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This is the time when I was young and impressionable to gleam wide eyed and open minded. With animated series galore, I was still finding out what the past held to learn from and be intrigued by, it was fun! Full of experimental art, be it digital coloring, or even just a new style of ink, shading, and penciling. Times were akin to pumping it out and meeting deadlines, as always, yet these new to the industry artist and creators were already finding a stride that held fast to the future.
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Elektra is electric and almost as elated as Thor picking up a hammer for the 1st time, Copper Age is Here! Many 1sts from the time of the 80's and where many a speculator and newsstands abounded.
The Copper Age! Everyone was securing their prosperity and financial futures within the comic universe, with artists and writers, along with creators as well. It trickled over into the start of what is still now called the "modern age", but the sentiment was still there or here with Todd McFarlane, Jim Lee, and others that were walking tall. With printing and color techniques for this age, and when compared to the modern computer technology, it had a "way" to go. It didn't lose too much in the way compared to the Bronze Age but was more fun for me actually being alive at this point! Living as it was happening and being distributed provided fodder for discipline and learning, as well the hype and understanding of what we call today the, "fear of missing out!" With comic's steady rise in popularity, it didn't take much cause to hook us readers and newer fan boys! They were popping!
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Amazing Spider-Man 212 |
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Amazing Spider-Man 212 Modern |
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CGC |
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0140366004
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Owner Comments
1st appearance of the Hydro-man, in 9.6 white pages! Oh Ya! Give me someone who looks a lot like that "Sandman" character, and that instead spews water, that's got to be easier to find than sand! Unless of course you're made of the stuff and don't need to manipulate the matter! Bruce Lee said be like water! Even Bruce could squash the bugs. Spidey has the kick swoosh that whites out the air in one fail swoop. Keep it together, cause they're in the streets and they don't want innocent bystanders to get washed out to sea. Boom Roasted. Hydro-man takes a while to appear again, however I think he loses weight or gets a little more fit. In this issue he has too much water weight. He looks plump but this issue was distributed around Christmas, so maybe he was full of holiday ham. Time will tell if the water can move the mountain of media, although when it is time, those Copper Age books will be mined for nostalgia.
Complete with a back cover picture of Avatar the Way of Water prescreen movie pass before it hit theaters! Fitting for this the first Hydro Man appearance. The way of water had the effects in film that had visual appeal as well. Movies do affect comics or bring to bear the market. Really expensive effects and affects! A lot to take in but respectfully done. Even Alien comics actress Sigourney Weaver was representing in the film, this time with water!
Graders Notes Unavailable.
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Amazing Spider-Man 238 |
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Amazing Spider-Man 238 Modern |
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CGC |
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1566209005
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Owner Comments
Hobbies can be a monkey on your back! 1st Hobgoblin. This issue brings out the new and the old. A Keith's Comics of Dallas find, LCS, that was exquisitely a success in price, and still has the tattooz and is a newsstand copy! The Hobgoblin, a repeat or not, stood his own and is a formidable opponent for the Spider-Man. If it wasn't ramped up so quickly people would have lost interest, but hobby came in swinging and did well on the goblin craft. Spidey barely got web off in time! In time we may even have a repeat in screen time; although, it may have to be a new trilogy and in theaters. If we can get attention with it though, the property has a lot of promise. I'm happy to keep this and not upgrade. It may eventually be pressed if I can wrap my head around the value. Here we are in 2022 with a slight come back to reality in value, so far so good, as these days need to get back to genuine collecting and sincerely with a goal and purpose!
Complete with a back cover picture of scrapbook cut outs from me as a kid, of the late 80's early 90's, that promised even more "GOBLIN" Terror! It was never meant to end. The pastime of villains making villains keeps true, but some have been rehabilitated, so there is hope for Spidey's job!
Grader Notes:
light spine stress lines to cover;
moderate bends to cover;
stain right center of front cover.
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Amazing Spider-Man 252 |
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Amazing Spider-Man 252 Modern |
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CGC |
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0124873018
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Owner Comments
And put on a happy face, cue the music! 1st Black Costume. I was excited to get this issue early on, it has become a prize in my collection, despite how many copies are out there. This is such an important issue that will string Spidey along for years to come! This Amazing Fantasy Homage is fun and different, like melted faces different when it hit LCS stands. People rushed to the counter to purchase! We have to take the estimate of 9.6 and the authentication of blue label! Still, it's a fondness for the costume that is the winner story here. Keeping it for a long time? I'm thinking I will, its climbed in value in grade, that and I wouldn't pay that much to replace it having read the story. A fun item, that DOES have a lot of collecting focus. A very pivotal moment in comics history. Even in off-white to white pages. Act fast with what you have available, and it never takes a back seat. Be wise and shrewd! There is a lot of room for these books in nostalgia born collectors from that age, me included.
Complete with a back cover picture of the prescreen pass before released to theaters of, "Mortal Engines!" A dystopian like future film, like symbiotes need hosts, where entire cities are mass killing machines that need their hosts to live. Taking down a peg, by somehow making all things equal with robotics as opposed to symbiotes. They translate well to comics and film, although it is the symbiotes that still have heroes amongst them with the Black Costume among them!
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Amazing Spider-Man 256 |
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Amazing Spider-Man 256 |
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CGC |
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0104639028
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Owner Comments
1st appearance of the Puma, who vaguely reminds me of a Sabretooth like character. A Fan Expo Dallas 2021 find. The pounce has been sprung and will leap at a spider. The sense of a spider wins out, as Spider-Man is the agility master! Again, the Puma is in this issue, and at 9.6 it is a skilled and clean cut first generation labeled book! Getting it together, Spidey will heal in the story of how the newly powered Black Cat almost causes Spidey trouble. A Spider sense is tingling of an underweight getting a leg up! Like Rocky the boxer, Spidey needs to survive the tumult and get that roster to a higher setting and weight class. Off to a good start! Making that surprise work out was tough, but if you're going to take a shot, make it count. If you let the cards kick you when you're down, you'll never have a poker face! Perhaps one day I'll get it pressed. I'm happy to make any Comic Con an experience for the collection!
Complete with a back cover picture of the prescreen pass before released to theaters of, "Monkey Man!" Puma getting powers from a Native American Indian tribe and the Monkey Man legend from the country of India, are both endowed the powers of animals. Striking at the very heart of the powerless, both go on to fight for justice, even if the Puma has to get his inspiration from a Spider-Man first!
Graders Notes Unavailable.
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Amazing Spider-Man 263 |
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Amazing Spider-Man 263 Signature |
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CGC |
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1025521016
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Owner Comments
1st Normie Osborn. Signed and Sketched by Joe Rubenstein on 12/17/10! A spider for all ages! As Osborn's go this birth needs action to keep the Goblins away. I met Rubenstein at the Fan Expo Dallas Con in 2019, he did a fine piece of sketch-work on a blank backing board, he dubbed it a "Happy Logan" Sketch! Not specifically a signature series slab, so here I rectified that by picking up this sketch signature series in 9.8! I was definitely hesitant to get a sig from Joe at the con, as it was the last of my money, but he came through and so I picked up a SS label later after meeting in person. This one was done in 2010. I needed to try and commemorate that person-to-person experience, but this time in signature series. I can't get over that crazy Doctor Octopus like Spidey contraption! It looks good from Rubenstein! Love the swing from overhead too. Swing low sweet chariot. The Osborn's have done it again, in a birth that is, and later to play out with the Red Goblin, tempting, don't do it Normie!?! Keep that honor and bring it back for your family's sake. Wax on, wax off, Normie son.
Complete with a back cover picture of the poster I got from the prescreen of, "Mary Poppins!" A modern iteration that again shows us to love our elders as children! Poor Normie here in this issue will have a hard road ahead, and while adults and or parents might 'know what is best", they do not always teach by example in that direction. Welcome to the world Baby Normie "Osborn!?!"
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Amazing Spider-Man 289 |
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Amazing Spider-Man 289 Modern |
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CGC |
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1618377011
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Owner Comments
Hobgoblin, Jason Macendale (formerly Jack O' Lantern.) It is time for the Goblins to quit and start anew! 1st New Hobgoblin, just to see it through, and later, demonstrating there are a lot of people out there to squash a spider! Man! Spidey-sense tingles a bit of all of those future arachnophobia villains that want to get revenge or some such grudge. Hobgoblin was tough to picture at the time as the ultimate enemy, yet it worked so perfectly in the end when they finally revealed that the original was Ned Leeds. Problem is they had several iterations, that's why they had to advertise it right on the cover, as it was always someone new! Makes me wonder if they had to rewrite to make the event worth it. People thought that it may last as long as any Goblin, but to be sure, Marvel was going with what they knew and what seemed to sell. This was all a big transition, if it was to be successful. It teased me on the newsstands too early on, but these were the stories that demanded character building most of all!
Complete with a back cover picture of the handheld video game "Spider-Man featuring the Hobgoblin!" Circa 2023 Christmas! A gift from my parents who had bought me Double Dragon in the same style as a kid! Nostalgia at its finest!
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Amazing Spider-Man 298 |
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Amazing Spider-Man 298 Signature |
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CGC |
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2565698003
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Owner Comments
1st Todd McFarlane illustrating Spider-man. Signed by Todd McFarlane on 01/20/2020. 1st appearance Eddie Brock in Cameo. A 9.8 white pages! Yahoo! Blue ink for the sig, probably signed at the CGC in house signing 2020. Great representation and completed my ASM #298-300 run in 9.8! Just as Venom doesn't set off Spidey's "spider-sense...", this 9.8 found in the fray of sensible timing I can call it a win! Got it off eBay around early summer 2020, because it had recently been signed. Probably at McFarlane's popular peak, except for later Spawn issues. I wanted to see end results with pictures from the signing to pick something up that was comfortable in price with a quality signature, and this presented great! The submitter must have been ecstatic, and now I am! Woo-hoo! I wonder why he sold so soon. I got a great deal, 9.8's were only starting to pick up steam. I have sent in my Amazing Spider-man #301 to have Signature Series Run Bookends!
Complete with a back cover picture of another prolific artist concerning Venom! Sam De La Rosa signature on a Venom Movie poster that I got at the 1st venom prescreen, which was basically the first prescreen I ever went to that started me tracking those passes down for fun! Sam even attended the prescreen for a signing and merch! Tom Hardy did well enough for the character, I hope good things come of it.
Graders Notes Unavailable.
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Amazing Spider-Man 299 |
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Amazing Spider-Man 299 Modern |
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CGC |
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1994251004
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Owner Comments
Mcfarlane Cover, Venom cameo. Can a cameo be a 2nd appearance? Probably not, but it is there quite literally in black and white! Spidey did bring home something important to my collection that will be a mystery at first! This book is taking the 9.8 to the bank, there is always a "chance" that the pages are whiter than off-white. Glad I got it first out of all three, from issues #298-300, because testing the waters made me confident, I could finish the run that I was going after. Great book with the first full portrayal of what we now know Venom to resemble. Todd McFarlane had a rounder and more built persona, until the bell in issue #300. Great story building if you ask me. We are Venom and "I'm home" essentially quoted or paraphrased rings true for the unease, suggesting the seriousness of what is to be realized. Some chances of McFarlane signings have come and gone, but I prefer to keep this blue label, I will send in some of this run to have book ends that are signature series! Venoms line at the ominous ending of this issue, "Honey, I'm Home!"
Complete with the back cover picture of the prescreen pass that I finally found in the archives, from seeing the first Venom movie before it hit theaters. Eddie Brocks girlfriend is pregnant in the movie, if I remember correctly, but more to come from this genre! These plots are thickening like Thanksgiving gravy, of which we can only imagine the Brocks being eager to eat!
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Amazing Spider-Man 300 |
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Amazing Spider-Man 300 Modern |
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CGC |
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1289607016
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Owner Comments
Origin & 1st full appearance of Venom (Eddie Brock). I traded a Hulk #181 in 3.0 o/w pages + $325 for this book. I'm still glad that I did, or I wouldn't be able to afford it at all. It's pristine and a needed copy in my collection. Sometimes the cost of the ticket for admission is steep! If I get tempted to submit for McFarlane Signature Series, I'll look it over with a fine-tooth comb of a magnifying glass. Todd McFarlane kept it clean, but that bell ringing really rang Venoms ears. Causing immediately the apparent weakness, that would be utilized in the future. Given Venoms blow to his ego, it only prolongs his will to try again, and for Eddie Brock, who is Venom, to get back at Spidey. At this point, it's understandable that Spidey questions Brocks motives. Relevance, like trust, is earned! Coming a long way for a return as these days Venom goes up and down in popularity, but oh to be there where I first saw the book on the newsstands! It was an epic teaching lesson! About the art and parents' guidelines for buying it!
Complete with a back cover picture of the mutual respect, and grinnish love of those who are think tanks in funny books! Todd McFarlane, a pic courtesy of the internet to show the love of the medium that transposes emotion into human nature. We all get a bit interactive with books, artists, and creators!
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Amazing Spider-Man Annual 16 |
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Amazing Spider-Man Annual 16 Modern |
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CGC |
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3812082006
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Owner Comments
1st appearance of Monica Rambeau the Captain Marvel! Getting out of her comfort zone and found with new powers, she may end up a mainstay if Disney, at the moment, has anything to say about it. Getting in early and having my "raw's" graded! She rallies behind but comes when needed. No, not an ideal everyday hero as of yet in the movies, yet in the comics she even had a solo series. Seems she didn’t warm up to everyone at first in comics or by her fellow super-heroes with the classic scenario question of, "why?" Getting in her whims may prove faithful if and when she is portrayed in film! They had no problem when she would save the day though. Maybe that's where they got the stubborn (perception) persona, was from the Captain Marvel movie with Brie Larson, but the child of that 1st film will have a chance to shine! As simple as it all is, it could be that it is just a different character type and brand, but not all Captains are the "same!" Different occurrences that will play out!
Complete with a back cover picture of "other" annual stories, annual #4, and an early Mysterio appearance as well. These annuals are fleshing out the Spidey character like nobody's business, and he lives to web sling another day?
Grader Notes:
light finger bends on cover;
light rippling to cover;
light spine stress lines to cover;
moderate bend top of front cover;
small crease right bottom of front cover.
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Avengers 196 |
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Avengers 196 Modern |
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CGC |
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2115237008
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Owner Comments
Origin and 1st appearance of Taskmaster! Awesome Green Cover. There he is, ready for battle on the cover and soon to be the enemy in the movie Black Widow, starring Scarlett Johansson. Seems a good match, and I own Avengers #195, which has the Taskmaster cameo! Well now you've got the full force and is it all going to go downtown? "Book'em Danno!" From haughty to naughty, from confident to inferior. Taskmaster is finished and the Avenger triumphant. There may be a new story with Antman as the hero, the next time Taskmaster tries to rue the day. Superficial? Maybe. Accurate in precision, indeed the Taskmaster is a master, but his work of study is not effectively efficient to concentrate on the task at hand. He could be a teacher with those kinds of skills and get a day job to earn some cash, ha! Often it is a life of crime that will cause the ultimate discipline and to repent to a task that is profitable, and a student to such is the "key" to surpassing the title of "master!"
Complete with a back cover picture of the next issue to possibly find slabbed, and with the Hawkeye stringing up the Ant-Man in the related Avengers issue #223. The Taskmaster is back in this issue, although it is wits oriented. My reader copy bought from Awesome Comics, LCS, for $8!
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Avengers 257 |
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Avengers 257 Modern |
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CGC |
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4253832001
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Owner Comments
1st appearance of Nebula. Ka-Zar, Shanna, Zabu & Terminus appearance. Who is dating who? By the count of the 3rd Guardians of the Galaxy movie it could be a free for all and sharing the LOVE! That takes some serious getting used too, and hopefully the characters have another showing down the line. Good for what they were, and so far, these characters such as Nebula have touched thousands of hearts. With the willingness to see the "greater good" or just turn away from evil, it takes all kinds to become fruitful for collectors and their favorites. I'm willing to now back track to other familiar favorites to fill out runs, although I'm not especially one for the word "favorites", these are just the ones I obtained first due to the impact and availability. With space, planets and missions: take evasive action and let God sort them out? Taking it one day and step at a time, it leads to a prosperous but difficult journey that we've taken it upon ourselves to filter through our minds the comics and adventures, even we as fans!
Complete with a back cover picture of the insides and 1st appearance panels of NEBULA, from my under-copy reader raw! She is named, and even manages to get off a shot of cosmic blast. Don't be quick to judge, we've all had itchy triggers and ears, but there is time to learn. Even as her name is first mentioned, it stumbles and stutters out of the guard's mouth, got to live up to that reputation!?!
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Avengers Annual 10 |
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Avengers Annual 10 Modern |
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CGC |
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3852825001
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Owner Comments
1st appearance of Rogue and Madelyn Pryor. We've got the deets on major happenings within the world of two females affected by the Avengers. Be it MS Marvel getting in a bad fix or the latest arrivals on the scene, names are being taken and reputations affected! Bought from boardie "sd2416" :) Got to have the, "Sugah, Baby!" Rogue's mother seems so plan b and then on to plan c! You never know whether you truly have her full attention, Mystique I mean. Think about it. Then Madelyn Prior the innocence is not lost on her also simple attitude, but in a different fashion and speech. Give me those bare necessities, those simple "bare" necessities, forget about you worries and your strife. "Ya, Man!" Those were the days of cartoons that made us say, "Howdy!" With the X-men of the 90's animated series memes now running the course, I hope that the younger generation come to find X-men '97 as enjoyable!
Complete with the back cover picture of other annuals and annual type one shots, with Dell Otto Covers! Early Dell Otto at that but bought for $1 a piece from the used bookstore.
Grader Notes:
small crease right bottom of front cover breaks color;
small crease right top of front cover breaks color.
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Captain America 354 |
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Captain America 354 Modern |
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CGC |
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3826517004
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Owner Comments
John Walker becomes U.S. Agent. Battlestar & Fabian Stankowitz appearance. Coming out of the reservoir to become and yet another. U. S. Agent is taking it back for good 'ole Cap, by way of switching gears and hitting into second gear. It spawned this run and arc to mean a statement of how reliable the Captain America issues could be, in order to switch it up and engage readers by the time it was all sorted out. A lot of claims come over the airwaves for newcomers and new heroes to be, and if they need travail through a past moniker or titles victory, they still fight in the name of justice. Bought this circa 2024 for $30 out the door, as I had picked up a few from Titan in the issue numbers #330's, so it seemed like a nice way to cap off those purchases of asking, seeking, and knocking for those doors to the next to be open! "A.S.K." It is hopefully a window to opportunity.
Complete with a back cover picture of the "screen" at the prescreen of, "Where Did You Go Bernadette!" A mother circling too many jobs while juggling family finds new circumstances, and even though she cannot let go, then finds her family circling back to support. Within victories there are the individuals they affect, and not all circumstances are with intent in and of themselves, or even circumspect but to hold on to through the transitions we hopefully find the fruit of respect! Starring Cate Blanchett! I brought my mom to this one for some bonding type, it was tearful, which turned to joy.
Grader Notes:
very light cover tanning;
very light spine stress lines to cover.
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Daredevil 168 |
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Daredevil 168 Modern |
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CGC |
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2020662015
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Owner Comments
1st Elektra and her Origin. She is a lover and a fighter and knocker of them out! Very skilled, Frank Miller brought the first portrayal to life that impacted Daredevil to make history. I'm glad to own it and to know of its importance to the Daredevil Universe. It is a most important moment to DD, relationship wise, and therefore to me! Elektra came out when I was young, and it was all mixed up as to how she would be involved in Daredevil's life! Mr. Miller is making what would soon be history, by debuting his involvement on a new character in the Daredevil series. Friend or Foe? It takes experiences once again to draw to the core, determining results after the two get acquainted. Electra keeping her edge the whole time. Who doesn't love her outfit? Seems of a Ninja Descent? Perhaps stealth is her motto, with that jump on the Daredevil!
Complete with a back cover picture of another Ninja Assassin but in film this time, which brought to us the agreements of rentals. Who do I pay for this again? Those are the examples in comics and film that this nunchaku and Sai have accomplished! An extreme suffering sometimes, but with honor?
Grader Notes;
light spine stress lines to cover.
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