Welcome to our freshly-updated web site offering a wide assortment of scarce comic books and related material.In order to stay competitive in a post-eBay/CGC world, I try to specialize these days in the scarce and obscure while also fielding a decent representation of traditional super hero staples.
It has been a long strange journey for me in the comics business since I set up at my first comicon in Houston, Texas in June 1967 as a 14 year old teenager, full of enthusiaism for all things comics following a 28 hour Greyhound bus ride from here in Fremont. I co-opened my first comic book store way back in August 1972 in Berkeley with Bud Plant and John Barrett. Within a year, we had a chain operation in 3 more Bay Area locations. Since then, the business has metamorphed wildly over the decades. I operated comics-oriented stores for some 22 years in the Bay Area before deciding to spend more time concentrating on comics history research for an upcoming comprehensive comics business history book I hope to finish up soon.
Your thoughts, offers and steady orders over the years have been deeply appreciated. Much of the funds I raise go into funding my research.
ALTERNATES APPRECIATED
All items are subject to prior sale, many are quite scarce, so please list alternate choices whenever possible since a good number of items are one of a kind, subject to selling out.
MINIMUM ORDER
$20.00
DISCOUNTS
We tend to offer a 20% discount on orders net totalling over $100 on most all items from the 1960s-1980s. Sometimes on "key" items i cannot go that high. Conversely, there are many an item from the 1960s up I would cheerfully discount further if they have been kicking around for a while.
Discounts on earlier material as the spirit moves me.
GETTING IT
Please enclose $7 for shipping and insurance on all orders net below $100.00 sent out Priority 2nd Day Air. Most orders shipped within 48 hours.
Overseas orders: exact shipping is charged. Insurance at your option.
PAYMENT OPTIONS
We Accept For Purchase:
Checks /Money Order: Please make payable to Robert Beerbohm
VISA, Mastercard, Am Ex, Discover Card: call, email, fax or mail with your number, expiration date. If you would like to charge your order, and have never done so before with us, you have got to send in your signature authorizing us to use the card number, along with your address and phone number.
SATISFACTION
Returns are only accepted within the first 7 days on any item you are unhappy with, so please check over your order carefully upon receipt. Please contact us first before shipping any item back. We strive for customer satisfaction as we wish for you to want to come back and dip into our well.
GRADING
All items are graded to Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide Standards as well as into taking into account CGC concepts as well. Once we get into "8" and "9" territory, these are gorgeous un-circulated looking copies. The differences in grades become almost imperceptible to the naked eye the higher the number.
9.6 NM Near Mint Plus
9.4 NM Near Mint
9.2 NM- Near Mint Minus
9.0 VFNM Very Fine to Near Mint
8.5 VF+ Very Fine Plus
8.0 VF Very Fine
7.5 VF- Very Fine Minus
7.0 FVF Very Fine to Fine
6.5 F+ Fine Plus
6.0 F Fine
5.5 F- Fine Minus
5.0 VGF Fine to Very Good
4.5 VG+ Very Good Plus
4.0 VG Very Good
3.5 VG- Very Good Minus
3.0 GVG Very Good to Good
2.5 G+ Good Plus
2.0 G Good
1.5 G- Good Minus
1.0 Fair Fair
.5 P Poor
using plus (+) and minus (-) on either side of each grade.
WP: White Paper
OWP: Off White Paper
If an item is notated as WP, it has bone white paper, which I think is way more important that a few spine stress reading bends for longevity of preservation. Below the above paper designations, we also employ Slightly, Yellow, Yellowing as well as Slightly Tanning to help you ascertain how well preserved you wish your artifact from us. We offer almost nothing brittle - and the few brittle paper items we offer are very clearly noted as such.
We do not grade anything Mint as something slight can be "found" on most items printed on paper. We have many items which look as fresh and supple as the day they were printed, but you will never see us grade it Mint.
Specialties:
DISCOUNTS: Many items of our comics material from the 1960s up is eligible for a 20% to upwards of a 50% off discount on the stack depending on what you have picked out. Discounts on earlier stuff as the spirit moves me. I wish to turn over most of what you see on this web site and am always interested in making happy-camper customers into long-term friends.
WANT LISTS: Don't see exactly what you are looking for on our web site? Then send us your want list to [email protected] and we will keep our eyes peeled for the treasures you seek. Having been in this hobby for over 40 years, I know where a lot of out-of-print stuff lives.
E-Bay: Please check us on E-Bay, where you can find great deals on all sorts of comics and memorabilia- New listings daily. Our E-Bay Store ID is BLBcomics
Our Website:
WWW.BLBCOMICS.COM
Our Business Policies and Services
Shipping:
Shipping will be determined once an entire order is assembled. We have a great deal of varied-sized artifacts. Generally, most people go for the Superman size comic books we carry, so shipping is easy to figure out.
Policies:
We have a (14) day return option if you inform us prior to shipping. That enables us to inform you of possible shipping instructions to be determined. Letting us serve you as a reliable source for the wonderful world of comics & related artifacts is a way of life for us. We strive for customer satisfaction. Thanks for Browsing!
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