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On 6/30/2022 at 6:19 AM, zen514 said:

https://www.comicconnect.com/item/962668

 

 

Marvel Comics 1 6.0  

Not October?

Pfft!

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On 6/23/2022 at 8:38 AM, KCOComics said:

For what it's worth, I still think AC23 should be considered the first appearance of Luther. 

It is interesting that the public was introduced to Lex a few weeks earlier, in what was clearly intended to be his second appearance. 

Did AC sell much better than Superman? Maybe they wanted more readers to be introduced to Lex in AC and feel obligated to buy Superman 4, which was out at the same time? 

Superman 4 was "Spring Issue" so it was intended to be on the stands for several months.

The fact that it pre-dated by a bit (then overlapped) the monthly Action Comics probably wasn't much of a concern for DC?

On 6/21/2022 at 11:35 PM, woowoo said:

So you agree Superman 4 was the first Luther Action 23 was first time you hear the name Luther 

Pretty sure Supes 4 hit the stands first, with the 2nd Luthor story.

On 6/21/2022 at 10:03 PM, Professor K said:

Member circumstances brought me here. Thank you circumstances.  So what is the overall consensus? Sup 4 hit the stands first but AC 23 is clearly the first LL story?  I love a good mystery but not enough to read 15 pages of posts. Little help?

Best I can do is this. DC Database says Sup 4 1st appearance and AC 23  first appearance chronologically. I have a restored AC 23 so I'd really like to know.

Something like that. In Action 23 Supes doesn't know who Luthor is, in Supes 4 Luthor says "we meet again," or something like that.

From the Grand Comics Database:

Indexer Notes

The first story with Luthor was in Action Comics #23 (cover date April 1940). Superman asks "Who is Luthor?"
This is the second Luthor story. Luthor says "We encounter each other once more".
However this issue may have gone on sale before Action Comics #23. In their copyright registration, Detective Comics, Inc. said Action Comics #23 was published Feb 23, 1940. An in-house ad said Superman #4 would go on sale Feb 15; the copyright registration said that it was published Jan 23. Officially, per DC Comics web site, Luthor's first appearance is in Action Comice #23."

On 6/21/2022 at 7:56 PM, Westy Steve said:

I also believe The Luther first appeared in Superman 4 if you note the timing of the advertisements, but that’s another topic. 

With almost 300 replies!

On 6/20/2022 at 9:32 AM, Surfing Alien said:

Everyone here is focusing on buying

The original post asked who got in early and found good deals

On 6/19/2022 at 8:32 PM, clarkkentdds said:

 I think mammanook was Geppi?

Babadook? Marmaduke? Babaganoush?

On 6/19/2022 at 9:42 PM, Terry JSA said:

I decided to bid on that exact copy back in March of this year. My $38,000 bid wasn’t good enough for the $80,000 it hammered at. 

So close!

On 6/18/2022 at 12:25 PM, circumstances said:

double post

On 6/17/2022 at 2:19 PM, Dark Knight said:

I know that Age of Comics sold a Flash #1 4.5 copy for $120k this year at Wondercon.  That was a steal! I should've jumped on it lol.

if mine were a 4.5 and i was selling, my response would have been "good day, sir!" followed by a "i said good day!" to $120,000!

I signed up in 1998, but I didn't get the itch to really browse for Gold until 2009 or 2010.

I was scarfing up a book a week (more or less).

To this day I have no idea why I did this, but I started bidding on 1950s superhero DCs (maybe because I never collected them and never had all that many around in general?).

I had some rules. I would put in a snipe for 40% of grade in Overstreet, and $200 was my max per book including shipping.

I would set up my snipes with 2 or 3 seconds left to go, at 40% of Overstreet or $200.99, whichever was less.

Did this for a couple of years! Lol

On other random (older and more valuable) stuff I had a $299 per book limit. I'd just load up the snipes and let em go (Centaurs, WWII covers, etc.).

On 6/11/2022 at 1:44 PM, Dr. Balls said:

fart in the wind.

my least favorite Kansas song

The Supe #1 4.0 went for $815,000.

it presented nicely, but seems a bit high?

On 5/28/2022 at 2:00 PM, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

Logical choice for many reasons.  I too went this path for awhile.  Sold off a bunch of $5k books for Bat and Caps 1.  Now I'm back to drifting sideways and grabbing random books.  

Are you happier with the bigger but fewer books?

Definitely.

Although I wish I had the cash in those years so that I never had to trade away anything!

I stopped actively collecting over 25 years ago, but I have also been keeping an eye out for the past dozen years or so, grabbing random books that fell through the cracks here and there, which has been super enjoyable.

I am a superhero guy.

When I moved from Silver to Gold, I wanted DC and Timely superhero books, primarily.

Not necessarily completing full runs, but as many as I could get, the earlier the better, and of course I wanted the #1s and first appearances.

Somewhere along the way I started collecting Avon sci fi, but I really only wanted the one-shots and the Wood covers.

I never collected ECs, but over the years I have had all the horror and science fiction ECs (and probably Shock Suspenstories).

I also went on an LB Cole kick, when Overstreet put it in all our heads that it is something we must do.

I had the Masks, and the Law Against Crimes, and the Blue Bolt Weirds, and the Ghostly Weirds, and on and on.

Never collected GGA, Romance, Crime, PCH, Teen, Funny, although many have passed through my hands.

But when it came right down to it, if i could trade lesser comics towards a Bat 1, Supe 1, Torch 1, Subby 1, etc. etc., they were gonzo.

And that is what happened to those Avons, and LB Coles, and ECs and what-have-you.

I am a superhero guy!

On 5/26/2022 at 1:26 PM, Yorick said:

Is there a date on the book itself?  I think this may have happened with some St John books that were undated.

november on the cover, and november 1938 in the indicia. same as the rest of the run, i'd imagine.

I bought #15 at the same time as #14.

As I said, #15 is listed in the correct spot.

1 copy on the census.

Could never wrap my head around calling comics after the code stamp Golden Age.

On 5/25/2022 at 9:31 PM, lighthouse said:

More importantly, why is your left thumb pointed that way???

No wonder she’s blocking your swing. That’s an absolutely terrible grip!

Once that mask goes on it's a free-for-all!

On 5/25/2022 at 8:03 AM, Point Five said:

Blue Ribbon #21. 7 graded copies (and I cracked open this bad boy, so now there are 6).  

That's me on the cover trying to pickaxe that young lady!

On 5/24/2022 at 8:35 PM, Professor K said:

This is new on e bay. Only 9 Blue's. What a crazy cover 

Fish in the face!

On 5/23/2022 at 10:16 PM, Microbia said:

Just two, this one’s the topper.

That's racist!

On 5/22/2022 at 7:29 PM, lighthouse said:

Three bucks each?

I doubt it, but it couldn't have been too much, I probably had $200 or $300 total to spend at a four day show!