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  • It's Halloween! What's your comic book horror story?

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  • Posted: October 31, 2014 1:07:54 pm
  • Here's mine -

    Sometime during my freshman year in college (1985-86) I either lost, accidentally threw out or let someone borrow and forgot to return my first 4 or 5 issues of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by Eastman and Laird. And yes, they were first printings. Crying or Very sad Also, I was probably drunk at the time.

    Oh well, if someone can top this, I feel really sorry for you.
  • Posted: October 31, 2014 2:32:23 pm
  • I can't top it...thank . Mine actually had a happy ending.

    In 2004, after moving from Pittsburgh to Johnstown, I was unpacking all my intercompany crossover posters. I couldn't find my mint condition promo poster for Superman vs The Amazing Spider-Man from 1976 ANYWHERE! I was SICK. I opened box after box. I mean...i was sick!!!

    I gave up after a couple of weeks, convinced that I'd left it on the front porch of the house we'd moved from. Our old landlord said he didn't see it, but I figured some kid snarrfed it up. Then...

    ...when opening a chess set box, of all things...there it was! I must have packed it there so it would be seperate and safe!

    Since this thread was started on Halloween...I'll have to say the poster looked "BOO"tiful!
  • Posted: November 1, 2014 5:30:12 pm
  • Really? No one has a horror story about their comics? Someone's mom must have tossed some out ...
  • Posted: November 2, 2014 11:45:30 am
  • I was always very stern with my mom when I was a kid... no throwing out of anything. Luckily enough, she respected that
  • Posted: November 2, 2014 12:40:35 pm
  • I really thought there would be a good number of responses to this. Think
  • Posted: November 3, 2014 8:43:02 am
  • I had a cat that decided a long box of comics was a litter box.
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  • Posted: November 3, 2014 10:29:40 am
  • I feel like I'm currently going through a horror story. I just sold my signed (by Rob Liefeld) New Mutants #98 on Ebay. I'm not a professional grader, I just grade comics by my own personal experience in collecting. I rated it at an 8.5 which was in the description and I feel was being modest. Even had pictures up and was very detailed in the description. It's been two weeks since it sold and now the buyer is asking for a refund because his opinion is that the comic is more like a 6.5 or 7. He is complaining I was not being honest. Ebay has been hounding me to refund him and I will end up losing money due to shipping/tracking and their ridiculous fees. I don't but sell maybe 1 or 2 comics on there a year and this whole experience has been a headache. It's just left me wanting to just close my account.
    We strike hard and fade away into the night
  • Posted: November 3, 2014 10:39:02 am
  • Rule number 1 about selling comics on ebay, "Don't give it a grade, the buyer will always disagree with you."
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  • Posted: November 3, 2014 12:07:57 pm
  • What's crazy is that in my description I even stated I was not a professional grader.
    We strike hard and fade away into the night
  • Posted: November 3, 2014 1:26:03 pm
  • That fact that you mentioned a grade allows them to disagree with you. You should mention what you see is wrong with the item and leave it at that. Any additional opinions all room for disagreements.
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