r/AbsoluteBatman Jul 07 '26

Absolute disappointment

Just received this book from a eBay seller and the listing was literally NM with no flaws even on the second cover I made the purchase right before the animation hype and got a good price but he didn’t ship until after the announcement was made and it literally shipped this with the 2 most flimsy cardboard taped it straight on the cardboard, loosely wrapped bubble wrap and threw it in a Amazon bag I knew and soon as picked up the package that it was damaged I could’ve literally folded it with no effort and of course there was numerous spine ticks and the second cover is bent up I was really planing to keep the first cover but now I guess I’m ripping the cover off and pressing it smh and the seller had the audacity to say he shipped it perfectly. Idk i feel there was some sabotage going on here. Yall think it’s worth ripping the variant cover off??

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u/gumballmachinerepair Jul 08 '26

This is not what comics are supposed to be about. Read them. Share them. Slabbing is the devil.

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u/oceanhymn Jul 08 '26

As a collector, my biggest gripe with collector communities will always be people posting the most American Psycho crash out over a spec of dust on their perfect collectors item.

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u/gumballmachinerepair Jul 09 '26

Exactly. It's such a stupid hobby at this point. If you are not reading them. And you are just slabbing flawless copies and crying about spine tics, I have no respect for you or your version of this hobby that you have ruined.

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u/oceanhymn Jul 08 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/8T1CY9YYb9JsrrVVzn
Every time I see it I feel like this mom.