Robot Man Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 Bumped into boardie Dreamtoreal1. Pablo was having a great day and scoring book after book. Check his Instragram page for some cool “dash board” photos and feel free to “make him an offer” Fun seeing you as always brother! gunsmokin and Dreamtoreal1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 Went by to see Terry O’Neil and his wall of wonder. Picked up the great “Pickled Freaks” Crime Suspenstories #4 cover and a few cool readers cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 The Heroes wall... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 Being the “Sancuary State” We have to have the Mexican Spider-Man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 Bumped into boardie Cat-Man_America and his lovely wife. He was the lucky buyer of this beautiful Hangman from Mr Bedrock. Hard too see how beautiful the colors are on this beauty. Great purchase Cat and great to finally meet you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 A little lunch break and a battery charge and I’ll be back with the rest. Feel free to thread and talk amongst your selves! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Robot Man Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 Red Hood Comics out of Las Vegas. Never heard of them but their walls sure got my attention. Best selection of wall PCH in the room. Didn’t see any thing I needed. (One of the perks of being a long time collector of these). Problem were the prices were through the roof. Probably why they had so much. Saw a lot of lookers then they were handing them back with the usual “thanks”. I spotted a nice mid to high grade MAD #2. I have a beater but it being one of my favorite issues, I really wanted a nice one. Price was s little high do I had to remind them about the weak MAD market, Needless to say, they took my offer. I was very happy to get it. I came back a few times and the only hole in their wall was my MAD #2. I think they were selling some Bronze to Modern in their boxes. They seemed more interested in hitting every one who walked up for buys. The kid behind the table spotted my briefcase and asked me what was in it. I replied “drugs”. The look on his face was priceless! sagii, Silver_Couch_Surfer and KirbyJack 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 More cosplay... The Wonder Woman was a real cutie. Very funny. comicnoir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 Went by to say Hi to Sal Deceria. He had an amazing estate sale collection of very high grade pulps. A lot of key Weird Tales. Selling with him were good friends Jim and Linda Malley. The whole booth looked a little dead. I did score this cool 1930’s Tarzan license plate topper. Must have been a car club from NO CA. Never seen one. Was happy to get it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 Went outside to take a break and ran into my girl from the day before. Looks like she picked up a boyfriend... comicnoir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 So what did I snag. I did alright. Mostly Atlas and ECs. DC’s, Timeleys’ Planets, Baker, Ace and MLJ’s were either non existent or priced to the moon. I usually go home with a Schomburg Nedor, a Speed comic or cool WWII book. Nope not this time. Was happy to fill in or upgrade some EC and Atlas though. sacentaur, sagii, KirbyJack and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Wouldn’t have a thrashed undercopy of that Haunt 19 available, would you? Frontline Combat 4! Airburst! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted March 31, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 31, 2019 Oh, and remember always back my buy of the show? Here it is. A very pretty mid grade copy of Haunt of Fear #15 (#1). I have owned a complete EC collection and a couple of close complete runs but only had this one once. I’ve seen a few high priced lower grade copies over the years but had patience and held out. Paid off. I asked Harley to see a HOF off his wall and he scooped about 5 off and handed them to me. I was shocked to see this one and even more shocked at the price. I looked through it several times just be sure. I handed him my small pile and mixed this one in the middle. He looked at it a couple of times and at me, mumbled something to himself and gave me the customary 10% off. I paid and hit it! Never thought I’d have another copy and especially in this grade and at this price. I am one happy robot! Silver_Couch_Surfer, jimjum12, adamstrange and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 11 minutes ago, KirbyJack said: Wouldn’t have a thrashed undercopy of that Haunt 19 available, would you? Frontline Combat 4! Airburst! Nope, sold it a while ago. Wanted a nice one so I paid up for that one. KirbyJack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 8 minutes ago, Robot Man said: Great book! And one I’ve never owned. Living vicariously thru you! Robot Man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Great report! Thanks for taking all the pictures and putting together the write-up! Robot Man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 Summary, conclusion and thoughts... This year seemed a little slim pickings and VERY pricey. Even on a lot of more “available” stuff like ECs. It didn’t help that the Chicago show was just a week or so ago. Most of what I got came from West Coast or smaller dealers. It also didn’t help that a lot of dealers either didn’t bring or didn’t have much decent GA stock. Seems like every dealer was aggressive in asking attendees what they had to sell. They can’t get the good stuff and when they do, don’t want to sell it very bad. I blame this on a VERY strong market and the rise of a whole lot of very aggressive younger “flippers”. Seems like especially out here, every body is scrambling to find good books for the quick flip at very tight margins. I am constantly being hit up to sell my books. I’ve seen quite a few lose money or make very little. I hope they stay around ‘till I decide to sell. eBay doesn’t help either. Every time I think I have some kind of a grip on the market, I see more and more astonishing high prices. GA market is on fire folks. I find myself just priced out. Good thing I’m a geezer and have been buying as long as I have. As far as the show went, it was good but not great. Probably 85% was Funkos, T-Shirts, Toys and other fringe stuff. No decent artists or writer to see. Lots of long lines for paid autographs and witnesses. I started to try to walk the show but it was elbow to elbow with strollers and newly minted “geeks”. I quickly retreated back to the comfort of the SA/GA pavilion. Still had a lot of fun. Saw a lot of boardies and caught up with friends. No matter how you see conventions, there is nothing like them. Always ready for the next one! KirbyJack, sacentaur and adamstrange 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 1 hour ago, KirbyJack said: Great book! And one I’ve never owned. Living vicariously thru you! Bedrock has a CGC Canada copy at about 2/3rds what I paid for this one. I considered it but glad I held out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmehdy Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Robot Man said: Summary, conclusion and thoughts... This year seemed a little slim pickings and VERY pricey. Even on a lot of more “available” stuff like ECs. It didn’t help that the Chicago show was just a week or so ago. Most of what I got came from West Coast or smaller dealers. It also didn’t help that a lot of dealers either didn’t bring or didn’t have much decent GA stock. Seems like every dealer was aggressive in asking attendees what they had to sell. They can’t get the good stuff and when they do, don’t want to sell it very bad. I blame this on a VERY strong market and the rise of a whole lot of very aggressive younger “flippers”. Seems like especially out here, every body is scrambling to find good books for the quick flip at very tight margins. I am constantly being hit up to sell my books. I’ve seen quite a few lose money or make very little. I hope they stay around ‘till I decide to sell. eBay doesn’t help either. Every time I think I have some kind of a grip on the market, I see more and more astonishing high prices. GA market is on fire folks. I find myself just priced out. Good thing I’m a geezer and have been buying as long as I have. As far as the show went, it was good but not great. Probably 85% was Funkos, T-Shirts, Toys and other fringe stuff. No decent artists or writer to see. Lots of long lines for paid autographs and witnesses. I started to try to walk the show but it was elbow to elbow with strollers and newly minted “geeks”. I quickly retreated back to the comfort of the SA/GA pavilion. Still had a lot of fun. Saw a lot of boardies and caught up with friends. No matter how you see conventions, there is nothing like them. Always ready for the next one! I felt this year that less "comic book" dealers were there. I think the 85% is low on the fringe, more like 90%. This could be a reaction to the new tread of real comic book one and two day shows. I agree too close to Chicago for dealers to restock coming from there. In some ways its more intimate than San Diego, but is like a smaller baby brother..its growing, each year row by row. Not a bad con but SD clearly is the leader. Friday and Sat( that is the day I went) were sold out but it show be interesting to see how this show evolves in the next couple of years. Price wise I agree, strong prices and good material is getting harder to come by. The GA market looks very strong for now. Edited April 1, 2019 by Mmehdy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
