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Listed here. http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQgotopageZ1QQ...osortpropertyZ1

Probably a 9.4 leaning towards a 9.2 as opposed to a 9.6. I have never seen the Pough Pedigree but as long as the tanning is not browning, I don't think it would be a serious downgrade. You'd most likely get the Cr to OW pages but for a 50's Dell thats not a surprise. The razor edges and corners really help keep it in the 9.0 range and the lack of any blemishes on the spine or staples push it into a 9.4 IMO. Unreal books by the way.

Just posted the Rawhide 133 and Marvel Tales 67 http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQgotopageZ1QQsassZft88QQsosortorderZ1QQsosortpropertyZ1

Metarog, just left you a PM on this in case you haven't logged in.

Here's my "Weird Mysteries 11" its for sale too. From a wanna-be horror collector http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=76&item=2274485100&rd=1

Here's a More Fun 50 with a fun little ad.

Yee Haw, this just came in A Marvel Tales 67 and Spidey 157 as well

I posted the Rawhide 134 a month ago, still working on the 133 which I overlooked the first time around.

Just picked up 4 more variants: FF 169, 2 in 1 15, Premiere 29, and Invaders 6. Come to Baltimore where they give these things away. Well I did have to buy 100 books to get these but there you have it. She was selling $40 per box and that was it, so I at least got to cherry pick the lot of 80's and 90's. http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQgotopageZ1QQsassZft88QQsosortorderZ1QQsosortpropertyZ1 Apologize for the market place post but they get lost there in a hurry.

Just picked this up http://comiclink.com/./itemdetail.asp?back=%2Fcgcitems%2Easp%3Fid%3D3901%26FROM%3D%26TO%3D&id=586879 But I can't pull the $300 trigger on this 8.0, I'd pay $250 though. http://comiclink.com/./itemdetail.asp?back=%2Fitems%2Easp%3Fid%3D3910%26FROM%3D%26TO%3D&id=586260

Some 30 cent Variants up on ebay. Thank-you Baltimore Con. http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=ft88&include=0&since=-1&sort=3&rows=50

This one I just acquired and is up on ebay. 1st Tommy Tomorrow with flag cover and mars cover story.

I just found 2 price variants and threw them up on ebay. I guess the Rawhide is fairly rare, and I put the link up describing 30 cent variant lisings, so thanks rob react. BTW, I bought them from the original owner who lives here in Baltimore. Hope that helps your regional research. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=12589&item=2264158355

Great book, any other Disney's? $140 for a key, not a bad gig.

Here are some issues

Beautiful Batmans. I believe these are very undervalued so you might just want to hold onto them. That 9.2 NM- X-men 4 and 5 are worth more than VG/F Batman 4 and 5 is sort of wrong. Or I have a box of valiants I could trade them for. Seriously, I do have some mid - high grade CGC 9-97 Supermans for trade if you are more interested in Superman.

Incredible Archie 3. Not only Archie but ALL the popular (and unpopular) cartoon books have unreal low census #s. Looney Tunes and characters, WDCS, Archie, Casper and other Harveys, MGM characters, etc. Its understandable not to spend money CGCing random titles in the F-VF range but the titles or characters listed above in high grade will bring a serious premium if they are for sale. I really wonder if they are truly rare or if they are out there but not for sale. No question those Archies and Harvey's are more rare than WDCS. The reason I brought them up is that I always hear that Disney's are numerous. Nothing bears that out. I am betting that the Archies had low prints in addition to the usual problems (kids books, paper drives, low quality paper) For characters that are recognizable today, the cartoon books seem to be the most rare. Maybe not the most popular among comic collectors but tough to find. No doubt, any increase in demand will drive up prices.

The paper drives did do a number on the godlen age books of all titles. I wonder if fewer Disney's survived relative to other titles. A 6 year old isn't going to argue with mom and dad over throwing away his Disney's, whereas a 12 year old may protect his Sub-mariner collection from all the house magazines being tossed. Just a theorey. Also, as I recall, the Church Mile High collection did not have any or very few Dell and Funny Animal comics and Chuck of Mile High believes that they were thrown out before they called him in. So thats one area where numerous hi grade superheros turned up in a collection but Disneys did not. I also wonder if there were different distributions. Early Disneys were mostly subscriptions (a continuation of the MM Magazine) and the superhero books were mainly news stand (speculation, I don't know this to be treu). Many of the pedigrees and other finds were from original owners buying books off the stands and saving them. If Disneys didn't have a presence on the news stands then that scenario isn't going to be as common.

I've shown this one before. Submitted to CGC, I hope to have the highest graded copy. I need is 5.5 or better.

Checking out the census, the #s are even lower than I thought. Issues 2-20 average less than 4 graded, with issue 21 having none graded!! Compare that to Sub-mariner Comics, not the most popular of characters or publishers at the time, average about 7 or 8 per book. Either all the issues out floating around are low grade, Good or less; or Disney collectors don't buy into CGC; or there are not that many books at all. CGC Disney's do command a premium in any grade so any seller of a VG or better book is better off slabbing it. The only thing I can think of is that these books are pretty darn scarce, even more than expected. With supply low and demand basically low as well, the prices do not reflect the rarity. Once hi grades come up for sale, a bidding war can easily break out. Another theorey is that the Disney / Barks collectors were sort of old school, ie they bought in the late 70's as relected by the comparatively high price of the Donald Duck books (Donald Flies Kites and FC 9 were among the top 20 priced books back then). They have been stagnant ever since, comparatively. Maybe many of these collectors just have their books locked up somewhere after basically exiting the hobby in the 80's, which explains the lack of movement on Disney prices. Given all that, they would most likely ignore CGC. They also aren't going to sell anytime soon either . I bought this collection from the son of a deceased old timer so there could be more like that out there. Its tough being a Mid to Hi grade WDCS collector when the census for WDCS #22, Patriotic Flag Cover looks like this. http://cgccomics.com/poplookup/grades_standard.asp?title=Walt+Disney%27s+Comics+and+Stories++++++++++++++++++&publisher=Dell+Publishing++++++++++&issue=22+++++&year=1942&issuedate=7%2F42++++++++++++++++

Not sure why, but WDCS 1-10, and really 1-40, just do not come up for sale on ebay at all. A 30 day history shows that F'ugly taped and over priced #1 as well as a low grade #8. I have rarely seen sales in the past either, and the census is low, though WDCS don't have the hot CGC appeal that the superhero's do. Still, are these books really all that rare? Even in the early 40's they had to have had high print runs at least as high as the super hero books which constantly show up on ebay both high and low grade.