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Comic Book Discussion Thread V.15

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Just finished reading Axis Carnage #1 and #2. I'm enjoying it quite a bit and the complete lack of finesse that Carnage displays while trying to be a hero is great. He's completely irredeemable but his constant attempts to make up for the things he's done makes it an entertaining read. I recommend anyone a fan of the character to pick it up. It's a nice change of pace from the usual stuff out there right now.
 
barnes and noble has a deal buy 2 dc or marvel titles and get the third free.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/

That's been going on a few weeks now, I've also been getting lots of coupons for being a store member so everything has been very cheap.

Astonishing X-Men Ultimate Collection Book 2 (20% off)
New Avengers: Illuminati
Kick-Ass 2 Prelude: Hit-Girl
Kick-Ass 2 (free)
Kick-Ass 3 (20% off)
Ms Marvel vol 1 (free)
Flash Reborn
Marvels (20% off)
Captain America: Red Menace Ultimate Collection (free)
 
I just sold my big hero 6 variant graded 9.8 cgc for $237.
Sorry. Had to get that out of my system. Just started collecting (more like just flipping) again after 10 plus years. I collected and read from 1989 to 1998. Started again in 2010. I mostly don't read the books I purchase now I just re-sell them. I am reading Manhattan Projects. Great first couple issues. I was lucky and bought 10 copies of the first four issues. Sold most of them already.

Nice! How much did it cost to have your book graded?
 
I want to know more about CGC as well.

I think I have Vengeance Of Bane that might be 9.8. I've seen some 9.6 at shows and I'm not sure about grading. The ones I saw had little bents and I thought it'd be graded less.
 
I have the first appearance of Deadpool back in New Mutants #96 and for some strange reason I've seen it being sold for about $300.

I was wondering if I should get it graded as well.

Not sure why but Deadpool merchandise has gone up in price. I was told this at my local shop. The guys there know their business throughly. So if anyone has deadpool stuff it's been selling at good value.
 
Just reread it last week. It's pretty decent, shame it didn't get to continue.

Ya I thought it was so damn good.

The series did continue. They're all out in trade format and there are new titles in the shelf as we speak.

It's called Stray Bullets Killers
 
Ya I thought it was so damn good.

The series did continue. They're all out in trade format and there are new titles in the shelf as we speak.

It's called Stray Bullets Killers

Nice one, I'm all over that. Will have to procure them now.
 
Decided to embark on Marvel mutant odyssey and read a number of suggestions from this rec list.

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I'm 70 issues or so into Claremont's Uncanny X-Men and I'm about to start reading his run on New Mutants. I also read Milligan's run on X-Force/X-Statix and it was ehhhhhhh. Really liked the art though, but wasn't a big fan of the premise. All the characters were unlikable and never really had any arcs and the constant bitching and infighting got old pretty quickly.
 
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I have the first appearance of Deadpool back in New Mutants #96 and for some strange reason I've seen it being sold for about $300.

I was wondering if I should get it graded as well.

Not sure why but Deadpool merchandise has gone up in price. I was told this at my local shop. The guys there know their business throughly. So if anyone has deadpool stuff it's been selling at good value.

New Mutants 98 is his first appearance and it goes for $1,500 if it is graded 9.8 and is signed.
 
Cool. Was it a sub to a local shop?

No I got it off the CGC website and mailed it in myself. I am going to get another subscription after Christmas (gotta spoil my Wife and kids first). I have Starlords first appearance (Marvel Preview 4) and 7 copies of Strange Tales 180 (first Gamora) that I want to get graded.
I bought all the GotG first appearances about 2 years ago when news of the movie first broke. Too bad I sold most of them prematurely. Sold 3 copies of Marvel Preview 7 (first Rocket Rac****) for only $70 a piece! I also sold a Marvel Preview 4 for $60 that was near mint! Sold my Batman Adventures 12(first Harley Quinn) for only $40 and it was definitely a 9.6 or 9.8 I sold it about 2 or 3 months before it jumped to over $1000.
The best I did flipping was Peter Panzerfaust. I bought 40 copies of issue 1 (every copy on eBay at the time) for under $30 a piece. Sold most of them a 6 months later for $200 a piece. It,s too hard to make money flipping comics like that now because too many people are realizing the money to be made and the prices are skyrocketing overnight.
Too late for the Inhumans. Everyone and there Mothers are eating up all the first appearances.
 
My bro found a Rocket Rac**** appearance in a really old comic for .25. I think it was going for $50 before the movie came out. It wasn't in mint condition but I think he can sell it for at $40.
 
Damn fables is ending at issue 150.

The creator bill willingham confirmed it.

That's unexpected. Thought it would have 300 plus issues like TWD.
 
Really cool artwork by Alex Ross of Darth Vader vs. Docto... Anti-Social Programmer!


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Continuing through DL Recommendations, next was Whedon's Astonishing X-Men.
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What a well built story that was, I jumped out bed twice during the 2nd half of Book 2 to deliver one of these.
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Next was Marvels.
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An excellent history lesson as well as character arc for Mr Sheldon. Was fun going through comics and episodes of animated series to compare his view of the incidents to the heroes.
 
Avengers and X-Men: Axis has improved after the first atrocious 3 issues. The whole alignment switcheroo is fun.
 
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