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Damn. Master Race just missed at $600K compared to $657K for Hulk 180 page.

This one's also not mine, but reminds me of Bird's new rack, but sort of twice the rack:

That Dell postage stamp rack's not mine. But, I do have a line on one I hope to get some day. My rack collection right now is limited to a GA DC, SA DC, SA Marvel, BA Richie/Spidey/Supes/Archie, SA Gold Key, GA Dell, GA/SA Classics Illustrated, 40s Dell paperbacks, and 50s/60s Signet paperbacks, and this one - my favourite:

Those numbers are actually pretty frightening. The average price for a slab is $196. That's a thin profit margin for folks trying to buy raw, press, and slab. I wonder how many slabs sell for less than $100 per month, and how many top $500 per month.

Great price! I use my racks for DC Archives, Marvel Masterworks, and other similar books. Your new rack is sort of a modern version of the famous Dell "Postage Stamp" racks - but instead of having three back to back slot rows, your's has two:

Good to know. I'm not a huge New Mutants fan, but I bought them when they came out and they've been unread since. I've got a Marvel Graphic Novel 4 cgc 9.4 white (1 original owner - me), I'd be happy to unload at discounted price to a boardie if someone wants one.

Anyone care about the New Mutants?

My most recent rack pick-ups: Silver Age Marvel flat three wide rack sign: 50s or 60s Classics Illustrated rack topper: Dell paperbacks rack:

You guys might enjoy the thread on comic racks on the Golden Age board (also covers SA and BA racks) as it has pictures of a lot of racks and toppers not seen on this thread:

Personally, I'd top out at $250 or under. It's a cool rack, but it is modern with no painted logs or link to any specific publisher. These days, you can get a cool retro rack for around $350. But, then again, I've been known to pay $250 for just a rack topper sign. So who am I to judge.

I'm not going for "best," I'm going for "most important." And I think the argument for X-Men 1 is pretty strong. It's the first book that had a strong central storyline with a very prominent moral center beyond cops and robbers, and it is a storyline which has more than lasted the test of time.

X-Men 1. In X-Men 1, the thread of morality that Stan had been building in the Marvel Universe burst into full flower. As he put it: "“All of our characters were freaks in their own way. The greatest example was with X-Men — they were hated because they were different. The idea I had, the underlying theme, was that just because somebody is different doesn’t make them better. . . . That seems to be the worst thing in human nature.” The moral views that Stan interjected into comics, first hesitantly, then allegorically, and then full-throated (as in the 1968 Soap Box after MLK and RFK were killed) were what made Marvel different: His words, sadly, are still true. If only more people took the quote "With great power comes great responsibility" seriously.

Stan Lee's place in comic history is secure. The value of Stan Lee signatures, I think, are not. As this point, I prefer to remember Stan the Man, not focus on the insufficiently_thoughtful_person-frenzy to purchase product readily available.

Also not a GA rack, but this thing is unique enough that it deserves being saved for posterity - a classic easy to find red/white/blue "Hey Kids" rack, BUT this one has one of its four sides devoted to Spire Christian Comics (and that's clearly original):

MM, Thought you might like to see this beat up old Dell rack I picked up a year ago. I think I'm going to gently restore this one:

Thought you might enjoy seeing this:

Not a GA rack, but since you posted the Marvel racks I thought I'd put up these two new Marvel rack toppers I've seen. The first I just picked up and goes on a wire rack with three slots across: The second is a mystery to me. It's slightly bigger than the topper nnaid posted above (the lower topper in the picture below). Nnaid's topper fits on a wire rack with two rows across. This new one is slightly wider and a slightly different design: Also, a while back, Hake's sold a rack topper with the same graphic as my new piece:

New classics illustrated rack topper I just picked up. There's another on eBay for $100. Have you seen it before?

I think you could only date it as being within a year of the comics pictured.

An old rack topper.

A new flyer for the thread:

Here's a great picture of one of my favourite Dell racks in the wild: That's an Uncle Scrooge 22, so this picture was taken in 1958!

You have a different view of the term "iconic" than I do, but based on the inference that what you want are 80s toy or tv/movie covers, how about: Black Hole Amethyst (?) Atari Force Team America I can't take this anymore! Use Mike's Amazing newsstand and you'll see them.

Never interacted with a mod. Should not be needing to interact with one now.

And Bucky makes you fee good about Captain America? Let's face it, of the kid sidekicks Robin is the best. He has the best origin. He has the best rationale. He makes the most sense for the hero. Rip-offs like Bucky are just embarrassing examples of trying to jump on a trend. And, for me, the little Bucky circle that overlays Captain America on the cover of CA 1 is just one of many reasons I view CA 1 as a clunky composition that is not that great cover.