jimjum12 Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 (edited) jimbo my friend, you are slowly killing me one... post... at... a... time! ....I saw it on www.wwcomics.com a few minutes ago and it had been there for over a day....it was priced at double guide for a mid grade, but still ? If I can ever get my friend Richard's RJ Long copy ......but that would have to mean something bad for him, so I don't hope for that....or his Pacific Coast FF 13. World Wide is one of those sites that really should be checked daily.....if I was wealthy they've got some runs of 50's Superman and Batman with great PQ for reasonable. As mentioned earlier, they know how to rate some PQ. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u Edited June 15, 2012 by jimjum12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterio Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 jimbo my friend, you are slowly killing me one... post... at... a... time! ....I saw it on www.wwcomics.com a few minutes ago and it had been there for over a day....it was priced at double guide for a mid grade, but still ? If I can ever get my friend Richard's RJ Long copy ......but that would have to mean something bad for him, so I don't hope for that....or his Pacific Coast FF 13. World Wide is one of those sites that really should be checked daily.....if I was wealthy they've got some runs of 50's Superman and Batman with great PQ for reasonable. As mentioned earlier, they know how to rate some PQ. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u I checked the listing on their site, and you got the book for a good price. That is about what I paid for my CGC 6.0 W copy two years ago (and I was happy to get it for the price), so if you were to get it graded and it came back in that ballpark you're golden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Bronze age fan* Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 jimbo my friend, you are slowly killing me one... post... at... a... time! Nice pick up Bro. I still need this one...I have to get it into my head that double guide is a normal price for this book. Yours looks pretty nice from the scan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blind Owl Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 That's a nice one Jimbo!!! I also need this issue as well, It's just hard to find the right copy for this one (I'm glad you sure did). (thumbs u I think it's the best cover of the entire ST run. Congrats!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Pontoon Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 It's a great cover for sure. Kirby pencils and Ditko inks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trmoore54 Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 That's a nice one Jimbo!!! I also need this issue as well, It's just hard to find the right copy for this one (I'm glad you sure did). (thumbs u I think it's the best cover of the entire ST run. Congrats!!! Sell me that copy jimbo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsimanga Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 It's a great cover for sure. Kirby pencils and Ditko inks. Forget the cover... there's a great story inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlasFan Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 ST 97 rivals TTA 29 as my all-time favorite pre-hero cover: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 I do like the story in ST 97 a lot, but I dunno I am just not a big fan of the cover? I guess I find that when ditko inks kirby they get in each others way. To me ST 97 SHOULD be a great cover but there's a bit of clumsiness in it from that combination, and I also tend the think the colorist really dropped the ball on that cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 I like the colors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 It looks a little better on the WM You jerk!!! congrats on a sweet book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blind Owl Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Even on that copy though, let me explain what I mean. The colorist got three colors out: - a grey for the city - a pink (WTF?) for the ground - a light grey for the sky and just washed the large fields of those colors without any nuance at all. Heck, on the field of pink the colorist didn't even stop to paint the fire hydrant and lamppost a different color or even a different shade of pink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvel_runs Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Have you ever been outside when a major dust storm moved through? It is surreal. Maybe that was the inspiration for this cover - your color palette gets all out of whack when the sky is filled with brown/red dust. Here, the brown/red light source is from the moon... I'm not sure that the colors are technically correct if you have a different color light source, but that's the feel I get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Even on that copy though, let me explain what I mean. The colorist got three colors out: - a grey for the city - a pink (WTF?) for the ground - a light grey for the sky and just washed the large fields of those colors without any nuance at all. Heck, on the field of pink the colorist didn't even stop to paint the fire hydrant and lamppost a different color or even a different shade of pink. I know what you mean on the color design as it was done better on other Marvels, though, overall, I much prefer the DCs for color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 It looks a little better on the WM You jerk!!! congrats on a sweet book. I posted it half-joking/half-seriously. As comics age the underlying cover stock turns a mustard yellow and wrecks havoc with the original color design. I have occasionally seen high grade copies or cover proofs that changed my perception of the color design because I was seeing it unaffected by that discoloration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miamiknight3434 Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Here is the new upgrade 4.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 I like the colors Leave it to adamstrange to have the White Mountain copy of my most wanted pre-hero Marvel book... well done, sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Have you ever been outside when a major dust storm moved through? It is surreal. Maybe that was the inspiration for this cover - your color palette gets all out of whack when the sky is filled with brown/red dust. Here, the brown/red light source is from the moon... I'm not sure that the colors are technically correct if you have a different color light source, but that's the feel I get. I live in Vancouver dude... Ain't no dust here . Got rain though!! I had figured that's what they were going for with the pink ground being light from the orange moon.... But to me that didn't explain the hydrant and lamppost and especially the bright yellow shirt! If the light is making everything pink why is the hydrant pink but the shirt yellow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Here is the new upgrade 4.0 Great book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
