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cobra_commander · Post by **cobra_commander** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:09 am

ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:
cobra_commander wrote:
ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:
Jay Tomio wrote:
gowaltrip wrote:That's a cool cover.
Yeah, I thought so as well

Honestly, the only reason why I buy 60's and 70's horror or war comics are for what I think are some of the best covers you can find ever in comics. Kubert war comics covers are just awesomem and I love anything by Cardy, Adams, Wrightson, Toth, Kaluta, and Heath. Aparo a tends to be more uneven to me , but his best work is up there as well.
I see you haven't gotten into late 50's war yet....

Or you wouldn't forget to mention Jerry Grandenetti....
Cool...what did he draw?
Lots of late 60's war, but his best work, bar none, are his grey tone covers on GI Combat #75-100ish.

Never heard of him before. I'll have to go and check it out

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:12 am

Jay Tomio wrote:
I see you haven't gotten into late 50's war yet....

Or you wouldn't forget to mention Jerry Grandenetti.... Thumbs Up
I don't target books I can't - or in my case, more aptly refuse - to afford in High Grade Which basically eliminates Golden Age from my equation. The only exceptions are a handful of Marvel Myserys/Tales I own. Other than that I don't really own a book that grades below an 8.0 (which I have one of). I'd say 99.9% of what I own is 9.2+ with about 90% of those being 9.4+. I'm very good about tossing non-HG books.

My definition of HG is 9.4+ - or a 9.2 (if pre-1980) with superior centering and presentation.

I really can't stand beat up books.

The further back you go, the more impossible you will find it becoming to find ANYTHING in grades higher than 6.0 or 7.0. And I mean ANYTHING.

Oh, sure, there are plenty of 9.4 copies of FF #1 out there....

But how many 9.4 copies of GI Combat #82 even exist?

Any?

People did not save late 50's books, period, and even less so in high grade.

Besides....not to try to convince you or anything, because keeping yet another competitor out of the race is in my best interests (damn you Hobo!!! <shakes fist>)....there are a lot of books that look very decent in 6.0, especially from the late 50's.

I respect uber high grade books....I refuse to collect a book post 1978 in "less than 9.4 shape", and I have, at least, a 9.6 or better copy of every single "modern" book I own.

But they're not hard to find (and on eBay, every auction is Near Mint....just ask 'em!)

I will probably amend that rule as I will be looking to start my Phantom Stranger Golden Age run this year.

I'm pretty certain you're not going to find a copy of any of these six books in any conditions above about F/VF.

Did you know that Showcase #80 is his first appearance in 16 years?

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:58 am

cobra_commander wrote:
ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:
cobra_commander wrote:
ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:
Jay Tomio wrote:
gowaltrip wrote:That's a cool cover.
Yeah, I thought so as well

Honestly, the only reason why I buy 60's and 70's horror or war comics are for what I think are some of the best covers you can find ever in comics. Kubert war comics covers are just awesomem and I love anything by Cardy, Adams, Wrightson, Toth, Kaluta, and Heath. Aparo a tends to be more uneven to me , but his best work is up there as well.
I see you haven't gotten into late 50's war yet....

Or you wouldn't forget to mention Jerry Grandenetti....
Cool...what did he draw?
Lots of late 60's war, but his best work, bar none, are his grey tone covers on GI Combat #75-100ish.
Never heard of him before. I'll have to go and check it out

Yeah, he's not a name most folks have heard of....

His last work was round about Showcase #82. Good stuff.

cobra_commander · Post by **cobra_commander** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 6:29 am

Jay Tomio wrote:
Did you know that Showcase #80 is his first appearance in 16 years?
Yea, his first Silver Age appearance, I have a couple of 9.0 copies and I have been trying for the last couple of months to land a 9.4

I respect uber high grade books....I refuse to collect a book post 1978 in "less than 9.4 shape", and I have, at least, a 9.6 or better copy of every single "modern" book I own.

But they're not hard to find (and on eBay, every auction is Near Mint....just ask 'em!)
Well, an Ebay Near Mint goes in my trash - I have none of those that aren't current readers that aren't cycled for the trash.

I'm aware that the HG means different different things in different decades (not to mention different people) and that a 7.5 can represent an outstanding copy (Action Comics#1 comes to mind), I just find myself not pleased, even if would I have the highest graded copy of a particular books that is in what I'd call shabby condition (regardless of age/scacity). It doesn't lack a wow factor for me (especially some of the Pre-Code Horror), I just know I don't want to own it. I know it will eventually eat at me and I will invent a reason to toss it. This is a good thing in a way as it creates a much needed restriction on my collecting habit.

I'm pretty certain you're not going to find a copy of any of these six books in any conditions above about F/VF.
It won't be a short process, but I know the highest I can hope for are 7.5-8.0 (most of them are Pedigrees).

There has got to be a way you can give me these comics you toss out...its a big world..every problem has a solution...I know there's a way..come on dude...let's think about this..

cobra_commander · Post by **cobra_commander** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 5:14 am

Jay Tomio wrote:Been a slow week.

As mentioned in another thread earlier big thanks to Rico for a slabbed Magnus#64. I always dug this cover and I picked up a slabbed Unity Red.

I also picked up a couple of raws in one of my current real focuses - Teen Titans #1-#40 - in issues#37 and #40. Some nice covers (not actual comic):

How many boxes do you have with comics?

cobra_commander · Post by **cobra_commander** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 5:23 am

Jay Tomio wrote:
How many boxes do you have with comics?
Is that a cryptic way of asking me how many comics I have?

No, I just always picture comics in units of boxes...thats how I visualise 'em...so how many? I can't believe I haven't asked you this before!

cobra_commander · Post by **cobra_commander** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:56 am

Jay Tomio wrote:No idea really - but not much.

In the states I have my childhood collection in a a collectible room that probably has 15-18 long boxes and a couple of shortboxes on focuses I'm still working on. The problem is the bulk of that (at least a dozen of those boxes) was from the Dark Age of comics - and although due to my psychotic distaste for raw imperfections and my tendency to throw books away, they are all really in supreme condition - that most of which doesn't really have anything more than personal value. The rest of the boxes are full of comics I ship back perodically to the states for permanent storage in the room and are represented by my current purchases (I just got back into comics last year) - which is really mostly Bronze/Silver DC.

Here with me I have 3 CGC boxes full with a few extra slabbs I don't have room for in a ghetto box and just 2 short boxes of raws I haven't shipped back yet that are going in the permanent collection (mostly Bronze/Silver DC) and a couple of long boxes of current moderns I read or am about to read that I bought in the last 3-4 months that were still in acceptable grades and didn't get tossed.

So I really don't have comics in the amount some others do - I'm too poor

OK its not as extensive as I thought. So you are really in your early stages of developing a kick *SQUEE* Silver age collection...

cobra_commander · Post by **cobra_commander** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:26 am

Jay Tomio wrote:
OK its not as extensive as I thought. So you are really in your early stages of developing a kick *SQUEE* Silver age collection...
I wouldn't say I have anything that grand in mind. I just chip at my hobby-focuses when I can, try to finish them and move on. I buy a lot of random books, I don't really hunt for keys (because frankly I can't afford Showcase#4 in a grade I'd want), luckily most of my focuses don't feature a lot of extravagant books (some certainly, but not a lot). The only run that I got trapped in is Batman/Detective because the Adams titles have really jumped in price over the last couple of years. Try to find a Batman#227 in HG for around OSPG - it's damn near impossible.

One thing that has recently helped is that I used to but like 130-200 new books a year from Amazon but in the last two years I save all that money because publishers send me the same books for free now, and I dump that into comics which basscialy comes out 2k-4k a year more.

I'm really in tune to having the collection I want, not so much motivated by what's hot or desirable to others. Right now I'm into HG Silver and Bronze DC with great centering (a problem with many Bronze DC Titles) especially with runs I focus on.

I was pretty close to taking a Detective #400 in 9 point something...around 4-500 bucks...just a really cool book to me and one of my favourite Batman issues in collecting terms...passed on it though.

The laughing fish issues in high grade can't be more than $150 though right?

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:07 am

Jay Tomio wrote: Another book I am on the hunt for is TEC#411 - which is just a pain in the *SQUEE* to find.

What grade req? I have a stack of these.

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:18 am

Jay Tomio wrote:
What grade req? I have a stack of these.

9.4 preferable, would consider a 9.2 with strong eye appeal and no wrap issues.

Man, sorry, best I can summon is my 9.0 and it's home. These were a dime a doze a few years back, and I hoarded them. I'll PM you if I see one come up, tho.

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 1:31 am

X-O HoboJoe wrote:
Jay Tomio wrote:
What grade req? I have a stack of these.

9.4 preferable, would consider a 9.2 with strong eye appeal and no wrap issues.
Man, sorry, best I can summon is my 9.0 and it's home. These were a dime a doze a few years back, and I hoarded them. I'll PM you if I see one come up, tho.

You put your comics to sleep??

Poor, poor things.....

hulk181man · Post by **hulk181man** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 7:38 pm

Not a comic...but picked up a Spider-man Camera today (from 1978). For a buck, why not? (Antique shops are great for oddball comic items)

The back cover and lens cap are missing, but the mechanism works & the shutter fires open when I take practice shots. I'm tempted to hunt down a back cover and try it out with film....

IMJ · Post by **IMJ** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 8:17 pm

I've bought a lot of Silver and Bronze Green Lanterns in the last few days...

siren3-4 · Post by **siren3-4** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 3:18 pm

Jay Tomio wrote:I received the slabbed Unity Red I won a couple of weeks ago today - and although I have another copy (not to mention tons of regular cover) whenevet I receive something in the mail I tend to inspect it - and I'm just going ti have to say it - this cover (for me) is Iconic. Sure it's a modern, most of the top tier VALIANT stories had already occured by the time Unity started, but around Unity is when I first started getting into VALIANT and this cover just represents good times to be a comic fan - an era that was about to end.

An official classic cover for me.

You're not going to get much argument here

childres · Post by **childres** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 12:39 am

cobra_commander · Post by **cobra_commander** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 4:32 am

siren3-4 wrote:
Jay Tomio wrote:I received the slabbed Unity Red I won a couple of weeks ago today - and although I have another copy (not to mention tons of regular cover) whenevet I receive something in the mail I tend to inspect it - and I'm just going ti have to say it - this cover (for me) is Iconic. Sure it's a modern, most of the top tier VALIANT stories had already occured by the time Unity started, but around Unity is when I first started getting into VALIANT and this cover just represents good times to be a comic fan
You're not going to get much argument here

childres wrote:

THE defining VALIANT cover for the fans

X-O #0? The definining VALIANT cover for the speculators

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 4:15 pm

Something I'm very proud of...

Rawhide Kid #19.

I paid about $25 for it, and it's a Good+ ish, but it's the ONLY one I have EVER seen in almost five years of searching on eBay.

Now I only need #17 and #20 to have a complete Kirby Rawhide Kid set.

Man, was THAT a tough set to put together!

It was from the guy on the CGC boards who's selling the Jack Kirby stuff (for WAYYYY too high prices.)

Thanks to Hobo for the head's up.

siren3-4 · Post by **siren3-4** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:57 pm

ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:Something I'm very proud of...

Rawhide Kid #19.

I paid about $25 for it, and it's a Good+ ish, but it's the ONLY one I have EVER seen in almost five years of searching on eBay.

Now I only need #17 and #20 to have a complete Kirby Rawhide Kid set.

Man, was THAT a tough set to put together!

It was from the guy on the CGC boards who's selling the Jack Kirby stuff (for WAYYYY too high prices.)

Thanks to Hobo for the head's up.

Nice !!

Looks cool as hell. Love classic stuff like that . . .

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:23 pm

siren3-4 wrote:
ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:Something I'm very proud of...

Rawhide Kid #19.

I paid about $25 for it, and it's a Good+ ish, but it's the ONLY one I have EVER seen in almost five years of searching on eBay.

Now I only need #17 and #20 to have a complete Kirby Rawhide Kid set.

Man, was THAT a tough set to put together!

It was from the guy on the CGC boards who's selling the Jack Kirby stuff (for WAYYYY too high prices.)

Thanks to Hobo for the head's up.

Nice !!

Looks cool as hell. Love classic stuff like that . . .

You ornery coyote.

greg · Post by **greg** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 7:19 pm

This arrived today... it was definitely worth it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0089242859

childres · Post by **childres** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:36 pm

Great cover on that one Greg! I've always thought it was one of the coolest concepts DC put out. The idea of a Flash, Superman race was & still is just awesome!

cobra_commander · Post by **cobra_commander** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 4:33 am

Jay Tomio wrote:Yesterday I got my Superboy#182 in the mail. I'm a Batman fan, and I love Silver/bronze covers featuring Batman on titles that aren't directly related to him. My copy is a slabbed 9.6, but this is a pic of the cover (I also love Cardy covers - and my copy has a much flatter, perfect spine unlike this pic which is from mile high):

Where?? do you find this stuff?

Everything you post on here is totally cool and I've never seen it before

cobra_commander · Post by **cobra_commander** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:30 am

Jay Tomio wrote:I bought that at the CGC boards (which I can't recommend highly enough). While that one is a slab, I have to say I buy most of my raws from members over there now . For the most, part people know how to grade. I have made a couple dozen purchases in the last couple months over there and no problems or suprises at all.

Hmmm

cobra_commander · Post by **cobra_commander** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:21 am

Is that the series where #1 or #25 or something has a glow in the dark cover?

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:25 pm

cobra_commander wrote:Is that the series where #1 or #25 or something has a glow in the dark cover?

#1, #8, and #13 have glow in the dark covers.