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Massachusetts copy:
   

An early photo of Leonard Brown with a recent “buy”. Yes, people coveted and paid up for Big Little Book back then.
A photo of Malcolm Willitts pulling out unbagged, high grade Batmans out of the vault. Collectors was located in an out of business bank building.
And a business card circa 1962 for Richard and Leonard before they opened the store and were combing the Long Beach area buying up old comics and selling them word of mouth. I got the card from Leonard. Notice he crossed out Richard’s info so I would deal directly with him. 

Another book I didn't have any copy of 2.5 years ago, then @Electron helped a brother out
 

For context, this was the X-Men issue on the racks before the new series began.  It's a reprint of X-Men #45, and my original copy bought at the time.  I think it helps explain why comic buyers and readers of the day may have overlooked ish 94:

For context, this was the X-Men issue on the racks before the new series began.  It's a reprint of X-Men #45, and my original copy bought at the time.  I think it helps explain why comic buyers and readers of the day may have overlooked ish 94:

I was nine years old when GSXM1 and X-Men #94 came out. I wasn't buying regularly but somehow bought both off the stands. They struck me enough that I bought #95, 96, and #97 too. At that age, I definitely didn't know to buy multiple copies or even keep them in nice shape.
The next X-Men issues I remember buying were in the #111 to #115 range. I think by that time there was some buzz about GS #1 and X-Men #1.
I started collecting regularly when X-Men #128 was on the stands. And as mentioned before in this thread, the X-Men were definitely a big deal by then.

GSX 1 and UXM 94 were no great shakes for a long time and didn't command higher prices until Byrne took over and the series' popularity really soared.  During the original Cockrum run, none of my fellow comic collectors in middle school thought much of the new X-Men. 
But then Byrne took over, Wolverine suddenly became popular and everyone started getting into them.  That's when the prices of GSX 1 and UXM 94 started to skyrocket (relatively speaking). 

I’m waiting. 

Then tomorrow, I’ll be posting my comic and be all relevant, and all you gun jumpers will be all, man! I wish I could post! And I’ll be like, yeah, well, you should have posted on the right day, and you’ll all be like, yeah. 
 
Total burn on you guys.
Tomorrow. 

well, if we're jumping the gun on 36...

In a mylar before slabbing and then after:
    

The Pacific Coast run of FFs is terrific:

In a mylar before slabbing and then after:
    

The Pacific Coast run of FFs is terrific:

A new Postmaster is needed.

In a mylar before slabbing and then after:
    

The Pacific Coast run of FFs is terrific:

In a mylar before slabbing and then after:
    

The Pacific Coast run of FFs is terrific:

In a mylar before slabbing and then after:
    

I will be good until Friday