Silver

As you all know my intention was to have high grade copies of each issue. The reality though is that it seems unlikely I would ever get a number 1 if I held out for one. This copy is very nice in that it has nice bright cover colors and great pages, good registration and overall nice eye appeal. I'm really happy to have it. I still feel like it's impossible to complete the run, but this last purchase did get me four issues closer. I have two raw issues to scan and share yet, but I now stand at 60/98 issues complete! A few of these are raw and I may slab them to get in the registry.

Grail achieved!

Agreed. Classic try out issue.

I like the cover to 54. I,like the story a lot, it's one of my favorites from the time period. I have said befor, BB 50-61 is about the best 12 issue run DC had in the silver age. I can't think of a better one.

I'm not sure why I haven't gone after the entire run of the 50's Mouseketeer...hmmm guess I know what I'm collecting next.

No doubt it is very tough. Just look at the census, only 20 graded copies, mostly low grade. Likely the hardest to find DC is something a bit more esoteric. Look at Three Mouseketeers #1 also by Sheldon Mayer. Only three copies on the census. I think Sugar and Spike seems rare because it is considered a key and is collected by enough people to notice its scarcity. , where as many, many DC's from the time period don't have the same following: Any ways, S&S early issues are HTF, and whether they are the rarest or not doesn't really matter to those of us who love them.

I haven't added one of these in awhile, glad to get a early issue

I have a 92 on the way. I finally pieced together a nice run, 80-98 complete!

I just saw your S&S 1 congrats! That is a huge find! Very happy for you!

Wait for it...

Those Actions are sweet! Oregons have such nice pages

Thanks! I probably would have sold it a long time ago, but I have never seen another one.

How close are you getting to 1-30?

My whole set is an unread pedigree quality set bought from the OO (known as the Monterey collection). I bought them 25 years ago and immediately put them in Mylar. Don't know what CGC would grade it, but you can tell it's nice

Bah! =)

Can you post them?

That is an awesome accomplishment!!!!

The only GA I have is the early Superboys I needed to finish the run. Other than that, I focus on silver or later.

I love silver age Archie's, I'm not an avid collector, but I have a few. There are other Archie's with "double entendres", the Betty and Me 16 isn't my favorite among them. I have had a low grade beater (pun intended) for years, I never really went looking for a higher graded copy. It isn't rare or even scarce, it just has higher demand than typical Archie's of the period.

Agreed!

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Is that a Cairn Terrier (Toto) nipping at his heel?