Cyclops

Ahh Les Paul. Very nice

What's getting plugged into that Marshall?

Sweet copy. I waited too long to upgrade and I'm really kicking myself now.

I love these little things. Were these giveaways or something?

I haven't cracked out my Avengers 3 in 9.0 yet. Maybe with the right amount of Wild Turkey some night....., :think: Bird up, my friend. Bird up.

Lulz, guess I've punched a lot of kittens. I suspect the powerful attachment to slabs is from a newer generation of collectors, ones too young to have bought books off the rack that turned out to be valuable after many decades, and who haven't bought back issues in the unslabbed or cracked out state so they could build runs to be read and re-read. Even putting aside the chance to access the entire comic rather than just the covers, to me comics are much more beautiful in mylars rather than slabs, and most beautiful of all in hand. For me, comics are for collecting, slabs are for selling. I've cracked every slab I've bought from you, Bob. Kitten puncher.

Unbelievable book. Very nice!

There's going to be some announcement from Marvel after this weeks ep. http://www.bleedingcool.com/forums/front-page-comic-news/87975-marvel-make-announcement-tonight-after-shield.html

Lots of 9.8's coming in. Here's a pic of my old copy. Sold it way too early

You buy it slabbed because it's been graded and checked for restoration by a neutral 3rd party.

What was the name of this "startling new team of DC heroes" at the end of B&B #54? That's a big omission and a huge part of the argument. Subby, Hulk and Surfer teamed-up before MP #1 and they were known as the "Titans Three." Unofficially. BS...was the specific super-hero name of "Ant-Man" mentioned at all in Tales to Astonish #27? Some people are grasping at straws trying to play up their copies of B&B #60. I'm not buying it...if you want to change the 1st appearance of the Teen Titans, then go change the 1st appearance of Ant-man and a whole host of other superheroes first. Wonder Girl joins the Teen Titans...that's about it The cover to TTA 35 says The Return of The Ant Man. Note: no hyphen between Ant and Man. It's like calling someone the sports guy (a guy around the office that is crazy about sports). On the cover to TTA 36 you have Ant-Man, a minor difference in punctuation that makes all the difference. The hero Ant-Man did not appear in TTA 27, Hank Pym, the Ant Man (sports guy) did. Around the time of 35, Lee needed a hero so it took the story from 27 and went with it. Genius! That's my take on the TTA debate, anyway. I still think BB 60 is the first appearance of a formal group called the Teen Titans, though. I don't own a copy of any of these books, sadly. (thumbs u that's the first time I've heard the punctuation argument in the TTA 27 vs 35 debate...interesting stuff It really does.

I don't crack out 9.6's or 9.8's. I've had two 9.8's in the past that I kept until I decided to sell them. Those were Bronze and Coppper, though. Modern I probably wouldn't care unless it was actually hard to get in high grade. The only slabbed book I have at the moment is a book I specifically bought for "investment" purposes, so I won't be cracking that one.

What was the name of this "startling new team of DC heroes" at the end of B&B #54? That's a big omission and a huge part of the argument. Subby, Hulk and Surfer teamed-up before MP #1 and they were known as the "Titans Three." Unofficially. BS...was the specific super-hero name of "Ant-Man" mentioned at all in Tales to Astonish #27? Some people are grasping at straws trying to play up their copies of B&B #60. I'm not buying it...if you want to change the 1st appearance of the Teen Titans, then go change the 1st appearance of Ant-man and a whole host of other superheroes first. Wonder Girl joins the Teen Titans...that's about it The cover to TTA 35 says The Return of The Ant Man. Note: no hyphen between Ant and Man. It's like calling someone the sports guy (a guy around the office that is crazy about sports). On the cover to TTA 36 you have Ant-Man, a minor difference in punctuation that makes all the difference. The hero Ant-Man did not appear in TTA 27, Hank Pym, the Ant Man (sports guy) did. Around the time of 35, Lee needed a hero so he took the story from 27 and ran with it. Genius! That's my take on the TTA debate, anyway. I still think BB 60 is the first appearance of a formal group called the Teen Titans, though. I don't own a copy of any of these books, sadly.

I got my first slab when I came back to the hobby a few years ago. I realized pretty quickly that my OCD had a problem with not being able to read the comic. So out it came. I like the look of them in the slab, but I can't stand not being able to open them up and

I do the same. What's your method for reusing them? Do you put a book in with a bag and board or do you some something more fancy?

Very nice. I love setting up the books like that for photos. Yeah, I'm nerdy like that

That depends. A lot of stores don't know where to file that book, sometimes they stick it under M for Marvel or S for Super or even X because of X-Men, and as a result it often goes overlooked. So true. Even when I think I've checked everywhere, I'm still left thinking it could be anywhere. Thrill of the hunt

Love this book.

Thanks, gents!

Great beginning! First Scrooge and a great story. I also like the non gloss covers of this era. Thanks! That's interesting that you mention the non gloss because, when I got it, I wondered if it was supossed to be like that or if it had just worn away. I actually quite like it, too. Gotta get FC 386 now.

Got my first Duck this week.

Nice cave!