Seadevils

Beautiful Spidey 11 man.

That's where I may have to use my AF 15 for leverage. I suppose if you find someone who wants an AF 15... Probably easier to sell your AF 15 and use the cash to garner a deal, but you may have to pay a premium (as most do with this book). However, AF 15 is not nearly as rare as SC 4 and realistically to the collectors that want this book it may be a bit of apples and oranges. Not to say it wouldn't work, but it isn't necessarily that easy. My reco would be to find a dealer on the boards you trust and have them help you find a great copy and then pay FMV. Darn,,,that posting was a goof...my error..let me try this a again. Definitely several people have been offering to take it off my hands. Decent offers at that. I know...the Showcase crowd are usually hardcore DC and the AF 15 are usually Marvelites. However...I appreciate both. For the reasons I have the Spidey comic a marvel buff may hold an SC4. The book just fell into my lap locally...I paid a premium but had it right in my hand and realized an opportunity and scarfed it as it was a great investment. I know SC4 is more scarce for sure. I've had a few of them over the years.

That's where I may have to use my AF 15 for leverage. I suppose if you find someone who wants an AF 15... Probably easier to sell your AF 15 and use the cash to garner a deal, but you may have to pay a premium (as most do with this book). Definitely several people been offering to take it off my hands. Decent offers at that. I know. The Showcase crowd are usually hardcore DC and the AF 15 are usually Marvelites. However...I appreciate both. For the reasons I have the Spidey comic A marvel buff may hold an SC4. Just fell into my lap and was a great investment. However, AF 15 is not nearly as rare as SC 4 and realistically to the collectors that want this book it may be a bit of apples and oranges. Not to say it wouldn't work, but it isn't necessarily that easy. My reco would be to find a dealer on the boards you trust and have them help you find a great copy and then pay FMV.

That's where I may have to use my AF 15 for leverage.

Holy Toledo, I sold a nice 6.0 about 10 or 12 years ago for $5000! And in 2000 I sold an awesome SC22 for $6000 was probably a 9.2 or better. Just shoot me now!!! I recall selling a Captain Action boxed Spider-Man outfit in 1992 for $1500 that I picked up in 1991 for $900. In 1995 I was offered $15k if I still had it. Who knew who knew......

What should I expect to pay for a Showcase 4 in 5.0 5.5 and 6.0 today. And...are there any available? I have a coverless one that I may would sell also. Sorry I haven't read too much into this thread yet.

Yes, it is pre-marvel chipping. Very common for this book and does not affect the grade at all. I think you have a shot at a 4.0 here. Just that CGC is very strict on staining so I wouldn't be surprised if it graded out as a 3.5. When did the Marvel chipping first come about? I have actually seen a few DC's that had this defect from printing.

The grey sky on mine really does have a slight hint of blue. Try retaking your pics under better lighting? Seems that 7.5 should look better than that.

I took my photos without flash right at my glass patio door cloudy day. Are you guys taking pics under tungsten yellowish light? Makes a difference.

Now those colors pop!! Very attractive! Centering is kinda kiltered to lower left a bit...But man...no Marvel chipping. I'm jealous. Wanna trade

Thanks Brannon. People keep bugging me to get it slabbed. I'm still stubborn.

That's what attracted me to the book. The darn colors are so striking. I've seen much higher graded examples that look so yellowed or have soiling over the yellow title and in the gray sky background. Colors are about the brightest I've seen on one of these. The inks are so shiny which seemed unusual to me for this book. Stock paper quality was not the best on these you know. Local guys around here think it's a 4.0 or better. Comic shop owner thought it could be as high as an 5.0. I know betterin' that. Hey...as much as I paid I hope it's at least a 4.0. I'm just a stubborn hard grader. Old school before the slab days.

I paid an awful lot for it...make an offer.

Decided to pull (very carefully) from bag...piece still hangin' on there... Centering is pretty good top to bottom but is off to left a wee bit. Spine has a slight hint of a roll. Back cover has a water stain upper left and pages stick out a bit. A shame the defects because the colors are so vibrant and shiny and not a lot of soiling as many of these seem to have. Also I haven't seen much Marvel chipping where pieces are not missing. (only reason I bought the book). Can't stand the chipping and of course it is a scarce and highly coveted issue in any grade. It's decent and okay for a low grader. Supposedly from a one owner original collection along with some other Marvels the guy got in his store a couple years back. Book hadn't seen light of day since the 70's from what I understood. I'll post pics at the "Spare a grade" forum and get opinions on where it stands. I still believe a 3.5 at best. Perhaps not.

Sorry...quite a bit of a glare from being inside the bag. Shiny light spot at mid spine is just reflection. The oily look to the dark brown area upper right is also from the bag. Just a reflection

Picked this copy up a while back from the local comic shop from a one owner collection. Haven't been on the boards in a long while so this is the first time I've shown it. Unfortunately it has the Marvel chipping...however nothing is missing...the main bad thing is there's a tiny piece hanging on by a thread so I dared not remove from bag to take pic. Otherwise this is a nice clean...unsoiled...well centered bright copy that I hesitate to grade. I'm afraid to have it slabbed as the piece hanging on by a thread will most surely become a detached floater inside the plastic case. (any thoughts on that?) Upper left spine has a slight bang and tear to it... What do you all think? Is it a 3.5? or worse?

I'm just getting the hang of posting again guys and also had to figure out how to access my old photo-bucket account. Everything was still there. I'll post more stuff soon.

Hey silver! Long time no hear. Lost your phone # a long time ago and haven't been on the boards in 5 years. Yep...I found that Panda in a recent Ebay lot of 10 books and they did not mention the issue # but I spotted it looked like a decent copy. Metropolis has 3 rags for sale and are over-priced. I got lucky with this one. Final issue and tough to get.

Glad to see you posting in the FA thread John. Love this Funny Stuff cover. One I do not have. Now how did I miss that awesome looking Real Screen issue at Ebay? I'm always checking for those.

John, The Fox and Crow had several cartoons in the early 40's. I know some of the other characters were done as well. Do a search on You Tube. for the Fox and the Grapes. You'll have to sift thru all the other Fox and Grape stuff but hopefully the DC characters are still on there. I think I found 2 different Fox andf Crow cartoons uploaded there a couple years back and several months back they were still there. The comics arfe much funnier than the cartoons in my opinion however.

See? I knew I couldn't have gotten them all. REVISED LIST ... Fox and the Crow... Stanley and His Monster? -- The Fox and the Crow title change, but it's debatable whether Stanley's monster is funny or an animal. Jack I was going to mention Stanley & His Monster but they didn't come along until the late 60's and I do not consider Funny Animal really. I categorize that under Funny Characters, Teens, Satire, etc. Not Funny Animal. No debate to me. Most of the characters are regular cartoon folks not animals. Now if we're going to include all Funny Animals into the Bronze age..Then don't forget about the 7 issue Three Mouseketeers series 2. And you mayt as well include all 13 Rudolphs. The last Rudolph (comic, not treasury) was 1962/63 was it not? I should have said a list of all 10 cent DC FA titles. I tend to lose interest when they go to 12 cents. If someone wants to expand the list past SA, go for it. I think an issue of "It's Game Time", # 2 maybe contains Dodo and the Frog. The last Rudolph...though not numbered but dated 1962-63 is a 25cent giant/annual.

tough little run, you are closer than anyone else I have seen. Well, except for Ian I guess.... I've heard all about Ian and his complete DC collection. Too bad I came along after all of that. Is he still around?

And if Stanley were included....then you'd have to include Angel and Ape. However Like Stanley...the Angel & Ape are not Funny Animal.

See? I knew I couldn't have gotten them all. REVISED LIST ... Fox and the Crow... Stanley and His Monster? -- The Fox and the Crow title change, but it's debatable whether Stanley's monster is funny or an animal. Jack I was going to mention Stanley & His Monster but they didn't come along until the late 60's and I do not consider Funny Animal really. I categorize that under Funny Characters, Teens, Satire, etc. Not Funny Animal. No debate to me. Most of the characters are regular cartoon folks not animals. Now if we're going to include all Funny Animals into the Bronze age..Then don't forget about the 7 issue Three Mouseketeers series 2. And you mayt as well include all 13 Rudolphs.