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So it's the author going to blame Ethel's appearance and behavior on the comics rather than disinterested parents? Makes sense, carry on. I mean, look at us

Going to school in Middlesbrough and Leeds I didn't meet another kid who read or collected comics until I was 16. Or at least the didn't publicly acknowledge it...

That's the only reason to get into this line of work, Cherry picking the best, selling the rest. Isn't that what they all do anyway 🤣

Would be quite cool working there. Anyone bringing in a comic collection would be told their cents copies are worthless and all pence variants/stamps scanned for this thread first of course.

It's only ten minutes away from me

What he actually says is they came out the day before. So.... They must have been printed weeks ahead of the cents copies, sent over on the ships, distributed by T&P who then released them the exact day before they were released back in the US. Seems reasonable.

I sold about 3500 back in 2021. Took a hit but it was satisfying getting rid of lots of comics that really didn't mean much to me. And with the proceeds I got a nice GSXM1 just before it took off. So I ended up with about 5500 which is now 6000 of major title runs. Having just read this thread I am now wondering if I should cull again. I collect the major marvel character runs but I could easily cut that off when the first volumes stopped in 96. Other than ASM, I'm not really interested in owning them. As someone else mentioned as well, I will sell as one and maybe take another hit but it's nice to clear the space sometimes.

Ladies and gentlemen, the king of the pence variants........

There's a great question, what is the longest run you can get in UKPPVs? Sure Steve can tell us in a second. Was thinking it might be Two in One but remembered the early ones were ND here..

Want sure where to put this but it needs sharing. All from the same seller: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KID-COLT-OUTLAW-109-March-1963-Jack-Kirby-art-Marvel-Comic-No-back-cover/325415976813?hash=item4bc44dbf6d:g:RCIAAOSwaABjaiI1&pageci=aa0b37c2-4c3a-486b-b8cb-6d7b49bdb44d&redirect=mobile https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JOURNEY-INTO-MYSTERY-83-Original-Back-Cover-August-1962-Marvel-No-comic/325431629835?hash=item4bc53c980b:g:c4cAAOSwbt9jCEMD&pageci=92be532b-c246-482b-8650-e70c197ed8c7&redirect=mobile https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TALES-OF-SUSPENSE-33-Sept-1962-Kirby-Ditko-comic-Marvel-no-back-cover/325398034686?hash=item4bc33bf8fe:g:kWIAAOSw21pjV98p&pageci=0f1725a9-b7bc-4164-8610-a0c3773e9b20&redirect=mobile Has also sold "back covers" of AF15 (2 copies), ASM 1,and an FF5 in recent months as well as other comics without back covers. Pretty certain there is no way of knowing that a particular back cover is from a particular issue if there are no parts of the front still attached. Tried reporting one of the listings but it wouldn't allow me to say why I thought it might be fraudulent.

What was his link to comics?

Haven't seen that before but it's very cool. I never dreamed as little kid they could have done what they have with the MCU. It was just me and my dad back then who had any interest in these silly little comics from America.

I agree. Surely the bags should have pence not centres prices on? Don't think the seller is scamming but it doesn't seem right to me. I would have been about 7 then and don't remember ever seeing these.

I wonder if he ever laid awake at night thinking about Kirby and Ditko? Or was he so drawn by the fame and adulation that he actually believed his own tales?

Lots of bookshops or stalls would do that, 3 old for 1 out 2 for 1. It was a bit before my time to be honest but my dad did this a lot in Middlesbrough and Leeds in the 60s and 70s. He said that was how me kept reading in the early 80s when my parents had no money. Also explains why there were much less DC in the collection from that period 😂 he cashed them in for marvel he once told me.

That is silly money for #8. Assume this makes it the most valuable Marvel UK issue (except maybe the 180/181 reprints? Don't think #24 commands a premium compared to other issues around it but a nice copy with the free gift is always going to be more desirable. I loved this series and remember it as it was issue, even though I was only 4🙂 Edited for spelling

Great thread. Growing up in late seventies in the North East of England, comics were everywhere. Every newsagent had them, every market had at least one stall full of them. And we had of course US comics but also British comics, Disney reprints and Marvel UK. There was so much choice. By the mid 80s we'd moved to Leeds and then Odyssey 7 opened up (sister store to the Manchester shop). It was great but being an introverted teenager I was intimidated by the older staff and customers. I do remember they got a copy of X Men #2 in for £25. I would stare at it for ages. I preferred the comic stall in the indoor market ran by Ron, Skyrack Books. Had a pull list with him. In about 88 at some point when Punisher was doing well I found an ASM 129 in his stock. Priced the same as surrounding issues at £3. It was going for about £100 at the time. He obviously hadn't realised he had a copy. It was a Monday and I'd gone into town to buy some new release records. There was an assistant working the stall who clearly knew nothing about the stock. I saw the 129 and couldn't believe it. Worse thing though, I didn't have enough money to buy it. Things were tight back then. Ron would let you leave a deposit and pay later, or in instalments so that's what I had to do. I sweated all week, worried that he wouldn't let me have the issue so cheap, make up an excuse or something. Credit to him he did. But when I went on the Saturday and told him I had some comic put away he saw what it was and was clearly annoyed. But he did let me have it. He was a nice guy. Spending time flipping through rows and rows of comics was a time in my childhood that I would always feel happy doing. Nice memories.

CGC need to recognise their responsibilities to the community here as well. There are a lot of new (and old) collectors out there who would believe what the label and the less- than- fully- honest dealer says when they describe a comic as a first appearance when really it's a six year old reprint. Already happened on at least one listing which was discussed earlier.

Hey Jimmers. Hang in there mate.

I had the notification too. Suppose this copy will end up pressed and graded, wonder where it will end up.

My dad collected. Had read comics since he was a kid and collected them since he discovered Marvel in 1962. So they were there before me. The first I remember are cover dated October and November 1976. I was 4 and comics helped me to learn to read. I wasn't allowed access to dad's collection, only the ones he passed to me, but I was in. I remember being at a market stall and asking if I could buy a particular comic. Power Man 23. My first back issue, I would have been 5 I suppose. My parents split in 1980 and the collection went with dad and he ended up selling and losing the real gems. My mam moved us away and I had no comics in my life for maybe 3 years. Visiting dad over the summer got me back into them. He moved the collection to my house. I was 14 with over 5000, mainly marvel, dating back to the 60s. I realise now lucky and amazing that was. Dad stopped buying in the late 80s so by the time I left school I was buying around 30 titles a month plus back issues when I could. The early 90s frenzy put me off, especially variant covers, and I stopped collecting. I sold the lot in 1995, a day I'll never forget (I try not to regret it but...). Got back into collecting in 2008 because I had more money now and because I was looking them up on ebay and seeing how cheap Marvel 2 in 1 were 😂 (Always loved the title and it was the first one I completed when I started back up). I am glad that my dad got to see my collection before dementia took hold in the last few years. We had a complicated relationship but comics always united us. I think this collection is my way of replacing the original one he started back in 1962 with AF15.

Boomers versus millennials. 🙄 Thought I'd opened Twitter for a moment. What we need to recognise is that the world as it is today is the product of people in their 40s, 50s, 60s etc. They were the ones that built the modern world not people currently in their 20s, 30s. And yeah, modern comics are not as fun (for me) as older ones also.

The seller of the slabbed Mystic 40 seems to be deliberately playing on this labeling error as well. If someone buys this book at 5k and then understands what it really is I do wonder what recourse they might have against cgc and /or the seller. It's a clear misrepresentation of a product. How is this any different than labelling Marvel Tales 137 as an AF15?

Although I'd been reading them for a while, the first comic I chose to buy from the shop was Power Man 23 from a stall in the Shambles in Stockton. It had a huge 5 on the cover. I know comics were throwaway back in the day but they could've had some respect for the covers. Yet still we bought them..

I remember Stateside a Tec 27 on the wall, fine minus I think for £15000. Will have been in 89 in the Batman frenzy over the summer. I've been to a few of Golden Orbit marts but the choice is smaller and lots of non comic stuff that doesn't interest me anymore.