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Elveen wrote:
Draco wrote:
Brother J wrote:Well, here's one I thought might be a great deal, not so sure once I got the books:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0227374825

As you can see in the picture, there's a Unity Red. I hit the BIN, taking a chance on the condition of the book. The books were unbagged, so I made sure I talked to the seller about getting them here without damaging them. I must say, he did a great job of packing, if someone was going to ship a bunch of comics unbagged, this was the way to do it. However, when I looked at the Unity Red, it had some spine stresses. I figured, ah, not bad, probably about a VF or possibly VF+. However, after looking a little more closely, I see the book has a store stamp (very faint) on the cover. Major bummer... :(
Not to worry dude, you know you will probably get $25 for it still in a year when things get out of hand again.


:lol: :lol:

He could get more than that right now. Do not underestamate the power of the Untiy Red.
That's 100% correct.

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went to a local show today, mainly dug around in the cheap boxes. Here's some of the better deals I got:

Fables #1 NM $18
Strawberry Shortcake #1 and Rai #5 both NM copies $9 for both or $4.50 each... :P

from the .50 bins:

Bettie Page Comics: Spicy Adventure
Avengers #402 (last issue)
Punisher #17 (1997 series, had low print runs)
GI Joe #63 (So Much Fun variant)
Death Dealer #1 (3 copies, Verotik)
Iron Man #250 (IM/Dr. Doom)
Uncle Scrooge #296 (Gladstone later run issue with pulp paper cover)

$1 bins:

Supreme #41 (variant cover)
New Mutants #98 (1st Deadpool)
X-O Manowar Vol. 2 #21 (last issue)
Shadowman #8 (another for my hoard)
Star Wars Tales #9 (art cover, Maul vs. Vader)
Scud #4 (signed by Schrab and Harmon w/COA)
Thor #502 and Iron Man #332 (last issues)
Iron Man #282 and #283 (War Machine)
Hulk #444 (Hulk vs. Cable and Storm, Onslaught)
Hulk #454, 455 (vs. Wolverine, vs. X-Men)
Hulk #456, 457 (Apocalypse issues)

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Brother J wrote: Strawberry Shortcake #1
Yer gay.

:lol:

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ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:
Brother J wrote: Strawberry Shortcake #1
Yer gay.

:lol:
just adding it to the rest of my collection...

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Flaming Baloney is not a gay comix, it just kind of sounds like it a little bit.

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Brother J wrote:
ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:
Brother J wrote: Strawberry Shortcake #1
Yer gay.

:lol:
just adding it to the rest of my collection...

Image

Flaming Baloney is not a gay comix, it just kind of sounds like it a little bit.
Holy crap.

I ONLY own #24, and that's just cause o' Maxxie poo......

:twisted:

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ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:
Brother J wrote:
ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:
Brother J wrote: Strawberry Shortcake #1
Yer gay.

:lol:
just adding it to the rest of my collection...

Image

Flaming Baloney is not a gay comix, it just kind of sounds like it a little bit.
Holy crap.

I ONLY own #24, and that's just cause o' Maxxie poo......

:twisted:
If I was more of an underground comix completist, I would be going for a complete run of Gay Comix, since they are considered underground comix and have work from some of the best underground creators in them. I guess I could also collect *SQUEE* 'n Clits, as well... :P

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Brother J wrote:
ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:
Brother J wrote:
ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:
Brother J wrote: Strawberry Shortcake #1
Yer gay.

:lol:
just adding it to the rest of my collection...

Image

Flaming Baloney is not a gay comix, it just kind of sounds like it a little bit.
Holy crap.

I ONLY own #24, and that's just cause o' Maxxie poo......

:twisted:
If I was more of an underground comix completist, I would be going for a complete run of Gay Comix, since they are considered underground comix and have work from some of the best underground creators in them. I guess I could also collect *SQUEE* 'n Clits, as well... :P

Sounds like a family book? :?

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:lol: :lol: :lol:

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Elveen wrote:
Brother J wrote:
ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:
Brother J wrote:
ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:
Brother J wrote: Strawberry Shortcake #1
Yer gay.

:lol:
just adding it to the rest of my collection...

Image

Flaming Baloney is not a gay comix, it just kind of sounds like it a little bit.
Holy crap.

I ONLY own #24, and that's just cause o' Maxxie poo......

:twisted:
If I was more of an underground comix completist, I would be going for a complete run of Gay Comix, since they are considered underground comix and have work from some of the best underground creators in them. I guess I could also collect *SQUEE* 'n Clits, as well... :P

Sounds like a family book? :?
feminist underground comix, I guess the dirty sister to the cleaner named Wimmin's Comix.

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Shadowman vol. 3 #1 (reader copy) $0.33

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JustCallMeAric wrote:Shadowman vol. 3 #1 (reader copy) $0.33


:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

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Yeah my bad it was the no price variant (its actually the first Shadowman Vol 3 I've ever seen)

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JustCallMeAric wrote:Yeah my bad it was the no price variant (its actually the first Shadowman Vol 3 I've ever seen)


Now it's all over for you. 8-)

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:o

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JustCallMeAric wrote::o

One is just not enough. :lol:

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good grab for 33c :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

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Solar 59 + Bloodshot 38 and 42 = $3

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JustCallMeAric wrote:Solar 59 + Bloodshot 38 and 42 = $3

Score. :thumb:

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I dont know what you guys think, but I thought this was a decent deal 4 sets of Harbinger #1-6 with coupons all intact for $120. Most being 9.6 candiates, the #1's look pretty nice, I might send them off to CGC.

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maraxusofkeld wrote:I dont know what you guys think, but I thought this was a decent deal 4 sets of Harbinger #1-6 with coupons all intact for $120. Most being 9.6 candiates, the #1's look pretty nice, I might send them off to CGC.

You would have NO PROBLEM in doubling your cash here on the boards.

Good pick up. :thumb:

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Not too shabby for 4 sets. I remember when #1 was bringing that on it's own.

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Nothing extraordinary but for $4 a piece there's some decent stuff in there.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... :IT&ih=010

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Not necessarily bragging, but.... here is the report of my latest adventure LCSing. I went out to a few places today and I found some intresting stuff:

All of these I got for .25 each.

SO I bought my first ultraverse book today. A Strangers holographic #1. I have no idea what it is worth, but the cover is sweet. I dig it.

Batman Legends of the Dark Knightt #65-68. The Going Sane arc with the Joker. It just looked cool, especially for .25 each.

Some cool Crossgen books. Masters of the Universe Power of Fear #1, MotU Rise of the Snake Men #3, MotU Icons of Evil, Dragons lair #1-3 (I've just never seen these before, so I could not pass them up.) And because I got the other Dragon's lair books, I also got Dragons Lair #1 & #2 from Arcana. (they are thick like 1/2 a TPB).

Now I remember a post I made asking about D&D type books (I was reading the Magic the Gathering books), and I remember a few dudes mentioned a books called Elric. So I stashed it away.... and I found some today.

I got Elric (Pacific Comics) #1, #2, #4, #5, #6, #8. These books just look dang darn cool.

I also picked up 2 League of EG vol. 2, #3/4, #6. Just because.


I also got some Crossgen books I needed and 2 Acclaim Grackle books.



So I didn't find a GBU, but I got some interesting stuff. :D

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Just picked up 50 Shadowman 8s in nm condition, amongst other Valiants I bought today.

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StarBrand wrote:Just picked up 50 Shadowman 8s in nm condition, amongst other Valiants I bought today.

Hoard Pic!


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