Defiant1

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4/22/2017 Topic: Missing Issue: The Green Team - Boy Millionaires Defiant1	The site is not loading pictures for me, but it appears to be the 2nd issue here: http://comicspriceguide.com/titles/1st-issue-special/thu Defiant1
4/22/2017 Topic: Comic Books for kids in hospitals, cancer centers Defiant1	Occasionally, I'll grab new sketch books from Neal Adams' site or Newsstand/Direct issues of Continuity that I'm missing. There are a couple of reported variant I'm missing, but I'm not even sure if the reports are accurate. Neal's son Jason can't even confirm they exist. I think I'm missing one Defiant variant that was sold on the Home Shopping Network. I could pick it up on eBay, but I don't use paypal or a credit card. I'm more into archiving what exists than I am owning every last alternate cover. Broadway Video Special Collector's Edition #1 (a.k.a.) Miracle on Broadway is a tough comic to locate. Good find. They hype has died down, so less people are actually looking for it. The pricing sharks are still still going to jack up the prices when they find one to sell and the price guides are not ashamed. They will list one for $5 with a straight face. I see that this site lists it at $200 in 9.4 even though Chuck Rozanski sold his CGC 9.2 for $1200.00. Most of my time is collecting EC scans for my EC checklist. I have 99% of the original American comic scans and I'm actively creating galleries for the overseas reprints. I haven't made a page for some of the modern American reprints such as Dark Horse. I am finding some obscure Bible EC reprints. EC Galleries: http://comiclists.comuf.com/EC/EC_Comics_Index.html (link subject to change) Collecting Charlton scans for a massive gallery: http://charlton.herobo.com/Charlton_index.html (glitches from host cause irregular loading of content, link subject to change) Don't want to derail your thread too much. I wish you good luck. Quite often people will have moldy or dusty comics and think they can just drop them off at a hospital's doorstep and they'll be put in the hands of the kids there. It sounds like they should be going through your service so that the comics don't just end up in the trash. That really is the risk. Defiant1
4/24/2017 Topic: Where Have All the Users Gone Defiant1	In the world of comics, no one ever says "business sucks, we're just scraping by, we'll be shut down in a year." They say "Hey, we'll be expanding soon. Business is great. Hang on for the exciting new launch." There's just something about this hobby that no one wants to tell anyone that their dream is dying. First rule of business in my opinion is that the customer's experience should never take a back seat. That has clearly been happening for a long time. No one with good business sense is going to spend all of their time in the background programming while they flat out ignore their customers basic needs. Do I believe they are in the background "getting it done" when images on the main page have dead links for weeks and they do nothing about it? The front porch is rotting with holes and they're putting marble counter tops in the kitchen? That's laughable. If it were true, it's the worst case of misplaced priorities that I've ever seen online. Defiant1
4/24/2017 Topic: Where Have All the Users Gone Defiant1	On another note, the raw pricing data is the most valuable thing here. They could brand it, license it, and sell it to other sites. They could pay someone to edit the data and publish it in a print format. That would drive traffic to the site like an ad flyer. All they are concerned about is web hits for advertising dollars. They aren't even accessible if you ask to write about your paid membership. As someone who has been using the site since the late 90's, I'm very disappointed. There are plenty of superior message board packages available for free. The software running this board is essentially garbage. Defiant1
4/24/2017 Topic: Need help understanding pricing Defiant1	Your list so far looks like overproduced books from the 90's. These sell wholesale between retailers for pennies a copy in bulk. The wholesale value of most is about a nickle. When the books were new, retailers bought them from the distributor for about 45%-52% off cover price. The value of these to retailers has decreased significantly over time. You may have something better than these and if so, just screen for anything in the guide with a significantly escalated price. Otherwise, the going price would be a generically assigned price of $1 in the real world. The price of $1 would be assigned because it isn't worth the time to sort, process, and grade comics with this low of a price otherwise. Retailers put these unsorted in dollar boxes and just roll the dice to see if one customer is interested enough to buy one. They might salt the books with something better or more valuable to keep collectors interested enough to even look at the boxes. Defiant1 edited by Defiant1 on 4/24/2017
4/24/2017 Topic: Mobile App Defiant1	Hello. I am from the future. It did not happen. Defiant1
4/27/2017 Topic: Where Have All the Users Gone Defiant1	I have my own message board, so this is only a detour site to visit if I'm too bored or unmotivated to do anything else. Defiant1 edited by Defiant1 on 4/27/2017
4/27/2017 Topic: Found tons of comics Defiant1	If they were stored in plastic tubs in an attic, they probably smell like plastic tubs. Non-archival grade plastic would break down in the heat and give off gases that can cause an acidic scenario that is bad for the paper. Defiant1
4/27/2017 Topic: Gilgandra Back Issues 2.0 Defiant1	This is sentimental because I remember buying Supernatural Thrillers #2 & War is Hell #1 as a kid. I read the hell out of Supernatural Thrillers #2, so my copy is in poor condition now. I don't think that series was reprints. Defiant1
4/27/2017 Topic: Found tons of comics Defiant1	pthomas2010 wrote: I'm just waiting for my turn to find some forgotten treasures. You hear stories just enough to let you know there are still some out there, and there are still people ignorant of the potential value. I just haven't met any yet. Robbie wrote: Plastic tubs didn't exist in the early 80s... At some point an owner must have bought the tubs (big sale at Walmart or where ever) and moved them from the cardboard boxes... Neat discovery. I guess it depends where you live. I've never seen anything that resembles mold in our attic. Heat rises and vents out, so it's not a musty damp environment in our attic. In the summer it's like a hot oven. My collection was stored in a rental storage facility for awhile. It was on the 2nd floor and it was not temperature controlled. I was worried about moisture, but whenever I visited it was dry and cool. Even on rainy days the concrete block walls soaked up the moisture. Defiant1
4/28/2017 Topic: Where Have All the Users Gone Defiant1	Oxbladder wrote: Defiant1 wrote: I have my own message board, so this is only a detour site to visit if I'm too bored or unmotivated to do anything else. Defiant1 edited by Defiant1 on 4/27/2017 You have a message board? Link? Life After Comics II http://comics.vforums.co.uk I've been creating checklists for defunct publishers since 2003. I only use free hosts for my sites, so they shift constantly as the hosting services get flaky. I rotate which site get updates. I live in the US, so don't be fooled by the domain. There is very little subject matter on modern comics. Defiant1
4/28/2017 Topic: Uncanny X-Men Gains/Drops Defiant1	Finley2020 wrote: Oxbladder wrote: Perhaps they were too high in the first place? You mean kinda like a market correction? Anything I ever needed to know about the stock market I learned from comic books One big difference is that insider trading and market manipulation is illegal on the stock market. It's rampant and considered smart business in the comics hobby. Defiant1
4/28/2017 Topic: Found tons of comics Defiant1	sclingerman wrote: "it's not a musty damp environment in our attic. In the summer it's like a hot oven." - Which is bad in a different way. Definitely! No disagreement on that. An attic is about the worst place anyone could pick to store comics. Defiant1
4/28/2017 Topic: Found tons of comics Defiant1	Oxbladder wrote: Not sure why anyone assumes that the books were in plastic tubs. All the OP said was tubs. I started my sentence with "If". Defiant1
4/28/2017 Topic: Rabid Animal Komix Defiant1	I don't.
4/28/2017 Topic: missing issues Defiant1	Pathetic humans! I wish they were perfect. Defiant1
4/28/2017 Topic: Gilgandra Back Issues 2.0 Defiant1	I'll confess. In 45 years of collecting, I've never seen the series Master of Terror. An oddball series from the time frame that I did like was Red Wolf. Normally western comics did not appeal to me. Defiant1
4/30/2017 Topic: Where Have All the Users Gone Defiant1	I see that some people joined. You can discuss anything you like or just lurk. It doesn't matter to me. Some categories unlock based upon post count. It's more like a blog for me, but there are quite a few lurkers that visit. Defiant1
5/2/2017 Topic: EC Comics Discussion Defiant1	I collect them, but I'm cheap and only buy reading copies infrequently. Defiant1
5/3/2017 Topic: EC Comics Discussion Defiant1	I have an EC checklist. This is not my collection. http://comiclist.comuf.com/EC/EC_Comics_Index.html Defiant1