6/27/2016
Topic:
Did you keep your old username?
robotcat
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Hello,
I have the same user name.
≈(O.O)≈ |
6/30/2016
Topic:
Did you keep your old username?
robotcat
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Gilgandra wrote:
robotcat wrote:
Hello,
I have the same user name.
≈(O.O)≈
Hey Robo!...Where you being sir!
I've been around. I tried to check in at the old forums a few times over the past 6 months or so to see if they had come back. I had tried the forums link on here, as well, but it was not up yet, I suppose. I was a bit surprised when it worked the other day.
Glad to see the boards are back. |
7/15/2016
Topic:
I regret buying comic lots on eBay...
robotcat
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Here's a lot I purchased last week: http://www.ebay.com/itm/300-COMIC-BOOKS-Mixed-Lot-BRONZE-AGE-and-etc-/282087875994?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=eqf2VRa%252Bm5%252FBtlAVykd05pa2hMg%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
I noticed a few decent books(TMNT 5-6, UXM 251, and couple of others). The cost was about 3 for $1, which isn't too bad. I figured I could sell enough at $1 a piece to at least make my money back, but I still thought maybe I overpaid a bit. I almost didn't bid, thinking it might get relisted at lower price, but I WTF moment and put in the opening bid.
The comics arrived yesterday and I had a few nice surprises. A few that stick out in my memory are a black bagged Superman #75, which can be seen in one of the photos, but I don't think I noticed before I bid, not seen, though are an X-Force #8 with a Deadpool card, a Captain America Annual #8, and best of all... a mid-grade copy of New Mutants 98.
So I think this purchase will work out quite well. ≈(^ᴥ^)≈ |
7/15/2016
Topic:
Did you keep your old username?
robotcat
|
Robbie wrote:
Gilgandra wrote:
Yeah! i thought it was only me...But i can surf YouTube with no problems. But is really slow for me also, (gremlins in the system maybe).
Makes it difficult to look about & post.
Took me multiple tries to post this 
After 6 or so "Can't reach this page" messages, I'm done for the day.
I've made multiple attempts to start a new topic in the back issues thread to no avail. 
I've got important pics to post!!! ≈(^ᴥ^)≈
and now this post isn't posting... attempt #3 |
7/17/2016
Topic:
Data base doesn't have this comic issue
robotcat
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The issue number should be located on the first page or inside front cover on the first line of the indicia.
indicia example:
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7/18/2016
Topic:
Last Post First
robotcat
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If you click on the name of the latest poster, then it will jump the that post. |
7/18/2016
Topic:
robotcat's something or other
robotcat
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a brief intro about my comic collecting history:
Read my first comic, ASM #173, in either 1978 or 1979. Didn't start collecting until about 1986. Bought a lot of new books up until 1994. Then I pretty much stopped, and was only buying a few indie titles. Sold about 1/2 of my books(about 4 or 5 long boxes) in 1998. They were all low value books. Started going through my books in about 2008, and that reignited the collecting bug. Since about 2014, it's been pretty off and on. Lately it's been pretty on. I passed the 10,000 mark last month. I'm mainly interested in books from the late 1960s to late 1970s, but I'll pretty much buy anything that strikes my fancy.
I sell a lot of books out of a resale/consignment store that my parents own. Currently, I have over 3,000 books there. I have a few regulars that come by every so often. Occasionally, I drive down to Austin and sell at various events.
I do all of my grading at the store whenever I'm working a shift. There's no scanner there, so I won't be doing much scanning like I did on the old site. I will be posting group pics every so often. I usually wait until I have a few hundred books to file away, so I can take quick pics while I'm sorting them.
edited by robotcat on 7/26/2016 |
7/18/2016
Topic:
robotcat's something or other
robotcat
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Okay, I guess I'll start of with some "recent" TMNT additions.
I won these last July for 25.99:
TMNT 1C(4th P) - VF
TMNT 2B(3rd P) - VF
TMNT 3A(2nd P) - FN+
TMNT 8 - VF-
TMNT 12 - VF-
TMNT 13 - FN+
Tales of TMNT 2 - FN+
Tales of TMNT 3 - F/VF
Tales of TMNT 4 - VF
Turtle Soup 1 - FN+
TMNT: Training 6 - FN+
How to Draw TMNT 1 - F/VF
total value based on my grades is $76.90, so it was a pretty good deal.
I already had 8,12, & 13 , but they might be upgrades. Still have to compare.
I have 1st prints of 2 and 3, but the 4th of #1 is now the highest, that I have.
now the pics
more pics on the way.... |
7/18/2016
Topic:
robotcat's something or other
robotcat
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hmm... the pics seem to be showing up smaller on the thread page, but fit to post on the recent post...
Anyway on to the next set or rather sets as I won these two lots from the same seller back in March of 2014
Groo (Pacific) #1-8 for $15.99 and Grim Jack #1-2,4-8,10-14 for $7.99 plus $4.50 s/h.
Most of the books for both sets were FN+ with a few slightly higher and a few slightly lower.
So I ended up paying about guide for the Groos and over double guide for the Grims,
but then the Grims have $2 NM value, so I think the one's I got were well worth the $.82 a book I paid.
I
already had a better copy Grim Jack #1, but the one and this lot was
signed and dated 5/18/84 by the artists Timothy Truman, which would have
been about the time it was first released, so that's pretty neat.
These are all in two per bag, so the issue numbers are out of order in the pics:
more pics to come... |
7/19/2016
Topic:
robotcat's something or other
robotcat
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Now comes a slew of books I purchased from the same seller as individual auctions on 5 separate dates between May & September of 2013. Some were good deals, some were bad, but overall it was fairly good. I purchased 90 books total, but I only ended up keeping about 40. The rest have gone up for sale at the store.
Here's the keepers... (Grades in parenthesis are the apparent grades for books with staple detachments)
SON OF SATAN 2 VF- | CAPTAIN MARVEL 38 VF | DOOM PATROL 116 GD (this was from a different seller)
BRAVE AND THE BOLD 137 VG+ | X-MEN 52 VG | X-MEN 65 VG+
DETECTIVE COMICS 484 FN+ | SUPERBOY 210 F/VF | DOCTOR SOLAR VG+
CAPTAIN AMERICA 181 FN+ | TALES OF SUSPENSE 84 GD+(VG+) | THOR 169 FN+
CAPTAIN MARVEL 55 VF+ | FROM BEYOND THE UNKNOWN 8 VF | DETECTIVE COMICS 425 FN + (WRIGHTSON COVER)
CAPTAIN MARVEL 54 VF | DAREDEVIL 133 VF- | DAREDEVIL 127 VG+
DAREDEVIL 98 F/VF | IRON MAN 116 VF+ | FANTASTIC FOUR 144 F/VF
IRON MAN 113 - FN+ | FANTASTIC FOUR 124 FN+ | TALES TO ASTONISH 75 VG
more pics to come... |
7/19/2016
Topic:
robotcat's something or other
robotcat
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These next groupings come from a few different sellers
X-MEN 9 FN- ($113.49 - GUIDE $280 - looks fantastic but has a very small tear in the front cover)
[This is my earliest X-Men book]
MY GREATEST ADVENTURE 81 FN ($35) [2nd Doom Patrol - my earliest]
GUNHAWKS 2 VG/F ($2.50) [2nd Gunhawks - my earliest... okay not as exciting as the others :P]
MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE ANNUAL 2 VG+ ($12-overpaid) (looks great but has a small piece missing from the cover)
DAREDEVIL 64 FN- ($5.50) | WARLOCK 15 F/VF ($11-overpaid)
Got these for about $1.65 each:
TOP CAT 29 GD | TOP CAT 31 VG/F | YOGI BEAR 20 FN+
Got these for about $2.70 each:
IRON MAN 51 VG+ | IRON MAN 52 G/VG | MARVEL SPOTLIGHT 8 VG/F
got these for about $2.25 each:
ASTONISHING TALES 11 VG+ | ASTONISHING TALES 14 VG- | ASTONISHING TALES 15 VG+
more pics to come... |
7/19/2016
Topic:
robotcat's something or other
robotcat
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One last set from a mix of sellers(Grades in parenthesis are apparent grade for books with staple detachments) :
You can see larger copies of tonight's(and tomorrow's) pics here: http://s563.photobucket.com/user/robot-cat/library/comics%20-%20mixed
I got The Man from U.N.C.L.E. #5 at a comic convention in 2014. The others I won as a lot in 2014 for $25.05.
MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. 3 VG+ | MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. 4 VG+ | MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. 5 VG+ ($8.00)
MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. 7 VG+ | MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. 8 FN | MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. 10 VG+
The 2 Strange Adventures were from different sellers.
MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. 20 FN- | STRANGE ADVENTURES 8 G/VG(FN) ($3.99) | STRANGE ADVENTURES 216 VG+ ($$6.83)
The 4 Spideys were different auctions from the same seller.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 47 VG ($22.50) | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 48 VG+ ($24.97) | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 51 VG/F ($31.77)
The 2 Kamandis were part of a DC lot that I won 8 years ago. I had them up for sale at the store, but I recently decided to start collecting them. (I sold enough from that lot to make a profit, so in a sense, I got these for free.)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 54 G/VG (FN) ($19.01) | KAMANDI 4 F/VF ($2.10) | KAMANDI 55 VF ($1.05)
Bought these next 6 from the same seller. His grades were definitely higher than mine.
GHOST RIDER 9 FN- ($4.64) | CHAMPIONS 7 F/VF ($6.65) | CHAMPIONS 11 F/VF ($4.65)
AMAZING ADVENTURES 5 FN+ ($11.65) | BARBARIANS 1 VF ($4.15) | THE BRUTE 1 F/VF ($4.16)
more pics to come tomorrow.
edited by robotcat on 7/19/2016 |
7/19/2016
Topic:
robotcat's something or other
robotcat
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Gilgandra wrote:
Hey i have some of those, Great posting Robo!
$1.65 for Marvel Two-in-One Annual #2, Wow.
Thanks.
The $1.65 was the for the Top Cat and Yogi comics below. The MTIO was $12. It looks pretty nice, but has a small piece missing on and by the bottom of the spine. It probably happened during production. (I might have graded it too conservatively.)
Here's a larger pic(right click and click on view image to see it on photobucket):
edited by robotcat on 7/19/2016 |
7/19/2016
Topic:
robotcat's something or other
robotcat
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Here's a larger pic of the X-Men 9. (right click...)
It has a small tear that knocks the grade down.
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7/20/2016
Topic:
robotcat's something or other
robotcat
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This is one of my best buys of this year...
Adventure Comics 426, 428-440 for $38.37
428 is the first Black Orchid, and 431-440 is the entire Spectre run.
(426 was a lackluster issue for which I had no interest, so it went up for sale at the store)
ADV COMICS #428 VG/F | #429 VF- | #430 F/VF
ADV COMICS #431 FN+ | #432 FN+ | #433 FN+
ADV COMICS #434 VG+ | #435 FN | #436 F/VF
ADV COMICS #437 F/VF | #438 FN | #439 FN+
ADV COMICS 440 FN+ | TEEN TITANS #6 VG+ ($8.70) | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #37 G/VG ($30)
(The TT is from a separate auction & the ASM was a convention buy.)
Also won from the same seller for $7.23 were these 3
(plus 2 other mag sized books, that didn't interest me) .
LOVE AND ROCKETS #2 FN | SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #18 VG/F | SAVAGE TALES #5 FN+
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7/20/2016
Topic:
robotcat's something or other
robotcat
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Here's another lot I won back in January...
Ghost 26-36 for $10.74
not as exciting as the last lot, but higher grade books at $1 a piece is always nice
(books are 2 per bag, so issues numbers are out of order in pics)
more pics to come... |
7/20/2016
Topic:
robotcat's something or other
robotcat
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Here's some books I picked up at a convention in the summer of 2014.
A few were good buys, a few were very bad, and the rest were at about guide.
(They were all 1/2 off their sticker price, so they seemed like were better deals at the time.)
(The ASM #37 and Man from U.N.C.L.E #5 from earlier pics were also from this con.)
CREATURES ON THE LOOSE #31 FN ($3) | #32 FN+ ($3) | #34 FN ($3)
CREATURES ON THE LOOSE #35 FN ($4) | #36 FN+ ($4) | #37 FN+ ($3)
DAREDEVIL #74 F/VF ($7) | DD #108 VF- ($7) | DD #109 F/VF ($7)
DAREDEVIL #118 FN ($7) | FEAR #24 FN+ ($10) | TOMB OF DRACULA #70 VG/F ($12)
(Fear and Drac were 2 of the very bad buys. Drac has some stains on the back, so I was fooled by the front with it. Fear looks pretty nice in the pic, so I'm guessing it something wrong on the back as well. I didn't make any damage notes on it in my data set.)
FOREVER PEOPLE #9 VG/F ($8) | FP #10 VG+ ($7) | STRANGE TALES #132 VG ($14)
FELIX THE CAT(VOL.2) #2 VG ($15) | LIPPY THE LION... #1 FN ($10)
(FTC looks great but is missing a corner from the back cover)
more pics to come... |
7/20/2016
Topic:
robotcat's something or other
robotcat
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Here's a bunch of books I won in 30 separate auctions from the same seller.
(Most of the books that are from the sames series were in auction lots.)
WARP 1-2,4 SPECIAL 1 ranging from FN to F/VF for $2.45 (have them 2 per bag)
MAN-THING (VOL.3) #1-5 plus #2A ranging from FN to VF for $3.73
(have them 2 per bag)
FRANK BRUNNER #1 FN ($1.05) | BERNI WRIGHTSON #5 VG/F ($1.04) | FB #2 FN ($1.05)
(This pic is a composite of 2 different pics... the FB's are in the same bag.  )
MUTANTS OF... #1 VG+ ($1.89) | Yellowdog #23 G/VG ($1.89) | YOUNG LUST #4 FN ($2.45)
A1 #2 VG/F ($3.59) | TMFT MOD #1 FN+ ($1.89) | MIRACLEMAN #2 FN(VF-) ($1.89)
[MM has browning on interior cover and back cover]
MOONDOG #2 VG+ ($1.89) | PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES #1 FN ($1.89)
more pics from this seller to come... |
7/20/2016
Topic:
robotcat's something or other
robotcat
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continuing from the previous post...
These were two separate lots:
17 TUROK books for $6.80 (most VF- or better)
12 MAGNUS books for $4.96 (mostly FN to F/VF)
These are just the ones I kept. There were 9 issues of which I already had better copies.
The Magnus #57 is the error copy with the pages out of order.
These are 2 per bag so issue order is screwy. The Dark Horse Presents is from a separate lot from this seller. The rest of those will be in the next post.
more pics from this seller to come... |
7/20/2016
Topic:
robotcat's something or other
robotcat
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As mentioned earlier, these Dark Horse Presents are from the same seller as the previous posts.
17 issues for $16.15. Mostly FN to FN+.
There were a couple of duplicates and 1 I just didn't feel was worth keeping.
The 2 variants at the end I purchased at the 2014 con for $5 each.
Once again 2 per bag.
One last set of pics coming up... |
