USAGENT2009 THE MONTHLY HIT LIST...

USAGENT2009 THE MONTHLY HIT LIST...

This Month: "A Comic Book Collector's Bitch On Over Priced Variant Comics."

I Sat in at the S.B.T. table with "The House Of Insane Ideas" as some thoughts were being tossed around. I then was overcome with a vague familiar feeling this conversation had taken place a few times in my life with various retards of the comic book world. And I Came To The Realization that to understand a retard you’ve had to have delt with a few . If A Topic Such As This Was To Ever See The Light Of Day I Had To Grab My Toyz And Run. It Was Like A Complaint Youed See At The Post Office Over Stamps. The Cost Of Such Particular Comics Was Never Going To End. We Try Very Hard to Make Each Opening Topic Seem A Bit Off The Wall And Nutty. But When You Stop Grabbing For bitch slap Hand Grenades And Just Open Up With A verbal Pipe Bomb You Cut To The Truth And Just Point Your Finger And Say This Is Absolutely Stupid! "While Collecting Comics Was Something I Personally Started In My Early Childhood. I Never Really Put The Thinking Cap On Until I Started Paying For My Own Comics As A Young Teen. 

Now As An Adult I Always Come Full Circle To The Same Complaint. "Why Is It A Book With One Cover Goes For $3.99. And One With An Entirely Different Art Work Can Peg A Collector At $30.00 To $40.00 Dollars Or Higher? Are We All On Drugs? Has The Cost Of Paper Went up Or Should I Buy Stock In Toilet Paper As Well For The Day We Wipe With Comics Cause Of A Paper Shortage? I Have Like Many Got Swindled Into Paying A Dumb Ass Price For A Sweet Cover I Couldn't Live Without. So It Is Safe To Say The Gag Or Trick Works. But Even A Fool With His Money Parting Knows This Is "Unequivocal BullShit!" With Most Rags You Can't Be Too Sure You'll Get Away With Saying Certain Swear Words. But Since We Don't Conform To Any Particular Rules! And We Are Not Bound By Any Corporate Division yet. (In Terms We Can All Understand, Yer Not The Boss Of Me now!) So That Much Said,We Can Let The Turds Fly And Hit The Fan Where They May. Oh And Sometimes We Just Don't Give A Flying F@#$! Cause As Much As It’s About The Toys & Figs…Its All About Attitude! At S.B.T. Ya Go Down Swingin With Only Strength To Raise One Finger And Ya Better Know Which One To Hold Up.

But To Look Deeper Into The Topic. Before I Ramble On For Too Long With Fumes Driven By Shopper Anger, I 'll Stop The Banter And Just Say I Have Some Complaints To This As Should Any Serious Collector. Now The Usual Comic Dude Who Goes To A Local Comic Shop And Picks Up His Monthly Haul Or Has His Girlfriend Or Wife Do It For His Lazy @$$ May Not Be Totally Oblivious To The Fact That Many Of His Titles Do In Fact Have Multiple Covers And A Wide Range Of Prices. So Hopefully These Books Wont Make Their Way To A Wicker Basket In A Bathroom Next To Field And Stream With Turd Flakes In The Bind! But To Be Fair Its Not Uncommon To Pay More For A Book Signed By A Major Writer Or Artist. It Might Even Make Sense To Pay A Portion More For A Book An Artist Did Additional hrs To Paint , Draw Or Create. But Still This Book Has Been Mass Produced And At Some Point We Go From Adjusted Fee To Price Gouging. 

This Strikes Up More Questions And Debates About What Is Reasonable And What Is Beyond Unfair. I Guess It Comes Down To How Bad A Collector Wants A Particular Issue. But You Can't Deny How The Industry Has Changed Over The Years. Where Its Right In Plain Site How A Book Fresh Off The Press Has A Value Of $50.00 And A Book Of A Past Few Generations Is Just Becoming Valued At The Same Cost. Nothing Really Takes its Time These Days To Become A Classic. Before You Know It That Spawn That Had Such A High Value And Demand Now Plummets After Raking In It's Millions. It's Kind Of Disconcerting When It Raises An Eyebrow Among Collectors Who Have Caught On To The Tricks Of The Modern Age Comic Book Establishment. Are My Heroes Who Routinely Save The Day Really Holding Me Up Just Outside The Comic Shop?