look at this hoard pic.

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:46 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/1529-VALIANT-COMICS ... dZViewItem

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 11:14 pm

Is it my imagination or does it look like the majority of the books underneath the top ones are more copies of the X-O Unity book with the Simonson cover?

rlute11 · Post by **rlute11** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:18 am

I think I might buy these and give them as gifts to the kids in my youth group!

This colletion is great for a collector or someone getting gifts for a youth group or large number of older youth.

rlute11 · Post by **rlute11** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:22 am

rlute11 wrote:I think I might buy these and give them as gifts to the kids in my youth group!

This colletion is great for a collector or someone getting gifts for a youth group or large number of older youth.

They feature a "Superarmored weapon manaction!"

I mean, COME ON PEOPLE!

Who DOESN'T want that?

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:49 am

That's a lot of post-unity books!

StarBrand · Post by **StarBrand** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:56 am

StarBrand · Post by **StarBrand** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:58 am

StarBrand wrote:
rlute11 wrote:I think I might buy these and give them as gifts to the kids in my youth group!

This colletion is great for a collector or someone getting gifts for a youth group or large number of older youth.

That's not a bad idea. I've donated large amounts of comics around Christmas time to a good cause before. Hey, we could all probably afford to donate some overprinted Valiants.

Fanboy375 · Post by **Fanboy375** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:32 am

Can you donate them and write them off for 1529 * $2.95?

schi0249 · Post by **schi0249** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:46 am

Brother J wrote:Is it my imagination or does it look like the majority of the books underneath the top ones are more copies of the X-O Unity book with the Simonson cover?

Not your imagination, unless it is mine too.

wallywest · Post by **wallywest** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:24 am

You could probably justify (to the IRS) claiming the Overstreet value for everything you donated...so, cover price for post Unity. If you are in the 20% marginal tax bracket, you would need to pay less than 50 cents per book to make money on the deal. But, that is possible.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 11:17 am

schi0249 wrote:
Brother J wrote:Is it my imagination or does it look like the majority of the books underneath the top ones are more copies of the X-O Unity book with the Simonson cover?
Not your imagination, unless it is mine too.

That's it all right, you can see a bunch of them stacked together in the third pic down on the right.

Fanboy375 · Post by **Fanboy375** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 11:21 am

This is what they emailed me!!!

Here is a partial list of just the XO MAN O WAR related comics.

Includes:

#7 - "Unity - Chapter 5: A Call to Arms"
#8 - "Unity - Chapter 13: Crossroads"
#8 - "Unity - Chapter 13: Crossroads"
#12 - "Moonstruck: Seed of Destruction - Part II"
#13 - "The Darkside to Victory"
#14 - "The Coming of Turok: Dinosaur Hunter"
#15 - "Concrete Jungle"
#16 - "Family Matters"
#17 - "Push and Shove"
#18 - "Operation: Deep Freeze Part I- Ulimatums"
#16 - "Family Matters"
#17 - "Push and Shove"
#18 - "Operation: Deep Freeze Part I- Ulimatums"
#19 - "Operation: Deep Freeze Part II- Gentlemen's Agreement"
#20 - "Operation: Deep Freeze Part III- The Consequences"
Unity Story Line

"Unity - Chapter 3: Up Against the Wall, Mother" - Archer & Armstrong #1
"Unity - Chapter 5: A Call to Arms" - X-O Manowar #7 (only counted in xomanowar)
"Unity - Chapter 6: Sunburn" - Shadowman #4
"Unity - Chapter 8: Heart Failures" - Harbinger #8
"Unity - Chapter 11: Turok and Roll All Night" - Archer & Armstrong #2
"Unity - Chapter 13: Crossroads" - X-O Manowar #8 (only counted in xomanowar)
"Unity - Chapter 14: No Love Lost" - Shadowman #5
"Unity - Chapter 15: Sacrificial Spirit" -Rai #7
"Unity - Chapter 16: Children of Destiny" -Harbinger #9
Bonus
Rai and the Future Force #16
"The Battle for South AM -- Chapter Three: Targets"
December1993
There is a similar set of magnus robot fighter. There are a some harbinger issues, there are some Archer and Armstrong, there are some Shadowman, and some Rai. There are quite a few different comic books, but not 1529 different ones. There are quite a few sets like the one above, so there are multiple issues, but there is quite a variety in there.

iccarus · Post by **iccarus** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 11:37 am

Wow, that's a lot of books

Dr. Solar · Post by **Dr. Solar** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 11:38 am

That seems more like an accident than a hoard.

Escaflown4 · Post by **Escaflown4** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:47 pm

It's called the remnants of a speculator that had dreams of putting their kids through college with that lot.

iccarus · Post by **iccarus** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:26 pm

Escaflown4 wrote:It's called the remnants of a speculator that had dreams of putting their kids through college with that lot.

That was pretty much along the lines of what I was thinking as well. I guess it gives you the mindset of the average speculator though. If you can get your hands on that many copies of an issue, do you really think it's going to be worth that much money?

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:33 pm

shipping would be ugly

rlute11 · Post by **rlute11** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 12:20 am

StarBrand wrote:
StarBrand wrote:
rlute11 wrote:I think I might buy these and give them as gifts to the kids in my youth group!

This colletion is great for a collector or someone getting gifts for a youth group or large number of older youth.

That's not a bad idea. I've donated large amounts of comics around Christmas time to a good cause before. Hey, we could all probably afford to donate some overprinted Valiants.

This "suggestion" by the seller just cracks me up.

I'm a Youth Director at a Lutheran Church. I have 20 or so kids every Wednesday night for High School Youth Group.

These kids don't read! Well, they read text messages and Myspace. If you gave them a comic book they wouldn't know what to do with it.

Completely honest guess: if I passed out a comic book to 20 kids, at the end of the night there would be 18 left on the floor. Two would take them home on accident.

Kids today don't WANT to read. They want to play video games. They want to watch movies and YouTube videos. Books are for school.

Reading requires more effort than they believe they should give. Entertainment is supposed to happen FOR them. It isn't supposed to take work.

Oh wait, I forgot about Harry Potter books.

Hmmmmm......

I guess I can't group ALL teenagers together. But, by and large, that's what I see.

StarBrand · Post by **StarBrand** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 8:28 am

rlute11 wrote:
StarBrand wrote:
StarBrand wrote:
rlute11 wrote:I think I might buy these and give them as gifts to the kids in my youth group!

This colletion is great for a collector or someone getting gifts for a youth group or large number of older youth.

That's not a bad idea. I've donated large amounts of comics around Christmas time to a good cause before. Hey, we could all probably afford to donate some overprinted Valiants.
This "suggestion" by the seller just cracks me up.

I'm a Youth Director at a Lutheran Church. I have 20 or so kids every Wednesday night for High School Youth Group.

These kids don't read! Well, they read text messages and Myspace. If you gave them a comic book they wouldn't know what to do with it.

Completely honest guess: if I passed out a comic book to 20 kids, at the end of the night there would be 18 left on the floor. Two would take them home on accident.

Kids today don't WANT to read. They want to play video games. They want to watch movies and YouTube videos. Books are for school.

Reading requires more effort than they believe they should give. Entertainment is supposed to happen FOR them. It isn't supposed to take work.

Oh wait, I forgot about Harry Potter books.

Hmmmmm......

I guess I can't group ALL teenagers together. But, by and large, that's what I see.

You have more insight into it than I do, then. I must admit, I can't say for sure any of the kids I donated to enjoyed any of the comics I donated.