Fox Comics Appreciation Thread! 20 20

[MrBedrock]

Still my favorite...

 

[Straw-Man]

it's ok.

[buttock]

5 minutes ago, MrBedrock said:

Still my favorite...

 

And I absolutely adore the copy I got from you.    I think when my JB selloff happens I'll hold onto those 3 books.  

[Sqeggs]

On 11/18/2017 at 8:26 PM, sagii said:

Wonder how CGC missed it on this Fox rarity? I own the Cripen copy of this book sold by HA years ago. On the inside cover, there are clearly house ads for other Fox titles. Metro even got it right on the back with their sticker. But on the label CGC says 'No publisher listed'. What gives?

https://www.comicconnect.com/bookDetail.php?id=740858

Odd that they wouldn't check around a little (like looking it up on GCD), but they seem to often bobble the listing of really scarce books.  You could argue that those are the books that it's most important to get correctly identified. But because they can take a little time to track down, I guess the time pressure gets the better of them. 

[sagii]

11 minutes ago, Sqeggs said:

Odd that they wouldn't check around a little (like looking it up on GCD), but they seem to often bobble the listing of really scarce books.  You could argue that those are the books that it's most important to get correctly identified. But because they can take a little time to track down, I guess the time pressure gets the better of them. 

Makes sense. But the Fox logo, tiny as it is here is evident by the Wolf's feet. They had a lot of ways to catch that slip. Our hosts still rock though! Wonder if it will hold at $1? Wouldn't mind hoarding this underwater cover 

[Zolnerowich]

1 hour ago, MrBedrock said:

Still my favorite...

 

 

1 hour ago, Straw-Man said:

it's ok.

Yeah it’s pretty good. You might want to erase that scribbling.

[Straw-Man]

a foxy "lamont" to a foxy "larson."

[Sqeggs]

13 hours ago, MrBedrock said:

Still my favorite...

 

The aliens remind me of Tony Robbins. 

[Straw-Man]

he's creepier.

[october]

Just a friendly heads-up.

I bought the Church Mystery Men 11 in the Berk auction, only to find out the spine splits were almost twice as long in-hand as advertised. It's back up on the block, without a revised description. They took a return without a problem, and maybe this is just an oversight, but prospective bidders should know that the write-up is not accurate. 

https://www.comicconnect.com/bookSearch.php?title=mystery+men&issue=11

[Point Five]

2 hours ago, october said:

Just a friendly heads-up.

I bought the Church Mystery Men 11 in the Berk auction, only to find out the spine splits were almost twice as long in-hand as advertised. It's back up on the block, without a revised description. They took a return without a problem, and maybe this is just an oversight, but prospective bidders should know that the write-up is not accurate. 

https://www.comicconnect.com/bookSearch.php?title=mystery+men&issue=11

[comicjack]

6 hours ago, szavisca said:

I'll admit I'm somewhat obsessed with the phantom ladies but even I find this to be quite a puzzling auction result... $3,475 for a 7.0 PL 16...

http://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAUCTIONS%2FSEARCH.ASP%3FFocusedOnly%3D1%26where%3Dauctions%26title%3DPlanet%26ItemType%3DCB%23Item_1214890&id=1214890&itemType=0

crazy stuff is happening 

[Funnybooks]

8 hours ago, szavisca said:

I'll admit I'm somewhat obsessed with the phantom ladies but even I find this to be quite a puzzling auction result... $3,475 for a 7.0 PL 16...

http://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAUCTIONS%2FSEARCH.ASP%3FFocusedOnly%3D1%26where%3Dauctions%26title%3DPlanet%26ItemType%3DCB%23Item_1214890&id=1214890&itemType=0

Wanted to bid on it earlier in the day and then it jumped from 1850 to 3450 in a matter of moments...nice book

[Funnybooks]

4 minutes ago, szavisca said:

Well if you want one there's 3 raw copies that have been sitting on metro/comicconnect unsold for 2 years.  They're in the 4.0-5.0 range but relative bargains at this point.  

Granted I know some people want them a bit nicer(I do when I can afford it)  but the relative availability of 16 is part of why this auction result puzzles me.

Yes

I'm certainly not one to question any collector's motives for buying what they like. It seems like an outlier given the availability of the book even privately.

[Ricksneatstuff]

4 hours ago, szavisca said:

Well if you want one there's 3 raw copies that have been sitting on metro/comicconnect unsold for 2 years.  They're in the 4.0-5.0 range but relative bargains at this point.  

Granted I know some people want them a bit nicer(I do when I can afford it)  but the relative availability of 16 is part of why this auction result puzzles me.

 Yes that was a surprising result. I’m not sure what’s happening but it feels like everything is escalating very quickly. I was interested in purchasing that book at 2000 or less and was surprised to see a jump so high. 

[Sqeggs]

13 hours ago, szavisca said:

I'll admit I'm somewhat obsessed with the phantom ladies but even I find this to be quite a puzzling auction result... $3,475 for a 7.0 PL 16...

http://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAUCTIONS%2FSEARCH.ASP%3FFocusedOnly%3D1%26where%3Dauctions%26title%3DPlanet%26ItemType%3DCB%23Item_1214890&id=1214890&itemType=0

Am I missing something?  The link takes me to Planet Comics 53. 

[MustEatBrains]

3 minutes ago, Sqeggs said:

Am I missing something?  The link takes me to Planet Comics 53. 

http://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAUCTIONS%2FSEARCH.ASP%3FFocusedOnly%3D1%26where%3Dauctions%26title%3DPhantom%2BLady%26x%3D24%26y%3D8%26ItemType%3DCB%23Item_1213891&id=1213891&itemType=0

[Sqeggs]

53 minutes ago, szavisca said:

1 hour ago, Sqeggs said:

Am I missing something?  The link takes me to Planet Comics 53. 

My mistake, wrong link. Follow the one musteatbrains showed..

Ah, ok.  Yeah, that price seems very high and that doesn't appear to be a copy that will benefit from being cracked from its old label goodness slab.

[Robot Man]

Who says that GA comics are not affordable? I picked this up from a boardie for about the cost of a half a dozen moderns. Nice, WWII cover too. Thanks Jim!

[Zolnerowich]

The good folks at CGC took a stab at tidying up this book. I think the outcome was net positive, especially along the left edge.

BEFORE:

 

AFTER:

 

Edited December 4, 2017 by Zolnerowich
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