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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy

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Owner of sterlingsilvercomics.com, blogger at progressiveruin.com, Mike Sterling-er at http://mikesterling.com 37 years in the comics biz! (I used to work for other stores, now I have my own shop!) Avatar by Daniel Butler Bigots are dumb he/him

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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · Aug 14

Just a reminder, in case, say, something untoward happens with Bluesky, you can always find me on progressiveruin.com, see my various online shenanigans at www.mikesterling.com, and I guess you can find me on Threads if all else fails: www.threads.com/@mikesterjr

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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 6h

no, please don't use ChatGPT to tell you which comics to invest in

and please don't ask ME that

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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 7h

I will advocate for Sergio's work and mustache 'til the end of time

Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 7h

Customer: "I'm looking for comics by Sergio...Argones? Agrones? Have you heard of him?"

Me [leaping over counter]: "SERGIO ARAGONES, YES, THIS WAY TO THE ARAGONES WING OF MY SHOP, SIR"

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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 7h

They are very much the Not for Me Comics, which is fine. But they just barely sell for me at the shop anymore.

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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 7h

I've looked at the color comics once, and it when Grant Morrison wrote a couple of issues. That was probably enough for me.

Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 9h

Superman, Detective, Tales from the Crypt, Ranger, a Haunt of Fear...all stuff I could have sold if I got it at the right price, even in the conditions they were in.

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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 9h

I mean, there were sound double-digit Superman and Detective books, some Tales from the Crypt...all would have sold fine, but I don't think this seller liked being given an honest appraisal of the conditions and resulting prices.

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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 9h

UPDATE: yes, they were actually Golden Age books, but they were falling apart as they were pulled out of the Mylars. I could've sold them for cheap if I could have bought them for cheap, but nope, that wasn't happening. Ah well.

Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 11h

okay, got a call from someone saying they have Golden Age books to bring in, let's see what actually turns up

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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 10h

Ooh, there was a time when I *would* have bought those.

Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 10h

oh no

Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 10h

Last Golden Age/early Silver collection I picked up was just a boatload of CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED (many 1st and 2nd editions), ROY ROGERS, DALE EVANS, and the early EC title PICTURE STORIES FROM THE BIBLE, plus goodies. CI and RR aren't *fast* sellers, but I've got a couple customers into them.

Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 10h

I apologize if the World's Biggest Purgatori Fan happens to do a term-search and reads this, it's just a running joke of mine.

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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 10h

I would buy those all day.

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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 10h

"Hello, I'm the most literal minded collector around! I have Golden Age for sale!"

Well, I can't be mad, really.

Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 10h

every comics age is someone's Golden Age!

except when Purgatori was coming out

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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 10h

oh no no no, that was just me positing a theoretical

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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 11h

Yeah, they're not actually here yet, so maybe there's a slim chance of these being actual comics from the '30s and '40s, but until they're actually here it's like Schrödinger's comic book collection.

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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 11h

[me, looking in the box] "so are the Golden Age books underneath all these copies of SHADOWHAWK, or...?"

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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 11h

okay, got a call from someone saying they have Golden Age books to bring in, let's see what actually turns up

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Shane M. Bailey @shanembailey.com · 15h

Congrats to Larry Hama who should have been recognized AGES ago.

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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 1d

So now I'm just fiddling around on my blog fixing typos. OFF TO BED, ME

Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 1d

I'm so mad this isn't one of the main covers. I'm hoping it's one of the ratio variants, like 1 in 25 or whatever.

Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 1d

Have yet to be able to actually *read* anything from this.

Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 1d

This flash-drive distributed archive of Marvel Comics PDFs (licensed, don't worry!) that I'm supposed to review is already in the hole, as far as I'm concerned, since the DRM reader on the drive won't install, and I had to jump through other hoops that aren't in the documentation, such as it is.

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Mike Sterling, Comics Guy @mikester.bsky.social · 1d

*As* a cross!

Swamp Thing with his body in the shape of a cross, his head wearing a crown of thorns.

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