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It's one of my favorite Solar covers, certainly my favorite Layton Solar. I did a lot of work with that cover at a copy shop to get a properly prepared version to Janet Jackson to be colored in the old Valiant style, but life intervened and she never took on the project. I did get her the materials ...

TimeWillTell wrote: ↑Mon Jan 24, 2022 3:16:34 pm I never left.

I am not sure CBCS can ever overcome the advantage CGC has with their long established registry and competitive set building - putting all other factors aside. Your intel seems dead-on to me about why CBCS is being used a lot right now. Really it can only help CBCS, but I still think they perpetuall...

I am assuming you mean "get 9.8s graded yourself" versus "buy 9.8s already graded". Along with Solar 10, Harbinger 1 is at nearly the same level in general, although they may be ignoring some things they used to consider on that book given the recent history. Past that you are at...

Do you have more examples than that one? Do you think CGC is making this mistake regularly?

These we prepackaged not from Valiant but created for non traditional retail stores. These packs always involved a no price version of one of the three that exist. Super Mario #1 was usually always included in the packs. Thanks for sharing if you are ever interested in selling this please let me kn...

We have always suspected that the no-price TPB was used in bundles like this. I agree that the one pictured must be missing a price sticker or insert with some marketing and the bundled price.

I'm not sure I agree with the premise that VH1 issues are hard to find for a reasonable price. If you buy the books in runs/sets, use reprints for the expensive issues, and avoid the big retail websites, I think you can get a really good collection going without spending too much. Don't most runs fi...

Check your PMs, David, I offered to sell you one.

A side note that the Zelda page printed in the NCS preview was never printed anywhere else. It was almost certainly part of the story in Zelda 1 but did not make the cut. And while we think this is the first time Valiant printed a product using Zelda, it is certainly not a "mass market US comi...

A side note that the Zelda page printed in the NCS preview was never printed anywhere else. It was almost certainly part of the story in Zelda 1 but did not make the cut. And while we think is a the first time we think Valiant printed a product using Zelda, it is certainly not a "mass market U...

greg wrote: ↑Wed Sep 29, 2021 3:56:33 pm The Mario book with cassette recently sold on eBay for $125.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/384376715029

It clearly says 1991 on the back of the package.

The condition kept the price down on that one. It's pretty jacked. Great pictures though.

This is a great post and thread! I wanted to add a few clarifications to the information shared so far. There are no-price variants of: - Captain N #1 - Legend of Zelda #1 - Nintendo Comics System (TPB) #1 Maybe, just maybe, these were made available in packs. No pics/source available whatsoever! Th...

So is there a white manufacturing error of each and every regular Deathmate issue or are the two linked the only known ones; blue & epilogue? I don't think every deathmate exists in white but more than just those 2 were found. Pretty poor quality control (or knowing and just not caring at all) ...

You are killing me here! Who is that guy with my avatar? I know quite a few people have tried to put together a set of blanks, not sure any have succeeded. I believe I had 4,5,6 blanks when I sold off my books. As long as they do not have any extraordinary value fakes are probably not a concern. But...

That CWB guy must be a real character!

Well I have to admit it looks really good. Maybe too good.

I am sure the paper stock will be off enough on the regular book to tell the two apart at a quick glance, but a swapperoo on the coupon might not be as detectable.

Anyone grab one from Kowabunga today?

Check out "shortboxed.com". The downside is the $50 lower limit for slab price. And then there is always comiclink.com. Lower limit there too, and decently large fees. Upside is transactions are risk-free. Sales are double-blind.

Steve, I am curious about the story from the person you bought it from. What part of the country? Clearly it was sent to retailers to put on a stack of canned goods as an incentive. But it certainly wasn't nationwide or we would be swimming in them. Was it an eBay find? Great sleuthing regardless o...

Steve, I am curious about the story from the person you bought it from. What part of the country? Clearly it was sent to retailers to put on a stack of canned goods as an incentive. But it certainly wasn't nationwide or we would be swimming in them. Was it an eBay find? Great sleuthing regardless of...

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Thread is there. Looks like a gold book misprint to me.

Day has been long in coming, glad you are able to hold onto it all!

You weren't kidding! Almost everything had a super result!

(and man do I wish I had back every nice copy of ASM 238 I sold over the years....)

I'm not sure we have ever seen what that no-price TPB was originally packaged with. I mean I have to assume it was in some sort of a bundle - like the book with the audio cassette tape. I remember Bill (mrwoogieman) first came up with a number of the no-price TPB but I don't know if he ever said whe...

That's a legit counterfeit.