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6 on the census

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Another Pandemic Pickup! 6 on the census.

3 universal on the census (1 qualified)

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I haven't been posting lately, but I have been acquiring. Boredom during covid19 leads to Pandemic Pickups? 3 universal (1 qualified) on the census.

I haven't collected since the 1990s, and have probably bought 7 or 8 OPGs when they were released in the past 20 years. I also bought it every year that I was collecting, and probably for the first five years after I stopped. Then it became sporadic, lol.

Back in the day it was indispensable, and anxiously awaited. Now I buy one every two or three years. That's sad. The Spirit of '76 was my first one also (issue #6). As far as All-American 16 and Batman 1, I have both books, I love both books, I can't agree with AA16 moving ahead of Bats 1 on the top GA value list.

Great book! Do we know who drew the cover?

Thanks. Definitely not airtight, just wondering if the contents would stay a few degrees cooler (or any other advantage) if the top flaps were left open.

I just got a couple of those lockable BCW graded storage bins. If you aren't going to stack them, what are your thoughts on leaving the flaps open (if that's an option for you), versus keeping them shut? Any reasons to leave them open (temperature-wise, or otherwise)?

Just the covers. I assumed it was like this book, lol.

Thanks! I probably lean the way you do. This is like an instructional or educational manual with illustrations. Like those army ones that Eisner did.

But it's not a comic book?

This makes me very unHoppy

Unfortunately. One looking like a good candidate to slam us right now (Tropical Depression 13).

Cool and dry. Cool and dry. I live in South Florida, so what many would consider a heat wave, we consider 9 of the 12 months of every year.

I'm currently waiting on a book. It was shipped 8/5. Moved every day until 8/8, when it said left Chicago on the way to destination, delivery date 8/12. 8/9 said in transit. 8/10 in transit. 8/11 in transit. 8/12 in transit in the morning, changed to in transit-arriving late that evening. 8/13 nothing. 8/14 nothing. 8/15 nothing. 8/16 nothing. 8/17 nothing during the day, then arrived in Miami that evening. 8/18 arrived at my local post office. Set for delivery tomorrow. We shall see!

That's why I started the thread. There are some crazy rare books in these pages! And grails too! And crazy rare grails!

It's nice to check and see they are still fewer than 10!

Again, that book must not exist!

Coincidentally, there was a Famous First Edition without the outer cover for sale on Ebay that the dealer was trying to pass off as original recently. I wrote to him several times trying to get him to change the description. He did not, and the item eventually got 10 bids and sold for $227 (or thereabouts). I can't remember if I flagged the listing to Ebay when he didn't correct it.

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Hi, welcome to the boards. Some reprints are larger (about 10"x 13") instead of normal comic size from that era. That might be one way to tell.