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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2016 23:42:23 GMT -5
Did Jack Kirby ever drew/draw She Hulk? I doubt it...she debuted in 1980, and Kirby left Marvel a couple years before that. Would've been great, though. I thought so and thanks for helping me out here.  |
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Post by Confessor on Jun 6, 2016 10:32:12 GMT -5
Question for the comic shop business savvy among you:
I'm looking to get rid of about 500 comics from my collection. It's mostly stuff from the last 8 years, including every post-Brand New Day issue of Amazing Spider-Man, including a full run of Superior Spider-Man and most of the spin offs/mini-series too (about 290 comics in total); about 100 Secret Invasion/Dark Reign/Siege tie-ins; about 60 Vertigo/indie titles from the 1990s-2000s; and about 40 Bronze or Copper Age Marvels & DCs (Cloak & Dagger, Battlestar Galactica, Superman: Phantom Zone, Batman etc).
I've contacted a London-based comic shop and they've quoted me £130 (that's about $190 at the present exchange rate) for the lot. That works out at about £0.25 (or $0.37) per issue. Does that sound like a fair price for a shop to pay for those types of issues?
Obviously I could get a lot more selling them myself on eBay, but the shop are, of course, buying to sell and make a profit. Selling the lot to a shop means that I get to get rid of them all in one fell swoop, without the hassle of listing and dispatching them in smaller lots on eBay and I also get £130 to spend on comics I'm actually excited about owning. But, on the other hand, I don't want to get ripped off.
Thoughts?
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Post by Bronze Age Brian on Jun 6, 2016 12:55:41 GMT -5
Honestly I feel like you would be getting ripped off at that price. I guess it really depends how much work you want to invest in getting rid of them. If you don't want to deal with it too much, and it's either the trash can or a comic shop, then it would be a good deal. But you could make at least twice that even with the fees if you were to put them into lots on eBay. I've seen a full set of Superior Spider-Man go for around $80. Or if you have something similar to Craiglist where you're at, you could list them there at a $1 a piece or more. You could do the same at a local flea market.
I sell a lot of comics online and the Bronze and Copper stuff (as well as full sets of anything) sells the most. The newer assorted or 90's stuff almost never. But when I put the newer assorted stuff or 90's in a dollar box at a flea market, all of it usually goes. Best of luck in getting rid of it all!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2016 13:45:04 GMT -5
Question for the comic shop business savvy among you: I'm looking to get rid of about 500 comics from my collection. It's mostly stuff from the last 8 years, including every post-Brand New Day issue of Amazing Spider-Man, including a full run of Superior Spider-Man and most of the spin offs/mini-series too (about 290 comics in total); about 100 Secret Invasion/Dark Reign/Siege tie-ins; about 60 Vertigo/indie titles from the 1990s-2000s; and about 40 Bronze or Copper Age Marvels & DCs ( Cloak & Dagger, Battlestar Galactica, Superman: Phantom Zone, Batman etc). I've contacted a London-based comic shop and they've quoted me £130 (that's about $190 at the present exchange rate) for the lot. That works out at about £0.25 (or $0.37) per issue. Does that sound like a fair price for a shop to pay for those types of issues? Obviously I could get a lot more selling them myself on eBay, but the shop are, of course, buying to sell and make a profit. Selling the lot to a shop means that I get to get rid of them all in one fell swoop, without the hassle of listing and dispatching them in smaller lots on eBay and I also get £130 to spend on comics I'm actually excited about owning. But, on the other hand, I don't want to get ripped off. Thoughts? Shipping might be killer, but you could take a look at Lonestar/mycomicshop and see what their buying prices are for that stuff to see if it is worthwhile or at least to get a comparable idea of what it is being bought for. I see Amazing Spider-Man 700 selling for close to $40-50 alone for the regular cover in VF or higher, and Lonestar buys a lot of the ASM issues from the early 600s for $5-$10 each depending on the issue (not sure if that is pre- or post- Brand New Day, but the Black Cat covers especially command big prices), so I might shop around a little bit to get a little better ideas of what other dealers are buying them at, either to go somewhere else or to leverage a little better deal via informed negotiation with the dealer you are working with. A lot of them are filler fodder for possible bargain bins, but some of them are high demand issues that can turn a decent price-however selling them as a lot means the dealer is going to look at buying as bulk even if there are key demand issues in it and will lower the price you get. Oyu might consider pulling out the 5 or 10 best books and either offering them to dealers separately or selling those to other fans, and then selling off the rest as bulk-it's more work, but will likely net you a much better return overall-you still get rid of the bulk in one fell swoop, but you get better value for the best stuff. However, many dealers hate when customers cherry pick the collection before selling it, so there is that. -M |
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Post by MDG on Jun 6, 2016 14:24:51 GMT -5
Honestly I feel like you would be getting ripped off at that price. I guess it really depends how much work you want to invest in getting rid of them. If you don't want to deal with it too much, and it's either the trash can or a comic shop, then it would be a good deal. That's the rub--what's your time worth to try to maximize what you'll get, either in terms of putting stuff online or sitting behind a table at a show? One positive thing is it sounds like they'd take the lot and not cherry-pick the good stuff, leaving you with a few boxes of books that'll be hard to get rid of. |
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Jun 6, 2016 21:55:12 GMT -5
Id pick out anything that is guaranteed $20 or better as a single issue. If you want help sorting that many and seeing what has value, I would be happy to help. Then, sell those online (again I would be happy to assist) and get the max money for the valuable books. Then, sell the shop the leftovers. You get the best of both worlds by getting value for the money books and dumping the rest quickly.
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Post by Confessor on Jun 7, 2016 6:16:43 GMT -5
Thanks for the replies, mrp, Bronze Age Brian, MDG and pinkfloydsound17. That's very interesting and you've definitely given me pause for thought before pulling the trigger and selling the lot to this particular shop. I must confess that I'm more tempted to sell the more valuable stuff on eBay now and then give anything that's left to a local charity shop: from what you guys have said, chances are I'd still make over £130 in profit. Can I be bothered with all the listing, photographing, packaging, dispatching etc? Hmmm... Id pick out anything that is guaranteed $20 or better as a single issue. If you want help sorting that many and seeing what has value, I would be happy to help. Then, sell those online (again I would be happy to assist) and get the max money for the valuable books. Then, sell the shop the leftovers. You get the best of both worlds by getting value for the money books and dumping the rest quickly. Thanks for the offer, pinkfloydsound17...I might just take you up on that. The trouble with cherry picking the most valuable books to sell myself and then selling the the rest to the shop is that they no doubt know that there are in-demand books in that lot I'm offering and perhaps that's why they're keen to buy it in bulk. If I take out all the juicy stuff they may no longer be interested in buying them at all. The shop taking the lot off of my hands in one go is one of the chief attractions of selling to them, as far as I'm concerned. |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jun 9, 2016 15:46:56 GMT -5
When did Len Wein write GL? I'm no Hal fan but I wasn't a Swamp Thing fan before I read his run. I saw this ad in a Teen Titans issue I was just reading. imgur.com/a/cc1YX |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2016 16:01:20 GMT -5
When did Len Wein write GL? I'm no Hal fan but I wasn't a Swamp Thing fan before I read his run. I saw this ad in a Teen Titans issue I was just reading. imgur.com/a/cc1YXIt was in the #180s-190s of GL (just before Englehart took over) and is collected in a couple of trades called Green Lantern of Sector 2814 Vol. whatever (1 and 2 maybe).   -M |
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Jun 9, 2016 17:03:10 GMT -5
Thanks for the replies, mrp, Bronze Age Brian, MDG and pinkfloydsound17. That's very interesting and you've definitely given me pause for thought before pulling the trigger and selling the lot to this particular shop. I must confess that I'm more tempted to sell the more valuable stuff on eBay now and then give anything that's left to a local charity shop: from what you guys have said, chances are I'd still make over £130 in profit. Can I be bothered with all the listing, photographing, packaging, dispatching etc? Hmmm... Id pick out anything that is guaranteed $20 or better as a single issue. If you want help sorting that many and seeing what has value, I would be happy to help. Then, sell those online (again I would be happy to assist) and get the max money for the valuable books. Then, sell the shop the leftovers. You get the best of both worlds by getting value for the money books and dumping the rest quickly. Thanks for the offer, pinkfloydsound17...I might just take you up on that. The trouble with cherry picking the most valuable books to sell myself and then selling the the rest to the shop is that they no doubt know that there are in-demand books in that lot I'm offering and perhaps that's why they're keen to buy it in bulk. If I take out all the juicy stuff they may no longer be interested in buying them at all. The shop taking the lot off of my hands in one go is one of the chief attractions of selling to them, as far as I'm concerned. Just let me know! I have a good eBay set up and wouldn't charge....well maybe something fun from across the pond that I can't get here:) happy to help and I like seeing people get what they should for stuff they've invested in |
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Post by spoon on Jun 9, 2016 18:29:53 GMT -5
When did Len Wein write GL? I'm no Hal fan but I wasn't a Swamp Thing fan before I read his run. I saw this ad in a Teen Titans issue I was just reading. imgur.com/a/cc1YXIt was in the #180s-190s of GL (just before Englehart took over) and is collected in a couple of trades called Green Lantern of Sector 2814 Vol. whatever (1 and 2 maybe). -M That's the right ballpark, but it was actually most of the #170s and #180s. Englehart was the writer during the #190s. |
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Post by Crimebuster on Jun 21, 2016 10:11:34 GMT -5
I've read that Green Lantern used to be able to emulate Kryptonite with his power ring back in the 60's. Can anyone tell me where this took place? I assume in Justice League somewhere, but I don't know for sure. Thanks for the help.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2016 11:59:44 GMT -5
I've read that Green Lantern used to be able to emulate Kryptonite with his power ring back in the 60's. Can anyone tell me where this took place? I assume in Justice League somewhere, but I don't know for sure. Thanks for the help. In Pre-Crisis - of where in DC Comics Presents #26 - During the Silver Age of Comics.  DC Comics Present #26 |
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Post by hondobrode on Jun 21, 2016 14:25:24 GMT -5
I remember this cover so vividly.
Great Starlin cover and the premier of the New Teen Titans !
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Post by Farrar on Jun 21, 2016 14:41:42 GMT -5
That is indeed an impressive and gorgeous cover. Thanks for posting it, Mecha.We'll see what Crimebuster says, but I don't know if it's precisely what he's looking for, since he specifically asked about the 1960s and this DC Presents issue is from 1980. But as mentioned, it's a great cover. |
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