Author: Glenn Hauman

The Lot Auctions server has crashed due to high volume. We’re working on the problem and will be extending the comic book auction 24 hours from when we get the server live again.

Hi, it’s Glenn again. As you may know, I posted a week or so ago about an auction going on now of 30,000+ comics over at Lot Auctions, and that I’d be answering questions about it over there.

Unfortunately, right after I said that, I got hit with deadline hëll and site problems (that were exacerbated by Hurricane Wilma hitting my credit card processor, of all things) that had me unable to respond immediately. So I started a new post– which of course also serves as an ad to go bid on stuff. Responses to everybody after the fold.

And yes, there’s still ten days left to bid. Go for it. There’s some really great stuff in there– including comic books that never came out in this country and comic books that many people swore never came out at all.

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Hi, it’s Glenn. As you may know, I run a website called Lot Auctions, and there’s an auction going on now of 30,000+ comics that a lot of you might want to bid on. Every so often, you hear about a collection like this– now you have a chance to get in on it.

This is the personal collection of a long-time employee of the big-two comics companies (we can’t tell you who because of their corporate policy) who has to pay for a college education for his kids– so he’s selling off his entire collection, from Action Comics to Zot!, including complete runs of Avengers, Justice League, Green Lantern, Iron Man, and many others.

Most books prior to 1975 are VG or better, most books after 1975 are VF or better. Many are in mint condition (read once) and many rare issues are to be found, like the Elseworlds 80 Page Giant that includes Kyle Baker’s “Letetia Lerner, Superman’s Babysitter” and which was pulped in the United States– less than 700 copies are suspected to exist.

Covers shown are NOT the actual covers, but used only for display purposes. The collection is available for viewing by appointment, and individual issues are also available for more precise grading information on request. Shipping costs will be paid by the buyer for any and all issues purchased.

Any questions, feel free to ask in comments here or on the Lot Auctions site. Bid heavy– the more money this auction brings in, the less intrusive ads I have to put on the site to pay for all this bandwidth.

In addition to the awesome art of J.K. Woodward, the first issue of “Fallen Angel” from IDW will feature an alternate cover from original series artist David Lopez. Check it out.

This blog notes the passing of James Doohan at the age of 85.

As many of you know, Peter worked with James on his autobiography, Beam Me Up, Scotty. I’m sure Peter will have more to post about this sad event, and the man himself, later.

Feel free to use this as an open thread.

“Continuity you weren’t expecting”. Coined by Peter at the Comics Weblog at San Diego Comic-Con– which oddly enough, none of the celebrity bloggers are blogging now.

Yes, I’m cheating, I had to wait till I got back to my room. I stopped paying $4.95 an hour for connectivity when AOL went to an all-you-can-download plan.