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Got to love these Dell GIants Wood Woodpecker #1

Just bought this Scooter Comic #1 (1946) for 25.00 about 3 hours ago. Looks to be in really nice shape. Once i roll the cleaning putty over the cover it should remove and dirt and really brighten up. Love adding #1's to the collection. Ill do a before and after later once I clean it.

Amazing Ghost stories #14 (#1) and #15 (#2)

So check this Crackajack Funnies #5 in great shape, it actually has a nude girl on the cover. How crazy is that? Tried to blow up pic so you could see her. got a little grainy sorry Here is my Crackajack funnies #1 in NM++++ shape. I got this book from a woman who was running a chuch sale. She said an old woman dropped off a box of news papers and magazines. She said in one of the magazines she found this comic. It was between the folds of a old life magazine. There isn't a flaw on it. Looks like it came off the press today. I paid here 200.00 for this book. Sometimes you just get lucky. Sorry ofr any glare I already shrinkwrapped this book.

Sand of the South Pacfic #1 (1953) I want to say this is the highest graded and only graded as well.

King Solomon's Mines #nn in about as nice of condition as you will see.

For some reason I just had to have this book Dopey Duck #1 great shape. If it wasn't for the top left crack it would be really high grade.

Great copy of four color #260

Vic Flint #1 (1948)

Great covers on those two David. Here is a cove rI just love. Great shape. Not sure if I have ever seen one nicer yet. Famous Crimes #1 (1948) GGA doesn't get much more in your face than this cover.

Here is Bingo Comic #1 Highest Graded as well

Got to say the Crippen Copy is nice but I think I like mine a little more. I can get past the writing on comics. It just ruins them for me. Anyhow Here is T-Man #1 highest graded.

Love the cover on this one, but something odd about this girls shape. Its #1 (1947) it's pretty rare in this shape. Not sure if there are nicer ones out there.

So check the Peater Paul's #1 (#nn) it was basically four comics put together in one binding and sold this way. Pretty rare. I have only seen one other nice copy in 20 years.

I got two copies of this Four color #133. This is the worst one and it is probably a NM-. I'll get the ohter one up here shortly

Here is a gorgeous copy of Comic Land #1. It is in almost perfect condition. The fading of the black on the cover is not from age it was made with chaep paper and ink and didn't stick well. Looks like it was made with one of those old Ditto machines from the 60 or 70's and the rolled off a 1000 copies. Very hard to find in this shape.

Bob Colt #1...Told ya I had a lot of #1's in this collection.

Here is Kid Cowboy #1 (1950) in just about perfect shape. I couldn't believe the color this book has when I got it. If I recall the person I bought it from was like an accountant and this was the only comic he had, not sure how he aquiried it, but I was glad to find it in this shape. Has to be the nicest one out there.

Its the original Zoot series from 1946 they didn't start adding the GGa covers till around #7 or so. Those are the ones you are probably familiar with. The one I posted is #1(#nn) it's like they forgot to put the #1 in the empty circle on the cover. Har dto find in nice shape it seems.

Here is one that should make everyone drool a little, I know I am. Captain Video #1 in NM+ book appears to have never been opended.

I can understand the fears or sealing them, but I guessI am a pretty good case study for about 29 years. The coolest thing I ever saw and I only have two of these cases were an item made by an archival company. It was called the fortress. I know the inventor and they quit selling them about 10 years ago because they have been selling huge version of their caes for giant tapastries and rare documents. Anyhow these thing are amazing. it was truly designed with archiving of comics and magazines in mind. they sold for aroud 30 bucks each. I can still get them from the company for around 20. Even though they don't make them anymore they have a a few thousand in the warehouse in San Franscisco. I wish I had one of those for every comic I have but it would be exspensive.For now I will just keep doing what I am doing and hopfully all the comics stay in their current state. Off to bed here is another book. Here is my Super Duck #1 I just had to have this comic. Love the WWII cover. Probably a VF- picture seems to have blurred a little during pic. Ill try to get a scanner soon.

I knew this would be brought up. I use acid free foam board and bags that shrink under very low heat. What I have done for the last 20 years is cut a piece of foamboard out just larger than the comic. Then slip it into the bag. Then under low heat it is shirnk wrapped. This makes the comic so it can never be bent and the benfit is it is airtight. You could drop it, toss it and remove it from the box without having to worry about it getting any damage. Then they are placed in standard long boxes and put into a huge safe that is tempature controlled to right around 72 degrees give or take a degree. Also a reusable descant system is replaced every three months to keep even the thought of moisture out of the safe. Books I shrank wrapped 20 years ago look completely perfect as they day they went in to the boxes. The real benifit is they are airtight keeping the air from yellowing or foxing the books. I buy the foam board in bulk as well as the bags, It costs me about a buck on average to do this to the comic. Books that are mylared or encapsulated like CGC or PGX are in no way airtight nor meet the standards or an archival case. For me this is and has the best way I can think to keep them in great condition as I plan to let them sit for another 20 years befor eI sell them. Call me stupid but it works for me. Here is two copies of Annie Oakley #1 I bought these so cheap you wouldn't believe it if I told ya. Anyhow they are both gorgeous copies one is shrink wrapped and the other isn't.

Ok so check this comic out. C-M-O Comics #1 (1942) which stands for Chicago Mail Order. This is extremely rare. I have seen it a couple times before but it was always trashed. I was lucky to get this one in this shape. Worth quite a bit as well for a non-superhero book

Sadly when I sold my desktop computer the scanner went with it. I should have kept it for my lap top. Ill see what I can do though.

Ok here is a rare peize for me. I bought this comic from a guy who didn't really sell comics. I paid him 90.00 bucks about 3 years ago for this. It is truly NM+ It is Four Color #12 the first Bambi. It appears to never have even been opened. Sorry again for any glare, I had already shrink wrapped this one to foamboard when I took the pic. I wonder what it would truly be worth if I ever had it graded. It would have to be the highest one out there. Sad thing I will probably never let this one go, I actually have another copy in NM- to VF+ but dont have the pic uploaded yet. Anyhoe hope you enjoy this one.