Big score........

[anarky]

Curiously, #3 is the only issue of Omega Men I own.

[Tom Foolery]

Curiously, #3 is the only issue of Omega Men I own.

He doesn’t resemble what we think of as ‘Lobo’ in that at all. I was trying to find a list of his appearances in chronological order to see if the transformation was gradual, or if Giffen just took a little used c-lister and abruptly reinvented him. Like, was Lobo a popular character, or did Giffen just make him popular?

EDIT. He wallowed for for a few years as a forgettable villain before Giffen reimagined him in Justice League International as a bounty hunter in 1988. He then became a regular fixture in L.E.G.I.O.N. before getting his own books. He was meant as an indictment of The Punisher, but that backfired because fans loved his absurd excessism.

[anarky]

I don't have most of the appearances in between, but Giffen did originally create Lobo. Not sure if what he became was always in Giffen's mind or what, though.

[Tom Foolery]

While looking at issues I’m missing on cbrealm, I’ll occasionally click on the ebay link to see if the prices cbrealm has listed jives with what the books are actually selling for. I’m missing three issues from the Nu52 Justice League run. 30 and 31 are the first appearance of Jessica Cruz as the newest Green Lantern, and 40 is the first appearance of Grail, Darkseid’s daughter. I found an ebay guy offering 30 and 31 for $15 together so I bought them. Which just leaves issue 40 for a complete run of that series.

I also found a full run of Far Sector, the GL series featuring Jo Mullein. All 12 issues for $36, which is basically cover price. They haven’t arrived yet though.

[Diabolical]

I’m missing three issues from the Nu52 Justice League run. 30 and 31 are the first appearance of Jessica Cruz as the newest Green Lantern, and 40 is the first appearance of Grail, Darkseid’s daughter.

sounds like a couple of hidden gems.

[Tom Foolery]

I’m missing three issues from the Nu52 Justice League run. 30 and 31 are the first appearance of Jessica Cruz as the newest Green Lantern, and 40 is the first appearance of Grail, Darkseid’s daughter.

sounds like a couple of hidden gems.

Maybe. But I knew they more expensive books. I paid more than I normally would for them, just not what they’re ‘worth’. I feel like a lot of recent DC books get pumped up by speculators when the character’s “impact” in the comics doesn’t warrant/justify the value increase of the book. Like, what has Punchline done that make her first appearances worth more? Same with Grail. I didn’t even know she existed until I was looking at why 40 is more expensive.

[Tom Foolery]

Another Mall show today. Only found 33 books for $36. Some were $2, but they were offset by finding others that were 15 for $10, so I just lumped it all together and paid just slightly over $1 apiece.
Here’s what I got.

Bombshells 7-9, 13, 14 and Bombshells:United 5-7, 14. Still missing about a dozen issues from each series.
Deadpool Family. Oneshot from 2011.
Deadpool:Merc with a Mouth 1. This entire mini series is fairly expensive, so I was surprised to find this for $2. The cover isn’t pristine, but it’s not egregiously beat up either.
GIJoe 1. The die-cut Variant cover of the Skybound series n
Grendel Tales:Devil May Care 1-6. I only needed three of these, but the guy has them bundled as a set, so I just bought the set.
Guardians of the Galaxy 4, 5, 17, 19. From the DisneyXD animated tie-in comic. I don’t have these on my list, so I’ll have to figure out how many issues there were and how many are left.
I Am Groot 2. Still need 1 and 3.
Hellblazer 79.
Justice League America 1. Hawaii variant cover. 23 to go.
Marvel Super Heroes 14* This wasn’t expressly numbered issue 14. It was ‘Summer 1993’ but it was the last issue I needed for a full run. FINISHED!
Paper Girls 7, 12.
Star Wars:Storms of Crait oneshot.
Star Wars:Bounty Hunters 13.
Truth & Justice 3.

Since I didn’t spend that much, I was gonna try and find some higher end books I’ve been missing, but I just didn’t feel like it.

There’s an Alan show in April, then FCBD in May, and then another Mall show in June.