Wizard World Chicago - August 3rd - 6th

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:33 pm

I was lucky enough to see a few board members there.

I talked with Zach (Daydreams), Craig (Delamorte), & Mr V.

The one bad thing to come out of this weekend was a project I was going to try to get some signatures for... Craig's already making fun of me for this one.

I aquired 50 copies of Deadside 1 to do the 2nd ASH. I was going to get Ashley Wood (inker/penciler/colorist) & Paul Jenkins (writer) to sign them on-site so I could keep costs pretty low. Problem was that Paul Jenkins was darn near unapproachable for me due to all the Civil War stuff he's been doing lately. Problem #2 was that Ashley Wood wasn't at Chicago. Instead it turned out to be Ashley Woods, an Asian, female, anime artist.

Who knew?

So, I'll put that on the back burner & try it again another time...

Sorry to use up so much bandwidth, but I've been anxious to share ever since I got back Sunday evening! Cheers, ~Pete

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:10 am

Very nice pete... you should score large on those Valiant Heroes. I am hoping to find one in the $1 bins one day.

sonicdan · Post by **sonicdan** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:11 am

Zero wrote:...& then I had a few books graded on-site:

Holy smokes! Very nice Pete!
DAN

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 1:25 am

Zero wrote:I found a guy there that had a bunch of early VALIANT books. I bought 72 from him for a little less than $1.50 each. All were bagged & boarded. All were at least VF with many being NM. They were:

Solar - 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 8, 8, 9

X-O - 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6

Shadowman - 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3

Rai - 1, 1, 5, 9 gold

Harbinger - 7

Vintage Magnus - 1, 2, 3, 4

Magnus - 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10, 10, 11, 11, 11, 13, 13, 14, 14, 14 (1-8 all have cards & coupons)

I also bought around 50-75 misc dealer incentive & DF books from the '90s all for $1.00 from different dealers.

To be continued...

0, that is a sweet hook up... very, very cool pull of those books.

I can't even imagine what that many early VALIANTS even look like!

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 1:26 am

Zero wrote:...& then I had a few books graded on-site:

0, can I ask how much it costs to get a book graded and slabbed.

magnusr · Post by **magnusr** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 1:32 am

Great report Pete!

/Magnus

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 6:54 am

Knightt wrote:Very nice pete... you should score large on those VALIANT Heroes. I am hoping to find one in the $1 bins one day.

Yeah, me too. It's one of the few Acclaim books I haven't found yet.

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 8:14 am

Elveen wrote: 0, can I ask how much it costs to get a book graded and slabbed.

It's a little different depending if you get on-site grading at a convention or if you mail your books in.

At conventions they typically only grade modern books. It costs $22.00 per book. Pros - no shipping & instant gratification. Cons - it's more expensive per book than mailing them in.

Mailing modern books to CGC to be graded costs $15.00 per book. Pros - cheaper per book than on-site & they also accept discount programs (usually 20% off grading costs from Heritage/your local comic shop/etc) that lower grading costs even further. Cons - usually takes a long time to get your books back. Also costs $ to ship the books.

Hope that helps... ~Pete

ibreakhorses · Post by **ibreakhorses** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 8:17 am

Hey Pete,

Nice pictures! Thanks for sharing!

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:11 pm

Zero wrote:
Elveen wrote: 0, can I ask how much it costs to get a book graded and slabbed.

It's a little different depending if you get on-site grading at a convention or if you mail your books in.

At conventions they typically only grade modern books. It costs $22.00 per book. Pros - no shipping & instant gratification. Cons - it's more expensive per book than mailing them in.

Mailing modern books to CGC to be graded costs $15.00 per book. Pros - cheaper per book than on-site & they also accept discount programs (usually 20% off grading costs from Heritage/your local comic shop/etc) that lower grading costs even further. Cons - usually takes a long time to get your books back. Also costs $ to ship the books.

Hope that helps... ~Pete

yes, very helpfull... I have always wanted to know.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:40 pm

Sorry I haven't posted here yet, I am still cleaning up after seeing that pic of the 9.8 Rai #3.....

-slym

myron · Post by **myron** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 7:16 pm

good for you Erskine...good for you

MedicAR · Post by **MedicAR** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 8:16 pm

Zero wrote:

Dude.....

That's just wrong.....

I've looked for one nice copy for years!

MedicAR · Post by **MedicAR** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 8:22 pm

Huh, I was talking about the Acclaim Valiant Heroes books, but the link doesn't work.

MedicAR · Post by **MedicAR** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 8:25 pm

IMJ wrote:Where was that available at? Was it one of the promos for Advanced ticket holders? I got a book that says "Virgin Comics" on the cover... if that's the one you want it's yours, dude.

Nope, it looks like this:

Minus the writing on the cover of course...

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 8:26 pm

It's because of the name I gave the pic.

svair · Post by **svair** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 8:29 pm

many thumbs up for those books Pete!!!!

dellamorte · Post by **dellamorte** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:12 pm

Nice finds Pete. I love that Castillo Shadowman, Tommy is da man.

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:32 pm

Zero wrote:

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:33 pm

Hmmm, I guess the link gets bollocksed by the Squee.

SnotDrip · Post by **SnotDrip** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 10:30 am

Nice catch Pete