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    Where are the Mad Magazine collectors?

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    Happily, I was wrong and she called me about a week and a half ago and said she had found a few more. Apparently, a family with twins were giving up the place and at some point both the kids must have bought the same Annual, but along with another copy of WFM #4 (Sunday Comic Section present but unattached, also in about VF condition), she laid the following 4 Annuals on me:

     

    MTFM #4 with Sing-A-Long book (unattached, 2nd copy)

    MTFM #8 with Alfred E. Neuman Pop-Art Poster (attached, my 2nd copy)

    MF #2 with 1965 Calendar (still intact and in almost as new condition!, 2nd copy, better than my first!!)

    WFM #7 with all Protest Signs (attached, 2nd copy)

     

    She then asked me if I thought $15 was fair! I hemmed and hawed, and then agreed while trying to not giveaway my joy that these gems were being had for a song! Lady made my month and there still may be more!!!

    That is a terrific story and fine score. The More Trash #8 with the Alfred poster alone paid for everything you got, and thensome.

     

    I see you have a lot of 2nd and 3rd copies... I might have to hit you up for something after I check my wantlist... Like you, I also have managed to get two copies of the Alfred poster issue, even though for years I couldn't find an affordable copy.

     

    The one I really have trouble with is the (Trash/Worst? I mix them up) #9 issue with the Beatles cover and the flexi-disc record. I can never find a nice copy with the record still attached.

     

    Anyway I look forward to your photos. I hope this nice lady turns out to have more magazines to sell you. She got to find a good home for them.

    Where are the Mad Magazine collectors?

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    I don't collect the regular monthly issues much anymore, but I go GAGA when I find an Annual, especially from the start to around Mad Special #6, that still has the bonus, and doubly so if it's still attached and intact! I think those Mad's are well worth collecting and in multiples if you can find them in decent shape. I NEVER pass them up if the price is right...and surprisingly even these days bargains on them can still be found!!!

     

    I totally forgot to mention that. Indeed, the early specials should be snagged if you find them cheap and they still have the bonuses.

     

    The Worst of Mad #4 has a "Sunday Comics Section" bonus that is very hard to find still attached to the inside of the magazine. My copy has the bonus, but it is loose and has yellowed with age (like most newsprint, I guess).

     

    The zeppelin mobile and the full-size Alfred poster are also tricky to find.

     

    Then try finding the stamps in condition where they haven't ended up stuck together over time. Even well-preserved issues can have this problem.

     

    Took pics of Worst of Mad #4 a couple weeks ago... Eight large-format pages satirizing other comics, many of them with art by Wally Wood or other EC greats.

     

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    Where are the Mad Magazine collectors?

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    :hi: I don't know much about Mad Magazine

     

    A local bookkstore has a stack of Mad Magazine, and I am asking is there any in particular that I should be looking for in the stack??

     

    I want to say some of them had a 50 cent price on the mag, I don't know how much the bookstore wants for them but any suggestions on ones I should be looking for??

     

    I can browse this thread but if there are some common collecter's issues let me know :popcorn:

     

    Mad Magazines are generally not worth a lot of dough compared to comics etc., for the simple reason that Mad was popular outside of the comics realm, and had a very high circulation level. (In 1973 and 1974 the circulation actually topped two million.)

     

    Here are Mad's circulation numbers by year -- starting in 1961 (not sure why it starts there -- maybe reliable figures are harder to determine previously?). As you can see, the lowest circulation occurred during the past 10 years, with this year being the lowest of all. (And by the way, I heartily recommend subscribing -- you can get 3 years for 35 bucks or something, and they send you extra goodies like a limited-edition poster. Totally worth it.)

     

    As a result, perhaps some of the most collectible Mads are the ones from 2000 onwards. I have sold Mad runs on eBay a couple of times, and I've found that if I sell a batch of 1980s Mads, it tends to go for a lower price than a batch of 2000s Mads.

     

    That isn't to say older ones aren't collectible. They are very cool Magazines, and the quality of the writing, cartooning and editing is part of the reason so many people held on to their magazines over the years.

     

    The mid-1950s issues tend to be the most valuable if you find some in nice condition, especially #24 through #43 or so, but any with Wally Wood, Norman Mingo, and especially Kelly Freas covers are cool. After that, there are certain issues that are just fun to have.

     

    The 1960s issues are all really good with excellent Norman Mingo covers. The marijuana cover from 1968 or so, I think it's issue #118?, tends to be much harder to find than others, so pick that up if you see it. Also, the cover with Frankenstein, and the King Kong cover, are a little tougher to find. The 1964 "Alfred of Arabia" issue is always a good one to get because it's the first one to feature the back-page fold-in.

     

    All of the 1970s and early 1980s issues are relatively easy to get, though it's fun to find them in nice condition with un-folded back pages (due to the Al Jaffee fold-in).

     

    If you can find the issue with the raised middle finger, from 1974, that one is always in demand, because it actually got the editors in trouble, and they had to issue an apology to subscribers. It's a classic cover though.

     

    The later issues are a hodge podge in terms of collectiblity or whatever. I think you should buy them if they're a good price and you're interested in having fun reading them.

     

     

    Have a Cigar! Golden Age only....!

    in Golden Age Comic Books

    Posted

    Wow! This has been the hardest to come by book I have sought out for my collection (that I actually got). I want to thank a fellow boardie (I will call him "Mr. Sunny 11") for hooking me up with a copy. I am just grateful to be able to complete a group of books that are some of my favorites :banana:

     

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    What a bright looking copy! Congratulations!

    EBAY: BLOCKED USER LIST

    in Comics General

    Posted

    Avoid this guy, his photo's, item description and story is all made up.

     

    Hi Superboy fans I have in my collection a Beautiful Original Owner!!!! Higher Grade Mega key for you. And that is The Superboy #68 First App. & Origin Of Bizarro!! Extremely Scarce! A must have in your Superboy Set. My wife and I are cleaning out our old collections and I stumbled across boxs of my old comics I used to collect. My loss your gain!!!! Please feel free to ask me any questions that you might have and I will get back to you right away. And also this comic will be shipped the right way and that's bullet proof. I wish you all the best of luck and keep your eyes open for more books coming out of this treasure box! Good Luck Bidders Book lies flat, staples are nice and tight, amazing eye catcher color, gorgeous spine, nice corners purchased it and others in the 60s & 70s off the newsstand!!! I'm not a professional grader but then again who is! these have been in a air controlled & smoke free home and have been stored in bags and boards for years and years when I bought them off the news stands back in the 60s 70s & 80s!! Good luck bidders on this rare find!!!!! P.S. Any glares you see are from plastic protector it sits in! I just like the artwork of them. Add me as a favorite if you would like!! Still to come all this month Giant Size Xmen 1, Amazing Spiderman 1 threw 375! Hulk #1 & Much Much More!!! Thank You & God Bless

     

    He bought it off the newsstand, he says, and also "God Bless," meaning he has religious convictions! He and his wife too, probably! He used to collect them and put them in bags and boards (even in the 1960s, before bags and boards were prevalent), but then he forgot them because avid collectors always forget they have collections!

     

    So you can trust him!

     

    Why am I using exclamation points! I don't know! I just can't stop!!!

    Post your Garage Sale/Flea Market/Antique Mall Finds Here

    in Comics General

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    I paid $7 total for the X-Factor 5 and NM- copies of ASM 280, 284 and West Coast Avengers 1 (regular series). $4 for those additional 3 is alright, but I'm pretty sure I have multiples of them already,and I have been trying to avoid being 4 or 5 deep in non-key books.

     

    Cool pictures!

     

    Getting stuff up on photobucket is a huge PITA. I am posting my story.

     

    It took me about 25 seconds to do this:

     

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    Less than a minute:

     

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    EBAY: BLOCKED USER LIST

    in Comics General

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    Along with selling DVDs, USBs, etc. of digital scans of comics.

     

    And selling home-made reproductions/replicas of comics, or "photocopy" comics.

     

    Total B.S. waste of time when you're trying to search for an actual collectible. eBay should wipe them all off the site and ban the users. Bottom-feeder scumbag creeps, the lot of them.

     

    I agree about the waste of time, but a lot of the stuff I see copied and for sale is out of copyright and legitimate to offer for sale. 2c

     

    Then the sellers need to list it exclusively in the "reprints" section, and eBay needs to offer a way to search all of Golden Age while excluding that one area.

    EBAY: BLOCKED USER LIST

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    Correct me if I’m wrong but is selling digital comic codes online a violation of eBay polices? I checked and the user is still actively listing codes. I’ve reported them but eBay doesn’t seem to do anything about it...

    If it isn't a violation, it should be.

     

    Along with selling DVDs, USBs, etc. of digital scans of comics.

     

    And selling home-made reproductions/replicas of comics, or "photocopy" comics.

     

    Total B.S. waste of time when you're trying to search for an actual collectible. eBay should wipe them all off the site and ban the users. Bottom-feeder scumbag creeps, the lot of them.

    My 50 Year Junk Obsession

    in Golden Age Comic Books

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    Bob, I went back and looked at this post and have a new appreciation. Very cool stuff.

     

    We have a store near my house in Ohio called Toys Time Forgot you might enjoy. From looking at your collection they might enjoy you more though. I think their website is down but they have a nice Facebook page, if you are into that kind of thing.

     

    Thanks for digging that up and reposting it as a quote. So great.

     

    If Robot Man ever published a book full of his stories and pics of his collection, I would buy it in a heartbeat.

    Just these Alex Schomburg Covers / XELA

    in Golden Age Comic Books

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    Instead of starting a new thread, I figured I'd ask here. What would you rather have, a mis-cut 6.0 (top image)

     

    Or a 4.5 cut more squarely (bottom)

     

    6.0 is about $60 more

    Being mis-cut seems to be a thing for several issues of Exciting. (The one where she's riding the big eagle comes to mind.) I'm used to it. Go with the copy that has better cover color and paper quality.