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From the album: Australian Disney Comics Vol 1: Giant series G1 - G699
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@mycomicshop might have some thoughts.
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For the best this time.
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I have lots of cracked books. Here are a few. The only ones I don't crack out are high grade and/or pedigrees. -
Australian Disney Comics Vol 1: Giant series G1 - G699
AJD commented on AJD's gallery album in Other Themes
Quite a few differences. They have paper covers, not glossy cover stock. The page count was lower than American issues, sometimes dramatically so - 24 pages versus 48 or 52 for the WDC&S issues (later 32 v 36 pages). Lots of Australian comics were in B&W inside, including early Disneys. But by the time of this one the Disneys were full colour - and the local editors would go to great lengths to insert a 'u' in 'color' or 'neighbor' in the text! -
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Quite a few differences. They have paper covers, not glossy cover stock. The page count was lower than American issues, sometimes dramatically so - 24 pages versus 48 or 52 for the WDC&S issues (later 32 v 36 pages). Lots of Australian comics were in B&W inside, including early Disneys. But by the time of this one the Disneys were full colour - and the local editors would go to great lengths to insert a 'u' in 'color' or 'neighbor' in the text! -
From the album: Dell comics are good comics!
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From the album: Dell comics are good comics!
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From the album: Dell comics are good comics!
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We don't do Thanksgiving here, but all the best to you guys.
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Here's a couple. The Groo/Conan series was good fun.
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What is your budget for a typical non-key issue comic, for each age?
AJD replied to stormflora's topic in Comics General
Having a look over my records, this is roughly the breakdown for me in terms of the most I've paid. 1940s books - $1000 (Batman 15) 1950s books - $600 (Weird Science) 1960s books - $200 (JIM) 1970s and beyond - $50 -
I could afford a qualified one, with notation "staple replaced".
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Have at you, varlet.
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I think I'm in a shootout!
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Yes, indeed. ECs
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Oh, yeah, Frontline Combat is one of my favourite EC titles. I'll add my raw group shot.
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Paging @sagii - why are the books I collect better than the books you collect? But, seriously, I think generally speaking Disney comics have had better quality stories on average, though not always. There was some Disney drek over the years, and some of the Bugs Bunny Four Colors series books are pretty good, but those are exceptions. When I was collecting funny animal books as a kid, the Disneys were consistently better reading than the Looney Tunes characters, some of which were dismal. And, as you say, Disney had Barks (and Barks reprints by the time I came along). But I'd argue that when it comes to animated shorts, the WB characters and the cartoons have been more successful - especially in the 1960s and beyond - than Disney cartoon shorts. And for the same reason - the average quality is better. Some of the WB cartoons have become iconic - the coyote and roadrunner, for example 'ACME' anvils, anyone?
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First Transaction as a Comic Book Collector
AJD replied to Oxdaddy's topic in Newbie Comic Collecting Questions
Hi and welcome. I'll add to the advice you got above and say that you should go over to the 'hey buddy can you spare a grade?" forum on these boards and look at some examples. Better still - post a clear front and back picture (not in the bag, and a scan would be even better) of your FF book and see what the boards graders think of it. I think it will be nowhere near 8.0/9.0 unless your picture here is somehow making it look much worse than it is. Some time spent learning about comic grading will save you money and heartache in the future. -
From the album: Australian golden (and a few silver) age comics
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Hmm. Tell the AI not to give up its day job. And what's with the Sspelinggg?
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From the album: Australian Disney Comics Vol 1: Giant series G1 - G699
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From the album: Australian Disney Comics Vol 2: Donald Duck (D series)
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From the album: Australian Disney Comics Vol 1: Giant series G1 - G699
