Bragging rights - your best deal of late?

grendeljd · Post by **grendeljd** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 2:24 pm

Not a *huge* deal, but I scored Shadowman 37, 38, 42, & 43 for $13.50 today at my lcs...

grendeljd · Post by **grendeljd** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 2:27 pm

grendeljd wrote:Not a *huge* deal, but I scored Shadowman 37, 38, 42, & 43 for $13.50 today at my lcs...

This also finally completed my run... I had stopped reading Shadowman at #35 back in the day, and only with the 2012 return did I start pursuing the last 8 issues.

hulk181man · Post by **hulk181man** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 9:43 pm

Yard sale find last Saturday: X-O Manowar 1-6 for $10.

The seller was a former investor, said he bought 1-10 back in the day hoping they'd be worth something and stored them bagged/boarded. He never read 'em.
Best part, the bag/board for issue 4 contained 2 copies

Next morning went to a local antique market with my wife and found a low-grade Strange Tales Annual # 2 (1963) for 50 cents.

There are many good deals to be found with a little perseverance and luck.

nycjadie · Post by **nycjadie** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 10:28 pm

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 10:32 am

Nice finds. Makes me want to head out to some yard sales.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 10:31 pm

no picks but
10 copies of rai 0 for 10 bucks
woot woot for me

nycjadie · Post by **nycjadie** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 1:41 pm

Got my results from 4 books from CGC today. There are high points and low points.

Incredible Hulk 324 - First Grey Hulk - 9.0. I am super surprised at this grade. This book, I thought, was a 9.6-9.8. Huge bummer. Grrr. I lost money on this one as I paid $15 for the raw because it was so sharp. This is not a VF/NM book. It's a NM+ book, or at least it was when I submitted it.

Solar 10 - 9.6. I never get a 9.8, but I'm still happy it's not any lower. It's a $100 book.

Comic Primer 2 - First Grendel - 9.0. I'm pretty pleased with this one. I think I paid $65 for the book, and now it's probably a $200 book. There were a couple of spine stresses, so this was not surprising. It's funny this book got the same grade as the 324 because the books were night and day when compared to each other.

Incredible Hulk 449 - First Thunderbolts - 9.8. Awesome! This is probably a $180 book, and pretty warm right now.

So, all in all $510 in books. Cost basis is about $180-200, so still a good day. I'll be selling the Solar 10.

nycjadie · Post by **nycjadie** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 1:46 pm

A hot day! I just got another invoice listed as shipped.

Super Mario Bros. Special Edition #1 - 9.6 - approx. $75 book or so.
3 copies of Macross #1 (first Robotech) - 9.6 - approx. $150 per book or so.

Super happy about the Macross book. It's a scarce book to find, and really tough in high grade. I was hoping I would get at least 1 9.8, but they were never bagged or boarded, so I got very lucky with these. The books cost me $.25 each or less, as I purchased them in bulk. $525 in books, with a cost basis of $120 or so. A very good day on these ones. I'm selling 2 of the Macross books.

Waroman · Post by **Waroman** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 4:41 pm

I just picked up Eternal Warrior (1992) #4 for $0.50 at one of my LCS!

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 6:38 pm

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 6:49 pm

I don't like to post a lot of books I get (because 99% of them are to sell at my booth), but I was stoked to find 2 Flash Annual #2s for cover.

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 9:41 pm

I can't believe this thread has gone on so long.
Its pretty neat to look at when it was starting and seeing Dino, Dan, and myself searching for books.
Its also interesting to see what is considered a good deal at different times.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Fri May 01, 2015 9:13 pm

very true now rai 0 at 10 bucks is a steal
a year ago thats a few bucks

bobby97801 · Post by **bobby97801** » Mon May 04, 2015 1:01 pm

My wife made me go to a kids consignment sale. When I got there, I saw they had comics. I got these for $2 each.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Mon May 04, 2015 4:15 pm

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue May 05, 2015 3:54 pm

Always thought issue 118 had a very cool cover.

greg · Post by **greg** » Tue May 05, 2015 3:59 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:Always thought issue 118 had a very cool cover.

Yeah, but Robert Downey, Jr. looks like Tony Orlando.

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Tue May 05, 2015 4:07 pm

Is there anything special about the 118? I am not familiar with the book

greg · Post by **greg** » Tue May 05, 2015 4:09 pm

Elveen wrote:Is there anything special about the 118? I am not familiar with the book

First appearance of Jim "Rhodey" Rhodes ... who becomes War Machine in #282 (same photo).

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Tue May 05, 2015 4:19 pm

greg wrote:
Elveen wrote:Is there anything special about the 118? I am not familiar with the book
First appearance of Jim "Rhodey" Rhodes ... who becomes War Machine in #282 (same photo).

Thanks. Another one to add to the list.

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Tue May 05, 2015 8:07 pm

Kind of pre-emptive, but a friend of mine shops at a comic shop in High Point and was talking to the owner about Valiant and said he has a friend (me) who was really into them. The dealer laughed dismissively and said he had four longboxes of Valiants in storage that I could have for 50 cents a book!

Going to check them out sometime next week!

Wish me luck!

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed May 06, 2015 8:40 pm

Tim wrote:Kind of pre-emptive, but a friend of mine shops at a comic shop in High Point and was talking to the owner about Valiant and said he has a friend (me) who was really into them. The dealer laughed dismissively and said he had four longboxes of Valiants in storage that I could have for 50 cents a book!

Going to check them out sometime next week!

Wish me luck!

Cool, hope you find some goodies.

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Wed May 06, 2015 8:48 pm

Guy I work with brought a box of about 100 comics and asked for $10 for them. I bought them without really looking at the because I saw some early 90's Iron Man issues that looked pretty neat. Apart from a lot of great reading stuff (Byrne Alpha Flight, Micronauts, ROM, later run Power Man and Iron Fist) and some nice flippage that included:

Star Was #107
First Deadpool mini
Death of Superman TPB sealed with Action #1 reprint.

greg · Post by **greg** » Wed May 06, 2015 8:59 pm

Tim wrote:Guy I work with brought a box of about 100 comics and asked for $10 for them. I bought them without really looking at the because I saw some early 90's Iron Man issues that looked pretty neat. Apart from a lot of great reading stuff (Byrne Alpha Flight, Micronauts, ROM, later run Power Man and Iron Fist) and some nice flippage that included:

Star Was #107
First Deadpool mini
Death of Superman TPB sealed with Action #1 reprint.

I'll give you $12 for those 3, you keep the other 97 books.

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