Phicks

This thread is stuck in the weeds.

cough Metropolis cough…

I have very few of the above. Green Lantern is my favourite character, so I do have 1-6, and 8-89. I started collecting in 1984, buying a bunch every month or so at Now and Then in Kitchener. I did work terms in Toronto in the late 80s, and made similar monthly buys at Silver Snail and Dragon Lady. My wife travels a lot for work. Probably once a year, I will tag along as a tourist, and check out another city’s comic stores. I remember some good pickups in Chicago and Pittsburgh. My wife and some girlfriends did a trip to NYC once and picked up an order for me at Metropolis (before I knew they shilled bids, I won’t give them any more business). These days I pickup occasional books at Carry On in Waterloo or The Comic Warehouse in Kitchener. Plus books from this board, and eBay. I now have about 1,500 high grade Marvels and DCs, most from 1965-1975. I’m a completionist, so I am always looking to extend any continuous runs.

I purchased many DC books at Now and Then comics back in the 80s. I never felt there was a Marvel skew to their stock. I am a high grade Silver Age collector, and I live in Waterloo (which is waaaay better than Kitchener). Whether I am “big time” is subjective, so I don’t know if I rate anywhere in the rumour mill. Could be somebody else. But I was at a show once asking about back issues, and the dealer (whom I did not recognize) said “Oh, I know who you are,” There is someone here local who made the newspapers a while back. He is a Grandmaster level collector who limits his collection to only 100 books. Whenever he buys one, he forces himself to sell one. And all 100 books are hi grade CGC slabbed early Action and Superman comics, including an Action #1.

That cover is a million times better than the Don Heck art I know from 60s and 70s Marvels!

Will you ship to Canada?

I haven’t sold comics here yet. But I have about a short box of duplicates and under copies that I am considering posting here for a Silver/Bronze sales thread. if I did, would you all be gentle with me?

Take at 10% off.

BTW, the Silver Snail abandoned their upstairs location with the cafe, and has moved back to its original location on Queen St.

Now and Then was indeed a great store, and I got a lot of my silver age collection shopping there in the 80s when I went to the University of Waterloo. But Andy never managed Now and Then; he only worked there as an employee. Harry was the boss until his death. After he died, a fan who had zero work ethic convinced some people to invest and buy the business. He then ran it into the ground.

Elementals was an amazing series that never found the success it deserved. Check it out in the dollar bin if you missed it.

Showcase is the Silver Gae title that separates the men from the boys, due to the many first appearances. The ones I have include:

No need to waste room in the cockpit of a jet aircraft on useless parachutes!

“My friends were alter boys and wanted me to do it too but I always was apprehensive around priests.” ***************** There’s a standup comic who said “I was an alter boy. No, no priests ever molested me. No matter what I wore.”

Kaboom Emperor? Yes Rico. Kaboom Alderan.

I grew up down the road from you in St. Mary’s, and if we didn’t make it to the CNE in Toronto, then we went to the Western Fair. I understand it was exactly the same rides, just shipped down HWY 401.

I will be very interested to hear how long the process takes, as I have heard unflattering things about the wait for non modern books,

How and why is this only a 6.5? I see a couple of minor spine ticks on the front cover. On the back, near the top, it looks a little rolled. 6.5 seems really harsh, unless there is something wrong inside.

Some pickups this weekend from Carry On Comics in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.