Proof the world is ending!! - an Ungraded WIZARD comic sells for $250+

[valiantman]

Forget U.S. vs. Iraq...

 

Here it is...definitive proof that the world is ending...

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2164176317

 

Yes, that's right. It's a Wizard comic book...it's not CGC graded...

 

It's only $250+ including shipping.

 

Well...it was fun, you guys...and we had a good run...

but now, I guess, it's the end of the world.

[clobberintime]

Time to break open those boxes of Valiants! How's the market for chromium Bloodshots I wonder - or shiny Turoks.

[valiantman]

Ahhh...the shiny books... Bloodshot #1, Turok #1...ahh, the memories...

 

Sorry, no value.

 

Valiant collectors are an extremely bipolar bunch.

They (we) pay $100+ for some Valiants, and won't touch $0.01 each for others.

(And yes, Bloodshot #1 and Turok #1 are in the $0.01 category.)

 

And just in case you're wondering...

the other X-O Manowar #1/2 with that PURPLE logo... sells for about $3.

 

...meanwhile...a very special Bloodshot #0 Error might earn you this much:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2164594032

[aardvark88]

How do u qualify for a gold logo edition? Did the retailer have to preorder 50 Wizards that month?

[valiantman]

How do you qualify for the X-O #1/2 Gold?

 

I really don't know.

If any of you guys who "were there" know for sure...I'd love to hear it!

(The regular version is just a standard Wizard 1/2 offer...

but those golds are something else...anyone know the story?)

 

[peterporker-migration]

Dotcomfool,

 

This buyer sure loves his Valiants! Checkout his past bids.

 

http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewBidItems&userid=slkeith@aol.com&completed=1&sort=3&all=1&rows=200

 

pp

[clobberintime]

I think I have figured it out - dotcom guy is...... Jim Shooter!

[peterporker-migration]

WOW! That's a pretty good guess, I wonder why I didn't figure that one out sooner.

[valiantman]

If you weren't convinced the world is ending by the $250 comic above...

 

This one should close the book on the discussion:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2164594032

[Rickdogg]

HOLY [!@#%^&^]!

[Comicdave]

The gold logo Wizard 1/2 issues were given to retailers at a ratio of 1 copy for every 25 copies of Wizard magazine ordered.

[Bugaboo-migration]

[blowout]

I take it the guy who won is not the same person that owns the other two known copies?

[valiantman]

Nope...this buyer is a new "player" in the Bloodshot 0 Platinum game.

 

The guy who owns the other two copies maxed out at a $500 bid.

(Believe it or not, that put him 4th among the top bidders!)

[theVisitor]

Yet another copy has surfaced.... Bloodshot 0 Platinum by the same seller no less.....

[Bugaboo-migration]

I thought there were only 3 known copies. 2 in a collection and the first one that was auctioned off.

[theVisitor]

True.... for about 2 days. The seller of the last book that sold for 711.00 has another on eBay that has a starting price of 725.00. That's 4 copies to date.

[valiantman]

Yep, sneaky move, but the seller actually bought two copies in 1993 "off the stand".

 

So, now there are four...and the fourth one is on eBay.

(I'd be surprised if that opening bid is met, but who knows!)

 

Jeff Gomez (former Editor) believes there are probably 10-20 copies in existence.