Bragging rights - your best deal of late?

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 7:05 am

Fanboy375 wrote:I saw an ad on Craig's List for $50.00. The picture showed a Solar Alpha Omega HC, Magnus 12, & Solar 10. Apparently this woman use to have a room mate from years ago that worked in a comic book store and he left this box behind. She was cleaning house and decided to sell it

What I actually got was:

Solar Alpha/Omega HC
Harbinger 1,3,4,5,6 with coupons
X-O 2,5
Magnus 5,6,7,12 (x2)
Eternal Warrior 1 gold embossed
Eternal Warrior 1 gold flat (x2)
Rai 1,4,5
Solar 9,10
Unity 1 gold (x3)
Unity 1 plat (x2)

Another 20 Unity and post unity books.

excellent, I haven't found a huge Valiant haul like that in a long time.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:45 am

The EW golds are a killer to find those are a steal

hulk181man · Post by **hulk181man** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:53 pm

It's condition falls well short of Mr. Holland's opus....but for $10.00 I couldn't pass this up:

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:03 pm

Wow, 10 bucks? Awesome find.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 1:01 am

sweet find

whovianone · Post by **whovianone** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:29 am

hulk181man wrote:It's condition falls well short of Mr. Holland's opus....but for $10.00 I couldn't pass this up:

Please let me know if you decide to let it go.

hulk181man · Post by **hulk181man** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 11:40 am

Thanks guys, somehow I knew you'd like it. No plans to sell but I'll stop by that flea market more frequently....

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:31 pm

hulk181man wrote:Thanks guys, somehow I knew you'd like it. No plans to sell but I'll stop by that flea market more frequently....

That's funny, I once picked up a copy of Turok #2 (the other Four Color issue) for a song at a flea market. Good stuff!

geocarr · Post by **geocarr** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:54 pm

Brother J wrote:
hulk181man wrote:Thanks guys, somehow I knew you'd like it. No plans to sell but I'll stop by that flea market more frequently....
That's funny, I once picked up a copy of Turok #2 (the other Four Color issue) for a song at a flea market. Good stuff!

I seriously have dreams about making finds like that...

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 1:16 pm

Just for my knowledge.....

About how much is the value of that Turok? Not a NM Turok Gold Key #1, but one on about that shape?

Crow331 · Post by **Crow331** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 2:31 pm

Over the weekend I picked up a Bloodshot #50 & 51 and a Bloodshot Last Stand for .50 cents each

That was digging at the bottom of the barrel at several comic book shops in the area! There are no backissues to be had. Several told me they blew out all their valiants years ago for 25 cents each!

DarqueArcher · Post by **DarqueArcher** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 3:09 pm

Crow331 wrote:Over the weekend I picked up a Bloodshot #50 & 51 and a Bloodshot Last Stand for .50 cents each That was digging at the bottom of the barrel at several comic book shops in the area! There are no backissues to be had. Several told me they blew out all their valiants years ago for 25 cents each!

Very NICE !!!

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:13 pm

Crow331 wrote:Over the weekend I picked up a Bloodshot #50 & 51 and a Bloodshot Last Stand for .50 cents each That was digging at the bottom of the barrel at several comic book shops in the area! There are no backissues to be had. Several told me they blew out all their valiants years ago for 25 cents each!

That is a super score, regardless of condition. Those are going to be some hard books to come by if a bunch of new collectors come on after VEI puts out new books.

Crow331 · Post by **Crow331** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:43 pm

Thanks, I thought it was pretty good but I didn't think it was a "super score"

Thanks! They also had a Bloodshot 48 & 49 but the 49 had some spine damage and I just passed on the 48. Maybe I should go back and get them

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:23 pm

late bloodshots are very hard to find in any condition almost as bad as turok in the 40s

hulk181man · Post by **hulk181man** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 11:43 am

Elveen wrote:Just for my knowledge.....

About how much is the value of that Turok? Not a NM Turok Gold Key #1, but one on about that shape?

Good question (Technically, it's a Dell....

)

Lonestar offers these trade & cash values which of course are marked up for resale:

NM $924.00 $770.00
VF $346.92 $289.10
FN $126.00 $105.00
VG $72.00 $60.00
GD $36.00 $30.00
FR $15.00 $12.50
PR $7.50 $6.25

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:05 pm

Crow331 wrote:Thanks, I thought it was pretty good but I didn't think it was a "super score" Thanks! They also had a Bloodshot 48 & 49 but the 49 had some spine damage and I just passed on the 48. Maybe I should go back and get them

Yes, you should get them. End of the run Valiant books are hard to find.

SuperP wrote:late bloodshots are very hard to find in any condition almost as bad as turok in the 40s

Both end run Turoks and Bloodshots are tough to find. I would put Bloodshot just slightly over Turok. From my experience.

wallywest · Post by **wallywest** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:28 pm

I got this one in the mail this week:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=014

Really nice books...well the Magnus is nice. The Turok is....well it's a Turok #1.

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:36 pm

wallywest wrote:I got this one in the mail this week:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=014

Really nice books...well the Magnus is nice. The Turok is....well it's a Turok #1.

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:46 pm

hulk181man wrote:It's condition falls well short of Mr. Holland's opus....but for $10.00 I couldn't pass this up:

Better condition than mine and less than what I paid.

IanAlexavier · Post by **IanAlexavier** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:07 pm

I hit my local Flea Market.. I havent been there in a year. I found the following:

Powers that Be #4,5,6 $.50 each

Fables #16, 18, 38 $.50 each

Armorines, X-O Database $1 each

Watchmen #4 $1

Pakins Land: Quest for Kings TPB $.50

(The kids can use it for a coloring book as they read it

)

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:59 am

watchmen 4 is a smoking deal

Eternalwarrior68 · Post by **Eternalwarrior68** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 7:49 pm

OK! Just got home and had to tell you guys what I found. I was going through the 5 for a $1 boxes at my shop this morning and picked up the following bagged and boarded: VF-NM

The Chaos Effect - Omega (Gold)

Deathmate - Red (Gold)

Eternal Warrior #36

Eternal Warrior - Fist & Steel #1

Eternal Warriors #1 - Retailers Review Copy

Captain Johner & the Aliens #1, 2

IronMan/X-O - in heavy Metal #1

I have been noticing alot more Acclaim books popping up lately. Havent really been picking them up. Still working on the valiant books.

Just wanted to share my Gold discovery! I'll scan them and add them to my gallery of minor acquisitions.

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 7:51 pm

Eternalwarrior68 wrote:OK! Just got home and had to tell you guys what I found. I was going through the 5 for a $1 boxes at my shop this morning and picked up the following bagged and boarded: VF-NM

The Chaos Effect - Omega (Gold)

Deathmate - Red (Gold)

Eternal Warrior #36

Eternal Warrior - Fist & Steel #1

Eternal Warriors #1 - Retailers Review Copy

Captain Johner & the Aliens #1, 2

IronMan/X-O - in heavy Metal #1

I have been noticing alot more Acclaim books popping up lately. Havent really been picking them up. Still working on the valiant books.

Just wanted to share my Gold discovery! I'll scan them and add them to my gallery of minor acquisitions.

I love that feeling. Congrats.

geocarr · Post by **geocarr** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:56 pm

Eternalwarrior68 wrote:OK! Just got home and had to tell you guys what I found. I was going through the 5 for a $1 boxes at my shop this morning and picked up the following bagged and boarded: VF-NM

The Chaos Effect - Omega (Gold)

Deathmate - Red (Gold)

Eternal Warrior #36

Eternal Warrior - Fist & Steel #1

Eternal Warriors #1 - Retailers Review Copy

Captain Johner & the Aliens #1, 2

IronMan/X-O - in heavy Metal #1

I have been noticing alot more Acclaim books popping up lately. Havent really been picking them up. Still working on the valiant books.

Just wanted to share my Gold discovery! I'll scan them and add them to my gallery of minor acquisitions.

Score dude! There's a few of us that regularly give $5 each for any of the retailer review we find!