Cat-Man_America Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 On 8/1/2018 at 3:52 PM, Dale Roberts said: I think Bob pretty much hit the nail on the head. As far as the dealers who were not there, I miss Bud. Always enjoyed talking to him and he typically comes around and actually buys comics. Terry's booth I believe was filled by Greg Reece, so the net quality of comics was probably higher than before. I've been doing SDCC for 20 years. And certainly it has changed greatly in that time. As a dealer, you either adapt to those changes, or you are left behind in the dust. It is not a cheap show to set up at. Most dealers are going to have a minimum of $10,000.00 of expenses, before the show starts, some considerably more than that. However, there are still buyers at that show that I see nowhere else. And I meet new customers every year. Like Bob, I am trying to use the convention not only for sales, but also for making long term customers for my website. I have added a couple of dozen new customers to my website in the 2 weeks since the show. Between that and the still very good sales, the show is more than worthwhile. And there are still more quality comics at this show than any other in my opinion. Just to give you an example of what people were buying at the show/shows (Torpedo and SDCC) Phantom Stranger #1 CGC 5.0 (Golden age) Western Comics #65 Shock Suspenstories #5 Haunt of Fear #18 Famous Funnies #216 Strange Adventures #55 Tales from the Crypt #41 Weird Science-Fantasy #27 Weird Science #15 FF #49 Batman #158, 217, 189, 232 Journey into Mystery #83 CGC 2.0 JIM #114 Spirit #22 CGC 7.0 GL #85 Haunt of Fear #12 X-men #14 Black Terror #22 Western Bandit Trails #9 Women Outlaws #1 Star Spangled Comics #125,129 Strange Adventures #38 ASM #129 Batman #55 CGC 5.5 Authentic Police Cases #18 Fantastic Four #52 CGC 8.5 Pep #79 Conan #2 CGC 9.6 Dr. Strange #178 CGC 9.6 Spooky #1 Ghost Breakers #2 Tomb of Dracula #10 CGC 9.6 Adventures into the Unknown #53,54 Friday Foster #1 CGC 9.6 Beware #13 X-Men #101 CGC 9.6 Web of Mystery #5,13 Tomb of Terror #5 Hand of Fate #11, 15 Mysteries #2 Avengers #4 CGC 3,5 Amazing Detective #3 Superman #138 CGC 9.0 Batman #68 CGC 7.0 Marvel Mystery #77 CBCS 7.5 Kaanga #13 Daredevil #181 CGC 9.6 Tales of Suspense #81 CGC 9.2 TTA #53 Silver Surfer #12,13 Beware Terror Tales #4 Adventures into the Unknown #20, 55 Vic Flint #1 Blue Ribbon vol1 #4 Detective #247 Aquaman #1 Navy Combat #96 ASM #28 Shock Suspenstories #15 Avengers #11 Silver Surfer #16 CGC 9.6 Marvel Family #30,34, 61 Special Marvel Edition #15 CBCS 9.2 HOM #156m157, 158, 164 All American Men of War #58 Battle #34 Frontier Fighters #4 Our Army at War #33 HOM #29 All True Crime #36 Western Comics #64,82 New Mutants #98 Wonder Woman #203 Spy Fighters #5 Men in Action #2 Marines in Battle #2 Amazing Spider-man #361 Avengers #87 Two Fisted Tales #33 Captain America #102 CGC 9.6 Beware the Creeper #1 CGC 9.4 Detective Comics #411 Tales of Suspense #43 X-Men #66 Strange Adventures #205 Wonder Woman #187 GL #26 Big stack of Atlas war and crime from new collection (28 books) Strange Adventures #100 JIM #91 Avengers #104 Superman #199 Marvel Spotlight #43 Batman #171, 244 Batman #251 CGC 7.5 ASM #33 X-men #100 CGC 9.4 Amazing Spider-man #14 CGC 8.0 Gi Combat #77,78 Our Army at War #38 Star Spangled War #29,67 X-Men #101 CGC 8.5 FF #121,122,123 Batman #239,255 Detective #426, 422, 423, 439 GL #84 Black Panther #15,17 Superman #247 Jungle Action #11,12,14 USA #12 CBCS 5.0 Our Army at War #70 Teenage Temptations #9 Flash #182 Menace #5 ASM #141 ASM #59 CGC 9.4 Rangers #33,39 Fight #57 Captain America Ann 1 CGC 9.4 Captain America #149 CGC 9.6 FF ann #4 TTA #2 Mystic #45 Marvel Tales #132 True Complete Mystery #7 GS Invaders #1 GS Spider-man #4 Fantastic Four #5 CGC 3.5 Amazing Spider-man #31 CGC 8.0 Avengers #181 CGC 9.6 ASM #102 CGC 9.2 Our Army at War #41, 35 Western Comics #77,81 HOM #31 X-men #138,49, 122 Captain America #130,132,123 Action #124 Action #60 CGC 6.5 World's Finest #47, 52 Wow Comics #28 More Fun Comics #100 Secret Hearts #48 Captain Marvel Adventures #41 ASM #252 GL #47 Iron Man #95,134,169,149,150 ASM #134 ASM #62 Hulk #104,150, 153 Strange Adventures #22 CGC 7.0 Silver Surfer #1 DC Comics Presents #26 Mr. District Attorney #53 Flash Comics #18 CGC 4.5 New Mutants #87 Phantom Stranger #11 Wonder Woman #102 All Star #12 CBCS 6.0 X-Men #49 Conan #1 CGC 9.6 Adventure #288 Action #284, 287, 289 Superboy #89 Doom Patrol #99 ASM #28 ASM #5 Batman #44 Flash #116, 153 Blackhawk #38,40 All Top #15 CGC 8.5 Aquaman #3, 29 Amazing Spider-man #64 CGC 9.8 Marvel Premiere #61 X-Men #5 Batman #81 CGC 6.0 Cowgirl Romances #10 CGC 5.0 ASM #361 Wonder Woman #213,216,223,225,226 Thing #17,3 Web of Evil #8 Witches Tales #5 Frankenstein #2 Startling Comics #35 CGC 6.5 Eerie #6,12 Alarming Tales #4 Batman #123 CGC 9.0 Black Cat #52 Chamber of Chills #25 ASM #300 Daredevil #42,43,50 ASM #83 ASM #239, 300 WWBN #1 Inhumans #1 Flippity and Flop #13 Hulk #181 CGC 4.5 Hulk #141 Secret Origins #1 CGC 9.0 Iron Man #128 Amazing Spider-man #129 CGC 7.5 Amazing Spider-man #121 CGC 7.5 ASM #131 CGC 9.6 ASM #72 Marvel Premiere #13 X-Men #128 CGC 9.8 Wonder Woman #163 Batman #208 Wonder Woman #98 CGC 4.0 X-men #100 TTA #8 CGC 7.5 Walt Disney Comics & Stories #80,100 Iron Man #128 Ghost Comics #1 CGC 5.0 Hulk #107,108 JIM #103 CGC 7.5 FF #49 DD #22,23 Hulk #112, 113, 140 X-Men #117 Jumbo #153 Rulah #24 Tales of Justice #53 Action #273,274 Action #56 Batman #54 Air Fighters vol 2 #9 Action #81, 85, 88 TOS #40 Wonder Comics #6 Wartime Romances #14 CGC 3.5 Captain Marvel Adventures #3 CGC 5.0 Action Comics #66 CBCS 8.5 Fighting Yank #9 CGC 5.5 ASM #238 Adventures into Weird Worlds #23 JIM #89 CGC 7.0 ASM #5 CGC 6,5 Uncle Scrooge #11 Batman #113,115,118 Marvel Premiere #47 CGC 9.8 Hulk #130, 105 ASM #78, 97, 98 HOM #183,190 X-Men #94 Lois Lane #17, 51 GI Combat #16,18,59 Plus a bunch of other cheap stuff which I didn't bother to write down individually. Suffice it to say, there are still plenty of comics buyers at San Diego. I doubt that anyone on Earth has seen this many scrolls since the Great Library at Alexandria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat-Man_America Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 On 8/2/2018 at 7:58 AM, jimjum12 said: People who restrict their buying to the website never even see a lot of Dale's stuff..... I'm always amazed at what he has tucked in his boxes when I'm lucky enough to run into him at a show. GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Owe you an apology, Jimbo. First time I read this a bit of lint was on the screen and I thought you were saying "boxers" ...thankfully I cleaned my screen and that image can permanently be erased from my mind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woowoo Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 24 minutes ago, Cat-Man_America said: I doubt that anyone on Earth has seen this many scrolls since the Great Library at Alexandria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat-Man_America Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock and scroll... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woowoo Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Cat-Man_America said: It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock and scroll... Turn it up Edited August 5, 2018 by woowoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat-Man_America Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Nice production values, but this is Bonny good ... Perfect way to end a Sunday evening on the boards! jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woowoo Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 9 hours ago, Cat-Man_America said: Nice production values, but this is Bonny good ... Perfect way to end a Sunday evening on the boards! Angus before he could afford teeth Now that's classic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...