Parabellum Posted October 31, 2022 Author Share Posted October 31, 2022 On 10/30/2022 at 7:33 PM, Otter1775 said: Good afternoon everyone. Just got back from CGC last week. Purchased this copy at a LCS near Columbia, MD. Very nice! Congrats bro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otter1775 Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 On 10/31/2022 at 1:40 PM, Parabellum said: Very nice! Congrats bro! Thank you, Parabellum. Parabellum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F For Fake Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Indeed, @Otter1775a nice copy of a wonderful book. Never get tired of seeing that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F For Fake Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 So apparently I was asleep at the wheel during my latter day Dark Horse collecting, and recently realized that I was missing this series, aside from the Alpha. No idea how I did that. Anyway, a cheap lot recently popped up on eBay, so that has been rectified. Parabellum, ADAMANTIUM, MetalPSI and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otter1775 Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 On 11/3/2022 at 12:14 PM, F For Fake said: Indeed, @Otter1775a nice copy of a wonderful book. Never get tired of seeing that one. Thank you F! Just bought some more books last night from Comics to Astonish. Found some Todd McFarlane goodness, via some ASM issues. F For Fake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ak47po Posted November 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 5, 2022 Star Wars collection i acquired in 2019, and those Godzilla"s from the previous post also came from this collection. Parabellum, ADAMANTIUM, mr_highgrade and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post F For Fake Posted November 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 9, 2022 Stoked to have won this guy on CLink last night for EIGHTEEN DAMN DOLLARS. Amazing. It's a "lowly" 9.6, but that makes it the single highest graded copy! So odd that there aren't more of these slabbed. I know the Authority/Stormwatch have cooled in popularity, but at one time this was a hot book as it killed off the remainder of Stormwatch, and was considered the "first appearance" of the Authority. Anyhow, yeah, happy to have it, but feel bad for the sellers, it has been a bloodbath on CLink this round. I snapped up a huge collection of Stormwatch books for a registry set, most of them for under $20, well below the cost of slabbing, and most of them were the single highest graded copy, or the ONLY graded copy. Crazy times. MetalPSI , ADAMANTIUM, mr_highgrade and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabellum Posted November 13, 2022 Author Share Posted November 13, 2022 On 11/9/2022 at 10:28 PM, F For Fake said: Stoked to have won this guy on CLink last night for EIGHTEEN DAMN DOLLARS. Amazing. It's a "lowly" 9.6, but that makes it the single highest graded copy! So odd that there aren't more of these slabbed. I know the Authority/Stormwatch have cooled in popularity, but at one time this was a hot book as it killed off the remainder of Stormwatch, and was considered the "first appearance" of the Authority. Anyhow, yeah, happy to have it, but feel bad for the sellers, it has been a bloodbath on CLink this round. I snapped up a huge collection of Stormwatch books for a registry set, most of them for under $20, well below the cost of slabbing, and most of them were the single highest graded copy, or the ONLY graded copy. Crazy times. I dig it. F For Fake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabellum Posted November 13, 2022 Author Share Posted November 13, 2022 Finally got a copy. F For Fake and MetalPSI 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F For Fake Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 On 11/13/2022 at 5:22 AM, Parabellum said: Finally got a copy. Nice! Looks like a clean copy, too! Parabellum and MetalPSI 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabellum Posted November 14, 2022 Author Share Posted November 14, 2022 On 11/14/2022 at 9:39 AM, F For Fake said: Nice! Looks like a clean copy, too! It’s decent, probably a 8.0-8.5. F For Fake, MetalPSI and ADAMANTIUM 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F For Fake Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 On 11/14/2022 at 8:10 AM, Parabellum said: It’s decent, probably a 8.0-8.5. That's about as nice as I've seen. I'm not sure if it's the way it was printed, or the way they were handled after the fact, but most of these books seem to have issues. There are two 9.8's and two 9.6's in the census, I'd love to see one of those. MetalPSI and Parabellum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabellum Posted November 19, 2022 Author Share Posted November 19, 2022 On 11/14/2022 at 10:54 PM, F For Fake said: That's about as nice as I've seen. I'm not sure if it's the way it was printed, or the way they were handled after the fact, but most of these books seem to have issues. There are two 9.8's and two 9.6's in the census, I'd love to see one of those. Im willing to guess the way they were handled. Im sure no one thought they would be collectible at any point in time. F For Fake and MetalPSI 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalPSI Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 On 11/19/2022 at 10:39 AM, Parabellum said: Im willing to guess the way they were handled. Im sure no one thought they would be collectible at any point in time. This F For Fake and Parabellum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F For Fake Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 So, I think I mentioned that I recently did an inventory of my Aliens books, and I'm missing a few random things that surprised me. Either cases where my LCS failed to pull the books for me, and I just assumed I had them, or random weird variants that I didn't feel like chasing at the time. Oddly enough, I was currently missing AvPvT #2. That shocked me, as I know I've had several complete sets of this series over the years. Anyway, grabbed a nice #2 at a decent price. Next was the Aliens Vampirella variant. This is one of the easy to find books in this set, so I'd not been in a hurry. But I figured I may as well cross it off, as the Aliens Vampi books are some of the toughest to find, in my estimation. The virgin and b&w variants of 2-6 are ghosts. This series came out during the gap where I wasn't buying new comics at all (even Aliens stuff) and I missed them completely. Once I started buying new books again, I found that this series was oddly difficult to track down. I have a set of the regular covers, but the variants are very spotty in my collection, and not at all easy to track down after issue #1. I guess this was a crossover that flew under the radar for most folks. MetalPSI and Otter1775 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabellum Posted November 22, 2022 Author Share Posted November 22, 2022 On 11/21/2022 at 11:54 PM, F For Fake said: So, I think I mentioned that I recently did an inventory of my Aliens books, and I'm missing a few random things that surprised me. Either cases where my LCS failed to pull the books for me, and I just assumed I had them, or random weird variants that I didn't feel like chasing at the time. Oddly enough, I was currently missing AvPvT #2. That shocked me, as I know I've had several complete sets of this series over the years. Anyway, grabbed a nice #2 at a decent price. Next was the Aliens Vampirella variant. This is one of the easy to find books in this set, so I'd not been in a hurry. But I figured I may as well cross it off, as the Aliens Vampi books are some of the toughest to find, in my estimation. The virgin and b&w variants of 2-6 are ghosts. This series came out during the gap where I wasn't buying new comics at all (even Aliens stuff) and I missed them completely. Once I started buying new books again, I found that this series was oddly difficult to track down. I have a set of the regular covers, but the variants are very spotty in my collection, and not at all easy to track down after issue #1. I guess this was a crossover that flew under the radar for most folks. Is the Vampirella vs Aliens any good? Unlike most people I did like AVPVT though. F For Fake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F For Fake Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 On 11/22/2022 at 4:50 AM, Parabellum said: Is the Vampirella vs Aliens any good? Unlike most people I did like AVPVT though. Ha, unfortunately, no, it's pretty terrible. At least in my estimation. And that may be why it's difficult to find, as neither property was really doing big sales at the time, and it seemed like a silly idea. So I'm assuming a lot of folks passed it by. So as a reading experience, no, can't recommend it. But if you see the books on the cheap, they're well worth picking up. Although I am on record as generally not being a fan of Alien crossovers, I did actually like AvPvT a lot! I thought it was a lot of fun, and made a coherent story out of what could have been a big mess. Otter1775 and Parabellum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otter1775 Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 On 11/22/2022 at 8:12 AM, F For Fake said: Ha, unfortunately, no, it's pretty terrible. At least in my estimation. And that may be why it's difficult to find, as neither property was really doing big sales at the time, and it seemed like a silly idea. So I'm assuming a lot of folks passed it by. So as a reading experience, no, can't recommend it. But if you see the books on the cheap, they're well worth picking up. Although I am on record as generally not being a fan of Alien crossovers, I did actually like AvPvT a lot! I thought it was a lot of fun, and made a coherent story out of what could have been a big mess. If I’m correct, this is a Baltimore Comic-Con variant to the series, which CPG and Key Collector don’t list at all: F For Fake and MetalPSI 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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