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On 4/15/2024 at 7:39 PM, BuscemasAvengers said:

Next up is Love Romances 79. Had this pegged as either an 8.0 or 8.5, so happy with the result, and it takes over as highest graded.

Sooooo nice to see CGC credit Baker (and Colletta for that one).

Have to get one back now 

Shield to Shield 

On 4/12/2024 at 7:11 PM, RareHighGrade said:

 

I appreciate all of the kind comments made by everyone throughout the course of this thread; they have made my completion of the run even more satisfying.  I'll finish by noting that, starting with issue #32, the title dropped “New” and became simply “Adventure Comics,” which is the title that remained until the series ended in 1983 with issue #503.  Creig Flessel's classic shark/raft battle cover was an awesome way to introduce the new title.  

 

Sweet bonus and killer thread! Thank you for sharing these awesome books  with us, cool experience

Dopey Duck to Daffy Duck 

Cat to Cat 

Blue Beetle to Black Hood

On 4/10/2024 at 8:56 PM, RareHighGrade said:

My personal White Whale was issue #27.  I searched for decades for a nice copy, with no luck.  I eventually resigned myself to the fact that I would never be able to finish the run.

But then the Ian Levine collection of pre-hero DCs came up for auction.  Ian’s pre-hero run, although complete, consisted almost entirely of low grade and restored books.  Imagine my surprise when I discovered that, tucked away among them, was this breath-taking unrestored beauty.  The hole in my collection was finally filled.   

This issue has the earliest shark cover in comics, as well as an interior ad for Action Comics #1.

 

Amazing, absolutely STELLAR!! Congrats on the pickup!

On 4/10/2024 at 10:30 AM, RareHighGrade said:

This pristine Church copy of issue #26 is the jewel of my collection.  One of the things that makes it unique is the name written in the upper left-hand corner of the cover.  Of the 18,000 books in Edgar Church’s collection, only around 10 have the name “Church” written on the cover.  One of the other books sharing this rare distinction:  Edgar’s copy of Action Comics #1.

Along with its terrific cover, the issue also includes an ad for Action Comics #1.

#26 is renowned for its rarity.  As anyone who frequented the CGC Boards in the mid-2000’s will remember, it was Ian Levine’s White Whale, eluding him for years until it became the very last issue he needed to complete his collection of all DC books ever published.

 

File Copy to Same 

To another Church copy 

On 4/8/2024 at 9:16 PM, RareHighGrade said:

#20.  My copy is mid-grade.  The Church copy of this issue is a 9.6 that was stolen from Harley Yee’s booth several years ago and has never again resurfaced.  

 

Never noticed this one before. Cool! 

True to Real

On 4/4/2024 at 12:12 AM, OtherEric said:

Copy #4, courtesy of an assorted lot from @ft88's recent sale.  It wasn't the reason I grabbed the lot, but the fact I have no immediate intentions of unloading any of my copies suggests that I may be hoarding this issue:

Nice one!

Here's the other Sniffles Four Color 

To Robot 

Im in 

On 3/31/2024 at 10:00 PM, Professor K said:

Sunday night auction. Yikes.

As someone who hunted for years and finally snagged a copy, I can attest to how tough it is, but this is a shocker.

Appreciate my copy even more now 

On 3/30/2024 at 12:06 AM, Professor K said:

I doubt anyone here bid that high on the Tec 1. The Detective's 3 and 4 I think went low. #4 6.0 A-2 was a great price and I wished I'd have clicked at least 2 or 3 more times on it. 

One highly intelligent person gave issue 3  6.0 A-3 the one and only bid it needed to bring home. After Detective 4 bidding on the rest of the Detectives seemed to really picked up.

Quite a few of the early More Funs and New Comics sold kind of low also. Low grade, restored, but scarce books.

I wasn't going to post this at least until I got it but here it is. Hooray for me. 

 

Congrats, super pick up! 👏 

On 3/28/2024 at 5:13 PM, sfcityduck said:

I thought some of the strongest prices were on beater, restored, and conserved copies. Lots of shallow water demand for these books. Like this one I thought got a great price:

It was, Congratulations to winner if anyone here 🎊 👏 

These were strong as well

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