'PLANET COMICS' (is deserving of its own thread) 29 29

[Artboy99]

Just now, kelholt said:

Nice 14’s by all.

 I’ve had this debate here before, what do you all think.....More difficult Planet 14 or Planet 15 🤔

Here is my 14, previous owner Mr. Berk 

 

I think 14 is harder to find. 

[Zolnerowich]

51 minutes ago, kelholt said:

Nice 14’s by all.

 I’ve had this debate here before, what do you all think.....More difficult Planet 14 or Planet 15 🤔

Here is my 14, previous owner Mr. Berk 

 

BERK copy! 

[Artboy99]

1 hour ago, Zolnerowich said:

BERK copy! 

Berk Book

[Artboy99]

Issue 15

It was the 3rd last book I purchased for my run. While I was hunting for a 15, it seemed every copy I was able to find was somewhere around a 1.5-3.0 with brittle pages. I remained patient and eventually a CGC Qualified 1.5 with off-white pages was offered by our own Bedrock on Ebay and I went for it. I apparently outbid Gator for the copy.

After I had the book for a short while the detached married cover began to slink its way down inside the slab to the point it was starting to interact with the bottom spacer and I was worried it would get damaged further.

Also at this time Roy Thomas of PS Artbooks publicly asked for scans of a Planet 15 in high resolution. I gave it some thought then decided to help him out and I cracked the book. I scanned the entire book both front and back covers including the inside of the covers in very high resolution and sent the images to him.

I think it is very cool it is my Planet Comics 15 in the PS Artbooks publication!

During scanning I got the opportunity to really look the book over, I also discovered the 2 interior center wraps were also detached from the book. Basically what I had was a complete book, in pieces with a married/ detached / spine split cover. 

The colors of the cover were very nice, and the central mass of the cover was in great shape and I felt a restoration would assemble the book and improve the grade, especially since the cover was already married. After much deliberation and asking many questions I decided to send the book in for a professional opinion. I sent it to CCS, who after giving it a look over recommended conservation so I did it.

The end result is very appealing to the eye, and I couldn't be happier. I love the book, it looks great and the color strike is fantastic.

 

[mwotka]

Scrolling down this page, you wouldn't think 14 is such a rare book...  8 listed so far, out of 26 on the census.  Not bad.

Wish mine had better PQ, but what are you gonna do.  Just happy to have it!

And Sharon, you are welcome to post any to catch up a bit, we love seeing what everyone has!  

[Flex Mentallo]

13 hours ago, cheetah said:

The only copy of this book I ever found.  IIRC, Michael was gracious enough to tell me it was listed on eBay because it had been mis-listed.

My name escapes me!

[Flex Mentallo]

9 hours ago, Artboy99 said:

Berk Book

Copy that!

[Flex Mentallo]

11 hours ago, kelholt said:

Nice 14’s by all.

 I’ve had this debate here before, what do you all think.....More difficult Planet 14 or Planet 15 🤔

Here is my 14, previous owner Mr. Berk 

 

Hard to find in decent shape.

[Flex Mentallo]

8 hours ago, Artboy99 said:

Also at this time Roy Thomas of PS Artbooks publicly asked for scans of a Planet 15 in high resolution. I gave it some thought then decided to help him out and I cracked the book. I scanned the entire book both front and back covers including the inside of the covers in very high resolution and sent the images to him.

I think it is very cool it is my Planet Comics 15 in the PS Artbooks publication!

For which I thank you from the bottom of my bookshelf!

[Flex Mentallo]

13 hours ago, skypinkblu said:

I think we might have done this before;)

 

[Zolnerowich]

15 hours ago, Artboy99 said:

Berk Book

 

5 hours ago, Flex Mentallo said:

Copy that!

The eagle eyes have it: I stand corrected.

     Berk Book!  

[Zolnerowich]

13 hours ago, mwotka said:

Scrolling down this page, you wouldn't think 14 is such a rare book...  8 listed so far, out of 26 on the census.  Not bad.

Wish mine had better PQ, but what are you gonna do.  Just happy to have it!

And Sharon, you are welcome to post any to catch up a bit, we love seeing what everyone has!  

Lovely copy!

Interesting, a few years ago there were only 15-16 Universal copies of #14. There's now 22, plus 4 restored. Looks like our lavish attention to #14 has chased out another 50% of copies.

The same can be said for #15: from 15-16 Universal copies a few years ago; now there are 20, plus 4 restored and 1 qualified.

 

 

 

 

[Zolnerowich]

[comicjack]

1 minute ago, Zolnerowich said:

Lovely copy!

Interesting, a few years ago there were only 15-16 Universal copies of #14. There's now 22, plus 4 restored. Looks like our lavish attention to #14 has chased out another 50% of copies.

The same can be said for #15: from 15-16 Universal copies a few years ago; now there are 20, plus 4 restored and 1 qualified.

 

 

 

 

Money brings them out 

[comicjack]

Just now, Zolnerowich said:

Sweet copy 

[skypinkblu]

Love seeing all the books, I do not have a #15, it's the reason I gave up on the run, I kept getting outbid when I thought I was bidding too much, lol;)  I'm in a middle of 2 projects, so I don't really have time to keep up this week, however, I will post this,   one of my favorite parts of my Planet collection. I'm pretty sure the page is Fran Hopper.

[Artboy99]

23 minutes ago, Zolnerowich said:

Lovely copy!

Interesting, a few years ago there were only 15-16 Universal copies of #14. There's now 22, plus 4 restored. Looks like our lavish attention to #14 has chased out another 50% of copies.

The same can be said for #15: from 15-16 Universal copies a few years ago; now there are 20, plus 4 restored and 1 qualified.

 

 

 

 

I sent my 14 in last year so I am one of those new graded copies. My 15 was the qualified, now it is conserved so scratch one qualified off that list.

[Zolnerowich]

20 minutes ago, skypinkblu said:

Love seeing all the books, I do not have a #15, it's the reason I gave up on the run, I kept getting outbid when I thought I was bidding too much, lol;)  I'm in a middle of 2 projects, so I don't really have time to keep up this week, however, I will post this,   one of my favorite parts of my Planet collection. I'm pretty sure the page is Fran Hopper.

THAT -- IS -- TREMENDOUS !!!  

[Zolnerowich]

9 minutes ago, Artboy99 said:

I sent my 14 in last year so I am one of those new graded copies. My 15 was the qualified, now it is conserved so scratch one qualified off that list.

Excellent info! Looks like the 14 and 15 remain neck to neck.

[Zolnerowich]

32 minutes ago, comicjack said:

Sweet copy 

Thank you, Oh Wise One!!