Popular Post Parabellum Posted April 7 Popular Post Share Posted April 7 First comic appearance of Snake Plissken srezvan, littledoom, pmpknface and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpknface Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 A few variants. Grabbed the #1 with Hobgoblin on it! whetteon, BuraddoRun and ADAMANTIUM 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makis Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Amazing Spiderman 361.First Carnage! whetteon, ADAMANTIUM, pmpknface and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpknface Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Rolling on with the Hobgoblin collection! Picked up a new one that wasn't even on my radar, Spider-Man: The Parker Years. This one only has 16 in 9.8 and 22 on the census. Looks good in the slab with the wrap cover too. It's mainly a flashback book that was during the clone madness, but my man is front and center on the cover so it was an easy call. I didn't even realize it was a NS copy until it arrived. ADAMANTIUM, BuraddoRun, whetteon and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpknface Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 (edited) In addition to those MCS pickups, I added in these 2. Totally random, but I was reminded while diving in my boxes that I missed these 2 when they came out. Pull lists weren't perfect back in the day. The Kraven book was so popular that it went from a 7-issue series to a 6. Can't have a high print run. The Redemption book was part of the clone madness, of course. Edited April 19 by pmpknface ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 (edited) On 4/19/2024 at 3:29 PM, pmpknface said: In addition to those MCS pickups, I added in these 2. Totally random, but I was reminded while diving in my boxes that I missed these 2 when they came out. Pull lists weren't perfect back in the day. The Kraven book was so popular that it went from a 7-issue series to a 6. Can't have a high print run. The Redemption book was part of the clone madness, of course. It is worth noting that the redemption is a newsstand, speaking of "confidence" in distribution Edited April 19 by ADAMANTIUM pmpknface 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jesse-Lee Posted April 20 Popular Post Share Posted April 20 Thanks @ivdyer! pmpknface, ADAMANTIUM, onlyweaknesskryptonite and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinwar Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 whetteon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qalyar Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 On 4/19/2024 at 2:48 PM, pmpknface said: Rolling on with the Hobgoblin collection! Picked up a new one that wasn't even on my radar, Spider-Man: The Parker Years. This one only has 16 in 9.8 and 22 on the census. Looks good in the slab with the wrap cover too. It's mainly a flashback book that was during the clone madness, but my man is front and center on the cover so it was an easy call. I didn't even realize it was a NS copy until it arrived. This checks nearly all the boxes to be a really hard book to find as a NS. After the peak of NS distribution had passed? Although certainly not a post-2000 distribution diehard, I don't think anyone would argue that direct market copies weren't dominant by '95. Way, way off the main-line titles? Check, I'm not sure I ever knew this flashback-y one-shot book ever existed at all. UPC box on the back, where no one will see it on a bagged and boarded book? Very much check. And in 9.8 to boot. Congratulations. Books like this aren't necessarily worth magical Christmasland FMVs, but trying to find them on purpose is another story entirely. mr_highgrade and BuraddoRun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpknface Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 On 4/22/2024 at 5:26 PM, Qalyar said: This checks nearly all the boxes to be a really hard book to find as a NS. After the peak of NS distribution had passed? Although certainly not a post-2000 distribution diehard, I don't think anyone would argue that direct market copies weren't dominant by '95. Way, way off the main-line titles? Check, I'm not sure I ever knew this flashback-y one-shot book ever existed at all. UPC box on the back, where no one will see it on a bagged and boarded book? Very much check. And in 9.8 to boot. Congratulations. Books like this aren't necessarily worth magical Christmasland FMVs, but trying to find them on purpose is another story entirely. Thanks! I really couldn't care about the NS aspect, I'm just happy to get any copy. The NS is a fun aspect, and I didn't think about the UPC on the back thing! Good pickup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpknface Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 1 new one to add to the Hobgoblin run. Upon getting this one I really had to go through my registry set. I had prepared for the first 100 or so appearances, but with books this recent I really had to go back and re-order the appearances over the last decade. Not that I have them all (YET!) but I've got a list so when I get one I have a slot prepared. Anyway, here's Miles Morales SS v2 #16: BuraddoRun, whetteon, ADAMANTIUM and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littledoom Posted Thursday at 06:34 PM Share Posted Thursday at 06:34 PM (edited) Dollar sale highlights Edited Thursday at 07:31 PM by littledoom onlyweaknesskryptonite, whetteon and ADAMANTIUM 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etreiw Posted Friday at 02:06 AM Share Posted Friday at 02:06 AM This beautiful book is on it's way back to me right now.... even with the pressing I did not think it would get 9.6.... YAY. ADAMANTIUM, BuraddoRun and pmpknface 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpknface Posted Friday at 03:40 PM Share Posted Friday at 03:40 PM On 4/25/2024 at 2:34 PM, littledoom said: Dollar sale highlights Cool Bruce Timm cover on that Heartthrobs book in the middle! littledoom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpknface Posted Friday at 03:46 PM Share Posted Friday at 03:46 PM Gotta love it when a Lone Star box arrives in the morning! 3 new modern books arrived. First up is one for the Hobgoblin run, ASM #696. Man, McNiven really creepified both Hobgoblins for this run for covers! I'm in it for the Kingsley app (I'm just bypassing Phil for the moment) but it's a cool layout on this one: Next up is the 1st new Electro, Francine Frye (I love that name)! Any Ross cover is a darn good cover! Last up is a Hallows' Eve variant to #1 I picked up because it wasn't too much. Black Cat? I'm in! BuraddoRun and ADAMANTIUM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littledoom Posted Friday at 06:05 PM Share Posted Friday at 06:05 PM On 4/26/2024 at 8:40 AM, pmpknface said: Cool Bruce Timm cover on that Heartthrobs book in the middle! Thanks, I've been looking for that comic for a while and it was my first time finding it in the wild and I snagged 5 copies, only one could fit in the photo ADAMANTIUM and pmpknface 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTheDuck Posted Saturday at 02:14 PM Share Posted Saturday at 02:14 PM PIcked up a few this week at the LCS ADAMANTIUM and BuraddoRun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyweaknesskryptonite Posted Saturday at 11:21 PM Share Posted Saturday at 11:21 PM These showed up yesterday thanks to @fastballspecial ! Jesse-Lee, BuraddoRun, ADAMANTIUM and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qalyar Posted Sunday at 12:56 AM Share Posted Sunday at 12:56 AM I do admittedly sometimes feel a little self-conscious when my quests for Very Specific Drek earns a mention in the CovrPrice weekly report. But still... This is the 2nd best copy recorded, behind a single 9.6, and is certainly miles better than the half-dozen or so raw copies I'd already gone through. Nor do I expect there to be many other high-grade candidates forthcoming. This variant was distributed exclusively in one (seemingly low distribution) version of one video game box-set. The contents also weren't exactly secured, so these got to bounce around in the box along with several CD jewel cases and a ~300 page strategy guide. Casualties happened, so even breaking a sealed box of the correct version (none of which were available last time I checked) is no guarantee of an acceptable copy. As an aside, the cover artist here is Francisco Ruiz Velasco, who is probably more familiar to Dark Horse fans for his Predator and AVP stuff a few years later. Also, my slab photography skills are still, erm, Very Good. One of these days, I need to stop buying weird comics and just bite the bullet on a slab-compatible legal scanner. BuraddoRun, Jesse-Lee and ADAMANTIUM 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuraddoRun Posted Sunday at 04:27 AM Share Posted Sunday at 04:27 AM On 4/27/2024 at 7:56 PM, Qalyar said: I do admittedly sometimes feel a little self-conscious when my quests for Very Specific Drek earns a mention in the CovrPrice weekly report. But still... This is the 2nd best copy recorded, behind a single 9.6, and is certainly miles better than the half-dozen or so raw copies I'd already gone through. Nor do I expect there to be many other high-grade candidates forthcoming. This variant was distributed exclusively in one (seemingly low distribution) version of one video game box-set. The contents also weren't exactly secured, so these got to bounce around in the box along with several CD jewel cases and a ~300 page strategy guide. Casualties happened, so even breaking a sealed box of the correct version (none of which were available last time I checked) is no guarantee of an acceptable copy. As an aside, the cover artist here is Francisco Ruiz Velasco, who is probably more familiar to Dark Horse fans for his Predator and AVP stuff a few years later. Also, my slab photography skills are still, erm, Very Good. One of these days, I need to stop buying weird comics and just bite the bullet on a slab-compatible legal scanner. I love it when comics are shown off with cool background stories and lore. Awesome find, for sure, "drek" or not. Qalyar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
