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[James42]

Got this in the mail this week for about 1/3 market rate. Is a NM copy. Cant believe it.

Edited May 12, 2022 by James42

[mr_highgrade]

On 5/12/2022 at 4:37 AM, James42 said:

Got this in the mail this week for about 1/3 market rate. Is a NM copy. Cant believe it.

It's a Direct Edition copy. 

[divad]

On 5/11/2022 at 9:01 PM, George Brent said:

On 5/11/2022 at 8:29 PM, divad said:

 Because you think some scuzz-ball comic shop (insert comic book fat guy from The Simpsons here) was a better environment than a newsstand, pharmacy, drug store, quick-stop shop, family market or bookstore? This is a myth created and exploited by comic stores, distributors, and resellers,

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You bring up a very good point here, so, having frequented lots of comic shops and pharmacies/drug-stores/supermarkets/etc. in several states in the late 80s and through the 90s, yep, I can say with certainty that, indeed, copies were handled much more carefully in comic shops. 

You do know the difference between fact and confabulation?

 

[darkstar]

On 5/11/2022 at 10:29 PM, divad said:

 Because you think some scuzz-ball comic shop (insert comic book fat guy from The Simpsons here) was a better environment than a newsstand, pharmacy, drug store, quick-stop shop, family market or bookstore? This is a myth created and exploited by comic stores, distributors, and resellers,

Except it isn't a myth. Comic shop owners in general care about the quality of their stock being maintained, owners where newsstands were sold couldn't care less, it's nothing more than cheap, disposable entertainment for kids. Same thing on the buying side - customers, or browsers, in a comic shop are going to treat the stock better on average than the clientele at a newsstand. And then compare how the stock is typically displayed at a comic shop to a newsstand - comic boxes and shelves dedicated to comics, (sometimes even bagged and boarded!) vs spinner racks and stadium shelves where people bend the top half of the book forward to look at the issues behind it. 

 

 

[Jesse-Lee]

On 5/12/2022 at 9:28 PM, darkstar said:

Except it isn't a myth. Comic shop owners in general care about the quality of their stock being maintained, owners where newsstands were sold couldn't care less, it's nothing more than cheap, disposable entertainment for kids. Same thing on the buying side - customers, or browsers, in a comic shop are going to treat the stock better on average than the clientele at a newsstand. And then compare how the stock is typically displayed at a comic shop to a newsstand - comic boxes and shelves dedicated to comics, (sometimes even bagged and boarded!) vs spinner racks and stadium shelves where people bend the top half of the book forward to look at the issues behind it. 

 

 

Just some anecdotal evidence from one person's experience, but I remember as a kid having $3-4 in my pocket, walking into the local drug store and carelessly flipping through books for what seemed like forever, then grabbing a book or two, or maybe some baseball cards, along with some Lik-m-Aid or Tangy Taffy before going back to my buddy's house to goof off. But on the rare occasion we'd get to go to the city and go to a real comic shop, it was like Mecca. We'd be so respectful and responsible and treat the books like rare artifacts.

[divad]

On 5/12/2022 at 7:28 PM, darkstar said:

Except it isn't a myth. Comic shop owners in general care about the quality of their stock being maintained, owners where newsstands were sold couldn't care less, it's nothing more than cheap, disposable entertainment for kids. Same thing on the buying side - customers, or browsers, in a comic shop are going to treat the stock better on average than the clientele at a newsstand. And then compare how the stock is typically displayed at a comic shop to a newsstand - comic boxes and shelves dedicated to comics, (sometimes even bagged and boarded!) vs spinner racks and stadium shelves where people bend the top half of the book forward to look at the issues behind it.

After 108 pages of HG newsies, and you still think it isn't a myth? 

[darkstar]

On 5/13/2022 at 1:03 AM, divad said:

After 108 pages of HG newsies, and you still think it isn't a myth? 

This isn't much of a counterpoint to what I wrote above. 

Most of the books posted in here are not modern high grade - the majority of the books are mid grade drek from the past 30 years. 

[Morganmi]

Couple new ones in the mail today. 

[divad]

On 5/13/2022 at 3:58 AM, darkstar said:

This isn't much of a counterpoint to what I wrote above. 

Most of the books posted in here are not modern high grade - the majority of the books are mid grade drek from the past 30 years. 

Show us your Modern Newsies!

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Started by mr_highgrade, October 15, 2019

[divad]

On 5/13/2022 at 3:58 AM, darkstar said:

Most of the books posted in here are not modern high grade - the majority of the books are mid grade drek from the past 30 years. 

To Arms! Fetch the pitchforks!!!

[MetalPSI]

drek

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

Added these today. 

 

[Cpt Kirk]

On 5/13/2022 at 2:03 AM, divad said:

After 108 pages of HG newsies, and you still think it isn't a myth? 

A great debate for sure.   It would be interesting to see some data.   My own experience as a collector since about 1970 was that newsstands got beat up pretty well and were not closely watched.   At that time, there were a lot fewer comic shops than there are today and grade was probably a little less of a concern to comic shops in the early days.  But in general most shop owners were a little more guarded over their comic books (especially back issues), and as time went by condition became a greater concern.   It seems like condition became more of a concern when the Edgar Church collection surfaced.  Those beautiful comic books raised the bar for collectors who sought perfection. 

The pursuit of perfection suits OCD people very well (myself included, as seen by my ridiculous goal of trying to get every single Mark Jewelers variant in VF or better in the runs of Batman, Detective, Superman, Action and JLA, even though those bad boys normally had to go overseas and sit on the "newsstand" racks of military PX's).  Speaking of Mark Jewelers, last year I found a collection from a dude who went to a PX in Germany every week or so and picked out his favorite comic books and then stashed them away until 35 years later.  In my mind, it was the "Edgar Church" version of Mark Jewelers (some of his jeweler runs like Superman spanned almost 10 years).

Edited May 16, 2022 by Cpt Kirk

[divad]

 

[valiantman]

On 5/13/2022 at 12:30 PM, Morganmi said:

I'm pretty sure this isn't a newsstand.  There are only 12 numbers in the barcode, all at the bottom.

As far as I know, Dynamite (a.k.a. The Franklin Mint of comics) has never had any kind of newsstand distribution, and the format of the barcode doesn't have the right-side section with numbers at the top (two or five numbers above the code, after the twelve numbers on the left).

Dynamite has no numbers on the right (in the Army of Darkness photo above), which is how comic bags are barcoded instead of the comics inside.

Edited May 16, 2022 by valiantman

[Morganmi]

On 5/16/2022 at 11:24 AM, valiantman said:

I'm pretty sure this isn't a newsstand.  There are only 12 numbers in the barcode, all at the bottom.

As far as I know, Dynamite (a.k.a. The Franklin Mint of comics) has never had any kind of newsstand distribution, and the format of the barcode doesn't have the right-side section with numbers at the top (two or five numbers above the code, after the twelve numbers on the left).

Dynamite has no numbers on the right (in the Army of Darkness photo above), which is how comic bags are barcoded instead of the comics inside.

I think your right. I got fooled on that. It's a Red Chromium Titled one and they all have that bar code. 

[divad]

[mrwoogieman]

For fifty cents each I'll even buy Outsiders' newsies!

 

 

[fastballspecial]

On 5/16/2022 at 11:03 PM, mrwoogieman said:

For fifty cents each I'll even buy Outsiders' newsies!

 

 

From 2010 I would too.

 

[ADAMANTIUM]

I found this Newsstand for $1