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Snagged a couple from the c4less auction Sunday night. Seemed to be competing with a user "a*******a" on a regular basis - (e*******r here)

First is the JIM 63:

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The back cover of Cap #3:

 

 

That's interesting because MMC #20 has the ad for Cap #3

 

 

With the small add for HT #3 on the front:

 

 

Anyone have a scan of HT #3 to see if it refers back to MMC #20?

Awesome thread idea!

The back cover of HT3 is an ad for an American Flag. I haven't cracked it out to see what's inside yet.

Quick two-fer - back covers of MMC13 & HT4(3):

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A beaut she surely is.

Congrats!

 

+1

I second that emotion !

Gorgeous book!

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I gave up collecting high grade pre-hero Marvels years ago because it was far too difficult but just out of curiosity what is the minimum grade you guys would accept as high grade. Many collectors have said i was aiming too high.

 

I try to have my keepers be 6.0 or better, and I really like 7.5s when I can find them (all the beauty of a VF book and cheaper than the aforementioned price spike at 8.0). Anywhere in that range is high grade enough for me.

7.5 to 8.5 is my high grade for many early (59-61) PHM issues. PQ is important as well. Rather have a nicely centered, White page 7.5 than a Cream 8.5 that only shows it as an "ANGE TALES" issue.

Later PHM issues (62-63) are sporadically available at 8.5 and higher. But there is a big price curve for anything labeled in the top few price grades as was mentioned earlier.

Seeing a great deal of alternative company high grade PHM books in the last few months as well, so keeping track of the data has been more challenging.

Either way, patience is a virtue with these critters

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Picked up a book at the Dallas Fan Days show last weekend for the personal collection.....

 

Very Nice copy!

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He is Groogat, Son Of Groot!

 

Groot should have wrapped his root....

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His root? I'd tap that.

I'm not gonna touch that with a ten foot pole...

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He is Groogat, Son Of Groot!

Groot should have wrapped his root....

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JIM 63 is a marvelous monster cover.

 

 

 

It is a great cover. One of my faves from JIM. I didn't even notice the boat until I counted the people on the water tower in response to that other post (though I have always wondered what they were doing there). It's a cover that would definitely make me pay my dime for the comic. I'd bet that most of these covers take some artistic license for the sake of creating drama, perspective being the most often bruised. But I'd rather look at pre-hero Marvel covers than any other SA books I can think of.

Yeah - more smashing of buildings and vehicles ! This one is missing the Kirby monster pants and the obligatory pointing person, but it does have the man-in-a-hat covered. Wonder what the guy at the left foot of the monster is trying to do...is it an old man yelling "get off my lawn"?

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Double posting this one, but I don't care! One of my absolute favorite books, and fills a grail spot for me!

 

Go ahead and post that beauty everywhere!

Congratz on fulfilling a grail!

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JIM 63 is a marvelous monster cover.

 

Gorgeous book !

And the truck driver in me also appreciated the "10-4" cover date. Transmission truly received!

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Traded a couple of Avengers books for a 3 issue JIM run:

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Just scanned this...it takes awhile to get thru all the boxes...oh, look...another mummy cover...whadaya know?

 

Very cool copy!

Always wondered what the lady (?) on Mummex's back was trying to do.

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Been away from bying a bit but just added two pre-heroes to my collection. I am especially tickled to get my avatar, as I consider it one of the best pre-hero covers!

 

 

Gratz on the pickups! Both great covers!

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Great pick up back at ya! Plus you get a CVA sticker!

Totally missed that one, glad a fellow boardie snagged it

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Love the Devil-Bird cover! It's like an early predecessor of the PHM titles.

(Not to knock the labyrinth, but I think that guy could easily hop the walls.)

Thanks for sharing !

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My latest pre pearl harbor Timely. Purchased via ebay. It's in a non cgc holder for the time being.

 

It's #2 of the 4 Timely comics to hit the newstand December 1940. One week before Cap 1.

(data from http://www.dcindexes.com thanks!)

 

 

Awesome book!

Grabbed his younger brother in the recent CLink auction:

Thanks to this thread, I'm up to 6 Timely's now. Does that qualify as passing from stage 1 addiction (experimentation) to stage 2 (social/regular usage)?

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This weeks ComicLink auction saw some solid PHM sales:

JIM54 CGC8.0 $2,322

ST89 CGC7.0 $2,450

ST95 CGC9.2 $2,988

TOS14 CGC8.5 $1,399

TOS15 CGC8.5 $1,899

TOS18 CGC8.0 $1,299

TTA3 CBCS9.2 $2,978

TTA10 CGC7.5 $1,299

I was the underbidder on the JIM54, ST95, TOS15 - hope fellow boardies grabbed those beauties!

I left the ST89 early but like the fact that it is trending down so I may be able to pickup a VF copy one day

The fact that I got smoked early made me get a bit more aggressive later on.

Snagged the TOS14, TOS18 and TTA10 for my vault:

Some old label goodness:

One of my favorite covers:

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Snagged this one off the 'bay last night:

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Wow! Another gorgeous cover !

Like the A.C.M.P. logo on that issue.

Thanks!

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That one is a beauty. I love the depth of it, and the colors are cool (thumbs u

 

The water ripples reflecting on the sub push this from a good cover to fantastic! (thumbs u

+1

Fantastic coloring on the cover down to the purple shadowing on the divers !

Thanks for sharing that beauty !!

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Keeping in the same title...

I got this because I dorked up my "$3.00" tracking bid - accidentally forgot the decimal point (alcohol may have been a factor).

On the plus side, it was the only CLINK auction where I led from day 1 to close.

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Beautiful book !

Gonna have to find a copy to read The Slug story...how tough is it to out run a slug after all???

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Picked this pair of 51's up this weekend at a garage sale mixed in with some magazines.

Put on your sunglasses as there is a bit of glare...

The Astonishing 51 is really nice, the Uncanny Tales 51 has some cover chipping at the top but overall very solid. Couldn't pass them up for 25 cents each.

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Strange Planets #1 (1958) isn't a Marvel comic, but if it sold well (re-using an earlier 1951 cover), it could have provided a kick to get Marvel doing monster covers soon after.

 

Weren't those all reprints of older PCH comics like Incredible Science Fiction, Strange Worlds (Avon I think), Journey into Unknown Worlds, etc. ? Just hesitant to suggest that a reprint has ever really influenced a new direction.

 

Monster + Name + Kirby cover timeline:

WOF18 (cover date 6/59)

JIM54 (9/59)

ST72 (12/59)

TTA8 (3/60)

TOS8 (3/60)

 

Coincidence that both TTA & TOS start this trend on the 8th issue???

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I'm quite comfortable with these issues being the "first" in their respective titles for this changeover to "classic" pre-hero monster stories (most of which featured pants).

 

I'm collecting the full #1-up runs of TOS and TTA, but it is most helpful for me to have a cutoff for where I'm "serious" about my ST and JIM runs. The classic monsters are my favorites, and thus I would aim to collect these in grade. I'm also after #1-up on ST and JIM, but am happy with raw VGs for the most part in the earlier stuff with the occasional beauty where I've been fortunate.

First its the sheet, now the pants....

A few hundred pages back, the list of PHM books was defined as these 164 issues:

AA 1-6

AAF 7-14

JIM 50-82

ST 67-100 ST Annual 1

SW 1-5

TOS 1-38

TTA 1-34

WOF 15-19

The issues I listed earlier represent the beginning of a very consistent style/format for a few years before the heroes emerged.

I probably shouldn't have published that list since that has helped me to focus, but glad to finally give something back after lurking for 11 years.

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Kirby monsters pants:

http://belatednerd.com/tag/moomba/

That's not one of my criteria....

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