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Ghostlight posted:He wasn't even an evil scientist. He was just some nerd who invented robotic reach grabbers so he could gently caress around with radioactive test tubes. Wernher Von Braun wasn't evil either, he was just really into making rockets. He's the reason we got to the moon, and he's also the reason London has a lot of cool building built after 1945
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Rhyno posted:Because I have a disease I drove an hour out of my way to go look at a comic collection after work tonight. 5 long boxes, nothing special but he said he had a lot of Deadpool issues and Deadpools are easy money right now. He had the two minis, the first 12 of the ongoing from 1997 and a bunch of X-force issues. Not really worth the trip to be honest. He wanted $200, I talked him down to $100 and then struggled to fit the 5 boxes in my Miata. Got home, got unloaded and dumped them in the garage and I'm sitting here alphabetizing them and I've found a complete run of X-Factor from 1-121 (so far), first Apocalypse and Archangel in NM shape and in box #4 I hit his New Mutants stuff. Started at #53 and I'm flipping through and I get to #95 and I swear I got sweaty and my hands went numb and BAM, New Mutants #98. And it's loving flawless. Hell of a score for $100 and two hours out of my day. I still never sold my Deadpool collection that I PM'd you for advice about. I guess I'll get around to it someday.
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Jul 13, 2017 04:31
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Skwirl posted:Wernher Von Braun wasn't evil either, he was just really into making rockets. He's the reason we got to the moon, and he's also the reason London has a lot of cool building built after 1945 Edge & Christian posted:I think he just showed up as an evil scientist dude with no real backstory prior to that?
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Jul 13, 2017 04:36
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Well, at least I wasn't the only one who thought he was German.
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Jul 13, 2017 04:42
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Skwirl posted:In the time period Otto Octavius was first introduced they were either Nazis or Jews who fled the Nazis. And don't loving Just admit you're wrong Jesus Christ
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Jul 13, 2017 04:43
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me about a character who once tried to kill off 90% of the planet just so the other 10% would remember him.
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X-O posted:I still never sold my Deadpool collection that I PM'd you for advice about. I guess I'll get around to it someday. Time to get on it bro. I'd put off buying a NM98 for so long that prices had sky rocketed so I'm glad I scored this. I now have an unbroken run of DP appearances from his first all the way to 2008. I don't even like DP, I just knew these would be money comics.
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Jul 13, 2017 04:56
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Look just because it's literally never once been mentioned that Otto Octavius is German in the comics and he first appeared in an era where everyone who is beingk ze German must MEIN GOTT IN HIMMEL talk like zis mein leibchen and in an era where there were straight up unreconstituted Nazis as villains in books being published concurrently, it's pretty clear that metatextually, read between the lines monron Doctor Octopus was meant to be a secret ex-Nazi scientist in the same way that Victor Von Doom and Tony Star(c)k and Robert Oppenheimer and Niels Bohr were also escaped Nazi scientists it's elementary, #factsdontmatter #actuallyreadingcomicsisforretards
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Jul 13, 2017 05:04
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This is a really weird argument. Even ignoring E&C's presumably accurate statement that it's literally never been brought up, "Octavius" isn't a German surname by any stretch.
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Jul 13, 2017 05:17
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Rhyno posted:Time to get on it bro. I'd put off buying a NM98 for so long that prices had sky rocketed so I'm glad I scored this. I now have an unbroken run of DP appearances from his first all the way to 2008. I don't even like DP, I just knew these would be money comics. They're sitting in a box (like a real box, not a comic box) in my closet and I'm too lazy/disinterested in doing the whole ebay thing and shipping them off and I don't need the money so there's no motivating factor in getting rid of them until I need the space in the closet. So it might be Deadpool 3 by the time that happens.
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Jul 13, 2017 05:25
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To be fair, Otto is one of the quintessential German names. Possibly only losing to Hans. The thing is that was also one of the top 100 names in America due to German immigrants up until the first World War when it started to become a bad thing to be perceived as "culturally German", but more importantly it's alliterative and has a good ring with Octavius which was clearly the first name chosen given it incorporates the number eight.
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Jul 13, 2017 05:28
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Otto just got bit by radioactive octopus arms, and went a little crazy. He was like an older, fat Peter. Had the aptitude to build his own animal themed mechanical devices. It's better for your psyche to get irradiated when you're younger.
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Jul 13, 2017 05:33
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X-O posted:They're sitting in a box (like a real box, not a comic box) in my closet and I'm too lazy/disinterested in doing the whole ebay thing and shipping them off and I don't need the money so there's no motivating factor in getting rid of them until I need the space in the closet. So it might be Deadpool 3 by the time that happens. I'll buy them for 50 cents and a Darth Vader action figure
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Rhyno posted:LoL, my bad. It's the first appearance of Deadpool. Even poo poo conditioned copies sell for good money!
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Jul 13, 2017 10:20
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Doctor Octopus is a nazi now though so hey it all worked out in the end.
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Jul 13, 2017 13:27
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Just wanted to brag again that I found my copy of NM98 for thirty-five cents.
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Rhyno posted:Because I have a disease I drove an hour out of my way to go look at a comic collection after work tonight. 5 long boxes, nothing special but he said he had a lot of Deadpool issues and Deadpools are easy money right now. He had the two minis, the first 12 of the ongoing from 1997 and a bunch of X-force issues. Not really worth the trip to be honest. He wanted $200, I talked him down to $100 and then struggled to fit the 5 boxes in my Miata. Got home, got unloaded and dumped them in the garage and I'm sitting here alphabetizing them and I've found a complete run of X-Factor from 1-121 (so far), first Apocalypse and Archangel in NM shape and in box #4 I hit his New Mutants stuff. Started at #53 and I'm flipping through and I get to #95 and I swear I got sweaty and my hands went numb and BAM, New Mutants #98. And it's loving flawless. Hell of a score for $100 and two hours out of my day. Lmao drat. So in the end did you rip that guy off since you found all that stuff?
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Jul 13, 2017 15:34
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pubic works project posted:Lmao drat. So in the end did you rip that guy off since you found all that stuff? 50% of Rhyno' stories are about how he ripped someone off. The other 50% is how he hates his customers.
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Jul 13, 2017 15:38
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I don't feel like he ripped him off. The guy just said he had a bunch of Deadpool, and Rhyno paid him accordingly for that. Not Rhyno's fault this guy couldn't do 2 seconds of research, and it's not like he knew New Mutants #98 was in there. I guess to me ripped off implies he knew it was worth more than that, which would require him to know about NM#98 being in the box. Since to my knowledge Rhyno's neither a psychic or a liar, it sounds like dumb luck more than anything.
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Jul 13, 2017 15:43
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Yeah I feel like someone selling a lot like that should know what valuable issues he has in it or it's your own fault. The guy had a price he wanted for it, it's different if like he was asking someone to take a look and make an offer.
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Jul 13, 2017 15:46
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Oh I'm not blaming Rhyno at all. I like Rhyno very much. I'm really stunned just that the guy wouldn't know what he was selling. I guess my question is as a buyer, does Rhyno go through the entire box(es) or just listen to what the person is saying he/she has?
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Jul 13, 2017 15:50
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Pretty much if Rhyno put in all the time and effort to drive out there and sort out all the comics then I don't think he ripped the guy off. The guy should have known what he was selling instead of saying "here are a bunch of comics, give me money".
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Wheat Loaf posted:I've just realised that Doc Ock has a sort of German-sounding accent in the Spider-Man '94 cartoon because it was supposed to tie in with the James Cameron movie which was going to feature Arnold Schwarzenegger as Ock. Probably why he was so buff too. Ghostlight posted:To be fair, Otto is one of the quintessential German names. Possibly only losing to Hans. My dad had an ongoing flame war with a German man named Otto in the 90s, during the BBS era.
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Jul 13, 2017 15:52
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Lol at everyone making up excuses for predatory capitalism because Rhyno does it. Lol
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Jul 13, 2017 16:02
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Predatory capitalism is good no matter who does it.
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Lightning Lord posted:Probably why he was so buff too. I wonder if Cameron was going to put Arnie in the green and orange armour.
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Mr Hootington posted:Lol at everyone making up excuses for predatory capitalism because Rhyno does it. Lol I want you to give me money for my goods. Now that you have given me the money I requested for these goods I want you to know that you are a bad man for giving me money for my goods.
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Jul 13, 2017 16:45
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I didn't see the nm98 until I got home. So yeah, I did rip the dude off I guess. Also 90% of the collection is junk and I spent two hours and gas to get there.
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Jul 13, 2017 16:54
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What are the odds that guy stole the comics? "Deadpool? That guy had a movie, these are probably worth something. New Mutants? Pfft, never heard of it. Probably trash."
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Jul 13, 2017 16:54
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Who knows. But his house was nice and he had none of the usual I STOLE THIS STUFF ticks. We get plenty of people in the store trying to sell stolen poo poo, usually there's a few tells. Like missing teeth.
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Jul 13, 2017 17:00
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Rhyno posted:Who knows. But his house was nice and he had none of the usual I STOLE THIS STUFF ticks. We get plenty of people in the store trying to sell stolen poo poo, usually there's a few tells. You need to write a book.
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Jul 13, 2017 17:06
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The only predatory part is getting the guy down to 50% of his asking but that heavily depends on what the approach was. Comics aren't worth anything. Except when they're worth something.
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Jul 13, 2017 17:08
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I did tell the guy that if he wanted $200 he could bring them into town and the store would buy them but he wanted cash. So maybe stolen, maybe not. We once bought some comics that the seller had taken possession of because his tennents skipped on their rent so he claimed everything they left behind. Nothing spectacular but 3 months later the original owner came into the store raising hell over his "stolen" comics. The law was on our side but that guy was a pain for over a year.
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Jul 13, 2017 17:20
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Clearly what should have been done is Rhyno and the man would have made a written agreement to go through the comics together and Rhyno would pay the man 60% of the worth of the entire lot. A good sum for the man and a tidy profit for Rhyno. But sure make excuses for capitalism. 
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Jul 13, 2017 17:27
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joehonkie posted:You need to write a book. 
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Jul 13, 2017 17:30
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His only mistake was not running the guy over to get his money back.
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Jul 13, 2017 17:39
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This is perfect.
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Jul 13, 2017 17:46
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I'm dyin
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Jul 13, 2017 17:49
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First off, I would buy that book. Second, I totally picture Rhyno's face as exactly that.
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Jul 13, 2017 18:19
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Rhyno looks like a skinny John Byrne with no glasses.
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