Adventures in the Dollar Box 9 9

[the blob]

 

18 minutes ago, littledoom said:

That’s a low steal of a deal auction. Over the years it’s $25-30 w higher potential for high grades at $40

ok, $20 shipped... https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dark-Horse-Presents-10-1st-Appearance-The-MASK-Mylar-amp-Acid-Free-Since-1990s-/143878679323?hash=item217fd66b1b%3Ag%3AOucAAOSw2Upfz~0F&nma=true&si=BZbpsjZvXBDBh7scMVfgI%2BAabNw%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

[Talapas1]

Hit up the cheap bin at a local shop and found some low end treasures.    Not too bad for six bucks.  

[IbukiLord]

[Hey Kids, Comics!]

Today was a good day. LCS had its first “Basement Sale” of the year. 200+ longs of mostly stuff that had never been out at $1 each or fill a longbox for $100. I filled two. Here are some of the highlights. Second pic is a pile of DH Star Wars. None of the big boys, but I bought all I saw just because. 
 

 

[manetteska]

20 minutes ago, Hey Kids, Comics! said:

Today was a good day. LCS had its first “Basement Sale” of the year. 200+ longs of mostly stuff that had never been out at $1 each or fill a longbox for $100. I filled two. Here are some of the highlights. Second pic is a pile of DH Star Wars. None of the big boys, but I bought all I saw just because. 
 

 

Where the hell is this?

Selling Deadpool Origins, Sweet Tooth 1, Daredevil 111, etc for $1?!

I’ll take some of those SW off your hands.  Seriously. 

Edited December 20, 2020 by manetteska

[maidenmate91]

1 hour ago, Hey Kids, Comics! said:

Today was a good day. LCS had its first “Basement Sale” of the year. 200+ longs of mostly stuff that had never been out at $1 each or fill a longbox for $100. I filled two. Here are some of the highlights. Second pic is a pile of DH Star Wars. None of the big boys, but I bought all I saw just because. 
 

 

new dimensions? 

[littledoom]

4 hours ago, Hey Kids, Comics! said:

Today was a good day. LCS had its first “Basement Sale” of the year. 200+ longs of mostly stuff that had never been out at $1 each or fill a longbox for $100. I filled two. Here are some of the highlights. Second pic is a pile of DH Star Wars. None of the big boys, but I bought all I saw just because. 
 

 

A really good day indeed. So funny how all these longtime dollar books became something significant over time. What’s the comic next to the Thor variant? And what’s so special about that What The issue?

[Hey Kids, Comics!]

9 hours ago, maidenmate91 said:

new dimensions? 

Again, that place hasn’t existed for more than a decade.

[maidenmate91]

1 hour ago, Hey Kids, Comics! said:

Again, that place hasn’t existed for more than a decade.

Did I ask this before? I don't understand. Nevermind.

[Hey Kids, Comics!]

On 4/20/2019 at 12:53 PM, Hey Kids, Comics! said:

Some of the better pulls from today’s build a $120 longbox special. I let out an audible “YES!” when I hit the TWO Static 45’s as Ive only ever found one copy in the wild.

 

On 4/20/2019 at 6:49 PM, maidenmate91 said:

New dimension? 

 

On 4/20/2019 at 8:43 PM, Hey Kids, Comics! said:

New Dimension Comics in Greenville? It’s been gone for well over a decade. This was at a show in Wilmington, NC

 

4 hours ago, maidenmate91 said:

Did I ask this before? I don't understand. Nevermind.

You have, but I now realize my response seemed rather terse. I shouldn't expect you to remember a fairly meaningless question a year and a half ago.

Edited December 20, 2020 by Hey Kids, Comics!

[Hey Kids, Comics!]

12 hours ago, littledoom said:

A really good day indeed. So funny how all these longtime dollar books became something significant over time. What’s the comic next to the Thor variant? And what’s so special about that What The issue?

Marvel Super Heroes Special Fall 92. It contains the unpublished Ms Marvel 25 from the 70's series that would have been Rogue's first appearance. People hyping it as her true first appearance are silly but it's a $20 book. 

What The? 20 had the first appearance of Pork Grind, the Venom of the Peter Porker universe. It was insanely a $40 book back at the beginning of the year. MIGHT be $10 now, but still a fun book for less than 50 cents. 

[pkveronese]

I need a damn basement sale.

[maidenmate91]

1 hour ago, Hey Kids, Comics! said:

 

 

 

You have, but I now realize my response seemed rather terse. I shouldn't expect you to remember a fairly meaningless question a year and a half ago.

yea I totally didn't remember that. This year alone is one big blur. Thanks I'll try not to ask in another year. 

[fastballspecial]

1 hour ago, Hey Kids, Comics! said:

Marvel Super Heroes Special Fall 92. It contains the unpublished Ms Marvel 25 from the 70's series that would have been Rogue's first appearance. People hyping it as her true first appearance are silly but it's a $20 book. 

What The? 20 had the first appearance of Pork Grind, the Venom of the Peter Porker universe. It was insanely a $40 book back at the beginning of the year. MIGHT be $10 now, but still a fun book for less than 50 cents. 

The MSHS Fall 92 shouldn't be hard to find, but I never find it. 

With finds like that it makes you wonder how some comic shops ever
stayed in business. 

[manetteska]

All the major Star Wars keys are gone, but for $1 each it’s cheaper than the trades and you never know what will get hot these days. 

And some random B&V bikini covers for the pervs. Lol  

Edited December 22, 2020 by manetteska
typo

[littledoom]

3 hours ago, manetteska said:

All the major Star Wars keys are gone, but for $1 each it’s cheaper than the trades and you never know what will get hot these days. 

Mans some random B&V bikini covers for the pervs. Lol  

Runs... that’s all I think about when i see that.. keys are a nice bonus but runs = $$$ =

[littledoom]

9 hours ago, Hey Kids, Comics! said:

Marvel Super Heroes Special Fall 92. It contains the unpublished Ms Marvel 25 from the 70's series that would have been Rogue's first appearance. People hyping it as her true first appearance are silly but it's a $20 book. 

What The? 20 had the first appearance of Pork Grind, the Venom of the Peter Porker universe. It was insanely a $40 book back at the beginning of the year. MIGHT be $10 now, but still a fun book for less than 50 cents. 

What’s the other Thor comic to the left of the Thor Campbell variant? I know the Fall Special. That’s something I’ve been buying for cheap over the years and sold high. Not easy to find especially in high grade 

[Hey Kids, Comics!]

4 hours ago, littledoom said:

What’s the other Thor comic to the left of the Thor Campbell variant? I know the Fall Special. That’s something I’ve been buying for cheap over the years and sold high. Not easy to find especially in high grade 

Oh. Thor 5 regular cover. 

[ygogolak]

On 12/20/2020 at 8:34 AM, Hey Kids, Comics! said:

Again, that place hasn’t existed for more than a decade.

New Dimension is a chain in the Pittsburgh PA area that has a basement sale.

[the blob]

On 12/20/2020 at 2:14 AM, littledoom said:

A really good day indeed. So funny how all these longtime dollar books became something significant over time. What’s the comic next to the Thor variant? And what’s so special about that What The issue?

Most of those are not/should not be dollar books and some of them never really were. The comic shop doesn't know what it is doing, doesn't have clientelle buying back issues, or just can't be bothered selling sub $15-20 books online.

I am wondering how these books hung around in the dollar box long enough to then be in a $100-$120 a long box? So my guess is that the store just doesn't have customers who buy back issues if this myriad of $10-$25 books were sitting in the dollar boxes already. Heck, Static 45 is a $75-$100 book.

 

Edited December 22, 2020 by the blob