adamstrange Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 Samuraii -- very cool. Just got done watching a Zatoichi movie (Japanese period film about a blind massuer master swordsman -- hard to explain why, but they are quite good. it was one part of a very popular film series (at least in Japan) spanning more than 2 decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUNYHUMAN Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 Love that purple cover!! Another uncommon book!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman_fan Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 Just snagged this one off Ebay, hope everything goes well with the transaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonds25 Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 Just snagged this one off Ebay, hope everything goes well with the transaction. Wow, Awesome book!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 This is sort of off the beaten path GA.....different cover art approach What an amazing book! It's so rare to see a WWII-era GA book that does not depict Japanese people as some sort of caricature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryw7 Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 Just snagged this one off Ebay, hope everything goes well with the transaction. Congratulations, that's a great book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tilleycs Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 I agree, nice book! I hope everything goes well with the transaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esquirecomics Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 I can't compete with Jon B. given the unbelievable books he has in his collection . Of course, the old man does have a 20 year lead on me. Nevertheless, I'll do my best to show off some great books. Although I mentioned this acquisition in another post, this book arrived today and I can't resist showing it off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Surfer Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Wow any book that's 50+ years old from that era and its still a 9.8, all I can say is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esquirecomics Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Wow any book that's 50+ years old from that era and its still a 9.8, all I can say is What's really scary is that there are 2 other copies that are graded 9.8!!!!! And 2 copies at 9.6!!! Even worse, my copy was ranked 4/12 which means either one copy has not yet been graded or it was graded lower for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Wow any book that's 50+ years old from that era and its still a 9.8, all I can say is What's really scary is that there are 2 other copies that are graded 9.8!!!!! And 2 copies at 9.6!!! Even worse, my copy was ranked 4/12 which means either one copy has not yet been graded or it was graded lower for some reason. Only ranked #4 -- what are you doing -- slumming! That is one seriously fine looking book. Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfilosa Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Even worse, my copy was ranked 4/12 which means either one copy has not yet been graded or it was graded lower for some reason. I wouldn't worry about that since that was determined over ten years ago. Plus, the way they were ranked would not necessarily be the way CGC ranked them. Think of it this way. Even the 1/12 could have some very minor damage done to it over the past decaded and easily keep it out of the 9.8-10.0 range. That said, remember that that CGC does it's best to grade a book, but it's not a scientific truth that a 9.8 is better than a 9.6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryw7 Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 That is one book that I am in awe of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 (edited) Even worse, my copy was ranked 4/12 which means either one copy has not yet been graded or it was graded lower for some reason. I wouldn't worry about that since that was determined over ten years ago. Plus, the way they were ranked would not necessarily be the way CGC ranked them. Think of it this way. Even the 1/12 could have some very minor damage done to it over the past decaded and easily keep it out of the 9.8-10.0 range. That said, remember that that CGC does it's best to grade a book, but it's not a scientific truth that a 9.8 is better than a 9.6. Overstreet had to grade/rank 3500 books in a couple days (cue sympathetic violin music). He didn't have time to do that detailed of an analysis and couldn't even always stop to look at the back cover (i asked him about this). i think anyone would go numb at some point while trying to judge so many nearly perfect books. Edited February 20, 2005 by adamstrange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArAich Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Pshaw....gimme Alfred E. Newman anyday... But seriously...thats a sweet book.... ...BTW...who's Gaines???... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrunkenhead Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 Pshaw....gimme Alfred E. Newman anyday... But seriously...thats a sweet book.... ...BTW...who's Gaines???... I think Gaines is that serial killer they based the Psycho movies on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComicBookGuy Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 Nevertheless, I'll do my best to show off some great books. Although I mentioned this acquisition in another post, this book arrived today and I can't resist showing it off! Wow!!! Congratulations, Mark!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 (edited) I love the Joe Kubert Sargon the Sorcerer Story in this one. Edited February 27, 2005 by adamstrange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryw7 Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 Wow, that's a beautiful book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garthgantu Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 That Sensation is gorgeous and the Mad 1 9.8 is mindblowing !! Here's one I picked up at WonderCon a couple weeks ago: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
