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From the Vanderbilt Television News Archive... NBC Evening News for Tuesday, May 15, 1973 Headline: Superman Comic Books Abstract: (Studio) 18 year old Mitchell Mehdy of California pays $1800 for first edition copy Action Comics Superman book. REPORTER: John Chancellor (Carmichael, California) [MEHDY - says Superman was first superhero. Comic book is priceless.] REPORTER: No reporter given Begin Time: 05:56:00 pm End Time: 05:57:20 pm TVN Record Number: 470259

Mitchell Mehdy at the time of the purchase. "In the summer of 1973, I happened upon Lacey Listens, a weeknight talker on WBT in Charlotte, NC and was hooked - there was something about the young host Bob Lacey's easygoing style and informed interview technique that kept me tuning in. Because I was a big comic book nut, I wrote to Bob Lacey and suggested some people that might make good interviews. Much to my surprise he had them as guests on the show. Artist Carmine Infantino, then the head of DC Comics, was one I remember - and I recently stumbled upon this recording of an interview with Phil Seuling. This broadcast occurred right after a fellow named Mitchell Mehdy (right) made national news when he bought Action Comics number one for a little over $1,800. He was the laughing stock of the nation, but today that single comic book sells for hundreds of thousands of dollars! " source - Phil Seuling inteview with Billy Ingram

Uh oh.... It's got "show through" ....... You mean translucence? Very cool Spectre book. Hadn't seen that one.

"Jack Frost nipping at your soul."

Guess who? Web Of Evil

Impressive. Heritage just sold one... Detective #27 coverless

Neat. I think 19 is my favorite pre-Batman Detective...

Beautiful Detective 402, congrats.

I'm not Rappaport....er.... I mean nradd1966. Just another Silver Surfer fan I guess.

That was the 30000th Gold Forum post.

Love the cover of #64! Good story too... the Joker gets electrocuted.

Here's a few more I found... http://www.graphiccollectibles.com/catalog/ http://www.comicartsource.com/ http://www.mothcomix.com/ http://www.comicart.cc/ http://www.artworkworld.com/ http://www.artguy.net/ http://www.blacklinefever.com/contents.html I purchased a Ultimate X-Men Wolverine piece from artworkworld.com two years ago. And here's a listing with many comic art sites... http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Comics/Retailers/Original_Artwork/

Can we start a thread to list them? http://www.albertmoy.com/ http://www.fanfare-se.com/ http://www.kwanchang.com/ http://www.anthonysnyder.com/art/index.html http://www.theartistschoice.com/ http://www.romitaman.com/ http://www.kirbyart.com/art.html I've bought from Kwan Chang, Anthony Snyder, and Spencer Beck (along with Heritage).

Sorry again, but... a big "Thank you!" to Weird! Really helped a brother horror -head out! Great guy to deal with with! I owe ya, man! Indeed he is. He sent me some BA horror readers a few weeks ago after reading that I was looking for some HOS issues in my Chicago con report.

I saw that. Again, my view is "once a comic is no longer readable, it ceases to be a comic book".

Yes. Nice #61. Do you have a #64? It's high on my want list next to #168.

All of your books are on the dull side no matter what side of the board you use.

All of your books are on the dull side no matter what side of the board you use.

Great early Two-Face cover! Haven't seen that one before.

Nice Detective 168. It's on my list.

I too have wanted to collect pre-Robin Detectives. But they are way too expensive. Possibly a few beater copies at some point.

I wondered when we'd be seing these. No #2? It's the best one.

Some barbarian covers.