Bragging rights - your best deal of late?

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:53 pm

One of the best parts about having an 8 million print run is that, when Jim Lee was doing absolutely THE BEST art he ever did, at the absolute top of his game....and X-Men #1-3 are feasts of the eyes....copies of this book will always, always be cheap.

50 years from now, barring any odd sort of catastrophe, X-Men #1 will still be only a "quarter book" (which will likely be $50 by then

)

But generations of people will be able to enjoy, firsthand, some of the most beautiful art ever to grace a comics page.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:57 pm

ya i took a bunch of copies to a sports card con a while back and got 2 bucks each for 10 of them by the time the weekend ended i was amazed

tarheelmarine · Post by **tarheelmarine** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 4:35 pm

Found an XO 15 pink in a used bookstore for $2.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 4:50 pm

tarheelmarine wrote:Found an XO 15 pink in a used bookstore for $2.

What kind of shape was it in? I usually don't have good luck buying comics from bookstores.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:18 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:
tarheelmarine wrote:Found an XO 15 pink in a used bookstore for $2.
What kind of shape was it in? I usually don't have good luck buying comics from bookstores.

The ones I have ever seen are usually in a pile in a basket, just thrown in together. Good for reading and not much else...

-slym

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:23 pm

slym2none wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:
tarheelmarine wrote:Found an XO 15 pink in a used bookstore for $2.
What kind of shape was it in? I usually don't have good luck buying comics from bookstores.
The ones I have ever seen are usually in a pile in a basket, just thrown in together. Good for reading and not much else...

-slym

Bingo.

tarheelmarine · Post by **tarheelmarine** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:55 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:
slym2none wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:
tarheelmarine wrote:Found an XO 15 pink in a used bookstore for $2.
What kind of shape was it in? I usually don't have good luck buying comics from bookstores.
The ones I have ever seen are usually in a pile in a basket, just thrown in together. Good for reading and not much else...

-slym
Bingo.

It was bagged and boarded. NM-

I also picked up Shadowman 41 (2) in the same condition.

I was pretty shocked as well. I passed on a Hard Corps Defense Version as I have quite a few of those and didn't feel like shelling for it.

It was a surprise as I was visiting an old friend, and we just happened to visit the downtown in this town.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:24 pm

tarheelmarine wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:
slym2none wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:
tarheelmarine wrote:Found an XO 15 pink in a used bookstore for $2.
What kind of shape was it in? I usually don't have good luck buying comics from bookstores.
The ones I have ever seen are usually in a pile in a basket, just thrown in together. Good for reading and not much else...

-slym
Bingo.
It was bagged and boarded. NM-

I also picked up Shadowman 41 (2) in the same condition.

I was pretty shocked as well. I passed on a Hard Corps Defense Version as I have quite a few of those and didn't feel like shelling for it.

It was a surprise as I was visiting an old friend, and we just happened to visit the downtown in this town.

Cool, glad to hear they are in such great shape.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:47 pm

B&B'ed comics in a used book store???

Will wonders never cease...

-slym

greg · Post by **greg** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 1:50 pm

This was actually pretty cool...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0287826710

For $19.99 shipped, I got the production page for the "International Enquisitor"
pretend tabloid ("editorial page") for July 1990, printed in Gameboy #2.

It's on an illustration board, came with a Voyager envelope for the West 21st Street offices,
and included both of the original photos used on the page.

I laid it all out (with the actual book(s)) for this photo...

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 4:34 pm

Well, that is a pretty damn cool piece of history you got there...

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 10:31 pm

Very nice. I definitley would have nabbed that, had I ran across it (don't surf ebay as much as I used to).

magnusr · Post by **magnusr** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 12:07 am

greg wrote:This was actually pretty cool...

Congrats. Seems I had let my search notification expire.

/Magnus

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 3:02 am

very cool

turborip · Post by **turborip** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 4:31 pm

Just pulled a Deathmate Green Preview from Advance Comics out of a 50 cent bin. It was in between a whole bunch of Epilogue and Prologues.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 8:38 pm

a diamond in the rough great job at persistence

Egomaniac · Post by **Egomaniac** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 1:26 pm

I picked up a Unity 200 preview for 50 cents at the Great Escape overstock store in Nashville. I also got an autographed V2 MRF #1 for an additional 50 cents.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 4:37 pm

Egomaniac wrote:I picked up a Unity 200 preview for 50 cents at the Great Escape overstock store in Nashville. I also got an autographed V2 MRF #1 for an additional 50 cents.

Man, I love 50 cent bins.

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 4:44 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:
Egomaniac wrote:I picked up a Unity 200 preview for 50 cents at the Great Escape overstock store in Nashville. I also got an autographed V2 MRF #1 for an additional 50 cents.
Man, I love 50 cent bins.

Me too.

I have not been out in a bit.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 4:50 pm

I suppose I should try and hit a few stores now that gas prices are reasonable again.

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 4:52 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:I suppose I should try and hit a few stores now that gas prices are reasonable again.

Reasonable? Given when you started paying for gas, I'd think 10 cents would be too high for ya...

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 4:55 pm

xodacia81 wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:I suppose I should try and hit a few stores now that gas prices are reasonable again.
Reasonable? Given when you started paying for gas, I'd think 10 cents would be too high for ya...

Hahaha....grrr...

J-Scott-R · Post by **J-Scott-R** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 6:11 pm

Elveen wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:
Egomaniac wrote:I picked up a Unity 200 preview for 50 cents at the Great Escape overstock store in Nashville. I also got an autographed V2 MRF #1 for an additional 50 cents.
Man, I love 50 cent bins.

Me too.

I have not been out in a bit.

Same here, I have had to work so much the last few months I have hardly had any time for the family, let alone looking for comics, but this weekend I get to do both

.

Scott

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 10:25 pm

been a rough month of work much less fun here as well about 14 days left

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 1:11 am

J-Scott-R wrote:
Elveen wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:
Egomaniac wrote:I picked up a Unity 200 preview for 50 cents at the Great Escape overstock store in Nashville. I also got an autographed V2 MRF #1 for an additional 50 cents.
Man, I love 50 cent bins.

Me too.

I have not been out in a bit.
Same here, I have had to work so much the last few months I have hardly had any time for the family, let alone looking for comics, but this weekend I get to do both .

Scott

Cool, post a LCS report when you are done.