Eddy707

Thank you guys!

It has Off White pages,you know how hard it is to get OW pages on this book? I think there is only 10-12 total in any grade,the showcase master may enlighten us as to the total count but it's low for sure.

I did not know that. It makes me feel even better now jumping on this copy

Don't have the big one and probably won't ever, but I'm content with this.

 

Great looking book

Thank you guys!

Once again thanks Josh!, and to Jive: I can attest to that I can't stop looking for Schomburg covers now.

Thanks to the couple of boardies that helped me obtain these silver age keys! Low grade, but I love them.

Thanks to a few fellow boardies I now own these...

 

Pre-Code ..... Great pick ups!

I know I went a little crazy....

 

Great books Ivan!

My ticket to the club! It may be a very low grade book, but I think it presents better than 1.0 IMO and has off-white pages, regardless I'm just happy to own a copy of this great book

Got these two a couple of weeks ago thanks to a great boardie. My first Schomburg cover

A nice addition for my DD 1-50 run. Just 14 books left to go!

 

love it.

ah, what the heck...

 

Beautiful book! I've been wanting to get one myself, very lucky to get it.

 

2.5

I received this in the mail last week, I bought it from a fellow boardie. It's low grade, but I was so happy to get it! I finally have the three first silver age appearances of Captain America, Namor the Submariner, and the original Human Torch .

I also just received this in the mail today. I bought it off eBay, and I could not be happier!

Bought a Fantastic Four #4 from Terry, and I couldn't be happier. The comic was shipped quickly and packaged well. I would definetly buy from him again.

 

All Hail Doom!

love this comic!

Just got this in the mail today.

Also loving that New Mutants #98. I have a raw copy of it.

i like it

 

Really neat looking comic. Kind of makes me want to get it.

My Avengers #4 I love this comic!

There are a lot of really beautiful comics in this thread.

 

Don't worry though, I can fix that:

 

 

 

 

So this is my copy of Avengers #4. Here's the story: When I was about 13, I started getting serious about collecting comics. My Dad sat me down and said, you know, instead of just buying whatever random comics you come across, you should focus your efforts on a specific title. Set a goal and collect that series first and then once you're done you can move on to other things you also like.

 

I decided to focus on Avengers, which turned out to be a very lucky thing, because for my money Avengers #1-285 is about as solid a series of comics as have ever been printed. I don't think there's another series that maintained the level of excellence Avengers did for such a long period of time. Avengers #51-71 in particular is about as good as superhero comics get.

 

Anyway, shortly after I began focusing on Avengers, my Dad brought me to a comic store. I still didn't know much about back issues or collecting or Avengers even but I knew I liked old stuff so I decided I wanted the oldest Avengers issue they had. That turned out to be this copy of Avengers #4, which my Dad then bought for me for the exorbitant price of $12.50. I don't think I even knew what the significance of the issue was at the time. When we got it home and I opened it up, though, we discovered that the spine was so tattered -- big pieces were missing from it entirely -- that just reading the comic threatened to cause it to fly apart entirely. Luckily, my Dad had a simple and elegant solution -- literally a solution, because we fixed the problem by applying rubber cement to the spine and cementing the cover in place. And let me tell you, that cover is still about as firmly attached as you could imagine even today.

 

Somehow, I managed to put together an entire run of Avengers in about four years, despite only having my meager allowance and occasional birthday/Christmas money to work with, finishing my run the summer between my Sophomore and Junior years of high school. As you can imagine, with that kind of a budget a lot of my Avengers issues were nearly as ratty as this Avengers #4. Since then, of course, I have upgraded most of them to at least solid copies. But despite how terrible this Avengers #4 is, it's the one book in my collection I will never replace.

Awesome story, great to hear the back story to sentimental copies.

Posted this in the Spidey thread as well...

 

Awesome copy I've always loved that book.

Just got my first submission back:

 

 

 

 

Officially hooked. Damn it

Loving the books!

Two new books to end the week on.

 

Got both at a great price for the grade... the ASM #77 would be higher but it looks like it spent too much time in the Florida Sun (CR/OW pages and a very tanned back cover). I just got rid of the last of my ASMs and a new one shows up. Think I'll be switching gears from my recently departed slabs from the 100s to some favorites from the single digits...

 

The X-men 142 was part of my 1000 points in $100 challenge. If I can find a good priced 9.6 I'll probably be upgrading this one soon. Small ding near the URFC keeps this from being higher...

 

 

The Uncanny X-men #142 is incredible! I have a raw copy myself. I always loved the two part story that ended in this one.

Posted this on the silver thread, but I love this comic so much I had to put it here too .

 

that is a cracking 4.0, looks alot higher

I completely agree. I've been debating whether or not to resubmit it. I really feel like it could be graded a little higher.