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Gerry Ross - One Million Comics
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tth2

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Just got a call from Gerry asking me if I bought comics.

 

I told him "No".

 

His reply was "Isn't that a waste of a Overstreet ad".

 

My reply "No, I don't buy from 1 Million Comics".

 

Have a nice day Gerry.

 

Bob

:applause:

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taro90

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Just got a call from Gerry asking me if I bought comics.

 

I told him "No".

 

His reply was "Isn't that a waste of a Overstreet ad".

 

My reply "No, I don't buy from 1 Million Comics".

 

Have a nice day Gerry.

 

Bob

 

Good going, Bob. :golfclap: :golfclap:

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Ken Aldred

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It's too bad Gerry doesn't do a blog like Chuck R because he sure could give him a run for his money.
I don't know much about Gerry Ross. Does he have a similar talkative egocentric profile?

 

I'm more familiar with his former partner at One Million Comics, Robert Crestohl. He seemed to fit this profile quite well. In the catalogue I got from him, prior to making the naive 'one-trial learning' error of ordering from it, there was a Chuck-style self-aggrandising story about how his comics money was being invested elsewhere in producing a crime film. A fiction about gangsters, if I remember correctly from back in late 1984, rather than autobiographical recollections from a career as a 'comic book dealer'.

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Ken Aldred

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next time he calls Bob ask him why he calls himself a doctor when he's a nurse.
Only honest explanation would be that he has a PhD qualification, maybe? (shrug)
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Ken Aldred

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next time he calls Bob ask him why he calls himself a doctor when he's a nurse.
Only honest explanation would be that he has a PhD qualification, maybe? (shrug)

 

The best explanation I've heard is he overgraded his credentials.

Oh, I totally agree. (thumbs u I said it was an honest interpretation, I didn't say it was any good. lol
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batman_fan

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I bought from Robert C. back in the early 80s. I planned out a purchasing scheme for each month of an entire year (I had a fixed monthly income while I was in college and planned to spend a small portion of it on comics each month). I made my first order and then pitched his catelog after seeing what I got. The really funny thing is I did the same thing with Mile High Comics.

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Ahhh Gerry Ross, so many souvenirs...

 

I remember 20 years ago, when I was a kid and began collecting, I bought a few "Mint" Barry Smith's Conans through his mail order catalog. This was my first major comic book purchase and I used most of my summer student's job salary to pay for the items.

 

The books were rather VG than Mint and when I did complain, he said: "sorry, it was a mistake, return the books and I will send you replacement copies in better condition, in true Mint this time"

 

Well, believe it or not, but the "replacement" copies he finally sent me were the same damn copies I did return the first time, but this time they were restored and trimmed to hide the defects !!!!... doh!:tonofbricks:

 

I was just a teen-ager and I had to go to small claims court as last resort to get my money back but I won.

 

Also, I remember he used to have John Byrne in his store to sign comics for the cost of $10 per signature....not the real John Byrne (artist) that we all know, of course... :censored:

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Also, I remember he used to have John Byrne in his store to sign comics for the cost of $10 per signature....not the real John Byrne (artist) that we all know, of course... :censored:

 

Wait. Seriously? I'm picturing a random "John Byrne" set up at a table in his shop with a bunch of real John Byrne comics around him, and a line forming for the random guy to put his signature on the comic-guy's books. Is this really what you're saying??

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thehumantorch

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Ahhh Gerry Ross, so many souvenirs...

 

I remember 20 years ago, when I was a kid and began collecting, I bought a few "Mint" Barry Smith's Conans through his mail order catalog. This was my first major comic book purchase and I used most of my summer student's job salary to pay for the items.

 

The books were rather VG than Mint and when I did complain, he said: "sorry, it was a mistake, return the books and I will send you replacement copies in better condition, in true Mint this time"

 

Well, believe it or not, but the "replacement" copies he finally sent me were the same damn copies I did return the first time, but this time they were restored and trimmed to hide the defects !!!!... doh!:tonofbricks:

 

I was just a teen-ager and I had to go to small claims court as last resort to get my money back but I won.

 

Also, I remember he used to have John Byrne in his store to sign comics for the cost of $10 per signature....not the real John Byrne (artist) that we all know, of course... :censored:

 

Patrick, I can imagine you as a kid going after Dr Ross in front of Judge Judy over misgraded comics. That would be great TV

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Spyderfan

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was this the guy who had the drawing of the hooded skeleton (with sickle) in his ads?

If I remember correctly it was a caricature of a guy with a mustache and a bunch of hands around him holding various comic books.

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Mr 9.8

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Also, I remember he used to have John Byrne in his store to sign comics for the cost of $10 per signature....not the real John Byrne (artist) that we all know, of course... :censored:

 

Wait. Seriously? I'm picturing a random "John Byrne" set up at a table in his shop with a bunch of real John Byrne comics around him, and a line forming for the random guy to put his signature on the comic-guy's books. Is this really what you're saying??

I don't believe that...And I believe a lot of things...CRAZY things. :insane:
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Ken Aldred

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If I remember correctly it was a caricature of a guy with a mustache and a bunch of hands around him holding various comic books.
That was at the top of their 80s Marvel ads. (thumbs u
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