looking for The Maxx.

[Brother J]

Was Rainbow Brite part of the Star line? I hope not. I already feel goofy having Care Bears and Barbie last issues on my very casual Marvel last issue project list. That said, got any Beauty and the Beast?

I've got at least the first issue of that Beauty and the Beast series, the one with the Deodato art, I forget the company at the moment.

Rainbow Brite was DC, I'm pretty sure.

[GGSAE]

They can be had pretty easily...just stay away from the ashcans, got enough damn competition for them!

whats so great about the ashcans?

nothing thier all crap, stick to the regular run....nope, all poo...you don't want them...keep moving

maybe ill just get all the ashcans lol

Haha, you'll be shelling out a lot more cash than you ever thought you would for The Maxx if you go after the aschans. Image released 4 different colored versions of number 1, 2 and 3. The colors represent different print runs with respective demand for each. There's a few of us here that collect the ashcans. I'd pay 2k right now if someone had a NM set for sale.

All 12?

$2,000?

(yer dreamin'...)

I figure it this way:

Blues -

#1 - $50
#2 - $50
#3 -$100

Reds -

#1 - $100
#2 - $150
#3 - $200

Yellows -

#1 - $75 (I think this price is wrong, but it's "typical" at the moment.)
#2 - $200
#3 - $250

Blacks -

#1 - $500
#2 - $500
#3 - $500

That's for actual raw NM copies, books that would grade 9.4 at CGC.

For slabbed books 9.4 or better, you can double the number for the blacks, and add 50% for the rest.

It is my opinion...after watching these books for well over a decade....that the blacks do not exist in any quantity in 9.4 or better. I'm guessing maybe 2-3 copies, tops. My best #2....out of 10....was an 8.5. Maybe there's one that could grade 9.0, depending on the grader, but certainly nothing better.

You didn't need to break it down like that ...and besides just because i have money to afford a full set doesn't mean i should just throw my money away, not that a NM complete set will ever show up...i do remember reading about someone finding a full set on ebay years back...

[ZephyrWasHOT!!]

whats so great about the ashcans?

nothing thier all crap, stick to the regular run....nope, all poo...you don't want them...keep moving

maybe ill just get all the ashcans lol

Haha, you'll be shelling out a lot more cash than you ever thought you would for The Maxx if you go after the aschans. Image released 4 different colored versions of number 1, 2 and 3. The colors represent different print runs with respective demand for each. There's a few of us here that collect the ashcans. I'd pay 2k right now if someone had a NM set for sale.

All 12?

$2,000?

(yer dreamin'...)

I figure it this way:

Blues -

#1 - $50
#2 - $50
#3 -$100

Reds -

#1 - $100
#2 - $150
#3 - $200

Yellows -

#1 - $75 (I think this price is wrong, but it's "typical" at the moment.)
#2 - $200
#3 - $250

Blacks -

#1 - $500
#2 - $500
#3 - $500

That's for actual raw NM copies, books that would grade 9.4 at CGC.

For slabbed books 9.4 or better, you can double the number for the blacks, and add 50% for the rest.

It is my opinion...after watching these books for well over a decade....that the blacks do not exist in any quantity in 9.4 or better. I'm guessing maybe 2-3 copies, tops. My best #2....out of 10....was an 8.5. Maybe there's one that could grade 9.0, depending on the grader, but certainly nothing better.

You didn't need to break it down like that ...and besides just because i have money to afford a full set doesn't mean i should just throw my money away, not that a NM complete set will ever show up...i do remember reading about someone finding a full set on ebay years back...

Really??

Wow.

I wonder how I missed that!

Hey, look, *I* don't have a full set, and I've been searching for these little basturds for well over a decade now.



I am genuinely surprised at how few have been driven out of the woodwork by the Black sales.

Here's the breakdown so far this year, keeping in mind that there were probably TEN Maxx Ashcan sales....total....last year, the year before, and the year before that:

#1 Blue - by far the most common Maxx ashcan. At least 7 sales, including 1 of mine, since January.

#1 Red - FOUR sales since January; 1 in Jan, 2 in May (both mine, one Second Chance) and 1 a week or so ago for $125 BIN.

#1 Yellow - THREE sales, including 1 from UK, one $50 BIN from Grunt Splatter, and one $50 private sale to me from Grunt Splatter

#1 Black - no sales in 5 years (to my knowledge); 2 on the census in 9.0. Last sale for $210 in 2003.

#2 Blue - 3 sales (including one pending); 1 on eBay in Feb to me, 1 last week, and 1 still up.

#2 Red - no sales in 10 years that I know of

#2 Yellow - no sales in 10 years that I know of

#2 Black - 4 offered for sale on eBay, 2 closed early for unknown reasons. 1 in Jan (closed), my 8.5 in April, my raw F/VF in May, and another one in April 8.0 which was yanked. These four are the ONLY four I have EVER seen offered on eBay. Two (2) copies on the census, one in 8.5 (highest) one in 8.0

#3 Blue - no sales in 10 years that I know of

#3 Red - 1 sale that I bought back in Feb.

#3 Yellow - no sales in 10 years that I know of

#3 Black - no sales in 10 years that I know of. One (1) copy on the census, 7.5 (mine.)

So, yeah, just insanely, insanely rare. Combine that with the fact that everyone DESPISED Image AND their lateness AND their endless variants AND their endless ashcans, and the books did not have a high surviveability rate. Outside of the hoard I bought 5 years ago, I think I've bought....maybe....5 ashcans total, and I've been looking....HARD.

Like I said, it surprises me on one level that the $500 and $311 sales of Maxx Blacks have not brought more out of the woodwork, but on another level, it doesn't surprise me at all.

When you think about it.....we have already had THREE of the 12 that had never (to my knowledge) appeared on eBay appear in the last 5 months (#1 Yellow, #2 Blue, #2 Black) that weren't mine, so I guess that's the "drawing out" that there is to be done.

Let's be honest, here....when a 1993 Image book sells for $510...in 8.5 no less!...that's headline making newsworthy.

Frankly, I expected a flood....they were NOT produced in numbers one could consider "rare"....but, it appears that myself, Grunt Splatter, and MAYBE the "Grails" guy on the CGC board are the only people with ashcans in any significant amounts.

So, whether people just tossed them, or there's a bunch hidden in storage somewhere (not likely, given their original printruns) they're just rare, rare, rare books of one of the most popular Image series of all time.

[ZephyrWasHOT!!]

Was Rainbow Brite part of the Star line? I hope not. I already feel goofy having Care Bears and Barbie last issues on my very casual Marvel last issue project list. That said, got any Beauty and the Beast?

I SO shouldn't say this, but the later Star issues (1988-89) are INCREDIBLY rare, especially in high grade.

[whovianone]

Was Rainbow Brite part of the Star line? I hope not. I already feel goofy having Care Bears and Barbie last issues on my very casual Marvel last issue project list. That said, got any Beauty and the Beast?

I SO shouldn't say this, but the later Star issues (1988-89) are INCREDIBLY rare, especially in high grade.

Ya know, I've been looking to pick those up whenever I see them in VF or better. I see them all the time beat up, but not so much in high grade. I figure it will be good investements for my daughter.

[JohnnyRnR]

Was Rainbow Brite part of the Star line? I hope not. I already feel goofy having Care Bears and Barbie last issues on my very casual Marvel last issue project list. That said, got any Beauty and the Beast?

I SO shouldn't say this, but the later Star issues (1988-89) are INCREDIBLY rare, especially in high grade.

Unfortunately, I know. Even before I had branched out in stupidity, I was working on the MotU and Thundercats books. [/end loser]

[JohnnyRnR]

Right there with you Jay, but the hunt continues!

I find no solace in shared losership

*goes to look for Rainbow Brite*

Haha! Loser! Ooh.. me too

[Equalizir]

I dont think people would chuck ashcans I think however many of the black ones are out there some people are just hoarding them.

[GGSAE]

I dont think people would chuck ashcans I think however many of the black ones are out there some people are just hoarding them.

Yeah there's a real d0chebag that found a stash of number 2 blacks!

[GGSAE]

nothing thier all crap, stick to the regular run....nope, all poo...you don't want them...keep moving

maybe ill just get all the ashcans lol

Haha, you'll be shelling out a lot more cash than you ever thought you would for The Maxx if you go after the aschans. Image released 4 different colored versions of number 1, 2 and 3. The colors represent different print runs with respective demand for each. There's a few of us here that collect the ashcans. I'd pay 2k right now if someone had a NM set for sale.

All 12?

$2,000?

(yer dreamin'...)

I figure it this way:

Blues -

#1 - $50
#2 - $50
#3 -$100

Reds -

#1 - $100
#2 - $150
#3 - $200

Yellows -

#1 - $75 (I think this price is wrong, but it's "typical" at the moment.)
#2 - $200
#3 - $250

Blacks -

#1 - $500
#2 - $500
#3 - $500

That's for actual raw NM copies, books that would grade 9.4 at CGC.

For slabbed books 9.4 or better, you can double the number for the blacks, and add 50% for the rest.

It is my opinion...after watching these books for well over a decade....that the blacks do not exist in any quantity in 9.4 or better. I'm guessing maybe 2-3 copies, tops. My best #2....out of 10....was an 8.5. Maybe there's one that could grade 9.0, depending on the grader, but certainly nothing better.

You didn't need to break it down like that ...and besides just because i have money to afford a full set doesn't mean i should just throw my money away, not that a NM complete set will ever show up...i do remember reading about someone finding a full set on ebay years back...

Really??

Wow.

I wonder how I missed that!

I can't remember where but i'm sure it was a forum and to paraphrase, 'i got a set one wonderful night on ebay', from what i remember this person bought a whole set one night, i'm guessing with a BIN. I'll look around to see if i can find the source.

[ZephyrWasHOT!!]

I dont think people would chuck ashcans I think however many of the black ones are out there some people are just hoarding them.

Yeah there's a real d0chebag that found a stash of number 2 blacks!

That guy's such a doosh...

But he's SUPER hot, so I give him a pass....

Plus, he's a great kisser....

[ZephyrWasHOT!!]

I dont think people would chuck ashcans I think however many of the black ones are out there some people are just hoarding them.

Well....except, before now, there really wouldn't be an INCENTIVE to hoard them.

After all...they were Image books from 1993. It doesn't get much more death-knelly than that.

[JohnnyRnR]

GGSAE-I've googled my way to that same blog before. It seemed to be a female if I recall correctly.

[GGSAE]

I dont think people would chuck ashcans I think however many of the black ones are out there some people are just hoarding them.

Yeah there's a real d0chebag that found a stash of number 2 blacks!

That guy's such a doosh...

But he's SUPER hot, so I give him a pass....

Plus, he's a great kisser....

Where's that barfing emoticon...? Perhaps you could apply these skills to the post below, otherwise i may be tempted too....it wouldn't be the first time i ended up in the shower eating soap after committing a disgusting act.
Johhny find where this broad lives!

[dbostejano]

I dont think people would chuck ashcans I think however many of the black ones are out there some people are just hoarding them.

Yeah there's a real d0chebag that found a stash of number 2 blacks!

That guy's such a doosh...

But he's SUPER hot, so I give him a pass....

Plus, he's a great kisser....

Does he go by "Valiantboy"?

[myron]

I dont think people would chuck ashcans I think however many of the black ones are out there some people are just hoarding them.

Yeah there's a real d0chebag that found a stash of number 2 blacks!

That guy's such a doosh...

But he's SUPER hot, so I give him a pass....

Plus, he's a great kisser....

Does he go by "Valiantboy"?

only to one of his enemas...

[ZephyrWasHOT!!]

I dont think people would chuck ashcans I think however many of the black ones are out there some people are just hoarding them.

Yeah there's a real d0chebag that found a stash of number 2 blacks!

That guy's such a doosh...

But he's SUPER hot, so I give him a pass....

Plus, he's a great kisser....

Does he go by "Valiantboy"?

only to one of his enemas...

That's not an enema! That's my SON!

[Equalizir]

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[ZephyrWasHOT!!]

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Someone hit the power button and reset him....

[whovianone]

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Someone hit the power button and reset him....

Nah, I think he just needs a de-frag.

[ZephyrWasHOT!!]

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Someone hit the power button and reset him....

Nah, I think he just needs a de-frag.

That certainly was an odd post after stomping off in a huff a few days ago....

[robb77]

if youre selling these for 500 boys how much are the issue 1's worth in this condition a grand? or more

[GGSAE]

if youre selling these for 500 boys how much are the issue 1's worth in this condition a grand? or more

ummmm what?

[robb77]

if youre selling these for 500 boys how much are the issue 1's worth in this condition a grand? or more

ummmm what?

zwh is aelling an issue 2 for $500 which is good price but how much is a issue 1 black ashcan worth

[ZephyrWasHOT!!]

if youre selling these for 500 boys how much are the issue 1's worth in this condition a grand? or more

ummmm what?

zwh is aelling an issue 2 for $500 which is good price but how much is a issue 1 black ashcan worth

The same.

There should be no difference in price for the blacks, except under the following conditions:

1. It is discovered that one of the books is rarer than the other two, in absolutely numbers.

2. Condition rarity.

It is my contention that Black #2 and #3 may be worth MORE than #1, because people tend to save #1s moreso than others, even #1 variants.