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Alpha Flight #5

Artist: John Byrne (All)

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Artwork Details

Title:	Alpha Flight #5
Artist:	John Byrne (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	457
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	7
Added to Site:	11/5/2017
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A really nice page from Alpha Flight, which ended up sparking an other than nice battle. This was 100 years ago, and at this point I'm simply curious over the fate of this page. I bought it on eBay, for about a tenth of what it would fetch now, from seller Rider53 with the email address of Joybethl@aol.com (the 'aol' tells you this was old). He sent me an empty box, then tried to collect the insurance from FedEx for himself. Real class act. He did the same to 2 other people on eBay as well. Anyway, I never got the page, never got my money back, eBay was no help, and the Chicago Police suggested I take a baseball bat and settle it myself.

I always wondered what happened to the page. Was it resold? Is it forever lost? Does Rider53 still have it? Did anyone get it? If you know anything to finish this story out for me, please share it.

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	Steven Payne
Joined:	March 2005
Last Login:	August 2025
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comicinkking. com
Member Since 2004

Posted on 11/5/2017

I used to own a bunch of pages from this book - and got them all from the same source (not your guy). In fact, I passed on a few of them (foolishly). This page was never among the bunch though - I�ve never seen it before. I�m assuming he posted a scan of the b&w art in the auction?

Steven Payne
Member Since 2005

Posted on 11/5/2017

comicinkking. com wrote:

He did post a B&W scan of the original art. He'd sold several pages over the years on eBay, but his last few deals he seems to have conned everyone before finally voluntarily getting off the site.

comicinkking. com
Member Since 2004

Posted on 11/5/2017

Steven Payne wrote:

He did post a B&W scan of the original art. He'd sold several pages over the years on eBay, but his last few deals he seems to have conned everyone before finally voluntarily getting off the site.

Where was he based?

Steven Payne
Member Since 2005

Posted on 11/7/2017

comicinkking. com wrote:

Where was he based?

California, if I remember correctly. Don't remember the exact city, but it was outside of LA.

comicinkking. com
Member Since 2004

Posted on 11/7/2017

Steven Payne wrote:

California, if I remember correctly. Don't remember the exact city, but it was outside of LA.

What a coincidence. That�s where my guy was from.

Steven Payne
Member Since 2005

Posted on 11/7/2017

comicinkking. com wrote:

What a coincidence. That�s where my guy was from.

Hmmmmm. Wouldn't doubt it was the same guy. Like I said, he hit a few more people before he fled from eBay. You run into it once and awhile - luckily people like that are very rare. Still, it will sting a bit here and there. Was it eBay you encountered him through?

David L
Member Since 2015

Posted on 11/7/2017

Wish I knew where the cover was!

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