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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 27, 2018 6:34:08 GMT -5
I see the same dealers in the shows that I attend. It's a person that puts together shows in New Jersey in about 4 different venues. In 2 of the locations they charge admission ( 3 dollars) and the other 2 are free. Just like mrp said, you can get to know the dealers and they are always in the market to get rid of their product. For the last 4 years , I've been putting together a Thor run and mostly paying 1 dollar issue. Of course, I'm not too fussy about the grade.
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Post by MDG on Feb 27, 2018 9:42:02 GMT -5
... Of course, I'm not too fussy about the grade. Sunday at a show, I sold a Nick Fury #1 for $5. Totally forgot I had it and no idea where I picked it up. Would've charged more, but it had a (tiny) hole that went clear through it, like it had once been nailed to something. Saw some behaviors that really soured me on some collectors, and while they benefited my friends and me to the tune of around $2,000, still left a bad taste in my mouth.
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 27, 2018 10:44:54 GMT -5
... Of course, I'm not too fussy about the grade. Sunday at a show, I sold a Nick Fury #1 for $5. Totally forgot I had it and no idea where I picked it up. Would've charged more, but it had a (tiny) hole that went clear through it, like it had once been nailed to something. Saw some behaviors that really soured me on some collectors, and while they benefited my friends and me to the tune of around $2,000, still left a bad taste in my mouth. Like what ?
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 27, 2018 11:01:45 GMT -5
Sometimes you have to cancel a series to re-energize it. Thor was the first of the longstanding series that I can recall just being cancelled. They did it by creating Ragnarok and came back with it years later to much success in comic series and movies. They have done that with Wolverine and the Fantastic Four and I believe it with make the property more popular while removing some of the rust that accumulated along the way when it returns.
There I said it.
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Post by MDG on Feb 27, 2018 12:43:47 GMT -5
Sunday at a show, I sold a Nick Fury #1 for $5. Totally forgot I had it and no idea where I picked it up. Would've charged more, but it had a (tiny) hole that went clear through it, like it had once been nailed to something. Saw some behaviors that really soured me on some collectors, and while they benefited my friends and me to the tune of around $2,000, still left a bad taste in my mouth. Like what ? 1) Guy shows interest in a few books, then, when my partner's engaged w/ someone else (we had 4 tables) comes behind the tables, uninvited, to get a closer look at and start taking things off the display to look at. Spends 15+ minutes and won't take the hint to get back on the customer side. Asks us to put aside $600+ of books (including things others were interested in) while he "grabs a smoke" then spends 45 minutes walking around the dealer room before and after leaving to "grab a smoke." He did buy the stuff, but we didn't give him the kind of discount he would've gotten if he'd just made the deal. 2) Second weekend in a row, guy with his two teenage sons who just seem to want to buy the most expensive "key" in the room, which at this point was my friend's Hulk 181. I have the feeling that he could care less about comics and just wanted to show that he could drop cash on stuff. Grilled my friend about whether it had been "ironed" because "that's a real concern." I guess, to be fair, it's a type of collecting that's diametrically opposed to my own. I sold about half my ECs (about a dozen), 'cause I realized I'd bought them because, at the time, that was about the only way to read an EC.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Feb 27, 2018 16:09:07 GMT -5
I haven't looked for a few months, but AFAIK, there isn't any regular show where books are bought and sold around here as you describe. There are several big ones that try to be San Diego, and mostly cater to Cosplayers and pop culture types, but those are not the sort where you go shopping for comics. There was briefly one in my town, but it lasted 6 semi-monthly shows before petering out.
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Post by rberman on Feb 27, 2018 17:42:53 GMT -5
Daredevil's costume should not cover his ears. Super-hearing is one of his main powers! Saying that he needs the extra ear protection because his ears are so sensitive is not a good excuse. If he's listening for something quiet (heartbeats are one of his specialties), he will definitely not want his ears obstructed. Also, it looks more like body paint than a hood when his ears are sticking off the side of his mask, as in this example by Frank Miller. There, I said it.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 1, 2018 5:01:37 GMT -5
I miss the era when Reed Richards didn't have the answer and device for everything and actually had to work in his lab for days to invent the right piece of machinery to combat an opponent.
There I said it !
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Post by lobsterjohnson on Mar 1, 2018 15:08:19 GMT -5
Daredevil's costume should not cover his ears. Super-hearing is one of his main powers! Saying that he needs the extra ear protection because his ears are so sensitive is not a good excuse. If he's listening for something quiet (heartbeats are one of his specialties), he will definitely not want his ears obstructed. Also, it looks more like body paint than a hood when his ears are sticking off the side of his mask, as in this example by Frank Miller. There, I said it. Interesting point. I've always wondered why Spider-Man covers his fingers and toes. Wouldn't that make it harder to stick to walls?
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Post by Confessor on Mar 1, 2018 15:17:01 GMT -5
Daredevil's costume should not cover his ears. Super-hearing is one of his main powers! Saying that he needs the extra ear protection because his ears are so sensitive is not a good excuse. If he's listening for something quiet (heartbeats are one of his specialties), he will definitely not want his ears obstructed. Also, it looks more like body paint than a hood when his ears are sticking off the side of his mask, as in this example by Frank Miller. There, I said it. Interesting point. I've always wondered why Spider-Man covers his fingers and toes. Wouldn't that make it harder to stick to walls? There are some questions you just aren't meant to ask, if you want to enjoy comic books.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Mar 1, 2018 15:33:27 GMT -5
Interesting point. I've always wondered why Spider-Man covers his fingers and toes. Wouldn't that make it harder to stick to walls? There are some questions you just aren't meant to ask, if you want to enjoy comic books. Particularly Super-hero funnybooks.
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Post by rberman on Mar 1, 2018 15:50:08 GMT -5
There are some questions you just aren't meant to ask, if you want to enjoy comic books. Particularly Super-hero funnybooks. It is forbidden! But seriously: Obviously a lot of super-powers don't pass real world muster as shown. The laws of conservation of energy are probably the biggest comic book losers. Catching someone who's falling ten stories would still mean they go splat against Superman's steely sinews. Kitty Pryde would fly fight off the earth every time she went intangible and continued on a straight line vector while the earth moving around the sun (and the sun and galaxy moving as well) followed a curve. The proportional strength of a spider is contingent upon its small size. Wolverine's claws don't fit in his forearms. Etc., etc. But in the case of Daredevil, I was bugged because (1) I have an aesthetic preference for costumes that don't look "painted on" (though I know that "painted on" was the superhero norm until the last 20 years), and (2) Exposing his ears is an opportunity to have a visual cue that his power involves his ears, just as Beast goes barefoot, and Cyclops wears a visor, and Power Girl has a boob window.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 1, 2018 17:37:36 GMT -5
Particularly Super-hero funnybooks. It is forbidden! But seriously: Obviously a lot of super-powers don't pass real world muster as shown. The laws of conservation of energy are probably the biggest comic book losers. Catching someone who's falling ten stories would still mean they go splat against Superman's steely sinews. Kitty Pryde would fly fight off the earth every time she went intangible and continued on a straight line vector while the earth moving around the sun (and the sun and galaxy moving as well) followed a curve. The proportional strength of a spider is contingent upon its small size. Wolverine's claws don't fit in his forearms. Etc., etc. But in the case of Daredevil, I was bugged because (1) I have an aesthetic preference for costumes that don't look "painted on" (though I know that "painted on" was the superhero norm until the last 20 years), and (2) Exposing his ears is an opportunity to have a visual cue that his power involves his ears, just as Beast goes barefoot, and Cyclops wears a visor, and Power Girl has a boob window.Hey, don't mess with the boob window , man.
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Post by String on Mar 10, 2018 18:22:47 GMT -5
To me, SHIELD will forever stand for: Supreme Headquarters International Law Enforcement Division.
Not Strategic..Hazard...Intervention.....whatever! NO!
And I miss the occasional footnotes from the editors telling you thusly every time Nick Fury made a guest appearance in a title!
There, said it (and boy, do I feel better now).
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Mar 10, 2018 18:51:12 GMT -5
Daredevil's costume should not cover his ears. Super-hearing is one of his main powers! Saying that he needs the extra ear protection because his ears are so sensitive is not a good excuse. If he's listening for something quiet (heartbeats are one of his specialties), he will definitely not want his ears obstructed. Also, it looks more like body paint than a hood when his ears are sticking off the side of his mask, as in this example by Frank Miller. There, I said it. I can't see an earless DD costume that doesn't (A) look goofy or (B) spoil the devil motif.
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