The honest truth is that I get a kick out of going through my Vast
Accumulation of Stuff looking for items I can put into these weekly
sales. I find items I had forgotten I owned and, sometimes, realize
I’m not willing to let them go just yet. Thankfully, I also find
a lot of items I am ready to sell...and I always try to price these
items so that the customers get a deal and I still make a few bucks
on the transaction.
Most of this week’s items come from boxes scattered throughout my
office, my son’s bedroom and my soon-to-be-reading room. I figure
I’ll be mining those rich veins for several weeks to come before I
start excavating my downstairs storage area.
My goal is to have my house stuff all squared away by the time my
garage sales resume in April or May. The more you buy, the closer
I get to achieving that goal. Think how happy my Sainted Wife Barb
will be when she gets most of her house back.
In addition to these new items, I have previously offered items at,
in many cases, reduced prices. For those of you who’ve asked, once
the last already-assembled and ready-for-shipping mystery boxes are
sold, then I’ll start taking orders for new mystery boxes. When
I’m ready to take orders, I’ll announce it in a bloggy thing and on
my Facebook page.
Here’s how my VAOS sales work...
First come, first serve. In other words, the quicker you e-mail me,
the better your chance of getting the item or items. Only e-mail
orders will be accepted. All the items are in very good or better
condition unless otherwise noted.
Let me stress that “e-mail only” rule. Most of the few mistakes I
have made in assembling/shipping orders have happened with orders
I accepted via phone or Facebook message. So...I’m not gonna break
my own rule anymore.
Items will be shipped via United States Postal Service. There is
a $5 shipping/handling charge for up to four items via media mail.
Add $1 for every two additional items. The charge helps defray my
expenses.
Payments are by check, money order or PayPal. My PayPal address is
the same as my email address. Purchases will be shipped within a
week of checks clearing, money orders received or PayPal payments
received.
Because this is a one-man operation done between family, household
and work responsibilities, these items are only available to buyers
within the United States and to APO buyers.
When you receive your order, please check it and let me know of any
omissions as soon as possible. I’ll be double-checking the orders
on my end, but, if there’s a problem, I want to make it right in a
timely fashion.
Each week’s sales end on Friday at 6 pm EST. The following week’s
sale begins as soon as I post the new items. Which would be right
about now...
1000 COMIC BOOKS YOU MUST READ by Tony Isabella. The best book on comics ever written by Tony Isabella. Hardcover. Signed on request. Price includes shipping. $29.95
AIR; FLYING MACHINE by G. Willow Wilson and M.K. Perker [DC; 2009]. Reprints issues #6-10. Softcover. $6
BLACK LIGHTNING TOTAL JUSTICE ACTION FIGURE [Kenner; 1997]. Great looking figurefeaturing the costume designed by Eddy Newell. It’s my favorite BL costume and Eddy is my favorite BL artist. I have two unopened action figures available at this time. I’ll sign them on request. Price includes shipping. $10
CAPTAIN BRITAIN VOL. 2: SIEGE OF CAMELOT [Marvel; 2011]. Reprints Captain Britain and Black Knight stories from UK’s Super Spider-Man and Captain Britain and Incredible Hulk Weekly. Hardcover. Over 300 pages. $20
CINDERELLA: FROM FABLETOWN WITH LOVE by Chris Roberson and Shawn McManus [DC]. Reprints six-issue mini-series. Softcover. $7
COLONY by Bob Layton and Dick Giordano [IDW; 2012]. Graphic novel.Softcover. $12
COMICBOOK CANDY SECRET ORIGINS [DC/Leaf; circa 1980]. Complete set of eight mini-comics presenting origins of Aquaman, Batman, Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, the Justice League of America, Superman and Wonder Woman. No candy or wrappers, just the eight mini-comics. $25
FABLES #100 by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha and others [DC; 2011]. Over 100 pages. $5
FABLES: ROSE RED Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha and others [DC; 2011] . Reprints issues #94-100. Softcover. $9
FABLES: THE DELUXE EDITION BOOK TWO by Bill Willingham and others [DC]. Reprints issues #11-18, graphic novel Fables: The Last Castle Willingham’s illustrated short story “A Wolf in the Fold,” a new introduction by Willingham and special sketchbook section with art by Craig Hamilton, P. Craig Russell and Mark Buckingham. Unopened hardcover. $15
FLINTSTONES AT THE NEW WORK’S WORLD FAIR [1964]. First printing. No date on cover. $7.50
GIRLS’ LOVE STORIES #127 [DC; May 1967]. $3
GIRLS’ ROMANCES #91 [DC; March 1963]. John Romita cover. Interior art by Romita and Mike Sekowsky. $5
HARD TIME: 50 TO LIFE by Steve Gerber and Brian Hurtt [DC; 2004].Reprints issues #1-6. Softcover. $5
HERITAGE MAGAZINE FOR THE INTELLIGENT COLLECTOR [Winter 2012/2013]. Auction house magazine with great photos of items and articles on Babe Ruth, baseball memorabilia, Joe Simon and more. $4
JACK MAGIC: LIFE AND ART OF JACK KIRBY VOLUME ONE by Greg Theakston [Pure Imagination; 2011]. Softcover. $12
JACK OF FABLES: THE FULMINATE BLADE by Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges [DC; 2011]. Softcover. Reprints issues #41-45. $7.50
JACK OF FABLES: THE END by Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges [DC; 2011]. Softcover. Reprints issues #46-50. $9
MADAME XANADU: DISENCHANTED by Matt Wagner and Amy Reeder Hadley [DC; 2009]. Softcover. Reprints issues #1-10. $7
MADAME XANADU: EXTRA-SENSORY by Matt Wagner [DC; 2011]. Softcover. Reprints issues #24-29. $9
SHOWCASE PRESENTS TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED VOLUME ONE [DC; 2012]. Reprints issues #1-20. $10
TENSE SUSPENSE #1 [December 1958]. All stories drawn by Dick Ayers. $10
UNKNOWN SOLDIER: DRY SEASON by Joshua Dysart and Alberto Ponticelli [DC; 2010]. Reprints issues #15-20. Softcover. $7.50
UNKNOWN SOLDIER: BEAUTIFUL WORLD Joshua Dysart & Alberto Ponticelli [DC; 2011]. Reprints issues #21-25. Softcover. $7.50
WALKING DEAD VOLUME 9: HERE WE REMAIN by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard [Image; 2009]. Reprints issues #49-54. Softcover. $7.50
WALKING DEAD VOLUME 10: WHAT WE BECOME by Robert Kirkman & Charlie Adlard [Image; 2009]. Reprints issues #55-60. Softcover. $7.50
WANDERING SON VOLUME ONE by Shimura Takako [Fantagraphics; 2011]. Hardcover. $10
Here are the previously-offered items...
1000 COMICS YOU MUST READ BEFORE YOU DIE: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO COMIC BOOKS, GRAPHIC NOVELS AND MANGA. Foreword by Terry Gilliam.General editor Paul Gravett. Hardcover. $5
ALTER EGO #110 (June 2012). Shazam! Leonard Starr. $2
ART OF WALT SIMONSON [DC; 1989]. Softcover. $8
BATMAN 3D by John Byrne [DC; 1990]. Softcover. $2
BATMAN: BLIND JUSTICE by Sam Hamm and Denys Cowan [DC; 1992]. From Detective Comics #598-600. First printing softcover. $8
BATMAN: DIGITAL JUSTICE by Pepe Moreno. [DC; 1990]. Hardcover. $8
BATMAN IN DETECTIVE COMICS VOLUMES 1 & 2 [Abbeville Press; 1993]. Features the complete covers of the first 50 years of the title in full-color 4" X 4-1/2" softcovers with introductions by Joe Desris. Originally priced at $10.95 each. For the set: $8.
BOOK OF SCHUITEN. Oversized, unopened hardcover. $10
CAPTAIN BRITAIN by Alan Davis and Jamie Delano [Marvel; 1988] with introduction by Chris Claremont. Softcover. $4
COMIC BOOKS MYSTERY BOX #33. Includes approximately 100 comic books plus another 5-10 items from my garage sales. Price includes the shipping and handling. $25
DEATH’S HEAD: THE BODY IN QUESTION by Simon Furman and Geoff Senior [Marvel graphic novel; 1990]. Softcover. $2
DISTANT NEIGHBORHOOD VOL. 1 by Jiro Taniguchi. Softcover. $2
FANTASTIC ART: THE BOOK OF LUIS ROYO. Oversized hardcover. $5
FRANK FRAZETTA’S DEATH DEALER SHADOWS OF MIRAHAN: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION DELUXE HARDCOVER. Unopened. $10.
GOLDEN AGE OF BATMAN: THE GREATEST COVERS OF DETECTIVE COMICS FROM THE ‘30S TO THE ‘50S. [Artabras; 1994]. Oversized hardcover. $15
GOLDEN AGE OF SUPERMAN: THE GREATEST COVERS OF ACTION COMICS FROM THE ‘30S TO THE ‘50S. [Artabras; 1993]. Oversized hardcover. $15
GREEN ARROW: THE LONGBOW HUNTERS by Mike Grell [DC; 1989]. Reprints mini-series. Softcover. $4
LIFE AND TIMES OF DEATH’S HEAD by Simon Furman, Bryan Hitch, etc. [Marvel; 1990]. Softcover. 146 pages. $2
MANY LIVES OF THE BATMAN: CRITICAL APPROACHES TO A SUPERHERO AND HIS MEDIA [Routledge/BFI; 1991]. Softcover. $10
PRISONER: SHATTERED VISAGE by Dean Motter and Mark Askwith. [DC; 1989]. Based on the TV series. Softcover. $8
SCHULZ AND PEANUTS: A BIOGRAPHY by David Michaelis. Hardcover. $5
SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE by J. Michael Straczynski and Shane David. Hardcover. $5
SUPERMAN TIN PRETZEL SNACK CAN [DC; 1987]. 50th Birthday with large figure of Superman and comic-book covers. 9" high, 5-1/2" wide with original label on bottom and a few small dents. $10
VIKING GLORY: THE VIKING PRINCE by Lee Marrs and Bo Hampton [DC; 1991]. Introduction by Will Eisner. Hardcover graphic novel. $10
Thanks for your patronage.
Tony Isabella
ReplyDeleteI was somewhat disappointed by the low turnout for my offer, but determined to press on.
Well, I'll admit that I thought about sending you something but as often goes I started overthinking it to the point that I kind-of psyched myself out. Should I send you the City of Glass adaptation, which I recall you mentioning you admired but didn't really like, in the hopes that you might reconsider it? Hicksville would've been high on my list had you not finally read and recently reviewed it. Maybe something that I've picked up for my nieces, like Magic Trixie (a search just showed that you've reviewed it here too) or Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade or the recent, uneven but encouraging Princeless, knowing how you appreciate good all-ages material, if only I could be sure what you'd read (just how all of us readers' parents, spouses, etc. have felt over the years). So I kept racking my brain, and wondering since money was tight if you might even be so kind as to return what I sent along back to me as part of your literal package deal, until I figured the window had closed. If that window is still open, I'll gladly send something your way (and try to avoid metaphorically defenestrating myself in the process) — something I mentioned above if it sounds good or something that I didn't if you prefer a surprise.