James J Johnson said:

So the Detective 27 referenced in this video graded trimmed, or purple label for a different reason?

One of the links here leads to language about this Detective 27 being part of a group of books, all offered to Edie's, suspecting fraud, Edie's passed, the books were sold to the gentleman in this video and later showed up graded with blue labels in Heritage auctions. Is that all part of the same deal? And if so, what turned out to be restored? Just the Det 27? Lots of conflicting info. Cliff notes please!

The Detective 27 wasn't graded.

[Larryw7]

Just now, LordRahl said:

Quite the accusation to make with literally ZERO evidence of it. As I remember, Eides is the only one that claimed this, claimed he had evidence and then when pressed, never produced any evidence at all.i

I wish I could say more. I.probably should.have left this thread alone.

[Larryw7]

One thing for sure: the story that the book was found in an attic is BS.

[James J Johnson]

6 minutes ago, Larryw7 said:

I wish I could say more. I.probably should.have left this thread alone.