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Here's the biggest book that I purchased or should I say traded at this years SDCC. My first Spokane.

 

What a great book !

I hope I can buy you a drink soon so you can tell me how was SDCC this year

As soon as I saw it, I had to buy it. This is the 10th Don/Maggie in my set.

 

Wonderful !!

Don/Maggie collection is definitively the best pedigree for Showcase.

If not the highest graded, these books have always the best page quality.

After seeing that 60 finish price, it made me feel pretty happy I got the Don / Maggie when I did. That cover is stellar though. One of the best in the run.

I was just behind you on the Don/Maggie auction and it seemed already too expensive because a 9.8 sold around $1750 on ebay in late 2013 and a 9.6 sold around $1400 on CLink in early 2014.

With these last sales, it does not seem expensive at all and the Don/Maggie copy looks way more beautiful than the other copies.

Bummer! Really wanted the Showcase #60 in tonight's CL auction, but it went higher than expected.

 

That was a nice copy. I guess a few people thought so as well, and bid it up

 

A better one will come along

I bid on this Showcase #60 too.

It is the fourth time in a year and an half I am outbid for a Showcase #60 (and was the highest bid behind the winner twice)...

Hats off to Joey for back to back finishes.

 

At least I made it interesting. (thumbs u

Thanks to both of you, it made the registry more interesting that it has been for years !

Well, there is nothing left to buy now for others Showcase collectors but it was really fun !

Congratulations to Joey

A few hours from CGC awards timeline, a fantastic ending...

And the Showcase stocks of usual dealers are now completly emptied...

Congratulations, nice pick !!

I don't know if I am the only one seeing this, but it seems there is a nice competition between our fellow boardies Sam and Roulette lately...

Actually, they did not let very much opportunities for the common collector I am...

I see you got your #105 home !

Congratulations, that's a wonderful book !

BTW, do you guys think to bid in may CLink auction ?

I just saw one book I am looking for and two upgrades...

I hope a nice 17 comes out of the weeds for me......a 5.0 or better rarely shows up in the wild.

Always difficult to find decent grade with this black cover.

Next one will be yours Sam

I though it was a shoo-in for a 6.0, but I guess not.

There's a light stain on the back cover I posted it all before,

don't want to waste any more thread real-estate on this.

Looked like a 6.0 but stains usually get the grade down...

BTW Boba, is the #16 newly listed on CLink yours ? Thought you listed it on ebay.

My last purchase: EC new direction "Extra" last issue.

This arrived today...

 

 

Wonderful !

Man, I love this series.

 

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Not sure it is a great news if you do not have a Showcase #20 yet...

Books are wonderful and as described, were perfectly packaged and sent promptly.

Great transaction !

Thanks Brent !

(thumbs u

Maybe I'll break up my registry set and let you and Joey battle it out over the spoils.

That could be fun

What a devilish plan !!!

I just moved past 70k points on my 1-104 registry set.

Congratulations Sam

You have a really wonderful collection !

In the meanwhile, I missed three issues I was looking for and couldn't reach the 30k points

It closed at just over $800

Is there a movie announced or something

A few silver and bronze age books for sale among copper books in my Misc. thread.

Items List

Anthro lot - 3 issues (Showcase 74 + Anthro 2, 4)

Atom lot - 11 issues (Showcase 35 + Atom 6, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30, 34, 35, 38, 39)

Enemy Ace lot - 3 issues (Showcase 58 + Star Spangled War Stories 140, 148)

First issue special #1 (CGC 9.6 OW/W)

Kamandi #1 (CGC 9.6 OW/W)

Lois Lane lot - 24 issues (12, 20, 52, 56, 64, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 76, 79, 80, 81, 90, 94, 96, 99, 100, 101, 110, 111, 116)

My Love #18 (FN/VF)

If interested, you can follow this link

Thanks !

Just completed my last task of 2014 : add a Challengers issue to my Showcase collection.

Next objective should be to buy a Lois Lane (last character I don't have one showcase issue) but it may be difficult.

Nice issues can be found : there has been nice #9 for sale this year. I remember a nice CGC 7.0 with a fair price (Boba ?)

I will have to sell a lot of my collection to buy this one anyway

Not in hand yet but I won this on Clink. Don't see this book too often.

 

 

.... I always thought this was a Moreira cover..... it's still a great one, nonetheless ....... to me this is where the SA really begins. GOD BLESS...

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

 

I never paid much attention to the dialogue on the cover to MGA #1, but upon closer inspection, it's a definite tip-of-the-hat to one of the greatest movies EVER made:

The Wages of Fear (1953). If you haven't seen it, I won't ruin it. I caught it once by chance on late-night TV about 25 years ago and couldn't believe what I was seeing. Subsequently, it was screened a few times in my local art-house cinema. Truly timeless, beautiful cinematography, brilliant, and category-defying every step of the way. Just see it.

Great book ! It's the first time I see MGA #1, thanks for sharing !

The reference to the Clouzot movie seems obvious, a wonderful movie.

Incredible. When I think about the effort involved in amassing this collection I am in awe. I really wonder if this would have been possible before the internet ? Congrats !

You got that right! (thumbs u

When I never even saw some of these books in this run when I collected DC's back in the 60's and 70's.

The internet opens up a world of possibilities.

Congratulations, like Bomber-Bob I am really in awe .

I am very surprised when you say you had to wait for the internet to complete such a run.

From the other side of the Atlantic, collecting in the US seemed so much easier... well, I was wrong !

Lots of nice Showcase copies coming up on Clink soon. I need a couple, so I'll be bidding.

 

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There must be a lot of people on the Clink auction, the auction just started and prices are already high.

Has anyone read the second book? Any good?

The second part (2nd and 3rd books of the french edition) is different of the first book : it talks about another train called "Crève-glace" (maybe translated "Ice-piercer") with other characters.

In fact, the writer of the first book died and the new one had a very different approach.

Graphism is very different (wonderful painted black and white) wich gives a more "blurred and moody" atmosphere.

Interesting to read if you like science-fiction comic books.

With the acquisition of a #54 Sunday night, I technical have completed the 1 to 61 Showcase run. I need to get 3 of them graded so I can put them into my registry, but I can honestly say I did it

I remember how hard it looked like when I first started, so I'm pretty stoked I made it this far.

Congratulations ! That's a great news.

I hope you will update your registry board soon so I can see all of your fantastic run !