Back Issues you picked up recently

whovianone · Post by **whovianone** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:17 am

I gotta say that those little Ashcan books are one of my guilty pleasures.

Nice score!

wesmantooth · Post by **wesmantooth** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 2:21 pm

my find today would be:

(not that these are all that impressive)

the marvel secret wars limited 1-12 all a quarter each including
the symbiote 1st in vg shape

x- factor 1-10 quarter each

uncanny 281 signed by whilce portacio for 2 bucks with certificate

a bunch of old what ifs

spiderwoman 1

mnc93 · Post by **mnc93** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 12:07 am

Talking about ashcans I just picked two up on the weekend!!

Pitt #1 Ashcan - signed and numbered (x2)

I was looking at these magazines for almost 6 months but was unwilling to pay the high price. Today the owner decides to sell them to me at a really cheap price. He says "Hard to sell whether he is dead or alive!"

(Click to enlarge)

I, Lusiphur #4 / Poison Elves #10 / Poison Elves #9

MedicAR · Post by **MedicAR** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 12:53 pm

mnc93 wrote:Talking about ashcans I just picked two up on the weekend!!

Nice haul!

Those Pitt's are sweet!

I'm liking these ashcans more and more all the time!

siren3-4 · Post by **siren3-4** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:05 pm

mnc93 wrote:Talking about ashcans I just picked two up on the weekend!!

Pitt #1 Ashcan - signed and numbered (x2)

I was looking at these magazines for almost 6 months but was unwilling to pay the high price. Today the owner decides to sell them to me at a really cheap price. He says "Hard to sell whether he is dead or alive!" (Click to enlarge)

I, Lusiphur #4 / Poison Elves #10 / Poison Elves #9

Nice !!! If you don't mind . . .what did you finally get the PE books for ???

mnc93 · Post by **mnc93** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:46 pm

siren3-4 wrote: Nice !!! If you don't mind . . .what did you finally get the PE books for ???

$60 for the three magazines and 5 comics Original price was $120 just for the magazines alone!!

cobra_commander · Post by **cobra_commander** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 1:09 am

Jay Tomio wrote:Got my GIJOE issue#53 (slabbed 9.8) today - and the Marvel 25th anniversary border on the covers is reminiscent of good times

I never really liked them when they came out but more and more nostalgia is getting the bette rof me...also...one of the collest Snake Eyes pics ever

cobra_commander · Post by **cobra_commander** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 1:14 am

Just got my Neal Adams Batman in the mail.

Ho-lee cr@p. Word of warning do NOT start collecting these in high grade...they are TOO cool...just looking at it is like doing lines of coke...very addictive...

IMJ · Post by **IMJ** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:37 pm

cobra_commander wrote:Just got my Neal Adams Batman in the mail.

Ho-lee cr@p. Word of warning do NOT start collecting these in high grade...they are TOO cool...just looking at it is like doing lines of coke...very addictive...

Great.

ahh *SQUEE*....

siren3-4 · Post by **siren3-4** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:41 pm

mnc93 wrote:
siren3-4 wrote: Nice !!! If you don't mind . . .what did you finally get the PE books for ???
$60 for the three magazines and 5 comics Original price was $120 just for the magazines alone!!

Nice !!!

#3 & 4 of the Mag size were the toughest for me to get but they can all be hard at times . . .

JohnnyRnR · Post by **JohnnyRnR** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:42 pm

IMJ, you probably know this already, but Iron Man Masterworks #4 came out today, finishing off the reprints of ToS, along with reprints of Iron Man's half of Iron Man/Sub-Mariner 1, and Iron Man 1. Very cool stuff. (Which judging by what I've seen of your collection, there's a good chance you have read already, but it's a reasonably affordable way to get reader copies.)

IMJ · Post by **IMJ** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:50 pm

JohnnyRnR wrote:IMJ, you probably know this already, but Iron Man Masterworks #4 came out today, finishing off the reprints of ToS, along with reprints of Iron Man's half of Iron Man/Sub-Mariner 1, and Iron Man 1. Very cool stuff. (Which judging by what I've seen of your collection, there's a good chance you have read already, but it's a reasonably affordable way to get reader copies.)

I do want that book actually (I have the issues, but I buy all the Iron Man trades) but I did not know it came out today. Actually I've been wondering when that was slated to be released, so thanks for telling me!

The crummy thing is that I was at the LCS today already and I didn't know it was out so I didn't grab it. Thanks for the update on it though, it's really appreciated!

cobra_commander · Post by **cobra_commander** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 7:31 am

IMJ wrote:
cobra_commander wrote:Just got my Neal Adams Batman in the mail.

Ho-lee cr@p. Word of warning do NOT start collecting these in high grade...they are TOO cool...just looking at it is like doing lines of coke...very addictive...
Great.

ahh *SQUEE*....

But its worth it dude

Seriously...just buy one..open it up...look at the cover...I haven't been as breathtaken about a back issue in a looong time...

IMJ · Post by **IMJ** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 3:09 pm

Just picked up a CGCd copy of Iron Man 129 today from the Mile High II pedigree collection.....

JohnnyRnR · Post by **JohnnyRnR** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:15 pm

Very cool!

cobra_commander · Post by **cobra_commander** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:37 pm

They have a pedigree section? Where do you buy that?

IMJ · Post by **IMJ** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 1:19 am

No, no, Mile High doesn't have a pedigree "section"....

Going back to that Mile-High-Collection-Find story we were discussing here a few days ago, Mile High has unEarthed a few collections that are high grade compilations. A lot of these were sent out into the market and then subsequently CGC'd and recorded on the CGC bar code and verified using the original Mile High Pedigree certs. To tell you the truth, I don't think that much of the Mile High or Mile High II collections are actually still with Mile High (although that's the pedigree title of those books).

I have a few pedigree books, and am looking at some Don Rosa stuff as my next addition.

I can tell you this too:
Pedigree's are fantastic for the history involved in the books, that once documented will never leave the pedigree. However, Pedigree's used to serve the markerstone for high grade books that I actually believe is now usurped by CGC. What this means is that many pedigree books that were once thought to be near mints are actually graded as VF+ by CGC, actually sort of diminishing their grade from the pedigree cert (note that the certs don't grade the book, but there was a degree of assumption about ped. books in the past).

If what I'm saying is true (and I believe it to be very true), then pedigree books will maintain their prestige and value, but only if the collecting public desire them for their history and not their presumed grade because of companies like CGC. Pedigree books are still typically high grade book, but now the motivation to buy them is the history. Note that there are many 9.8 Iron Man 129s that are not pedigree while some of the pedigree books from the Mile High II find are actually between 9.2 and 9.6. You can buy a higher grade book, but nowadays the pedigree lands you the find, the story, the history and to a degree... the grade.

Finally, for the record I'm not a pedigree hunter or anything. I have a few, and I have beliefs on either side of the ocean about pedigree books.

cobra_commander · Post by **cobra_commander** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 1:43 am

There was a huge lot of Don Rosa books earlier last year...so how much nicer is the Mile High pedigree than you would expect from a non pedigree book in a similar grade?

IMJ · Post by **IMJ** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:55 pm

cobra_commander wrote:There was a huge lot of Don Rosa books earlier last year...so how much nicer is the Mile High pedigree than you would expect from a non pedigree book in a similar grade?

Eh.... like I said, it's about the history and not the grade. Furthermore, the idea of the pedigree doesn't revolve around any single book and rather around the idea that a large group of comics was found all of them in very high grade indicating that the collection was carefully selected when originally bought and then subsequently carefully cared for.

So what it boils down to is that it's likely that I have an Iron Man 129 that is 9.8 somewhere, but this Pedigreed 9.6 (still a good sample) is from a noted collection of comics that as a whole is more significant than most other collections of comics.

Once you break the pedigree collection up it becomes about the sample of the pedigree more than the entire collection itself. Again it's the story behind it.

Believe it or not, I did answer your question, yo!!!

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 12:05 am

Some crap I been buying:

Batman:

Detective:

IMJ · Post by **IMJ** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 2:02 am

Holy smokes, man!!! I can't imagine that there are a ton of early Batman's around like that.... are those really all yours? My God, that looks like the beginnings (or is it the end?) of a fantastic Batman collection!!! Those are amazing!!!

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 2:23 am

It is really a joy for me to see those scans.

I love the look of the old covers.

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 2:25 am

and BTW......

I have been reading some random Batman books I got on the 'bay..... but I'm not gonna post them Hobo's post......

but I still really like the books I'm reading

cobra_commander · Post by **cobra_commander** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:31 am

X-O HoboJoe wrote:Some crap I been buying...

Oh my god...

cobra_commander · Post by **cobra_commander** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:40 am

Hey, so great collection you got there Hobo but you're missing some pretty important issues there...

You don't have any of the "Knightsend" storyline...thats where Batman "dies"! I mean...come on