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Amazing mystery funnies v2,#6 Another tough issue. A few years ago I saw this copy pop up on clink and I made a 90% offer. Got a counter back which was mid way (95%) and before I saw counter and could accept, someone popped it at full price. I was a bit bummed. Well, a couple years later a boardie offered it to me and I couldn't say "yes" fast enough!

According to this article, MSU does not have an Action #1 "The MSU comic book collection, which MSU professor and pop culture enthusiast Russel Nye started in 1970, boasts many prized rarities, including Walt Disney’s Comics & Stories #1 (1940) and Wonder Woman #1 (1942). However, it does lack some of the most valuable comic books ever published, including Action Comics #1 (1938), Detective Comics #27 (1939), and Marvel Comics #1 (1939). Fortunately, you can read those stories in some of the library’s many reprint editions." Article Picture However, this copy is noted to be on loan from the MSU Special Collections. Someone will need to call or email them to confirm: Phone: (517) 884-6471 spc@mail.lib.msu.edu that picture is of a reprint

Amazing mystery funnies v2,#5 Maybe the most desired issue of the entire run. Again, fortunate that a fellow boardie was kind enough to part with this copy. From the cosmic aeroplane pedigree.

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Amazing mystery funnies v2, #4 This is the cosmic aeroplane copy. Obtained from a good boardie. I had the cgc 5.5 copy but traded it a few years ago to centaurman , as it was one of the last 10 or so he needed to complete "Sand hogs" is what most collectors refer to this copy as!

I remember when a boardie owned this copy (it was a cgc 6.5) back then, and he offered it to me at Chicago con and I passed

Maybe they could swap this with Dallas next year and we'd both see movement towards dates we like better. If only it were as simple as just wanting for it to be so, and it was so. You have to work with what is available to you. so no feb, march or even early April dates available ? Even though they were always available prior? A call to the Orange County convention center would indicate otherwise?

Amazing mystery funnies v2,#3 Another toughie. I used to own the jaquet 9.0 mock up copy but this is my first complete copy and only one I'd ever seen for sale at time of procurement

Yes, but they just call it the library.

If you all like these , and are not familiar with the title, the next few are outstanding as well!

every night what's your fave flave? publix banana pudding ice cream Don't think we have that up here.shame.I love pudding it is delicious!

it's all relative, that's for sure. Many copies I suspect are restored , bringing that "value" down 50+%....and many are in the hands off older/long time collectors that probably value the book more than money, or already have plenty of money that the value doesn't play into their decisions at the moment ...then again dozens and dozens of each have Come to market so clearly some are cashing in

Amazing mystery funnies v2,#2 This is another very difficult issue to locate. In fact, the first 10 issues of this title represent about the best examples the publisher has to offer. Highly recommend them to anyone!

every night what's your fave flave? publix banana pudding ice cream

University of Florida has a library of vintage comics

Probably numbers more than 1000

I already responded to Nemo I would scan that one too...

I propose we name it the "nickel" age, since the majority of the books are worth 5c

150 is highly likely still too low. 200-250 is highly probable imo. And my opinion is based on a myriad of factors 1) certified copies ( not just cgc but cbcs and , gulp, even pgx) 2) known raw copies (that's the number the avg person likely has no clue, and the reasons I believe many estimates low ) 3) some "common" sense to me. I've owned 15+ copies of each book. My experience tells me it is highly unlikely that iVe owned 10% of all existing copies 4) extrapolating from fellow collectors /dealers that know of copies I don't, etc Your modesty is understandable, maybe even spot on. But, this is far from a random sampling effect. As a dealer who specializes in such books, it makes the idea that you or Metro and a few others may have indeed touched 15% or more of these two books as they came up for sale logical, even probable. Then again, the math would be trickier than simply counting copies owned or sold by any one of you since your 15 copies had in all likelihood been also sold by some of the others too at one time. that's the key...I might have touched 15% of all copies sold over a period of time, but I know I haven't touched 15% of all copies that exist (imo)... so one does have to differentiate... I'm thinking metro has likely sold 50 copies of each alone, since they started dealing...many raw, restored, not slabbed and not "known"... and that just them...think of all the dealers from the 70s-90s that sold raw copies that are still out there raw...trust me, it is hundreds!

WOW I have only seen one copy for sale, a low grader on eBay that brought really strong $$$. luckily I had this one or I would have really caused that eBay copy to fetch an unreasonable price!

150 is highly likely still too low. 200-250 is highly probable imo. And my opinion is based on a myriad of factors 1) certified copies ( not just cgc but cbcs and , gulp, even pgx) 2) known raw copies (that's the number the avg person likely has no clue, and the reasons I believe many estimates low ) 3) some "common" sense to me. I've owned 15+ copies of each book. My experience tells me it is highly unlikely that iVe owned 10% of all existing copies 4) extrapolating from fellow collectors /dealers that know of copies I don't, etc

an exact number is highly unlikely one will ever know , that is certainly true ... but it is relatively easy to extrapolate from the existing information and come up with a reasonable estimate 100 is a number I'm 100% confident in stating is too low 300 is not a number that is necessarily too high, though it is an extrapolated estimate that should be within the range of actual existing copies

Amazing mystery funnies v2/#1 This is the mile high/church copy, courtesy of a good buddy. This was the last amf I needed and proved to be the most difficult to locate.

Easily 200-300 of each out there. And probably a wee bit more

I emailed them yesterday I would send the 3 funny pages. Don't have a hit 11