The Pont Report - Boston Comic Con

[Mr. Zipper]

HotFlips was there, great guys. They don’t usually scowl this much though.

 

 

Now we know what happened to Edgar after he was killed off on 24.

[Fireboy]

[Jeffro.]

 

I stopped by GACollectibles both first as usual, said hello and dropped my coat. One of these days I’ll get a decent photo of him. Sorry, Andrew, but this is better than the other I took, believe me.

 

 

 

Let's see the other one.

[Jeffro.]

Here’s another while he’s helping out Silver and Bronze.

 

 

Them's some nice Harveys there.

[KingOfRulers]

Great report and pictures Dick!

[Genesis Comics]

 

 

 

 

I picked up this nice Kid Colt from local guy Ron Johnson. Ron was been selling comics ever since I started going to shows 22 years ago. In fact, I still have books I bought from him back then! Before the internet, he was about my only source for pre-hero Marvels. (I never did mail order, never liked the idea of buying sight unseen.) He's not a high grade dealer, but he loves comics and always has something good.

 

 

Looks like a Circle 8 copy...

[Mr Mylar]

Nice report! Wish I could have been there...

[Jeffro.]

I picked up this nice Kid Colt from local guy Ron Johnson. Ron was been selling comics ever since I started going to shows 22 years ago. In fact, I still have books I bought from him back then! Before the internet, he was about my only source for pre-hero Marvels. (I never did mail order, never liked the idea of buying sight unseen.) He's not a high grade dealer, but he loves comics and always has something good.

 

I always manage to find something when Ron comes down here to CT. At the end, he was the only reason I was even going to a certain local show that apparently is defunct.

[TheWatcher]

Great report, Rich, and sweet books you picked up

[HOTFLIPS]

HotFlips was there, great guys. They don’t usually scowl this much though.

 

 

Now we know what happened to Edgar after he was killed off on 24.

 

You see that big gulp?? That was coffee. I wasnt feeling too well after drinking all that. I was on 3 hours of sleep.

 

It was great meeting you guys. The dinner was the highlight of the weekend. Thanks Andrew for inviting us and it was nice to meet you Dick.

 

Oh, and who the heck is Edgar??

[underthebigw]

Here’s another while he’s helping out Silver and Bronze.

 

 

Them's some nice Harveys there.

 

LMK if you want scans. (thumbs u

[underthebigw]

That's me in the tie-dye shirt. A lowly Silver/Bronze Age dealer with only one table sandwiched between Toon tumblers and Superworld, but I had a pretty good show. It was fun

 

 

Didn't know you were on the boards.

 

Next time you should go to dinner with us.

[MutantKeys]

Lo and behold, it’s Mutant Keys, and an unnamed Greek not fond of the camera.

 

 

 

 

Man, is Danny still carrying around that framed photo of Jessica Alba as Nancy from Sin City?

 

It's been like 3 or 4 years now.

 

C

shhhh

[thirdgreenham]

Great report, thanks! (thumbs u

 

Andy

[MutantKeys]

Pleasure meeting DNAgent, Richard Pontoon, and CKB. Always a pleasure seeing everyone else

[Lebowski]

Here’s another while he’s helping out Silver and Bronze.

 

 

DMZ #1 is considered a "wall book" now? :confused:

[Mr. Zipper]

HotFlips was there, great guys. They don’t usually scowl this much though.

 

 

Now we know what happened to Edgar after he was killed off on 24.

 

Oh, and who the heck is Edgar??

 

 

From Wikipedia:

 

Edgar Stiles was a fictional character played by Louis Lombardi in the American television series 24.

 

At 6:59 p.m. in Day 5, during a Sentox nerve gas attack on CTU, Stiles was returning to the main room after trying to check on a colleague, Carrie Bendis, who had gone to check a ventilator system that set off a "trouble flag." He did not make it back in time, and failed to enter the situation room before it was locked down. He died quickly thereafter from inhaling the nerve gas. He receives the silent clock in tribute, at 6:59:56. His last word was "Chloe".

 

 

[CKB]

Here’s another while he’s helping out Silver and Bronze.

 

 

DMZ #1 is considered a "wall book" now? :confused:

 

On the Toon Tumbler wall, yes!

 

[HOTFLIPS]

HotFlips was there, great guys. They don’t usually scowl this much though.

 

 

Now we know what happened to Edgar after he was killed off on 24.

 

Oh, and who the heck is Edgar??

 

 

From Wikipedia:

 

Edgar Stiles was a fictional character played by Louis Lombardi in the American television series 24.

 

At 6:59 p.m. in Day 5, during a Sentox nerve gas attack on CTU, Stiles was returning to the main room after trying to check on a colleague, Carrie Bendis, who had gone to check a ventilator system that set off a "trouble flag." He did not make it back in time, and failed to enter the situation room before it was locked down. He died quickly thereafter from inhaling the nerve gas. He receives the silent clock in tribute, at 6:59:56. His last word was "Chloe".

 

 

Negative, im much more handsome.

[underthebigw]

Here’s another while he’s helping out Silver and Bronze.

 

 

DMZ #1 is considered a "wall book" now? :confused:

 

On my "wall" it was. I had a chance to split a table with CKB and used it to clean up my office floor, along with 9 boxes of moderns I had picked up.

 

Anything that would catch someone's eyes went up on the wall. At first I felt weird putting stuff up there, but it worked. I sold plenty of $5 moderns that otherwise would have languished in the boxes. I also sold 4 relatively common platinum books that everyone laughed at me for putting up-and, here's the kicker, the sales were made to 3 different customers. On Sun, I almost sold a nice batch of 1940 and 1941 Sunday sections w/ Superman strips on 3 different occasions. I sold a 30 cent price variant, one nice Archie Giant Series, etc. Nothing was big-ticket, but a lot of it moved. As long as it caught someone's eye and was different from the other wall books, it was worth putting on the wall.

 

As for the platinums, I can not even tell you how much interest there was in them. Again, nothing rare (except one tough, late Bringing Up Father), and people just loved seeing them. I paid very little for them, so was able to charge about 1/3 guide. And they moved, mostly as impulse purchases. It just makes you realize how much of a disservice is done to this material by ridiculously over-inflated "values" in Overstreet. People like them, and are interested in them, but when dealers overpay and can't get their money back, these books are treated like they're poison and are derided by everyone. Priced right, I bet there would be a nice market for them.