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On 4/30/2023 at 10:21 PM, MAR1979 said:

RIP Bud. You final post was a great one.

Sad news.  I didn't know. Thanks for posting on this side of the boards, 

On 4/28/2023 at 8:00 PM, Ghost Town said:

Love this cover.

me too

Not a single reprint to all reprints..

On 4/22/2023 at 10:34 AM, MAR1979 said:

The spine on #12 is a huge challenge.  When I evaluate a book I start with the spine. I'd guess most other collectors start with corners or edges but for me a perfect spine outweighs other defects.

Kudos on your great eye all that time ago.

 

Thanks, 9.6 is best so far. How about 13?  Someone had a healthy stash of these. So far 9 at 9.8 ! You and I appreciate how crazy high that number is for these titles and a non-first issue. 

Had this for a few decades and sub'd it 2 years ago. Tough in high grade. The usual condition story of a black cover.

For me the back cover of DC100 page Super Spectacular, DC-5 is more interesting than the front cover.  

On 4/15/2023 at 7:36 PM, Lazyboy said:

'M' Box (Direct) Marvel's didn't have Code stamps.

Never noticed that before. So many little quirks with the so many variants

On 4/15/2023 at 5:24 PM, jdandns said:

Maybe they just forgot to affix the sticker or it fell off during production. 

Aren't there some instances of the Comics Code Authority paste-up seal simply falling off the original cover art?

Since you mentioned it I looked at that X-men 214 and it's missing the Comics Code Authority also,

Here is a 56. 

On 4/10/2023 at 5:21 PM, Sweet Lou 14 said:

No doubt.  Too lazy to look up the numbers, but just from what I see anecdotally I would say this particular book is quite easy to find, in notably greater supply than other Giant-Size books.

Your right, 838 copies graded so far. (Someone probably had a large stash of these) It easily beats submissions of other 1974 Giant-Size first issues such as Giant-Size Spider-Man with only 380 submitted. It sells well.

 Key Marvel 70's monsters are still in demand.

GIANT-SIZE CHILLERS #1 CGC(9.6) (6/74) WHITE PAGES “FIRST APPEARANCE OF LILITH” | eBay

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On 4/8/2023 at 11:21 AM, MR. Pontoon said:

Frank Robbins was a fine artist. The problem with his work was when he attempted to conform it to "Marvel-style" (basically Kirby style) with it's exaggerated kinetic energy. Trying to get through those books is a chore for me, they're pretty much unreadable. His own style, which was reminiscent of folks like Milt Caniff, didn't utilize those weird distortions. I have no problem with Johnny Hazard for example.

Some of Barry Smiths early work was pretty horrible when he tried to mimic Kirby also.  Crazy distortions. DD 52, X-men 53 are good examples. Allowed to express himself with Conan and beyond he is amazing.

On 4/6/2023 at 9:17 AM, Frisco Larson said:

Gone over a cliff to gone over a cliff.

Beetle to Beatles

On 4/3/2023 at 7:47 PM, Artboy99 said:

a recent book was released that definitely has a place in my Marvel Value Stamp collection.

It is 400 pages in size and the interior has fantastic sections on the history of how the idea was created, then details of the first series and booklet. I love that each letters page is included and where the source image came from for each stamp. Then booklet 2 is covered.

Overall I highly recommend this book to anyone that is a fan.

 

Awesome!! My brother and I looked far and wide to get all the books every month with the stamps for our two MVS books, Special days. Just saw your collage for first time, Terrific job. That's really sharp. .........Now I gotta find myself a copy of that visual history book!

On 4/2/2023 at 1:53 PM, All-Star Squadman said:

In surprisingly heavy bidding had to beat back the ol' time wolves on eBay for this cover about 17 years ago.

As the item hammered higher than the seller expected they threw in a free Marvel Scooby Page. 

Marvel Hanna-Barbara in 9.6 & 9.8 may be rare but the Original Art Cover are hens tooth scarce. I've been collecting art since the late 90's and have only seen 4 in total, 1 of which was missing stats.

Art by the Paul Norris co-creator of Aquaman.

The Scoob page by Spiegal the kind seller added as a gift.

 The book that goes with your cover art,

On 3/30/2023 at 9:19 PM, All-Star Squadman said:

Recent acquisition, Laff page with Elroy Jetson.

Noticing this may be situation where Original 1-of-A-Kind Comic Art may cost less than the comic book in high grade

 

If Art is not welcome in this topic my apologies, but if it is welcome I have more Hanna Marvel I will post.

More than welcome! Thats neat your one page has about 11 different cartoon characters.  

On 3/29/2023 at 6:25 PM, MAR1979 said:

My third most wanted Hanna and one of my top most wanted childhood books.  It was my first exposure to Dynomutt. Got mine originally in the early 80's in a school yard type trade.

Turned down some lower CGC graded copies over the years as I figured  9.8's or 9.8 raw candidates would show up but to date none have. 9.6 remains census highest, besides the "normal" Marvel Hanna reasons, the dark purple background on top half of the book maybe a contributing factor as to why?

Apologies to Comic_Memories for scooping this up; for you it's one of the few need to the complete your Hanna Marvel set but for me its the product of 15 years or so of searching. BTW folks we DM'd on the side Comic_Memories is a true class act!

 

Beauty, hopefully another comes along soon! Getting a new scanner and then I'll post a few books that are also as scarce as this guy in my H.B. Set.  Thanks for the kind words.