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Shazbot
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Bought my first GA a few weeks ago(forgive the crosspost) and although it's nothing remarkable, and pretty beat up, I've been thrilled with it. Just checked the census and with zero copies on the board at any grade I'm now feelin' even groovier about my new oldest book.
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You're fortunate. I'm dead center of NJ and the best I have around me are 2 bobble-head stores masquerading as comic book shops, they also sell $1 box modern dreg. But I digress. Looks like a lot of fun.
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This March of Comics 16 cover looks like it went a few rounds against a steak knife, but I had to have one once I spotted it. Looked around online for a nicer copy but couldn't find a thing so I grabbed it. Such classic, old school Woody, so unlike the much more kiddie-friendly version put out by Dell and GK. The read didn't disappoint, even got Woody in the panels dropping F-bombs like he's Wolverine.
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Been scratching my TV/movie adapt itch recently. Was really excited about these two childhood favorites I bought online, unfortunately both came with major damage that magically didn't show up in the sale photos. 🤔 Back on the Want List they go.
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Tripped over this in one of my boxes today. It's no 9.6 Something Wanted, but it was a nice surprise.
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I'm still trying to figure out how FF 67 is a Warlock cameo and not a full blown first appearance. Makes zero sense to me.
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Stumbled across this at a library book sale tonight, probably doesn't count but it made me think of this thread.
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If you're feeling generous with your time, please and thank you for Blastaar's 1st.
Couple of deep color breaks on the bottom edge fc and 1 on the right edge that look in the pic like they could be tears but aren't. The top fc edge is a bit choppy though. Small pen writing at the very top of page 1.
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They're saying that the competition for this years Thany Awards will be fierce.
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Old Optimus got "missent" in the mail, thankfully tho he found his way home to me.
A post by @Holzar inspired me, thanks, to grab a copy of Blyberg's Warlock cover I didn't realize I needed, and I couldn't be happier about it. 🤘
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On 3/30/2022 at 3:32 PM, Robot Man said:Back story. My younger daughter and her husband are gear heads. She has a vintage Mustang Box 302 and he has a '69 Camaro Z-28. Their daily driver is a new tricked out Gladiator Jeep. They both live out of state and work from home. They both know and love muscle cars. My son in law is good with tools and has taught my daughter to work on her own car.
About 6 months ago she told me she started picking up Hot Wheels off the pegs at the grocery store as well as Target and Walmart. So, being the good dad I was, I started buying them for her when I ran into them. And, being a good comic and junk collector, I started reading up on the internet. I learned all about "Treasure Hunts", "Super Treasure Hunts", ID cars, "Chase" cars and the like. Watched a bunch of unboxing videos and kind of learned what to watch out for.
I have always been all about the hunt. This is a cheap and fun hunt. Being lucky to be the first one on a new box of peg hangers. The cars are also very cool. Detailed and cool colors.
So, I started asking the clerks at stores and kind of figured out what times they put out their stock. You never know what day but I've been pretty good on the times. I don't make a religion out of it like some of these crazed collectors but if I'm in the area, I pop in. Hard to know when they will turn up. There will be long 3-4 weeks of empty pegs then the stores get new boxes.
Been real dry for the past month or so. But on Monday I went into my local 5 minute away Target and the nice lady was loading the racks! Had 1st chance. I don't take them all or multiples but just one of each my daughter would like. This morning, we went to the grocery store early and I was blown away. 4 full boxes of un-picked cars. I have never been this lucky. What a fun rush.
So far, I have avoided the urge to start collecting these. It is hard but I just don't need them. I have put away a few scarcer ones from the stores or the flea market but not many. I look for the comic book and pop culture ones. Like dollar comics and often not worth a whole lot (except a few).
One thing I have found. Hot Wheel collectors love their cars intensly. Generally, it's not about the money but the love of the vehicles and the thrill of the hunt. There are greedy DBs like anywhere, but most are very generous and genuine. I have had guys give me some of the better cars. They actually seem to go out of their way to help each other. Refreshing coming from the cut throat world of comic collectors who seem to value money far more than the books themselves.
Anybody else here into these diecast beauties?
Photos: 1.) The untouched rack at the grocery store this morning. Nice surprise after such a long drought. 4 untouched boxes and nobody there except me! 2.) A few scarcer cars I've run into and put away for myself.
My daughter started "collecting" Hot Wheels when she was two. She loves cars and trucks, and she got ahold of a couple beat up Hot Wheels my wife once stuck in my Christmas stocking & ever since she's loved them. Never bought anything old or valuable, just buy whatever's groovy at the supermarket, so I wouldn't say we're "collectors" per say, just enjoying them. Here's some pics we took a short while ago. I mostly dig the weird stuff & the mopars.
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Stopped by a friends house who was on his way to pick up his "weeklys", whatever that meant, but I was up for a ride. While he did his thing I looked around and grabbed a couple of impulse buys, a $1 box FF #254 and an off-the-rack WoS #76. Believe it or not, after reading that ridiculous WoS, I actually went back for more. I think it was the FF despite it being an uneventful filler issue, that kept me in the game.
They're the only two books I kept when I had to sell my first collection. I can still smell the large, light, extra sweet deli coffee I spilled all over the Spidey.
That's how my comic book days began, with 2 terrible books, one of which I destroyed within hours. I dare say I haven't really gotten all that much better at this.
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This GA Bunny that vexes me!
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Bought this book knowing, based on some of the seller's descriptions, it might not be the March of Comics #9 that I was hoping for. I still have questions.
it was listed as a soft cover children's book & by title only; The Story of the Gloomy Bunny, same as MoC 9. No pictures were provided, and while I'm sure I could have requested some, it was cheap enough to gamble on. Whatever it turned out to be I'd find a place for it.
It arrived today. It's definitely the same story as the MoC. Same story title. Indicia states K.K. As the publisher same as MoC, it's a giveaway like MoC with a children's clothing store advert on the back. The front cover arts are identical, though my background appears to have faded from blue to green-ish.
The indicia however doesn't mention MoC. I've read this is the case for some of the earlier MoC issues, but nothing regarding issue #9 specifically. MoC wouldn't appear on the cover so that's no help. My book's indicia states a copyright of 1946 but not a publication date. Whereas MoC 9 apparently has a pub date of 1947, although I can't actually verify that.
My book has 10 pages of story and art, it's dimensions are 8"x10", printed on what I'm guessing was the same newspaper stock as MoC at the time. Unfortunately, while the art is abundant and very lovely, it's definitely a story book not a comic book.
So my questions, if anyone knows and would be kind enough to answer(and has stuck it through to the end of this diatribe): Was this story definitely published as a comic book at around the same time they published it in such a similar fashion as a story book? Was that unusual at the time? Or did this story book, for some Golden Age weirdness reason, just get mixed into the MoC series in this form?
Anyway, thanks. Here's some pics.