Popular Post kaculler Posted October 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 7, 2022 Four Color #235 My list is now down to 50 issues with two more on the way. Badger, AJD, OtherEric and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Badger Posted October 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 7, 2022 Got this from Bedrock City at Oafcon in Norman,Oklahoma. Small convention but amazing selection of comics. Treco, damonwad, kaculler and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 In yesterday: PopKulture 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmg3637 Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Dion't think I have posted these yet OtherEric, AJD, kaculler and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaculler Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 On 10/10/2022 at 1:54 AM, jmg3637 said: Dion't think I have posted these yet That Terry and the Pirates issue looks great. Definitely better than my copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-man Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Four Color #1139....nice Kirk Douglas photo cover. pmpknface 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 On 10/13/2022 at 4:01 AM, g-man said: Four Color #1139....nice Kirk Douglas photo cover. Do you like gladiator movies? (Excellent movie BTW, with a very famous scene that has spawned 1,000 parodies.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaculler Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Three more issues arrived in the mail: Four Color (1st Series) #20 plus Four Color (2nd series) #52 and #77 OtherEric, damonwad, Kromak and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopKulture Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 (edited) On 10/13/2022 at 10:49 AM, kaculler said: Great books and congratulations on inching ever closer... I'm surprised that you still needed issue 77, as it's one that I've seen more often than many other early issues. Of course, the prices some sellers are asking for run fillers still verge on the obnoxious. I've been watching Dells for years and many listings on the Bay and even MCS still make me scratch my head (for example, a later mid-grade Mother Goose for 10x guide). I still grab an occasional Four Color here and there and even at $9.99, when shipping and/or sales tax is included, you have $20 invested in a run-filler that your heirs would be hard-pressed to get two or three bucks for. I imagine, however, when you're as close as you are to your goal, $20 is a screaming bargain for books you still need! Edited October 13, 2022 by PopKulture kaculler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaculler Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 On 10/13/2022 at 6:39 PM, PopKulture said: Great books and congratulations on inching ever closer... I'm surprised that you still needed issue 77, as it's one that I've seen more often than many other early issues. Of course, the prices some sellers are asking for run fillers still verge on the obnoxious. I've been watching Dells for years and many listings on the Bay and even MCS still make me scratch my head (for example, a later mid-grade Mother Goose for 10x guide). I still grab an occasional Four Color here and there and even at $9.99, when shipping and/or sales tax is included, you have $20 invested in a run-filler that your heirs would be hard-pressed to get two or three bucks for. I imagine, however, when you're as close as you are to your goal, $20 is a screaming bargain for books you still need! Thanks! There are two copies of FC 77 on eBay now. One of them is in cgc 9.2 and priced way above what I would pay. The other is listed in vg/fine and was close to what I would pay. MCS is very weird with their pricing at times. The FC 52 and FC 77 I just got were from MCS and were priced at guide or even a little below based on their 3.0 evaluation of the grade. I took a chance on them since you can never really tell if the staples are all connected and so on, but they were in these cases so I was satisfied. They have other issues that I need, such as FC 69 in 4.0 which they have listed at $105 vs $42 in the guide and FC 121 in 4.0 which they have listed at $50 vs $20 in the guide. No thanks on either of those. I've seen similar listings, though, and then they'll get another copy in the same condition and price it based on guide. It makes me wonder about how they decide to price their books. The Tiny Tim issue is from an eBay seller who has 7 other issues that I need plus maybe 15-20 others that he doesn't have ready to sell yet. Unfortunately, all of them are priced at 50% or more above guide and since they are 5.0 grades or above, that adds a lot. I'll probably pass on them, at least for now. If I get down to needing 10 issues, then maybe I'll splurge a bit more and overpay, but with 48 issues to go in series II (with one on the way), I'll still be a bit patient. I think that I've picked up over 30 issues in the past year, though I'd have to check to make sure. That's pretty good progress, though the ones that are left will likely be difficult. There are probably 10-20 of them that I may be able to get for around $20 or less eventually. I hope so anyway. PopKulture 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmg3637 Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Nice Tiny Tim 235 that is a book I am still missing ( got my copy of First Series 20 over a decade ago) I believe that we have the same ebay sellor in comon. I did a fairly large transaction with him early in the year, and filled some major holes, but as you mention they were not inexpensive. Working with him on another batch, but sadly most of what I need are also among the Not Ready For Prime TIme issues. I have a bunch of books going up on Heritage during November. Hopefully thet will do well so I can afford to buy more of 4GEMs gems like the #37 that I snagged last month kaculler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4GEMWORKS Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 (edited) You are all talking about Qualitycomix. No reason to avoid names. I recently bought a few very scarce EC books from them and turns out the prices were not too far off what I would expectant at auction. There was one book I paid about 1800 that I thought was overvalued by as much as 2-300 dollars. But at the end of the day, I realized I had been looking for a nice copy for at least 10 years and hadn't seen one come up in all that time. So, I just bought it. He offered me 5% off, but that's really peanuts. They do have some incredibly good stuff. Not sure where they get it all. I think they sell books on consignment, would be my guess. Edited October 17, 2022 by 4GEMWORKS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaculler Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 (edited) I've purchased comics from Qualitycomix before, but the Tiny Tim was actually from an eBay seller named slayor. He had a complete set of Four Color and has been selling it over the last number of years. Edited October 17, 2022 by kaculler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmg3637 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Yes I was talking about Slayor as well. I bought a bunch from him about a year ago, and was checking back to see if he had more that were high on my list. Never bought from Qualitycomix. I have picked off at least half dozen of $GEMs books from Heritage. How far along are the Heritage offerings Glen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4GEMWORKS Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 I have not found Slayor to be a very good grader on ungraded items. The price on his graded books would make most collectors blush...crazy high prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmg3637 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 I did not find Slayor's grading to be that bad, but many of his prices are very high Here are some of the books that I got from him a mix of graded and raw OtherEric, AJD, PopKulture and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Some I got in yesterday: AJD and PopKulture 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopKulture Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 (edited) I never expected to pick up a 1st Series today when I went to a toy show. It’s beat but complete (save for those pieces missing from the cover!). Edited October 22, 2022 by PopKulture OtherEric, AJD, jmg3637 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Australian G29 (1955) reprinting FC #562 OtherEric and kaculler 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AJD Posted October 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 25, 2022 Here's an odd one. A while ago there was a copy of this on Australian eBay The interior shots showed that it contained Four Color issues 1120 Dinosaurus, 1148 I aim at the stars and 1194 Pepe I didn't win that one, but I did get another copy. Inside the covers (printed on one side only) there was 1230 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, 1176 Dondi and 1200 Hennesey. All three issues have the original indicia, and there is no Australian publishing info. I'm pretty sure these aren't reprints, but coverless copies of the original US editions - perhaps a way to repackage unsold returns? I have a #2 coming as well, so I'm interested to see what's in it. (BTW, the 2/- (2 shillings) cover price is 25c equivalent) Get Marwood & I, Point Five, kaculler and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...