wizardseye311 Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 I think the problem is that they were never preserved. I was looking at eBay UK today for some, and there's quite a few around, but the condition was pretty low on most. Basically reader copies, and you can get U.S. copies of those for a buck or two. So why pay for the shipping just to get a low grade copy? I mean they're not impossible to find and a 6.0 or 7.0 doesn't seem to be worth the trouble. I think the best one I saw was an 8.5, but like most bronze age books, if it's not a 9.8 (or higher) no one wants them. Even a 9.6 in most cases is a death sentence, and not worth the cost of grading. It's crazy I know, but even the four 9.8's I need to finish my set of Vol. 1 are impossible to find, yet raw copies are everywhere in low grade. Going to be even harder to find pence copies in that high grade. The ones you have now may be the only ones to ever get graded. So at least you have that going for you. You just have to keep on hunting them down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyro-1 Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 (edited) I am a happy camper today !!!!! There is a nice story with the 24 I bought it from comicana in uk So the problem was I had 2 and what one to send in ? Well the comicana book looked the best BUT had a defect Seems it was graded poorly and they missed indentations (no way they could of seen the problems ) in the back cover It was realy realy hard to see them with out tilting the book in sun light and staring for 2 or 3 minutes How hard to see? I asked Joe at cfp comics if he got them out and he said --- What pencil dents ? That how hard they were to see So My problem was 1 book looked realy great 1 looked fantastic with pencil dents -- I sent the one with dents and it pressed out to 9.4 !!!!!! OMG Comic collecting can be fun !! Edited March 28, 2013 by gyro-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gyro-1 Posted March 30, 2013 Author Share Posted March 30, 2013 New red sonja movie ? mentioned here ? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RED-SONJA-1-4-1977-Marvel-Feature-4-7-84-Series-2-3-4-Lot-Set-MOVIE-OUT-/150957977372?pt=US_Comic_Books&hash=item2325cbef1c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizardseye311 Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Just rumors. The people that own the rights have been trying for the last four years to make it. Supposedly there's a -script, but who knows? Here's the latest I've heard on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyro-1 Posted April 2, 2013 Author Share Posted April 2, 2013 world wide has some new red sonja for sale http://www.wwcomics.com/search_results.asp?txtsearchParamType=Any&prodnameplural=red+sonja&issue=Issue+%23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizardseye311 Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 world wide has some new red sonja for sale http://www.wwcomics.com/search_results.asp?txtsearchParamType=Any&prodnameplural=red+sonja&issue=Issue+%23 So does eBay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Savage-Red-Sonja-QOTFW-3-Virgin-Cover-CGC-SS-9-8-WP-Frank-Cho-/281087215791?pt=US_Comic_Books&hash=item41721a88af Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vader2001 Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 nice book coming up at heritage http://comics.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=121314&lotIdNo=59016 Yeah but that buyers premium...............OUCH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizardseye311 Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Yeah, it's pretty brutal, and you have to consider shipping on top of that. I've yet to buy anything from them to this day. Mostly because of that dreaded BP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyro-1 Posted April 5, 2013 Author Share Posted April 5, 2013 nice book coming up at heritage http://comics.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=121314&lotIdNo=59016 Yeah but that buyers premium...............OUCH! And over here a 5 will go cheep to I am betting http://www.comicconnect.com/bookDetail.php?id=477712 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizardseye311 Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 Ever see this? Apparently quite rare, and expensive. Especially for a hardcover copy with the dust jacket, but look who it is to the left of Sue Storm. Our gal painted by the great John Romita Sr. Reprints Marvel Feature Vol. 2 #4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyro-1 Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share Posted April 11, 2013 very cool you say it is a coffee table book? (big) I wonder if marvel paid the writers and artists when they used the same storys over and over? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjrjr Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 (edited) very cool you say it is a coffee table book? (big) I wonder if marvel paid the writers and artists when they used the same storys over and over? Back then, absolutely not. Today, it depends on when the original story was published and the contract the writer/artist were working under. Edited April 11, 2013 by rjrjr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flaming_Telepath Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 I am a happy camper today !!!!! There is a nice story with the 24 I bought it from comicana in uk So the problem was I had 2 and what one to send in ? Well the comicana book looked the best BUT had a defect Seems it was graded poorly and they missed indentations (no way they could of seen the problems ) in the back cover It was realy realy hard to see them with out tilting the book in sun light and staring for 2 or 3 minutes How hard to see? I asked Joe at cfp comics if he got them out and he said --- What pencil dents ? That how hard they were to see So My problem was 1 book looked realy great 1 looked fantastic with pencil dents -- I sent the one with dents and it pressed out to 9.4 !!!!!! OMG Comic collecting can be fun !! Can I just point out that the #24 that was 'graded poorly' was actually sold as a FN/VF...7.0...because of the indents. A nice little back cover press to iron out stuff Joe couldn't see at first glance and it's now a 9.4? I'd say we were harsh with our original grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyro-1 Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share Posted April 11, 2013 I am a happy camper today !!!!! There is a nice story with the 24 I bought it from comicana in uk So the problem was I had 2 and what one to send in ? Well the comicana book looked the best BUT had a defect Seems it was graded poorly and they missed indentations (no way they could of seen the problems ) in the back cover It was realy realy hard to see them with out tilting the book in sun light and staring for 2 or 3 minutes How hard to see? I asked Joe at cfp comics if he got them out and he said --- What pencil dents ? That how hard they were to see So My problem was 1 book looked realy great 1 looked fantastic with pencil dents -- I sent the one with dents and it pressed out to 9.4 !!!!!! OMG Comic collecting can be fun !! Just talked to nick at Comicana he sent this -- And by the way, in that thread you state ''Seems it was graded poorly and they missed indentations (no way they could of seen the problems ) in the back cover' but in fact we did see the problems and that's why we only graded it at FN/VF (7.0). WOW He is the man those were hard to see !!! Apology's to his crew in England Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flaming_Telepath Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 I am a happy camper today !!!!! There is a nice story with the 24 I bought it from comicana in uk So the problem was I had 2 and what one to send in ? Well the comicana book looked the best BUT had a defect Seems it was graded poorly and they missed indentations (no way they could of seen the problems ) in the back cover It was realy realy hard to see them with out tilting the book in sun light and staring for 2 or 3 minutes How hard to see? I asked Joe at cfp comics if he got them out and he said --- What pencil dents ? That how hard they were to see So My problem was 1 book looked realy great 1 looked fantastic with pencil dents -- I sent the one with dents and it pressed out to 9.4 !!!!!! OMG Comic collecting can be fun !! And just to add - and hopefully Randy doesn't mind - but that 9.4 #23 was also bought from us. As a VF (8.0) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyro-1 Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share Posted April 11, 2013 It is nice buying from some one were the FN turns out to be a fine OR BETTER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizardseye311 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 very cool you say it is a coffee table book? (big) I wonder if marvel paid the writers and artists when they used the same storys over and over? Yeah, it's a biggy! There are TPB versions too that are much cheaper, but finding a first edition hardcover with the dust jacket is near impossible, and the price is outrageous. Reprints many stories featuring the main female characters from the Marvel Universe. If you can think of one, she's in there. At least up to '77 when it was produced. I think back then the artists and writers were paid to do the job, and once paid, Marvel owned the stories so they could do whatever they wanted with them. Dynamite owns Red Sonja now, and they have reprinted all of the old stories in the, "Classic Red Sonja Remastered" books. Issue #50 even reprints Red Sonja #1. I doubt they paid the artists and writers once they paid Marvel for the rights to publish, but Maroto, Romita and Brunner have done covers for Dynamite's Red Sonja books. So while they may not be getting royalties for their previous Marvel work, at least Dynamite had respect enough to have them do some amazing covers for the newer series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyro-1 Posted April 13, 2013 Author Share Posted April 13, 2013 The Dynamite Red Sonja books definitely have the sexier covers and better presentation but as a cgc collectable I cant get myself to pay the cash I really liked the one you sold on ebay the other day Wizard but world wide got my money before I saw it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyro-1 Posted April 13, 2013 Author Share Posted April 13, 2013 this is affordable http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Diangelis-RED-SONJA-Gouache-paints-Drawing-Pinup-Original-Art-FANTASY-/140952578752?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20d16daac0 looks good to ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
