Strange tidings...

[seank]

A friend is going through a divorce. Last night he showed up unnannounced about 9 p.m with a box. "Hold these for me," he says. "You have reading rights." We chat. He leaves. In the box:

 

Captain America 100

Giant Size X Men 1

Showcase 22

Green Lantern 40

Green Lantern 59

X Men 12

Comic Cavalcade 26

Plastic Man 1 (SA)

Plastic Man 59 (GA)

Avengers 59 (or 60? First Vision)

etc.

 

Most of the books are between VG and F/VF. I never expected anyone to dump about $1000 or so in books on me like that. They're now safe (and hidden) in my closet.

[aardvark88]

Hmmm, seems like u are now an accomplice of divorce proceedings. The estranged spouse & lawyer probably wants him to liquidate the collection & split 1/2 of the cash.

[ArAich]

We chat. He leaves. In the box

 

Why would he leave in the box???...did you snuff him and steal his comics...

[Bugaboo-migration]

Avengers 59 (or 60? First Vision)

First vision is # 57.

[greggy]

[mrwoogieman]

That's ALL he has to hide from his ex-wife's lawyers?? Why even bother? Where's the AF15 for god's sake...the B&B28...the FF1?? (or some decent golden age even). Offense intended, but no wonder she's dumping this cheap loser!

[joe_collector]

That's ALL he has to hide from his ex-wife's lawyers?? Why even bother? Where's the AF15 for god's sake...the B&B28...the FF1?? (or some decent golden age even). Offense intended, but no wonder she's dumping this cheap loser!

 

, I was thinking the same thing. If I were looking to slide some assets past the lawyer, the last thing I would be hiding would be a box of lower-grade books.

 

This whole accomplice bit reminded me of that pearl of a human being, Chuckie, and how he hid some drugs under the seat of his "friend's" car and then risked a jail sentence for both when the cop pulled them over.

 

What a saint....

 

 

[chrisco37]

This whole accomplice bit reminded me of that pearl of a human being, Chuckie, and how he hid some drugs under the seat of his "friend's" car and then risked a jail sentence for both when the cop pulled them over.

 

Classic Chuck! He is a swell guy. I look forward to his column every week. It's almost a given that each week will have at least one incident of Chuck getting one over on somebody. I believe he calls it "wheeling and dealing".

 

Chris

[minutekev@50]

It's like Smokey and the 'Chuckster.'

 

I can just here Jerry Reed singing the tune...

 

"Eastbound and down load those comics and truckin'

We gonna do what they say can't be done

We's got a long way to go and a short time to get there..'

We're eastbound, now watch ole Chuckster run!"

[Bugaboo-migration]

It's almost a given that each week will have at least one incident of Chuck getting one over on somebody. I believe he calls it "wheeling and dealing".

 

Chris

Chuck is gman???

[garthgantu]

It's like Smokey and the 'Chuckster.'

 

I can just here Jerry Reed singing the tune...

 

"Eastbound and down load those comics and truckin'

We gonna do what they say can't be done

We's got a long way to go and a short time to get there..'

We're eastbound, now watch ole Chuckster run!"

 

That is just beautiful... classic stuff, Kev...!

[garthgantu]

That's ALL he has to hide from his ex-wife's lawyers?? Why even bother? Where's the AF15 for god's sake...the B&B28...the FF1?? (or some decent golden age even). Offense intended, but no wonder she's dumping this cheap loser!

 

Guys, guys... you're missing the "bait and switch" element here... SeanK is the 'decoy'...at some point, Sean's friend appears to cave, gives SeanK's name/address to the divorce lawyers, they descend like vultures and find only a couple grand worth the of books... meanwhile, secreted in a safety-deposit box in a small midwestern town which shall remain nameless (and K-martless), the real gold lurks, waiting for the dust to settle and the papers to be finalized.

[ghoulaid]

This whole accomplice bit reminded me of that pearl of a human being, Chuckie, and how he hid some drugs under the seat of his "friend's" car and then risked a jail sentence for both when the cop pulled them over.

 

Wow, I think I missed that one! Was this from a CBG column or where?

[joe_collector]

This whole accomplice bit reminded me of that pearl of a human being, Chuckie, and how he hid some drugs under the seat of his "friend's" car and then risked a jail sentence for both when the cop pulled them over.

 

Wow, I think I missed that one! Was this from a CBG column or where?

 

It's a real sordid tale of comics, drugs and Chuckie almost rollin':

 

http://www.milehighcomics.com/tales/cbg90.html

[ghoulaid]

I usually read his columns in CBG and that whole section of the story was EDITED OUT of the CBG version (probably for good reason). Very interesting! Thanks!

[ghoulaid]

That was a fun convention!