circumstances

A NM World's Finest 9 (and Human Torch 12) were the first Golden Age books I ever bought. Phil Seuling's 4th of July convention in NYC in 1978. I was 14.

Thanks! I haven't collected since the late 90s, but I had a good 10 year stretch (until the market went wacky about a year ago) picking up random gold that fell through the cracks.

I've never been a low grade collector, but much of my collecting life was spent looking for key or rare (or key and rare) golden age. I don't go looking for them, but I'd never say no to a deal on a book with a detached cover.

i've never paid attention, but i wonder how hard to find and how expensive those Italian weeklies are from the 1930s.

I only have three, I think.

Mail call! Sparkler Comics #11. Here The Sparkman decides that cool superpowers are overrated, and shooting the enemy with a handgun, and punching them with fists proved much more satisfying. 5 copies on the census.

Mail call! Sparkler Comics #11. Here The Sparkman decides that cool superpowers are overrated, and shooting the enemy with a handgun, and punching them with fists proved much more satisfying. 5 copies on the census.

Mail call! Sparkler Comics #11. Here The Sparkman decides that cool superpowers are overrated, and shooting the enemy with a handgun, and punching them with fists proved much more satisfying. 5 copies on the census.

Mail call! Yay, I get to make a new contribution. Sparkler Comics #11. Here The Sparkman decides that cool superpowers are overrated, and shooting the enemy with a handgun, and punching them with fists proved much more satisfying. 5 copies on the census.

Mail call! Sparkler Comics #11. Here The Sparkman decides that cool superpowers are overrated, and shooting the enemy with a handgun, and punching them with fists proved much more satisfying. 5 copies on the census.

I was totally joking. Love this book.

"Part one of two part story" PASS!!

I have a 6. My only oversized Centaur.

I'm thinking that was a hefty reach on the Goldin, and this is a somewhat more realistic result?

exactly!

what i like about zero on the census is when you go look it up, the number isn't listed. like it doesn't exist. just skips from vol. 2 #9 to vol. 2 #11, lol.

i plan to read mine. especially if it isn't on comic book plus.

showcase #30 was in january of 61 i think

As I was leaving my first ever comic book convention, I saw one of my favorite artists doing a sketch for a fan. I said to myself, I've got to ask him to draw my favorite character for me before I went home. I waited there for a few minutes, and then it was my turn. I told him I was a big fan of his work and asked him if he would draw a sketch for me. Of course he would, and I watched as he drew it. Then he handed it to me, and said "that will be $5.00." I had no idea artists charged money for their sketches at conventions, and I didn't see the sign posting the price (if there was one, at that time on Sunday). I apologized, and told him I only had enough money for the bus to get me home, and started to hand back the sketch. He told me not to worry about it, and even though I was mortified by the whole situation, I thanked him and told him I would pay him the next time I saw him. "Sure, sure." That was July 4th weekend, 1978, Phil Seuling's New York Comic Art Convention. I was 14 years old, and my mom had let me fly to New York from South Florida to attend the convention (my mom was, and is, great like that). Jump ahead one year to the 1979 4th of July New York Comic Art Convention. I had such a great time the first time, I went back for more. The first thing I did when I got into the convention was look for the artist I stiffed the previous year. Even though it was an entire year later, when I walked up to him and put the $5.00 bill in his hand, and thanked him for being so gracious to an insufficiently_thoughtful_person kid, he remembered me immediately, gave me that big smile, and said something along the lines of not ever worrying about it. We laughed, and started a friendship that spanned over 40 years. He was a tremendous talent, but the person is who I will miss.

Mail call! Captain Aero #2. Says Vol. 1 #8 on the inside. First Holyoke ish. Charles Quinlan WWII cover. 4 universal on the census (1 restored).

Mail call! Captain Aero #2. Says Vol. 1 #8 on the inside. First Holyoke ish. Charles Quinlan WWII cover. 4 universal on the census (1 restored).

Finally a new contribution! Captain Aero #2. Says Vol. 1 #8 on the inside. First Holyoke ish. Charles Quinlan WWII cover. 4 universal on the census (1 restored).

Mail call! Captain Aero #2. Says Vol. 1 #8 on the inside. First Holyoke ish. Charles Quinlan WWII cover. 4 universal on the census (1 restored).