Hardest Dead Universe issues to find
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Re: Hardest Dead Universe issues to find
Here's a Miracle on Broadway for ya - if you've got some extra dough.
http://www.atomicavenue.com/atomic/Issu ... ?ID=221053" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
And there was a Bloodshot Platinum on Comics Price Guide Online up until a week or so ago priced at $200. I didn't inquire about it since it was out of my price range, so it also could have been listed incorrectly.
Most of the books I find myself looking for aren't so much Hard To Find as they are Hard To Afford. There's a Fatale HC that pops up on eBay from time to time for like $1200. So if money were no object...
http://www.atomicavenue.com/atomic/Issu ... ?ID=221053" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
And there was a Bloodshot Platinum on Comics Price Guide Online up until a week or so ago priced at $200. I didn't inquire about it since it was out of my price range, so it also could have been listed incorrectly.
Most of the books I find myself looking for aren't so much Hard To Find as they are Hard To Afford. There's a Fatale HC that pops up on eBay from time to time for like $1200. So if money were no object...
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I am good, I have had my Miracle on Broadway comic for a few years now (and didn't pay nearly that much as its listed for on that website). If I didn't have one, I would seriously consider making an offer on it to them and if they didn't accept, I would not have too much heartburn paying the $295.dbngaa wrote:Here's a Miracle on Broadway for ya - if you've got some extra dough.
http://www.atomicavenue.com/atomic/Issu ... ?ID=221053" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
And there was a Bloodshot Platinum on Comics Price Guide Online up until a week or so ago priced at $200. I didn't inquire about it since it was out of my price range, so it also could have been listed incorrectly.
Most of the books I find myself looking for aren't so much Hard To Find as they are Hard To Afford. There's a Fatale HC that pops up on eBay from time to time for like $1200. So if money were no object...
The Fatale HC is another of those HTF books that I need and with patience, will pick one up eventually. I passed on one years ago for $100 from JG Jones, the Fatale artist, and he even said for the price he would do a Fatale sketch/remark inside the book for me... and like a cheap bastich that I am, I passed on it. (of course, I make more money than I did back then when I was in the Army but STILL, right ?)
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Yea, based on what I've read the price didn't seem too outlandish, just more than I could pay right now. That hurts about the Fatale HC. We've all got some of those stories, but that one is especiialy tough. At least to those of us on the lookout for a Fatale HC, much less an autographed/remarked Fatale HC.
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There's a signed M.O.B. on Amazon from "vikescomics" for $330 listed as NM and graded as 9.0 from mycomicshop.com.
Click the pic and see if it really looks like a 9.0:
http://www.amazon.com/Miracle-Broadway- ... 466&sr=1-8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"vikescomics" still ain't me. (3 people have asked me)
Click the pic and see if it really looks like a 9.0:
http://www.amazon.com/Miracle-Broadway- ... 466&sr=1-8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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vikingspawn wrote:There's a signed M.O.B. on Amazon from "vikescomics" for $330 listed as NM and graded as 9.0 from mycomicshop.com.
Click the pic and see if it really looks like a 9.0:
http://www.amazon.com/Miracle-Broadway- ... 466&sr=1-8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"vikescomics" still ain't me. (3 people have asked me)
Something is fishy with this. Makes you wonder if Vikes didn't take the COA from one copy of the book and put it with a lower grade copy. I seriously doubt Lone Star would have given that book a 9.0.
...and since when is 9.0 NM?
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I think vikes defines NM as every book in his possession.Brother J wrote:...and since when is 9.0 NM?
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Every book is NEAR mint, but some are nearer than others.
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dbngaa wrote:Every book is NEAR mint, but some are nearer than others.
VEI - I look forward to you one day publishing MORE than 9-10 books per month
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That's amazing you kept looking that long.Cyberstrike wrote:Epic Illustrated #9 and #15 for my Dreadstar collection, those magazines took almost 17 years to find.
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Re: Hardest Dead Universe issues to find
Here's one that fits this list -
Majestic Comics Presents
Majestic Comics Presents
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Do you have any info on this book?Chiclo wrote:Here's one that fits this list -
Majestic Comics Presents
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viewtopic.php?p=554388#p554388" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;StarBrand wrote:Do you have any info on this book?Chiclo wrote:Here's one that fits this list -
Majestic Comics Presents
That is the best I can get. I am not even sure where Knightt found that cover scan.
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Thanks.Chiclo wrote:viewtopic.php?p=554388#p554388" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;StarBrand wrote:Do you have any info on this book?Chiclo wrote:Here's one that fits this list -
Majestic Comics Presents
That is the best I can get. I am not even sure where Knightt found that cover scan.
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Defiant`s Prudence and Caution #2 Spanish edition. estimated between 500-1,000 copies
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Is there a way to tell it's the spanish version by the cover? Is the cover in spanish?corvettejim1968 wrote:Defiant`s Prudence and Caution #2 Spanish edition. estimated between 500-1,000 copies
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no, you have to open the book to find out.Elveen wrote:Is there a way to tell it's the spanish version by the cover? Is the cover in spanish?corvettejim1968 wrote:Defiant`s Prudence and Caution #2 Spanish edition. estimated between 500-1,000 copies
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bummer.Brother J wrote:no, you have to open the book to find out.Elveen wrote:Is there a way to tell it's the spanish version by the cover? Is the cover in spanish?corvettejim1968 wrote:Defiant`s Prudence and Caution #2 Spanish edition. estimated between 500-1,000 copies
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I found one in a cheap box once, because I always look inside any copies of P & C #2 I see in bargain boxes. Later sold it for over $20. I also always check inside Eclipse 3-D books in the off-chance that I might come across one of the 2-D versions.Elveen wrote:bummer.Brother J wrote:no, you have to open the book to find out.Elveen wrote:Is there a way to tell it's the spanish version by the cover? Is the cover in spanish?corvettejim1968 wrote:Defiant`s Prudence and Caution #2 Spanish edition. estimated between 500-1,000 copies
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I did not know that. Thanks.Brother J wrote:no, you have to open the book to find out.Elveen wrote:Is there a way to tell it's the spanish version by the cover? Is the cover in spanish?corvettejim1968 wrote:Defiant`s Prudence and Caution #2 Spanish edition. estimated between 500-1,000 copies
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I think I remember TAFKAZ talking about that.Brother J wrote:I found one in a cheap box once, because I always look inside any copies of P & C #2 I see in bargain boxes. Later sold it for over $20. I also always check inside Eclipse 3-D books in the off-chance that I might come across one of the 2-D versions.Elveen wrote:bummer.Brother J wrote:no, you have to open the book to find out.Elveen wrote:Is there a way to tell it's the spanish version by the cover? Is the cover in spanish?corvettejim1968 wrote:Defiant`s Prudence and Caution #2 Spanish edition. estimated between 500-1,000 copies
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I think that was discussed in one of the early OTV episodes.Elveen wrote:I think I remember TAFKAZ talking about that.Brother J wrote:I found one in a cheap box once, because I always look inside any copies of P & C #2 I see in bargain boxes. Later sold it for over $20. I also always check inside Eclipse 3-D books in the off-chance that I might come across one of the 2-D versions.Elveen wrote:bummer.Brother J wrote:no, you have to open the book to find out.Elveen wrote:Is there a way to tell it's the spanish version by the cover? Is the cover in spanish?corvettejim1968 wrote:Defiant`s Prudence and Caution #2 Spanish edition. estimated between 500-1,000 copies
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I believe that he ordered a grip from somewhere (mycomicshop maybe?) and they jacked them up in shipping.Chiclo wrote:I think that was discussed in one of the early OTV episodes.Elveen wrote:I think I remember TAFKAZ talking about that.Brother J wrote:I found one in a cheap box once, because I always look inside any copies of P & C #2 I see in bargain boxes. Later sold it for over $20. I also always check inside Eclipse 3-D books in the off-chance that I might come across one of the 2-D versions.Elveen wrote:bummer.Brother J wrote:no, you have to open the book to find out.Elveen wrote: Is there a way to tell it's the spanish version by the cover? Is the cover in spanish?
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pretty much correct, but it was New Dimension Comics, who bought a ton of Eclipse stuff when they went belly up. Another thing that New Dimension has are copies of Miracleman which they applied foil stamps to and are calling them Eclipse Archive Editions. Here's a link to one of their auctions:Elveen wrote:I believe that he ordered a grip from somewhere (mycomicshop maybe?) and they jacked them up in shipping.Chiclo wrote:I think that was discussed in one of the early OTV episodes.Elveen wrote:I think I remember TAFKAZ talking about that.Brother J wrote:I found one in a cheap box once, because I always look inside any copies of P & C #2 I see in bargain boxes. Later sold it for over $20. I also always check inside Eclipse 3-D books in the off-chance that I might come across one of the 2-D versions.Elveen wrote:bummer.Brother J wrote: no, you have to open the book to find out.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MIRACLEMAN-8-BL ... 385wt_1037" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Lone Star does have a few of the 2-D Eclipse books. Since I was never able to find one "in the wild", I bought a mid-grade copy of a 2-D version Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters issue.
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Does anyone else find this a bit strange? So, anyone can put on a foil stamp and make their own variant on any comic?Brother J wrote:pretty much correct, but it was New Dimension Comics, who bought a ton of Eclipse stuff when they went belly up. Another thing that New Dimension has are copies of Miracleman which they applied foil stamps to and are calling them Eclipse Archive Editions. Here's a link to one of their auctions:Elveen wrote:I believe that he ordered a grip from somewhere (mycomicshop maybe?) and they jacked them up in shipping.Chiclo wrote:I think that was discussed in one of the early OTV episodes.Elveen wrote:I think I remember TAFKAZ talking about that.Brother J wrote:I found one in a cheap box once, because I always look inside any copies of P & C #2 I see in bargain boxes. Later sold it for over $20. I also always check inside Eclipse 3-D books in the off-chance that I might come across one of the 2-D versions.Elveen wrote: bummer.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MIRACLEMAN-8-BL ... 385wt_1037" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Here's an auction for 5 copies of an ash can from SDCC circa 1993, published by Majestic. Strangely, I think I was at this show and remember seeing these.Chiclo wrote:Here's one that fits this list -
Majestic Comics Presents
http://www.ebay.com/itm/230711665939?ss ... 1438.l2649" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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