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I did some homework and the rest of the McFarlenes are plentiful but not this one. Wish I had hung onto the 50 I bought when they came out

My favorite personally. (thumbs u I'm not disputing these prices but what makes this relatively common in high grade (17 9.8 132 9.6) book worth 50-80 X 9.2 Guide? I love the cover also and do not follow modern prices but there sure are a LOT of other things I'd spend $1000 on than a McFarlane Spidey as much as I liked reading them. Are other issues other than 300 getting similar prices? How about 316?

The Det is a nothing book in and of itself. The suspense is a very special book. The cover is terrific and the resale upside is a much larger following than pre Batman Detectives. One of the most sought after books out there is Suspense 3

In 30+ years of collecting I've never seen a copy of the "common" ST 1 with the ads either as interior or exterior back cover

Interesting thread I'm sorry I didn't see sooner. Those of you that know me know I've been around a long time and graded hundreds of thousands of books. But.. they were by Overstreet standards that I helped formulate back in the 80's. I was on a grading panel at San Diego before CGC came into existence and I remember Steve Fischler saying he didn't need anyone to tell him how to grade a book.I made the now idiotic statement that I didn't think comic collectors would support slabbing books because they wanted to look at the insides. Couldn't have been more wrong. When CGC came into existence I person_without_enough_empathyed and moaned as they were not using Overstreet standards. Some of the things I complained about were very high grades on books with bad pages and CGC's ignoring of off center cuts. People are now looking at both. But I'm off point. I was and am an expert grader of comics by Overstreet standards. I am not, however, an expert grader based on CGC standards. CGC standards are now accepted by this market. CGC can be off but so can I. I sent the same copy of a She-Hulk 1 in twice got a 9.4 the first time and a 9.6 the second. The book was a NM+ by Overstreet standards but I could easily have graded it NM. CGC looks for things on new books that I simply can't detect. Having submitted hundreds and purchased thousands of CGC graded books, I'm getting better at predicting CGC grades but am not an expert by their standards. I haven't graded thousands of books using their standards and freely admit I'm clouded by the vast number I graded by Overstreet standards. I suspect the "expert" grader this guy is using is someone with a lot of comic experience but not CGC. His expert simply is not a CGC expert. As someone has already pointed out, the difference between a 9.4 and 9.8 on a new book may be microscopic. Don't complain about CGC. They are the new experts and if he wants to complain to anyone it should be to his expert who obviously doesn't know the difference between a 9.4 and 9.8 CGC new comic. Stop complaining and get a new expert or just buy already graded books. keith contarino

I'd seriously like to know exactly what he's spraying on the book. Whatever it is, how would one detect it and how would one know it wouldn't harm the book down the road? I knew a guy back in the 70's that would put scotch tape over the staples of every book he bought to protect the staples from rusting. Against sound advice he did this to a Showcase 4, FF 1, AF 15 among others. Wouldn't call it restoration, just stupidity

Hey! To whomever I sold some Bethlehem Dennis giants, I found some more. I put one up on Ebay. keith contarino

Thanks. Hope to win. I should add that Mr Rosa did the cover many,many years ago. My favorite Duck book would love to own highest graded copy

Does anyone have a really nice FC 367 for sale? I have 3 copies and paid Don Rosa to do a color cover recreation that I'll put up when I get my card reader for my new Mac. It's gorgeous keith

Scott, I thouoght Doug did come forward on another post. In private conversations he has assured me I have nothing to worry about as far as my books and money are concerned and I believe him keith

Admittedly I'm WAY late on this thread but have read it through and find it very interesting. 15-20 years ago, it was generally accepted that the bronze Age began when Marvel stopped TTA, TOS, and Strange Tales and gave Iron Man,Subby, Cap, and dr dtrange their own books. Silver surfer #1 also appeared and had his origin. This took place over a few months in 1968. Of course, two years earlier, JIMwas stopped and Thor took over with issue #126. I really didn't give this much thought but didn't really like this arbitrary beginning. I see on this thread a great deal of interest in subscribing the start to a specific book, so here's my two cents worth. I didn't buy Showcase #4 on the stands but did get a Flash 105 in my Easter Basket when I was 7 or 8.I was immediately enthralled. Up until then, I was only reading funny animals and Archie publications, and superman/Batman books. The Flash was new and different. The reason the Silver Age starts with Showcase #4 and not Detective 225 or Ff1, was it was the first book that shook up the industry. It was new, exciting and headed comics in a new direction. What Marvel did in 1968 was just continue their old characters in new titles. I didn't find any of them particularly interesting and had already tired of DC. The only thing I still read was an occasional Barks Scrooge. Comics for me and others I grew up with had become boring. One of you probably has better numbers but I believe sales were off then also. Then one day while sitting in a bus station in 1970 waiting to go back to college, I saw a book on the spinning shelf I had never heard of, It was Conan #1 and after reading it I was back, and it seemed a lot of others were too. To me, it's the seminal Bronze book and set the stage for the deluge that followed. Kirby's Fourth World, Spidey Drug Issues,Hulk 181, New X-Men all are important Bronxe books but IMHO Conan kick started it. I'd also remind people that the new X-Men didn't take off until issue 108. I had already started doing comic shows in the mid to late 70's and remember not being able to move any new X-Men even mint copies of 94. After Byrne took over all hell broke loose and the rest is history. I also don't mean to diss the Adams Green Lanterns. As a run, they're still among my favorites and 76 is all but impossible to find in high grade but I think Conan started it all/ keith contarino