whocares Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 (edited) While not in great shape; a nice garage sale find. Holy ....I do not see this often...1st appearance of Prince Hawk Erickson and Windblade Grensleve. Circ - 500 and distributed only in Ottawa; Canada. Barry Blair’s first story with 8 page back-up story The Guardian by Mike Burchill and Don Lanouette. Nice snag Edited August 9, 2013 by whocares Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber-Bob Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 While attending Wizard World I came across a dealer who had 4 slabbed copies of Avengers 57. Grades of 9.2,9.0,8.0, and 7.5 . I swear, in hand, the 7.5 looked the best, absolutely perfect centering. Resisting the inclination to buy the highest , I bought the book, not the grade...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber-Bob Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Another example from Wizard World where I bought the book and not the grade. Incredible freshness, bleeding inks, and nicely centered. I think I see the flaw holding it down, a light printer's track only visible at an angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclops Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Two great books bob. "Buy the book, not the grade" - words to live by. And why not, if you can pick up two beauties like those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comicfollower101-migration Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Very nice doc strange and avengers books, and honestly, it's not like the grade is bad or anything, their both at very nice grades, combined with the gloss and color, it's a beauty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Collector Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Another example from Wizard World where I bought the book and not the grade. Incredible freshness, bleeding inks, and nicely centered. I think I see the flaw holding it down, a light printer's track only visible at an angle. Great buy. Can you explain what a printers track is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber-Bob Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Another example from Wizard World where I bought the book and not the grade. Incredible freshness, bleeding inks, and nicely centered. I think I see the flaw holding it down, a light printer's track only visible at an angle. Great buy. Can you explain what a printers track is? Thanks for the compliments ! I probably have the wrong term but it's something like that. It's a light impression in a very straight line with a little width, maybe 1/8 inch.Something in the printing process itself, probably from the rollers. It may have happened while they were calibrating the machine, one of the first off the line. That would explain the bright, wet looking inks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whocares Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Even by the scan the colours really jump out. Must be impressive in your hands. Nice pick-ups! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber-Bob Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 I'm not a big Batman fan but I couldn't resist the opportunity to acquire this iconic cover with White pages and Pedigree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber-Bob Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 After seeing Asteroid-Comix copy of X-Men 9 I was motivated to get a copy for myself. I never owned an X-Men 9 before. I found one at Wizard World. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber-Bob Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 I love these old 10 cent sci-fi books.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erndog Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Another example from Wizard World where I bought the book and not the grade. Incredible freshness, bleeding inks, and nicely centered. I think I see the flaw holding it down, a light printer's track only visible at an angle. I'll take it off your hands Great looking book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Surfer Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 I love these old 10 cent sci-fi books.... Beauty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hado Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Neat Greek books: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revat Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 are you looking for all foreign language old spider-woman's too? mark jeweler's? UK versions? Neat Greek books: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Kid Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 I'm not a big Batman fan but I couldn't resist the opportunity to acquire this iconic cover with White pages and Pedigree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDeafComics Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 That is the first 9.4 I have ever seen with 1 inch CB bend and chips. Amazing book regardless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryw7 Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 I'm not a big Batman fan but I couldn't resist the opportunity to acquire this iconic cover with White pages and Pedigree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 After seeing Asteroid-Comix copy of X-Men 9 I was motivated to get a copy for myself. I never owned an X-Men 9 before. I found one at Wizard World. Sweeeeeeeet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hado Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 are you looking for all foreign language old spider-woman's too? mark jeweler's? UK versions? . The UK version doesn't interest me as much as editions where the title isn't in English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
