ADAMANTIUM Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 24 minutes ago, MGsimba77 said: Upgrade Congrats! But something tells me you don't like the older case and will have it reholdered STORMSHADOW_80 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comics4All Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 1 hour ago, MGsimba77 said: Upgrade Nice! but how can a python snake crush his armor? Isn't the armor acid proof too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGsimba77 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 1 hour ago, ADAMANTIUM said: Congrats! But something tells me you don't like the older case and will have it reholdered Nah! Those others were extreme circumstances LoL. So long as the books not moving or the slab looks like it's been drop kicked or used for batting practice I'm good ! It's staying where it is ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ADAMANTIUM Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Awesome looking 9.0...looks as though cgc got a new hologram sticker....new this week! 707comics and speedcake 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGsimba77 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 1 hour ago, comics4all said: Nice! but how can a python snake crush his armor? Isn't the armor acid proof too? Well, the fact that it's a constrictor with fangs would suggest it's a super snake. The snake got into a laboratory & smashed into a bunch of rocket fuel compounds turning it into mutated snake. Stark's arms & legs are still exposed with the armor. Furthermore the armor has had several power & protective enhancements throughout the years. This is only the third version of the armor after the classic gray & gold versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comics4All Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 4 hours ago, MGsimba77 said: Well, the fact that it's a constrictor with fangs would suggest it's a super snake. The snake got into a laboratory & smashed into a bunch of rocket fuel compounds turning it into mutated snake. Stark's arms & legs are still exposed with the armor. Furthermore the armor has had several power & protective enhancements throughout the years. This is only the third version of the armor after the classic gray & gold versions. good answer! great book! I love the old IM issues from the 70s & 80s! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGsimba77 Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 19 minutes ago, comics4all said: good answer! great book! I love the old IM issues from the 70s & 80s! Can you imagine modern day IM looking for a wall outlet while in his underwear to recharge his chest plate? No power supply drones back then! Very bronzy age Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ssantoss Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 I Think I got a rather good deal this week. Paid the equivalent of about 750 US$ for: Avengers 51 to 100 and 173 to 195 (about 50/50 of cent and pence copies) Iron Man, mixed issues between 6 and 69 plus 118. (about 50/50 of cent and pence copies) All in F/VF condition. Picture of the goodies that made me jump on the deal. PunisherPunisherPunisher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nepatkm Posted March 3, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2018 Some of my newer graded Punisher items. MGsimba77, 707comics, felixthecat and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nepatkm Posted March 3, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2018 And a Bronze Horror. electricprune, PunisherPunisherPunisher, Larryw7 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeCrush Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 (edited) Received a couple shipments yesterday for some more modern comics. Scratched off a few of the remaining Turner covers I need to complete my Turner collection. Getting very close to the 100% mark, both with signed and unsigned. Also received 2 copies of Parrillo's Warlord of Mars #14 cover, one of the hardest comic's I have ever tried tracking down. Also picked up a few signed Campbell comics and a few misc variants. Edited March 5, 2018 by OrangeCrush speedcake, ADAMANTIUM, Jimbo749 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedcake Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 That chaos #1 virgin cover is pretty sweet. I'm also thiiiiis close to beginning my own Warlords of Mars collection. THANKS. Thanks alot OrangeCrush 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeCrush Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, speedcake said: That chaos #1 virgin cover is pretty sweet. I'm also thiiiiis close to beginning my own Warlords of Mars collection. THANKS. Thanks alot Yeah, that virgin really is a great Turner book. Really happy that I finally found a set at a decent price. And IMO Parrillo's cover runs for Warlord of Mars, Queen Sonja, and Vampirella are some of the best cover runs I have ever seen. Each cover is just amazing and they just get better and better. Unfortunately, some of those 1:15 variants are REALLY REALLY tough to find. It took me roughly 2 years of searching eBay on a pretty much daily basis to find those 2 - #14 issues and I had to pay 300% book value to get them. At that point, I honestly didn't care about how much they cost. After looking that long I just wanted to be able to scratch it off my list. If you do try and get Parrillo's Warlord of Mars run, the books your going to have the most trouble with are #10, #14, & #15. Edited March 5, 2018 by OrangeCrush speedcake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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speedcake Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 21 hours ago, OrangeCrush said: Yeah, that virgin really is a great Turner book. Really happy that I finally found a set at a decent price. And IMO Parrillo's cover runs for Warlord of Mars, Queen Sonja, and Vampirella are some of the best cover runs I have ever seen. Each cover is just amazing and they just get better and better. Unfortunately, some of those 1:15 variants are REALLY REALLY tough to find. It took me roughly 2 years of searching eBay on a pretty much daily basis to find those 2 - #14 issues and I had to pay 300% book value to get them. At that point, I honestly didn't care about how much they cost. After looking that long I just wanted to be able to scratch it off my list. If you do try and get Parrillo's Warlord of Mars run, the books your going to have the most trouble with are #10, #14, & #15. Ya every time you post these I want them that much more. Why are these particular covers so tough to find? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedcake Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 There is a #15 on ebay right now but the BIN seems a bit high Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeCrush Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 (edited) On 3/6/2018 at 12:07 AM, speedcake said: Ya every time you post these I want them that much more. Why are these particular covers so tough to find? Well, their 1:15 variants and I don't think that series as a whole had a really big run. That was really right around the time where Dynamite really started to get much more popular due to adding Red Sonja and Vampirella to the IP's they own. So its basically a comic that had a relatively small run overall and again, those Parrillo covers are 1:15 variants and I don't think many comic shops were purchasing 15 copies for that run of comics. IMO, that seems to be the most logical explanation as to why some of those books are so rare. I am not joking when I said it took me years to finally track down those #14 issues. Maybe I just had bad timing and they wound up being listed and sold before I saw them. Either way, I checked eBay pretty much daily and it really did take around 2 years for me to find those 2 copies. On 3/6/2018 at 12:38 AM, speedcake said: There is a #15 on ebay right now but the BIN seems a bit high Yeah, I have seen a couple of the #15 posted thus far this year. Thats a flurry compared to the number I saw posted last year. I wound up purchasing one of them and that is actually the kind of pricing you see on a lot of the 1:15 Parrillo variants for either Queen Sonja, Vampirella, and Warlord of Mars. I wound up paying $29.99 each for the #14 issues I posted up. So while its definitely high compared to the various price guides out there, if you really want a copy its likely your going to have to pay those kinds of figures. Personally, I just love Parrillo's style. Its the perfect balance between realism and that comic book quality artwork. And I LOVE that he paints his covers like Del'Otto and Ross. IMO, painted covers just have a quality to them that digital art just can't match. I love being able to see some of the brush strokes. Here is a perfect example by Del'Otto where you can really see the various brush strokes. Again, I just love that quality to painted covers. Oil painting just have a really beautiful quality to them. Edited March 7, 2018 by OrangeCrush speedcake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PunisherPunisherPunisher Posted March 7, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 7, 2018 Picked all these up the other day Brandon Shepherd, OrangeCrush, nepatkm and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
