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On 4/18/2024 at 10:16 AM, ThothAmon said:

Thanks for your service Marty and for sharing. What convention was it and did you buy any comics? Did any of your kids get the collecting bug?  Guessing this might have been the Overstreet you bought.

 

This was my first guide!

And other goings-on:

https://www.instagram.com/sportscardinvestor/p/C5lDCIlsN3b/

My Bat 1 proudly displays its dot!

I have had both versions, and been aware of this for decades.

In my mind, it is one press run of 900,000 copies that was released in three traunches, due to insane demand (with ad corrected based on where in the run they were).

At the stage of the game when we became aware that all 900,000 were not printed at the exact same time, Superman #1 was already Superman #1, and owning a copy (any copy) was rarified air.

There were much more created of the first traunch (nobody cared), less of the second (nobody cared), the least of the third (nobody cared).

There are sufficiently few of any surviving.

At best they're variants - collect all three!

I believe I've read that Superman #2 had two traunches as well, 850,000 then 150,000, though that might have been speculation at that time.

Rest in peace old friend.

On 2/18/2024 at 3:22 PM, Professor K said:

Yeah that would be good. I only noticed because I was going to try to grab it. I did write to Goldin but got kind of a generic response saying the book represents 1/12 of the census but they'll look into it further. Now I'm just curious why it's not showing up. # 4356456013 

 

 

 

It's a Detective book so they're being mysterious?

I've gotta think Supe 5 is a much more valuable book.

On 11/19/2023 at 5:40 PM, walclark said:

I've always liked this series. There are some interesting WWII covers in the run. Here's the full run:

 

You've got the only #8 on the census!

Mail Call!

Only 1 on the census

Mail Call!

Always a no no for me.

But my collecting days were over before people started collecting single pages.

On 11/10/2023 at 8:24 PM, Dark Knight said:

Because maybe it is the very last lot of the auction , which I think is quite unusual given that is one of the more important and high valued books in that auction.  It should be given priority and should've been sold at one of the earlier lots.

I meant why didn't I look in the pre robin tec thread for any convo about the start of the PBA auction!

On 11/10/2023 at 5:15 PM, Dark Knight said:

Check out the pre-Robin Tec thread. A few discussions regarding the Bat and Tec books.

I'm wondering if anyone know what the final bid was for the Flash Comics #1 Ashcan? I saw that it didn't meet reserve. Thanks!

Thanks.

Why didnt I think to look there? Lol

how are the results so far?

am i missing the thread where the Bats and Tecs are being discussed?

On 11/2/2023 at 4:40 PM, badback83 said:

You never know.  One of these days you might get lucky at a garage sale.

I do keep my eyes open!

On 11/2/2023 at 1:46 PM, buttock said:

The "Golden Age" is a descriptive term referring to a time when things were great in all features.  It defines itself in a way.  Before Action 1, although things definitely existed, they weren't the same as after Superman came into existence.  Then things boomed throughout the war, but shortly after the creativity, profitability, etc., all declined.  So for me, the true "Golden Age" is from Action 1 to the end of WW2.  But there are many ways to define it for other reasons.  

that was definitely the golden era of the golden age!

On 10/30/2023 at 10:37 PM, Telegan said:

For those of you who make the atomic age division, what is the reasoning in terms of comic books for the division.  Obviously, the dropping of the bombs and "nookyuler", but what about it in comics?  Is it because you started seeing "atomic things" in them or was there something about the comics themselves other than the content?  Just trying to learn ...

i started reading comics in early 1975, and started collecting shortly thereafter.

so i guess i am a relative newcomer to the whole hobby.

not sure the term "atom age" (or "atomic age") had been coined yet, but we (myself and any other collectors i knew) never used it.

as centaur collectors, and (new) more fun collectors, and (new) adventure collectors, and detective comics collectors, the debut of superman had zero to do with the beginning of the golden age of comics, because all the above titles and companies we collected started with original content in 1935, 1936, 1937 (we had no interest in strip reprints).

although the comics we most enjoyed were created prior to the end of World War 2, it is difficult to just say the Golden Age ended right there, with Marvel Mystery, and Cap, and so many other titles still ongoing (yet winding down).

That is why we always went with the end of the All Star run as the final ending of the Golden Age. Although that seems a tad late chronologically, it is hard to call All Star 57 anything other than a Golden Age book. An imperfect demarcation point.

Anything that came after All Star 57 were "fifties books." That was it. It was just understood that they were not Golden Age anymore. Horror, Crime, Romance, EC, etc., if it came out after All Star 57 it was a "fifties book."

There was always some debate as to when the Silver Age began. Was it Showcase #4 (9/10/56)? Was it Detective #225 (11/10/55)? Was it when the CCA stamp first appeared on the cover (early 1955)?

I like the content-based arguments better than the CCA argument. The introduction (or re-introduction) of heroes into comics in an ongoing fashion (unlike the Atlas attempts with Subby and Cap and Torch) heralded the Silver Age of Comics (to us).

And comics with the CCA stamp could certainly qualify as "fifties books," but could never ever be called a Golden Age comic.

So, if the biggest debate was if the Silver Age started in November of 1955 or October of 1956, I think we were doing pretty good on our collective understanding of it all. I always tended to go with the latter date, as the comics circa 1956 always seemed to be more like "fifties books" to me (at least the hero books), than Silver Age books. The "real feel" of the Silver Age hit me with FF #1, some 5 years later. That period between Showcase #4 and FF #1 is a nascent Silver Age trying to find its footing. Maybe like the three year period from New Fun #1 to Action #1, where the newly born Golden Age of Comics was finding its way.

On 10/31/2023 at 6:42 PM, JB123 said:

this is a memory ingrained in my brain.......... some people used to use glad bags the thin ones and they stuck.......

combine either a robert bell bag or a glad bag with cheap tape, and OY

On 10/31/2023 at 1:28 PM, JB123 said:

What about OLD Skool New Bag Technology? Before Slabbing we pressed in the bathroom for moisture and then placed the fresher comic in a fresh Robert Bell Bag and Board!!!!!!! I would grade the comic as well............

I did a good job compared to what they do today albeit my volume was suspect compared to CGC

I'm trustworthy? I can grade? Why does a child grading at CGC have more clout than a 60 year old who sniffs paper for a hobby?

How could that be?

i've peeled so many browning robert bell bags off the comics i no longer have! and some i probably still have, lol. anything good has an acid free back board and a mylite.

I stopped actively collecting before slabbing existed.

Problem solved! Lol

That being said, I have never submitted anything in my collection for slabbing from any slabbing service.