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did you send in all your Centaurs, or did you keep some?

i hope the graders are in a good mood the day i send mine in!

Much closer!

Why? He's touching automobiles?

Thanks! Just checked, still zero!

thanks for the info. #2, 3 and 4 make sense, as none are visible in the scan.

Looks like a nice 9.0. Wonder what brought it down.

I made lots of flea market finds in the 1970s. Quarter books, 50 cent books, dollar books. There was one guy who would set up every week. He had a big three ring notebook with dozens of plastic sleeves that he'd always put out on one of his tables. In each sleeve, back to back, was 1950s horror and Sci fi comics (except EC). Dozens of them. Brain Bats of Venus and the like. All in nice shape. I loved them, but the prices were exorbitant. $12, $15, $18. Brain Bats was $35! I tried on numerous occasions to buy the whole binder, or to get more reasonable prices on individual books or groups of books. I don't think he ever budged on price. I can't recall him ever selling anything at those prices in those days. Wonder what ever happened to them/him.

I took a bunch of crappy photos with a cellphone when I joined! No scanner.

Me! Compiled from 1975 to the late 1990s when I stopped. 100% raw, baby!

This has to bode well for my copy!

Thor #233 off the rack at a convenience store on Bird Road in Miami in January, 1975. It is probably still around here somewhere. First golden age books were from Jay at Sparkle City at my first comic convention, Phil Seuling's July 4th show in NYC, 1978. Human Torch 12 and World's Finest 9. I no longer have either comic.

of course, but i find the book to book comparisons to be fascinating (among many other things in the census counts).

We probably have uncovered some things Ernie thought were 7, 6, 5, that might should have been 8s and 9s! (I didn't look them up, but the war year Champs, Prizes, Blue Ribbons, Speeds, etc. are probably 5s and 6s).

i'm happy to see everybody's stuff, but my thought when creating the thread was on comics that would generally get submitted and graded (not inexpensive stuff that doesn't really merit it). what i didn't anticipate was posting stuff in 2017, then the fun of looking back years later and seeing how many (if any) had been slabbed in the interim. the "over time" aspect is almost as interesting as the "initial posting" numbers! (to me)

love this book

remember to post new GA acquisitions in the pinned thread at the top: and if there are 10 or fewer copies on the CGC census (like your Hit #42) post them in my thread:

Welcome back, Marty!

When is/was the con? Did you trade for a ton of cool EC?

Cash is king. If you go this route and sell your books first, you might be able to negotiate some cash deals on the ECs you find at the Con. Some dealers are more likely to wheel and deal than others.

Shoulder vag! One of my first SOTI books.

Shweet!

Thank you! And thanks for contributing! Great comic.

i like it! it's between this one and the EC for me.

is there a black terror cover, or was that another year?