This is what I was saying on the CBSI article. These sites have a lot of power and ability to sway what people are looking for. An article can move a lot of people to to a book that has no real merit or value. FOMO is running rampant with all these options and movie/tv deals and credibility and fact checking are paramount in these conditions.
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Yup and weâll run the news if it seems credible but itâs really up to people visiting the site to do their own due diligence when actually buying. Yes, most sites might tell people to go an issue that might turn key but I myself usually just point out the key books, never telling people to buy. Thatâs their own choice.
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Someone could write an article about an obscure worthless book and watch people buy it without ever fact checking.
Yup, this is why CHU always reminds people, check other resources, due your own research before buyingâŠ
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Topher never forgets! First, I asked Mike when getting Comic Reader 183 signed at a show ( his first published art ) and got a wink, nod and asmile outta him! Also, the first time Hellboy copyright was noted anywhere was in issue 14. I get it, itâs just a poster and itâs obscured but that is Hellboy. It also makes sense because Hellboy was not a real character, he was a comic hero inside of the Next Men universe so his likeness should be present in the comic related material within. Look speculators, It doesnât have to be worth more than any other book ya like but a first is a first.
We get it. You got the book to pump and sell.
No comments in 7 years = nobody gives a shit
Replying 7 years later thoughâŠ
what an egoâŠ
you might as well be sucking on the tits of the Beyond Wednesday guys. CBSI is dead.
get a life. touch grass.
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ive disliked cbsi since one of there guys faked a sale on batman beyond 6 and than wrote an article about it. and than bam a 9.8 shows up on ebay same day for like 10x the normal price.
its a common problem with the âinfluencersâ in this hobby there all grifters
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Itâs a by-the-dictionary âfirstâ, but itâs not a first that collectors give much of a ratâs ass about.
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Imagine being butt hurt for 7 years lol.
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Wait, what are we talking about that happened seven years ago? I can barely remember what happened last week.
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Good God, seven years ago. Covid wasnât even a thing yet and Marvel was on top of the world with Endgame making all the money in theaters.
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mental Olympics?
so mark brooks cover was not at any point approved by dc? they had to approve it they let it go to print or its it the fact its a con variant which means practically nothing these days
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Hm. Now I want Hellboy to meet Absolute Batman
I liked CBSI at one time. That was a VERY long time ago. The last straw for me was when I won one of their contests and they never sent me the comics. I emailed several times and was ghosted each time. Just a lack of respect for those who supported them. Anyone involved with that hack site can shove it where the sun donât shine.
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Awww come on man, no ego here! Just having a little fun. I am just telling ya what Mike said at a show. Iâll roll with that over uninformed opinions. As for CBSI, feel what you feel. Most old comic spec cites are dead. I have no idea if we are or are not but that isnât why I write about comics. As for the SLC book, yup I know about it and itâs a program and a prototype, very similar to the Dime Press nonsense. I am a Hellboy collector so I would want both but they are not firsts. Awesome book but not Hellboyâs first comic appearance!
BTW, the first Hellboy copyright in any comic is in issue 14. Thereâs really no way around this.
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It was not officially an Animated Batman Variant. Sheesh, the regular cover for 5 is a homage just not an animated variant.
Well I now see it marked up at cons all the time. Fact is no one knew about it. I donât really care what itâs worth. Fact and value rarely align.