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Readcomix

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    SOLD! Thor #225 VG/VG- 1st Firelord $15
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    Poe’s Tales of Terror VG $8
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    SOLD! Cap #250 NM/NM- range $8
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    SOLD! Betty and Veronica #265 $4
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    SOLD via PM! Jughead #123 swimsuit and robot cover $5
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    How about a swimsuit cover???
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    SOLD via PM! ASM #153 VF/NM $30
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    SOLD via PM! ASM #147 VF/NM or better. $50
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    SOLD via PM!!ASM #116 NM range $75
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    SOLD via PM! ASM #115 some ncb impressions in cover as if someone wrote on a piece of paper over it. Pressable. VF- $40
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    SOLD via PM! ASM #114 VF/VF- 1st Hammerhead. $40
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    SOLD! ASM #109 pretty sharp except for that bit of edge damage on back cover edge, upper left. FVF? $40
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    Batman #245 (and first blood) goes to Jazzno! Thank you Jason!
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    Wyatt Earp #23 VG (compare to copy that sold yesterday at auction on eBay for $78) $60 here
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    SOLD! Batman #245 VG $5
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    Strange Tales #172 FN- 4th Brother Voodoo $15
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    More than a long box of books coming (not all tonight!) so we’re gonna be at this for a while….expect several posting sessions, day or night.
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    5 Simple Rules (Please, please read) 1st wins; tie/indeterminate goes to the thread. Payment is Check or Money Order (yeah, yeah I know I'm a dinosaur, troglodyte, luddite, mennonite, hermaphrodite etc. - I just don't have or want e-payments.) Shipping: Via USPS Priority is $10; stacks requiring Medium Priority Box is $17. Priority Flat Rate Legal envelopes are running $10.20 to ship now; Medium Boxes $17.05. (Canada ships at actual cost.) Don't be listy including the little one in my head. Returns: Sure, just notify me within three days of receipt and get it back to me in the same shape on your dime, except no returns on graded books. (Kudos thread linked under my avatar.)
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    I remember reading that as a kid and thinking “You bring back the JSA in their own book and you’re going to feature these three????”
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    Exactly, and I would add that they are also disregarding content-driven context, which is the root of comics as collectibles. Of course, in an era of slabs, classic covers on pedestrian books get their day in the sun too, and I would take nothing away from, for example, any of those great Baker covers on Cinderella Love.
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    I’ve got to agree with you and add a tidbit - 181 was such an impactful story because it was the big transition from the team coming off the great Korvac saga of #167-177. 181 wrapped things up for the large previous cast and set the stage for the next great run. (It played the same role, albeit to a much lesser extent, that X-Men #94 played for the transition to the new X-Men as an ongoing series. If you were reading off the racks as I was in 1975 and reading those X-Men reprints and then GSX 1 and 94 come along, you understand their twin significance as keys. As someone else said, GSX 1 is to AF15 as 94 is to ASM 1. X94 today is underrated as a key, not overrated. The first apps are in GSX 1 but the new team really forms and kicks off in 94. Chocolate and peanut butter.) Anyway, Avengers was my first read every month during that saga, and 177 was mind-blowing to grade school me. I’m a Marvel fan minority in that I liked Shooter/Perez Avengers more than Claremont/Byrne X-Men (which I really enjoyed too, but I was always an Avengers first kid.)
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    The first appearance of Wolverine is Hulk #180 through #182. That story is his entire first appearance. The bulk of the story is in 181, which makes good sense as to why it has emerged as the priciest of the three parts. 180 is the big cliffhanger-style intro, so it’s makes sense as 2nd of the three. 182 is the last bit that completes the story before moving on to another story in the bulk of that issue. Makes sense both that it is pricier than surrounding run books and less than the other two. As a storytelling medium, this makes perfect sense. For collectors who came into the hobby for reasons other than those who started out as readers, I can see where they might come up with questions phrased, “But isn’t #180 the true first appearance?”
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    Yes, and they keep coming!
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    Yep, that’s been my play for a while. Flat rate legal has been $10.20 since before holidays; I think it goes up a nickel tomorrow.
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    Also helpful in dissuading price-switchers, especially if someone not as well-versed is minding the wares/store/booth for the seller.