01TheDude

recently sold a FF 24 with 1212 on the cover (can't find the scan right now) couple more.... nov 2 1965 sep 21 1965

Mayor006 May 17, 1971 Month Year so close

thanks for the heads up-- I was putting them in spoilers more so that people could just clink on ones that were of interest AND if they wanted to quote me, I wasn't polluting the thread ad nauseum with 10 images of sloppy Swedish comic books.

Swedish comics from the 70s Tarzan? a version of Popeye and maybe Denace the Menace? Graphic spy title and Beetle Bailey some sort of sports comic (Buster)

I've got a handful of Swedish ones from back in the 70's

not sure but that just says the bidding ended--- here is a link to the item from the sold side if you want to see the bidding (no need for anyone else to have to search for the thing like I did)..... http://www.ebay.com/itm/MS-MARVEL-1-MARVEL-COMICS-LOT-5-FIRST-ISSUES-UNCIRCULATED-1977-VF-NEAR-MINT-/111275618913?pt=US_Comic_Books&hash=item19e88b3261

I take it you have a JA 11 just not in 9.8 grade?

hope it wasn't mine from being a stupid kid--- I have the Shanna She Devil Stamp (god I was so dumb) Speaking of which--- as I go through my collection and reinventory it, I am reviewing the grading to CGC standards and also checking for internal flaws like missing coupons and Marvel Stamps. Is it correct for me to automatically drop a book to 1.8 grade if the stamp/coupon is missing, regardless of the condition otherwise?

not really wanting to get too tangled in this debate but the second poll reminds me of Clinton saying "It depends on what you mean by IS" or some such thingamabob

the more I read on the subject the more I have come to the conclusion that most of the industry was not worried about the collecting as much as the consumption of comics. So to the people who put out this silly and disastrous (hey kid-- play with these matches!) programs-- it was geared toward making it fun. I suppose I did have fun collecting the stamps-- and at that point wasn't really concerned about maintaining the health of my collection. the focus shifted at some point during the 70s and 80s to be more collector centric (something Chuck Rozanski alludes to in his Mile High blog). It might make the SA and BA books that much more valuable in the long run and explain why the massive number of books in the 90s are almost all worthless. I wasn't really around the hobby during that time but it seems like the general opinion. I don't know-- I only actively collected for a short period of time--- 1975 to 1980ish. Once the books went to 40 cents-- I was out of it-- I was delivering newspapers during that time as well so it might have just been tied to that (and sports taking over my free time). Now I simply like to maintain what I have and am satisfied with that pursuit.

how old were you and how long had you been collecting? I think that has something to do with it. I was 10 or 11 and only in it for a year

I realize the damage was done as soon as they were cut out of the book-- but if you have the exact stamp for the book, does that take any of the sting off of the damage? I'm not referring to restoration or repair I have decided to stop beating myself up for this behavior and thankfully I wasn't diligent on cleaving all the stamps out of my books (or coupons for stuff marvel sold)- and treat it more less as the cost of playing with my toys. What is weird is that at the time I only considered the cover as being the important part of the book (I was 10-14 years old). I have also figured out the key issue that got me on the MVS harvesting kick--- Astonishing Tales #25-- my copy was cover-less (i.e. worthless), just for reading (found it at a garage sale probably). If you know the book-- the very last page had a Value Stamp on it screaming at you to clip it out. Hit and miss on the damage though-- I have AT23-27 and only two of the stamps were taken out. Somewhere in my boxes, I have the MVS, as if they were somehow something important to my younger self. I just feel bad that I ruined so many comic books (especially the Hulk 181-- which some adult collector basically stole from me later on). Maybe that was Marvel's plan all along.

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7423963#Post7423963 Red Sonja 8, series 1 It seems flawless to me, save a little concern over the lower staple pinching (?) -- which is amazing considering I bought this from a 7-11 rack as a kid. I may have just bagged this as soon as I got home without opening it. W-OW pages. I read the first 40 or so pages of this thread and felt like sharing this copy with you guys who might appreciate it-- I used to buy everything I could whenever I made the trek to the old 7-11 on my bike back in my Chicago days as a kid. I have several more of these, but was so mad at myself for cutting out the coupon in the back of the dang Marvel Feature #1.It's wierd that I didn't read some of these because I used t always buy up the Conan graphic mags-- and enjoy those stories.....but I have a couple of the RS that appear untouched

COUNT ME IN - nothing special in terms of condition bought this from the rack at 7-11 with my paper route money, along with a Slurpee no doubt. Just your average 10 year old baller ().