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My brother and I found this one locally a few months ago. A pretty nice, clean and tight copy but has some moisture exposure.

My older brother was already buying comic books when I was a little kid (mostly Superman related titles). If it wasn't for him, I probably would have never noticed them, but when I was about 5 years old, I found myself nosing around in his collection (my brother was 12 at the time). There were a few titles that caught my eye, most notably the Metal Men. He had issues #13, 14 and 18. When I saw issue # 20 at my local Hook's Drug store, I had my mother buy it for me. That was the first comic book I could call my own. I collected the Metal Men from that point on until the series was cancelled with issue #41. Along the way I discovered other titles and fervently collected comic books until I was 15 in 1975. Oddly, about the time my brother stopped buying was when I started buying in the 1966-67 time frame.

I hate these promotions, it just prompts me into impulse buying. I've been looking for a nice copy of this book for a long time, an lo and behold, this seller had this one that fit the bill (nice centering and wrap) so I couldn't resist. Saved $85 with the app discount.

Download the ebay app to your mobile device, then make your purchase from there using the codeword.

I've not seen the offer come through yet on any ebay messages. Did you receive an email from ebay about it?

When people pass on like Lee, Kirby, Lennon and Harrison, etc., I can't help but get a little emotional. These people left us with something that added to our lives. We can enjoy, appreciate and even be inspired by it ourselves over and over again. Bill Maher not so much.

All I can say is this: When John Lennon was killed in 1980, I wept, when Jack Kirby died in 1994, I wept, this past week when Stan Lee died, I wept. The common thread of success these all had that I respect is a quote by Thomas Edison that goes something like this: "What it boils down to is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."

I usually try to keep my ebay sales to books under $200-$300 in value. More valuable books I hand off to the auction houses. Oddly, I seem to have realized better returns on sales in the spring than fall on open auctions. Nothing in November really stands out to me as being a better time to sell like these charts suggest.

Yes, I've had some come back with bubble wrap marks transferred to the slab, even through the outer bag. I was able to get the marks off the slab by cleaning, but I don't remember what I used.

Price drop: now $175.

Well, you gotta believe some have been stockpiling his signatures just for this day, so of course they are wanting to cash in and have their payday for it.

Yeah, that's pretty low for orders already put in and paid for. Good grief, or should I say good "greed"!

Now I know the inspiration for the Scarlet Witch's costume. Stan was sampling Hugh Hefner's Playboy Bunnies.

But he did make an effort to include women and create superpowered roles for them from the very beginning. I was probably most frustrated with how Sue Storm was handled in the FF. She was really the most powerful member of the team, but she was never really allowed to fully embrace her powers in the early days. Stan always wrote her in a more damsel in distress/weaker sex tone and let the use of her powers put too much strain on her or wear her down in battle to the point she became ineffective at times. But, nevertheless it was a beginning that expanded to the Scarlet Witch, Wasp, Black Widow, Medusa, Crystal and so on. And let's not forget the pivotal role Alicia played in the classic Galatus trilogy in FF 48-50 (which I think is very much overlooked even to this day, so much so, I'm including it here).

Think about it, from the time he was 17 until now, he was in one way or another involved in the comic book medium. He wore many different hats during that time, but was still more or less working under the same umbrella. He was around 39 years old when he transformed Atlas Comics into Marvel Comics and began the revolution that took comics to another level of maturity and legitimacy that continues to this day. He was just one of us, trying to work good enough to put food on the table and roof over his head for himself and his family, but through those everyday efforts and the ups and downs of life, he stuck it out and embraced it all the more and ended up being the right guy at the right time. May his legacy live on and continue to be an inspiration. Not many people get to give the world what he has given.

Stan Lee, the accidental pioneer, who, when he'd thought he'd rode the horse long enough and was about to chuck it all, he took the advice of his wife to write something the way he'd like to write it, telling him if he was going to quit anyway, what did he have to lose, and when he did...… the world was changed. RIP Stan. You broke the 4th wall and allowed your fans to not only connect with the characters, but to the creator's as well.

Eleven lower grade raw issues of Our Army at War. Issues #93, 104, 105, 112, 113, 116, 120, 121, 124 (two copies) and 128. These were recently acquired locally from the original owner. I have inspected all books and they are complete with no coupons cut out, no tape and no major rips, tears or missing pieces. I would estimate these books are in the 3.0 to 5.0 grade range, so yes these books do have defects appropriate for the estimated grade. $175 shipped or best offer. First come, first serve. I'll consider offers in the order received. USA shipping only please. PayPal only please. As usual, no probies, hall of shamers etc. I ship promptly and securely via USPS Priority mail. Here are some prominent defects per issue: centerfold is detached in #93. Obvious moisture exposure with some rippling to a corner of the book on issues #104, 105, 112 and 116. Ink blots on back cover of #120. Obvious foreign substance splats on the cover of #128. See the images for more details of the conditions of each book.

These 3 panels of J. Jonah Jameson by Steve Ditko are a classic in my book. From gleeful delight to saddened disappointment as only a master illustrator could do it.

This what I'm talking about. Beautiful little segment that packs a tremendous punch. What issue of what title is this from? Also, this looks like George Tuska art.

Ouch!!!, That's some pretty heavy inking there. Amazingly, I've had some sellers try to tell me stuff like that is not color touch....really!!!

Of course, how can this scene not be included in this thread. Jazzy John Romita hit it out of the ball park with this Mary Jane reveal in ASM #42. (And the look on Peter's face is priceless!)

Another offering from the Fantastic Four. Issue #116 splash page. The Thing just had some great quips throughout the series. "...but bustin' things up some more might make me feel better!"

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