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Classic, and one of my favorite Galactus covers! Sweet pickup.

Sounds like you are looking for an NM Spider-Man book for him to sign.

 

Check out ASM 80-99. Most of those can be had for $200 in NM and he wrote those. He was particularly fond of ASM 90, Death of Captain Stacy. That also has some white background for him to sign. I just checked e-bay and there didn't seem to be a single one signed by Stan for sale or in recent sales.

 

Have him sign:

1) A book special to you

2) A book he wrote

3) Something everyone else isn't getting him to sign

4) All of the above

This might make me an outcast, but I've never been a fan of signed covers. The idea of anyone (including Stan Lee) writing anything on my comic books makes me cringe. I was the same way when I collected hockey cards. When I met Gordie Howe I had him sign a Red Wings puck, not a card.

Personally, I love the idea of having Stan sign (the inside cover of) any book he wrote. I have also seen comics where the signature has been at the bottom of the first page in ball point, and would be fine with that.

But having a signature on the front in big, black sharpie? Maybe if it was a reader copy. Otherwise, in my eyes, it just takes something away from what would otherwise be a beautiful book.

Anyways, that's my opinion. I know others love their signature series books and I'm sure whichever way you choose you will wind up with a book you treasure!

I know his initial tagline was, "able to leap tall buildings in a single bound!" but I didn't realize he never flew for more than 120 issues!

I actually think a Superman who can't fly sounds a lot more intriguing. Makes the power of flight for someone like Hawkman (or Mr. Mxyzptlk) that much more impressive.

 

I discovered some of the best comics and music from that store from what would go on when the owners weren't around and the kids ran the shop.

I almost forgot about the music! The Comicshop also had an eclectic soundtrack to it, and to this day I can be driving in my car, listening to the radio, and hear a song (I remember they used to play the White Album a lot) that immediately drags me back to those long gone treasure-filled comic bins of my youth

X-Men 137!

Cyclops, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Storm, Wolverine and Phoenix vs. The Imperial Guard of the Shi'ar Empire on the frickin' moon?! Oh, and if the X-Men lose, Jean Grey dies!

It probably didn't hurt that I was only thirteen at the time, but when I read this story it blew my mind. I bought two copies of the comic and even wrote a letter to Marvel (it didn't get printed).

All these years later, for me, that story still sets the bar.

i took that pic into Kin when you originally posted it.he was quite happy.

There was also a woman (girl? she was probably only twenty or so) who worked there and had this uncanny knack of knowing whenever I was skipping school to spend the day at The Comicshop. Maybe it was the fact that I was the only thirteen-year-old in the store at 11 in the morning on a Thursday in the middle of November.

I remember she told me if she saw me there during school hours again she'd kick me out of the store!

That Blue Beetle has a cover that would make anyone want to open it up and read the tale inside. Great pickups!

Here is a good link to 1974 history of the 2nd Comicshop in Vancouver, BC I shopped at including a reference to Silver Snail Comics in Ottawa, ON too:

 

http://www.thecomicshop.ca/history/

the link is no long er available..is this rhe shop Kin worked in?

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To answer an earlier question, I think the first photo I posted was of their first location at 3638 W. 4th Ave (which is less than a block away from the store's current location).

The store I remember, and it sounds like others do too, was the one at 4th and Arbutus owned by Ron and Ken (who later opened a store in North Vancouver called Airship Comics that I also frequented). Kin Jee, below, often worked the counter along with a cast of other colorful characters (hippies). Some of my best books came from those boxes behind him!

And this is where I usually blew all the cash I collected on my paper route. Boy did I hate when people refused to pay for their monthly subscription early!

My first was The Comicshop on 4th Ave, Vancouver, in 1979

What do I remember most? All the hippies...

Gotham Girls comics are getting hot?

 

Thanks for the tip!

 

Mainly the #3

 

Here's another hot tip:

 

ASM #129

 

 

ASM #129? Too common.

I only collect scarce, HTF in good condition Moderns

Gotham Girls comics are getting hot?

Thanks for the tip!

I love Harry Lucey's lines. He definitely knew how to throw a curve!

Amazing books, BronzeParadise! HoM #204

 

Picked up this from the 'Bay during the last week. Maybe from a fellow boardie? Either way, a nice book for the price point, and I'm really happy with it because this cover is

 

 

linky to hi-res: link

Great pickup and great cover! I hope the story inside is just as good!

I think people will make a better decision if they have both books in front of them.

Here again is a cool photo of a kid deciding between a Marvel Comics 1 and a Cap 1 at a New York comic con in the 1960s.

Both books appear similar in grade.

It looks like he is leaning towards the Marvel 1.

 

This photo makes the thread.

 

I don't know why he's so determined to chose between a Cap #1 and Marvel Comics #1, when he could just grab those Boy Commandos instead.

 

Boy Commandos is more fun than Marvel 1 and it has Kirby art. Cap 1 would probably be the first he grabbed with the BC underneath.

Fantastic photo, but just watching him lift that legendary comic (don't bend that spine!) and touch it with his bare hands sends my comic-collecting spidey-sense off the charts!

Didn't they protect comics back then? Or was condition not the be-all and end-all for collectors like it is today?

Never even heard of Manhunt, but it looks interesting! Sweet haul!

Arrived this week.

 

 

Sweet book and great cover!

I love the thunderstruck expression on the lower left alien's face. I have a hunch it isn't because of the gun aimed right between his eyes, but because he just got his first good gander at his intended victim's knockout headlights!

First one that jumped out at me was the Patsy Walker, not sure why. But if I was that kids age and had to pick I am sure I'd go for the Coo Coo or Goofy.

 

Funny too how all those big title logos stick out, no wonder they made the titles really big like that with comics in racks like that. Then the DC's with their tiny titles totally get lost in there, you barely notice them.

I thought the exact same thing! I barely spotted the Adventure Comics and it's right up front. By the way, which one did the kid grab? The Three Little Pigs?

 

 

 

 

Great story! As a side note, if mom was only going to let you get one comic from this rack, which one would you pick? For some reason that Pep Comics seems to grab me...

 

 

All great books, but this one's my fave. Severin's Western covers are always loaded with action and always grab me!

I remember reading this right off the rack, and I doubt that comic was anywhere near as nice as this one. Great book!

I always loved that cover. Sweet book!

Beautiful books and great signature placement! They look great across the logos (hate to have anything distract from those fantastic covers), and Berni's autograph is a work of art all on its own!

Congrats again on the books. Well worth the wait!

Wrightson's DC horror stuff is crazy good. A master of the macabre, every cover a masterpiece for two bits or less.

I also love the black and white magazine stuff he did, but the one work I can't get enough of is Freak Show, so good!

This just finally came in the mail. It completes the run for me. The coolest part of this run was, start to finish in just over a month and about $150 invested for the complete run.

 

 

Congrats! Did you read them all too? Or just tag and bag 'em?

some SA goodness:

 

My favorite issues of Fantastic Four AND Superman. Great pickups!

I love every comic where Supes and the Scarlet Speedster race, but didn't they always end in a tie?