Bat-Man

Ive noticed the guide is usless for these maybe ill just stay in the silver age

Don't if your a big DC or GA Marvel Fan! It's hard and expensive but the GA grails feel so good when you land one! (thumbs u

Ya i kinda figured that im new to TECs so trying to find them is hard enough and not having ten million in my bank account is the other

Well just as a side note most pre robin Tecs can go anywhere from 2x guide to 5x guide these days. Finding a Tec at guide is next to impossible.

Its probably been covered but does anyone have any idea how much roughly a TEC# 36 low grade would be (1.0-2.0) maybe even restored. I guess what im asking is it possible to actually get one around a couple thousand (if it can be found of course)

Well considering how it is so hard to find and a lot of collectors are looking for it (me included.) I think if one does emerge for sale it will go for a pretty shocking sum and it may turn into a battle for many to buy it. Anything at this point good be possible price wise. I would not be surprised of any final value price that could come up. But is is safe to assume that a Tec 36 even in a 1.0 will cost a couple thousand at this point.

I bought this baby a few weeks ago.

 

Detective Comics #31 CGC 2.5

 

 

 

 

 

EDIT - added back cover pic.

 

dude, love the book, but you REALLY need to get a new camera or scanner

I know know. I took these pics on my new iphone. (My friend had one and I gave in and bought one - love it!) It is a 3.0 mp phone camera so that is why it is not that good. I'll get around to taking better pictures with my real camera soon. But yeah these pics are fuzzy, sorry.

I bought this baby a few weeks ago.

Detective Comics #31 CGC 2.5

EDIT - added back cover pic.

I had this a while ago but it was just sent to me from my aunt. As with all these books, I'm sure many board members owned this one.

 

Great book!!

Should they be?

This is mine thanks to a fellow board member (thumbs u

Great book! I want to get myself one of these someday. It does not count - but I do have Flash #105 ! (thumbs u

low grade, but its getting there..and im pretty proud of it

 

Awesome!

My one and only Detec, not worthy, need to get on the stick and get me s'more

 

Not worthy!??! Man that is a fantastic 98 you got there. Looks amazing! (thumbs u

I remember at least 15 yrs ago or so I bought this "raw" from a dealer who graded this copy as a VG+,,,I thought the grade was a bit undergraded even though it has a name penciled on the top front cover...

After submitting it to CGC, they graded it as:

 

Great copy you got there! And oh man, I bet you got it for a deal when you got it. The grader must have been a rookie - or an old man on some drug.

 

That is a 7.0 and it looks like a 7.0! Nice page quality on that one as well! (thumbs u

 

I'm sure I paid $300.00 at the time,,,

I think the dealer downgraded the book because of the name penciled on the cover..

At the time I think it was considered a big defect..

I lucked out on this one

I would say - amazing deal!! Your sure did! Nice! And sure there is a name on it which might annoy some people but its on the top neatly positioned - not on the main part of the cover which would be a annoying. Not bad, not bad at all.

As for me with my laughable 45. I think I need to seriously upgrade it in the near future. It won't be a 7.0 , but hopefully a 4.0 or 4.5 . But I do want to keep my current 45 - even if I upgrade fore I like having an example of the lowest possible grade for a book without it being incomplete!

I remember at least 15 yrs ago or so I bought this "raw" from a dealer who graded this copy as a VG+,,,I thought the grade was a bit undergraded even though it has a name penciled on the top front cover...

After submitting it to CGC, they graded it as:

Great copy you got there! And oh man, I bet you got it for a deal when you got it. The grader must have been a rookie - or an old man on some drug.

That is a 7.0 and it looks like a 7.0! Nice page quality on that one as well! (thumbs u

#41 is a nice angry batman cover.

Here is a pic of my low grade 45. And as a fun fact about my collection - this particular Detective 45 is my lowest graded book I own (besides coverless books). It is a CGC 1.0 Restored w/ Brittle Pages. Can a grade get much worse? Nope. But I have had this guy for a long time and have grown fond of him. And the brittle pages have not had any pieces flying around in the case. Enough rambling, here it is...

It came back better then i thought!..i had it at a 1.0 forsure im really happy i bought this book and man ITS SOOO GOOD to have it home finally

Great looking 1.5 (thumbs u

I can finally post in this thread, well as an owner now anyway.

 

much thanks to the flying one. love this book!

 

 

 

 

That is about the nicest 4.5 I have ever seen. WOW

Love the colors and it does look higher! Looks better than some of my 5.0's!

I'm hoping once you see this thread more of you will show the Timely's you have tucked away in your collections. Alex Schomburg is my favorite artist, so I'll start out this thread with one of his best works.

 

Timely.

 

Schomburg's art is always so detailed - you can tell he took his time and really put heart into his work - unlike some other GA artists.

Love the early Timelys!

There are really too many to post, but here's one that I really like:

 

 

 

 

It seems like most of the covers featuring Hitler show him as a buffoon, scared, or just generally ridicule him. This one however presents him in a more sinister light. Real Life Comics #3 is another good one (paging adamstrange)

 

Someone call me.

 

Holy Cow!

Early back issue dealer? Books are all over, date-wise ('46, '47, etc..)

 

 

"Hey Kid! Drop the Ha-Ha Comic and grab that All-Negro Comics!"

 

Haha

 

HERE is the type of GOLDEN AGE TIME MACHINE Picture we all dream about, and since BANGZOOM has awed us with so many of his cool pictures...I felt that HERE is where it would be BEST PLACED.

 

In my never ending QUEST to find old newsstand pictures to DROOL over , I've found another.

 

I just can't get enough of these type of pictures.

 

For your viewing pleasure I present a newsstand picture with SEPT-OCT-NOV 1939 comics in PLAIN SITE.....WOW !!!!!

 

 

 

This is one of the oldest and clearest pics I've been able to discover.

 

SEE the comics ? Top left...you can make out MORE FUN from a mile away.

 

WOW !!!!!!

 

NOW....try to determine which issues are present.

 

NEED A CLOSE-UP ??

 

 

I did too....upon magnifying the pic, some COOL DISCOVERIES come to light.....

 

 

I was able to place SIX comics, with the one on the bottom left taking me forever to ID....

 

 

 

HERE are the three obvious ones......

 

 

GOOD LUCK identifying the other three comics.

The Grand Comic Book Database is truly one of our most useful tools.

 

THE FUN doesn't stop here as I have two more GOLDEN AGE newsstand pics to post later.

 

One of them is PRETTY COOL and one that is going to BLOW YOUR FRIGGIN' SOCKS OFF !!!!!!

 

 

 

 

I love pics like this one, it is so fun to see the comics in there original news stand goodness. My grandmother (god bless her) when see was a young adult worked in her fathers drug store. She started working there after she finished school in 1938. One of the items drug stores sold where of course comics. She told me (years ago) when she was working there and got bored she would read the comics. She said she remembers the first Action Comic when Superman debuted. She remembered "that issue where Batman killed with a gun" (Detective 32). It was a joy to chat with her about it. She has long since past and unfortunately she did not keep any of the comics except for one (many did not think too). But as a collector I have to laugh (to keep from crying) that my grandmother used to get boxes of mint comics that are worth so much today and read them as a young adult. If anyone is curious the comic she kept was a coverless Detective 32. When the person that delivered the new shipment of comics came every month they would take the issues that did not sell and rip off the covers and either throw them away or DC would sell them at a discounted price to stores that sold used comics at the time and the stores would sell them for 5c or less. She asked to keep a 32 that did not sell - the delivery guy ripped off the covers and gave it to her.

 

Here's a pic of the 32

 

 

Very cool! And I love this 32 because of it.

that is a super cool story! Thanks for telling it...

Thanks, only problem is she didn't keep any others,

 

HERE is the type of GOLDEN AGE TIME MACHINE Picture we all dream about, and since BANGZOOM has awed us with so many of his cool pictures...I felt that HERE is where it would be BEST PLACED.

 

In my never ending QUEST to find old newsstand pictures to DROOL over , I've found another.

 

I just can't get enough of these type of pictures.

 

For your viewing pleasure I present a newsstand picture with SEPT-OCT-NOV 1939 comics in PLAIN SITE.....WOW !!!!!

 

 

 

This is one of the oldest and clearest pics I've been able to discover.

 

SEE the comics ? Top left...you can make out MORE FUN from a mile away.

 

WOW !!!!!!

 

NOW....try to determine which issues are present.

 

NEED A CLOSE-UP ??

 

 

I did too....upon magnifying the pic, some COOL DISCOVERIES come to light.....

 

 

I was able to place SIX comics, with the one on the bottom left taking me forever to ID....

 

 

 

HERE are the three obvious ones......

 

 

GOOD LUCK identifying the other three comics.

The Grand Comic Book Database is truly one of our most useful tools.

 

THE FUN doesn't stop here as I have two more GOLDEN AGE newsstand pics to post later.

 

One of them is PRETTY COOL and one that is going to BLOW YOUR FRIGGIN' SOCKS OFF !!!!!!

 

 

I love pics like this one, it is so fun to see the comics in there original news stand goodness. My grandmother (god bless her) when see was a young adult worked in her fathers drug store. She started working there after she finished school in 1938. One of the items drug stores sold where of course comics. She told me (years ago) when she was working there and got bored she would read the comics. She said she remembers the first Action Comic when Superman debuted. She remembered "that issue where Batman killed with a gun" (Detective 32). It was a joy to chat with her about it. She has long since past and unfortunately she did not keep any of the comics except for one (many did not think too). But as a collector I have to laugh (to keep from crying) that my grandmother used to get boxes of mint comics that are worth so much today and read them as a young adult. If anyone is curious the comic she kept was a coverless Detective 32. When the person that delivered the new shipment of comics came every month they would take the issues that did not sell and rip off the covers and either throw them away or DC would sell them at a discounted price to stores that sold used comics at the time and the stores would sell them for 5c or less. She asked to keep a 32 that did not sell - the delivery guy ripped off the covers and gave it to her.

Here's a pic of the 32

Very cool! And I love this 32 because of it.

Out of curiosity when did BangZoom start collecting or did he buy these himself new as a kid?

 

Welcome to the boards Bat-Man.

 

In answer to your question, I don't think I've ever posted a comic book that I purchased new off the newsstands. So far, every one was published before I was born.

 

Thank you! And you have probably heard this many times over. But your collection is the grandest I have ever seen. Truly amazing. How long have you been collecting?

The BangZoom collection just might be the best I have ever seen. I'm new here. Out of curiosity when did BangZoom start collecting or did he buy these himself new as a kid?