I am not Glenda

The point would be to get a better idea of whats out there coverless on one thread. As I said it seems to me IMO NG coverless is starting to become more accepted as a collectors niche. Some one just paid 4k for a Detective 31, thats a lot of money for any comic cover or no . cover. Your assumption is also that every board club has the coverless books noted in the existing club, I would venture to say there are quite a few newer memebers who don't have there books in the club plus the fact that many clubs have been around so long some books may not have been seen for quite some time, which to me as a new member would be great to see without going through 700 posts. No big deal either way it was just an idea.

I think the 31 was a nice pick up at a fair pice, seems like coverless NG is coming into its own as many of the key HTF books are just way beyond what most collectors can afford or want to spend. Being a new owner of a 27 with no cover I am thnking of starting a KEY coverless post, Id love to see whats really out there (I am not sure it has not been done already?). I am still on the fence about a hight quality repo cover next to the book in a high quality frame. Its just so cool how perceptions change. 10 yrs ago my buddy picked up a Batman 1 coverless on Ebay with bids, not a bin of apx $525. I think I laughed at him and told him he paid to much. " The times are a changin" Because I am sure he can get that for 1 page these days!

Wow, thanks for all input, can't wait to go look some of these stories & artists up! In regard to the book center, I do remember the saloon doors and the rope, but of all the things that stand out to me about that place ( not counting that wonderful old paper smell) was that even then ( early 80s) you just knew it was a special time & place. Comic collecting was just starting to come into its own and yes there were a few shops around but not like PBC! With the internet many younger collectors have no idea how hard it was to find early silver or gold and to try & complete runs was a huge undertaking on a 15 year olds budget. I used to go there on Saturday mornings and my grand father would leave me there while he went and picked up the fresh baked hot Italian bread around the cornor ( we used to eat half a loaf on the ride home to Little Falls) I could not wait to pull out my want list, I still have a nm/m X men # 3 I paid $12 bucks for. 30/40 years later and people are still talking about the place! It was simply............ magical. https://www.google.com/search?q=SPIDERMAN+CHAMELEON%27&biw=1366&bih=643&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=pEvbVNDaO4e1ggT2_YPoDA&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg#tbm=isch&q=+passiac+book+center&imgrc=2UcgT471OlVMqM%253A%3Bsa2HNXwlzYuGNM%3Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fc2.staticflickr.com%252F8%252F7439%252F12970324253_8259c13651_b.jpg%3Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.flickr.com%252Fphotos%252F117199927%2540N03%252F12970324253%252F%3B635%3B1024

Atlas horror does not count , the book center was just so special, really one of a kind place, I did get into the basement one time to help pull out a Foodtown cardboard box filled with Xmen #1 ( about 6 issues ) to # 30+ no plastic covers, the teenage kid was out sick and the owner sent me down and stood over the top of the door/steps and gave me directions. Also if Irecall the kid bought the place years later and made it a NEW comic store & ruied it, I also think I have one of there old in house sales/price guides some place from about 1983, Dazzler #1 is on the front in very unclear BW

Just getting ready to turn 49 this year, I grew up reading late 70s/ 80s books and along the way, built a near complete Marvel Silver age collection ( most books from a place in NJ called Passiac book center) The reason for the back ground is during the time I was building my silver age runs ( as many of you know that was how it was done,not just this wacked out key mania stuff going on today) Anyway even then golden age books were not all over the place as many new collectors tend to think. I remember spending hours reading my oversreets guide and looking at the wicked color covers from WWII and just dreaming of the stories inside. Well about 1985 I picked up a Captain America #7 ( Red Skull Issue ) for $50 at a shop called Sparkle City Comic in NJ. Man was I let down, yes the cover rocked but the story was not what I was used to! I was reading Miller Daredevil, Byrne X men & FF, Perez Teen Titans, Kirbys FF & Ditko Spideman, this was not like any of those and I must admit at that time I did not see the magic of those simple stories from a different era. So here is my question during the height of the Golden age lets say 1938 to 1949 what SUPERHERO book would you say was a bit more advanced in terms of story telling or was directed more towards teen readers not pre teens, where there any at all? I am by far no expert on this era and Id love to get some insight into what some of you guys think? Also I am not asking about the art, I know a few pre Robin Tecs stories/covers were darker then most but what SUPERHERO books went beyond those early Batman stories if any?