Pretty good con. As usual, no guest but lots of dealers. Saw a bit of the JLA TV show from the late 1970s; a dealer was selling a tape of it and was playing it on a TV. I remember watching it when it originally aired; it was weird to see it again, if only briefly.

One dealer had a few boxes of comics for ten cents each. Most of the stuff was predictably undesirable, although I did see a few copies of Superboy #8 in there (Zero Hour issue...and one of the series' best issues). Also Adventures of Superman #501 (another good SB issue).

Saw many issues of Steve Englehart's Captain America run for a dollar each. Saw the 2nd appearance of the Falcon (Cap #118) for a buck. Saw several issues of Kirby's Kamandi for $1 each. (I bought a few of the earlier issues.) Saw a JLA 100-Pager for $1, but I put it back because I didn't care for the condition. Saw one of the early Capitol Nexus magazines (including flexidisc record) for 2 bucks. Saw a book reprinting Gardner Fox/Joe Kubert Hawkman stories for 5 bucks. Saw some pulp magazines at the con, such as Weird Tales, but they were too expensive for me...20 bucks and up, it seemed.

Saw a bunch of old undergrounds, which looked even weirder because one never sees them listed in price guides and here was a whole box full of them, but they were 5 bucks and up. (I like Rand Holmes' art. Can someone make a suggestion for what undergrounds he did? I saw one called Big Apple Comix there that looked like he drew the cover.)

Saw some old 1970s Marvel mags, but they were higher-priced than I'd expected. I figured they'd be around a buck or two, maybe three. But many were much higher than that. I've bid on a few of them recently on Ebay, but have been reluctant to bid more than a buck on them. Someday I'll have to check and see what they go for at shops around here. Thinking of checking out more of those mags.

OK, enough about what I saw. Here's what I actually bought today:

DC:

ACTION COMICS #383 (1969): $1.00

ACTION COMICS (1990s) #725, 726, 733; Annual #4: 25 cents each

ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #542 (1997): 25 cents

BATMAN (1990s) #495, 496, 498, 501, 504: I think these were 10 cents each!

BRAVE & THE BOLD #50 (1963, Green Arrow & Martian Manhunter; a bit poor condition): $2.00 (most that I paid today at the con)

THE DEMON by Jack Kirby (1970s) #4, 5: $1.00 each

FLASH #64 (1992): 10 or 25 cents

KAMANDI by Jack Kirby (1970s) #3, 5, 7, 32: $1.00 each

PHANTOM STRANGER #35 (1975): $1.00

RAGMAN (1992 mini-series) #4, 5: 10 or 25 cents each

RING OF THE NIBELUNG #4 by Roy Thomas & Gil Kane (1990): 50 or 25 cents?

ROBIN #9 (Grummett art, 1994): 10 or 25 cents

ROBIN 3000 #1: 25 cents?

SHAZAM! #6 (1973): 25 cents

STAR SPANGLED WAR STORIES # 140 (ENEMY ACE; 1968; tape on cover; Kubert): $1.00

STRANGE ADVENTURES #202 (1967, somewhat poor condition): 50 cents

SUPERBOY #172 (1971): $1.00 (Already had this issue, but my previous copy had a lot of graphitti on it!)

SUPERBOY #182 (1972): $1.00
(Now I just need 9 issues to have #114-200!)

SUPERMAN Vol. One #221 (1969), 238: $1.00 each

SUPERMAN Vol. One #322 (1978): 25 cents

SUPERMAN Vol. Two (1990s) #120, 124, 125: 25 cents each

SUPERMAN: THE EARTH STEALERS by Byrne, Swan, & Ordway (1988): 25 cents

SUPERMAN/MADMAN HULLABALOO! #1-3: 25 cents each (I couldn't see on my list which of these issues I already had, so I got all three, just to be on the safe side!)

SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF TOMORROW #7, 8 (1997): 25 cents each

Marvel:

ADVENTURE INTO FEAR starring Morbius, The Living Vampire #26, 28 (1970s): $1.00 each

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #166 (1977): $1.00

AVENGERS #115, 117, 118, 124 (1970s): $1.00 each

BEWARE #2 (1973; reprints 1950s horror): $1.00

CHAMPIONS #5 (1976): $1.00

CLANDESTINE by Alan Davis #2: 50 cents?; #3-7: 10 cents each

DAREDEVIL #44 (1968): $1.00

DOCTOR STRANGE #181 (1969): $1.00

FANTASTIC FOUR #138 (1973); Annual #7 (1969): $1.00 each

GIANT-SIZE SPIDER-MAN #5, 6 (1970s): $1.00 each

IRON MAN: THE IRON AGE (1998) #2: 50 cents (Cover price was $5.95! I'd wanted to get this when it came out, but the high cover price made me decide against it!)

KID COLT OUTLAW #128 (1966): $1.00

MARVEL TALES #16, 19 (1968): $1.00 each

MARVEL TEAM-UP #17 (penciled by Gil Kane, 1974): $1.00

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE ANNUAL #2 (1977): $1.00
The death of Warlock by Jim Starlin, with Spider-Man, The Thing, Captain Marvel, The Avengers, & Thanos!

MIDNIGHT SONS UNLIMITED #1 (1993): 10 cents

MOON KNIGHT: High Strangers (1999 mini-series) #1-4: 50 cents each

OPEN SPACE #1 (early Grummett art), 3 (Marvel Graphics, 1989-90): 25 cents each

PUNISHER: P.O.V. #4 (1991; written by Jim Starlin, pencils by Wrightson)

PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #14 (1990, inks by Russ Heath): 10 cents

SPIDER-MAN CHRONICLES (Chronicles series #5; Fantaco, 1982; John Byrne cover): 25 cents (Quite a find! I'd long had the FF and Avengers Chronicles issues and last year I acquired the Daredevil Chronicles issue. So, it was great to pick these up so cheap. I think I have all of them now. There wasn't a #6 published, was there?)

SUPERNATURAL THRILLERS featuring The Living Mummy #11, 13 (1975): $1.00 each

THOR #181 (Neal Adams art, 1970), 185: $1.00 each

TOWER OF SHADOWS #2 (1969; 7pgs drawn by Neal Adams): $1.00

WEREWOLF BY NIGHT #37 (1976; w/early Moon Knight): $1.00

X-MEN CHRONICLES (Chronicles series #1; Fantaco, 1981): 25 cents

Other Publishers:

AMAZING HEROES #189 (1991 comics news mag): 25 cents

CEREBUS by Dave Sim #226 (1998): free

CHEVAL NOIR #34 (Dark Horse, 1992): 10 cents

COLUMBUS #1 (Dark Horse, 1992; drawn by Jack Jackson): 25 cents

CONCRETE by Paul Chadwick (Dark Horse, 1988) #9: 50 cents

CONCRETE by Paul Chadwick #4, 7, 8, 10 (Dark Horse, 1980s): 25 cents each

CONCRETE COLOR SPECIAL #1 (Dark Horse, 1989): 25 cents

CONCRETE: FRAGILE CREATURE #2-4 (Dark Horse, 1991): 25 cents each

CONCRETE: LAND & SEA (Dark Horse, 1989): 25 cents

DARK HORSE PRESENTS #4-6 (1987, includes Concrete by Paul Chadwick and Trekker by Ron Randall); #66 (w/Concrete); #67 (double-sized): 25 cents each

DARK HORSE PRESENTS #55 (w/Byrne's Next Men and Miller's Sin City): 50 cents

DRACULA VS. ZORRO #1-2 (Topps, 1993): 25 cents each

EIGHTBALL by Dan Clowes #5 (Fantagraphics, 1991): 50 cents

FLAMINGO #1 (A List, 1998; reprints): 50 cents

GIRL CRAZY by Gilbert Hernandez #1 (Dark Horse, 1996): 50 cents

GIZMO by Michael Dooney #6 (Mirage Studios, 1987): 25 cents

GOOD GIRLS by Carol Lay #1 (Fantagraphics, 1987): 25 cents

GORE SHRIEK #4 (Fantaco, 1988): 25 cents

INSANE #1 (Dark Horse, 1988; satire comic): 25 cents

JET 3-D (3-D ZONE #10; 1988): 25 cents

LITTLE LOTTA #74 (Harvey, 1967): $1.00

MARTHA WASHINGTON GOES TO WAR by Miller & Gibbons #1 (Dark Horse, 1994): 25 cents

MR. MONSTER PRESENTS CRACKA-BOOM! #1-2 (Caliber, 1997): 50 cents each

MONSTERMAN by Mike Manley #1 (Image, 1997): 50 cents

THE NEXT NEXUS by Baron & Rude #3 (First, 1989): either 50 or 25 cents

NEXUS #54 (Paul Smith art): 25 cents

NEXUS THE LIBERATOR #1, 4 (Dark Horse, 1992): 25 cents each

OUR CANCER YEAR by Harvey Pekar, Joyce Brabner, and Frank Stack: 25 cents.
(Unbelievable bargain!! This graphic novel is a thick TPB with a $17.95 cover price!!)

OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE #1: 25 cents (A replica edition of the very first Overstreet Guide from 1970. Back then, Action Comics #1 was worth only $300 in mint condition!)

PEEP SHOW by Joe Matt #10 (Drawn & Quarterly, 1997): 50 cents

PHANTOM FORCE #0 (Genesis West, 1994): 10 cents

PREDATOR VS. MAGNUS, ROBOT FIGHTER (Dark Horse/Valiant, 1993) #2 (art by Lee Weeks): 10 cents

RAGAMUFFINS by Don McGregor & Gene Colan #1 (Eclipse, 1985): 25 cents

RAY BRADBURY COMICS #1, 3 (Topps, 1990s): 25 cents each

REGULATORS #1 (Image, 1995; penciled by Ron Randall): either 10 or 25 cents

ROBOCOP VS. TERMINATOR by Miller & Simonson #3-4 (Dark Horse, 1992): 25 cents each

RUNE #1, 2, 4, 6 (Malibu/Ultraverse, 1994): 10 cents

THE STRANGERS (Malibu/Ultraverse) #9: 10 cents

TALES TO OFFEND by Frank Miller #1 (Dark Horse, 1997): 50 cents

THRILLOGY by Tim Conrad #1 (Pacific, 1984): 25 cents

TOMMY ROCKET & THE GOOBER PATROL #1 (Top Hat, 1997): 50 cents

WARLOCK 5 #1, 2, 4 (Aircel, 1986): 25 cents each

WOLFF & BYRD, COUNSELORS OF THE MACABRE by Batton Lash (Exhibit A, 1990s) #14-17; Greatest Writs #1: 50 cents each

XENOZOIC TALES by Mark Schultz (Kitchen Sink, 1994) #13: 50 cents