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Crab to white octopus

19 minutes ago, Omaha-CGC-Comics said:

Take Zip Jet 1

You'll be glad...fantastic brain destroyers 

Not convinced? More pix...

Adding photos of the Red Sonja and Elric first appearances:

Ai's covey of hawk-women to Vic's melting woman

Every comic con that truly focuses on old books (I know; fewer and fewer...but those that DO) should have a parts swap room! That would be a draw! 

50 minutes ago, Sqeggs said:

Post 'em if you've got 'em! 

I've just got this one (so far) It's a seven-issue run. Golden Legacy I've never checked out, but it's the same guy. The back story behind Fast Willie and supposed strong-arming by Archie Comics is fascinating stuff, from what I've read.

21 hours ago, Scrooge said:

Saves me taking a photograph. This one's a better copy than mine. Love this cover!

It's not Golden Age, but it's such a niche that I have to ask in this thread: anyone collect Firzgerald's Golden Legacy series and his short-lived Fast Willie Jackson? I do the latter as an Archie fan. 

 $75 shipped U.S. Only (that's 40% off the original price)

37 minutes ago, ThothAmon said:

Today's show off is tomorrow's sale thread!  Here's a niiiice copy of IH 102.

That IS a really nice copy....so you're saying this will be for sale soon??? 

Woohoo! Someone kicked off a Kinstler thread, and rolled with one of my faves off the bat! Here's my Parole Breakers 3:

On July 21, 2017 at 8:07 PM, Sqeggs said:

Do we have a dedicated Kinstler thread?  If not, maybe we should start one. 

This is a very good idea...not that I have much (2???), but I would enjoy seeing whatever we all have aggregated.

On July 21, 2017 at 7:52 PM, comicjack said:

Pretty little Avon

What an amazing, suggestive cover....While there is nothing to interpret definitively, I don't think it's his wife, and I don't think he's bringing her in to meet mother. 

John Carter to Rip Carter

32 minutes ago, ogre said:

Up1

Have some offers floating.

 I can still add more books to this thread right?

Jesse 

You can add until you close it. GLWTS! 

On July 18, 2017 at 6:53 PM, Ricksneatstuff said:

I don't swim on this side of the pond that often but have a few humble recent pickups.

 

Rick, are you ok? That's a nice chunk of GGA tied up there! 

5 hours ago, Bomber-Bob said:

Some nice book being displayed here lately. Why does Avengers 1 lag the other Marvel keys ?  Sgt Fury 13 is an under appreciated book. Why no love for The Atom ? Some of the covers of these early Atom issues are great. Awesome JIM 89, nice colors. Absolutely my favorite cover of all time.  

+1 to all this, especially Avengers 1.... One of my faves; always the backbone of Marvel to me, despite the years of X-popularity....and Sgt Fury 1 (and 13) don't get enough love, either! JIM 89 also tough in grade, maybe toughest of that run. And the Atom?!?! Just take any issue of OSPG and count how many issues of Showcaee have a higher "book" than #34...too many!

On July 21, 2017 at 0:14 PM, marmat said:

In my case, the limit is 1.5. Anything over that, that is too much.

I prefer to have a nice Hulk 1, JIM 83 or X Men 1 than a crappy looking AF15. Even a good looking 1.0 with the spine completely splitted doesn't appeal to me

I think you guys sum it up quite nicely between you. While decent copies have moved out of reach of many, some will react by getting the best low-grade copy they can afford, and some will consider the cost and opt for a nicer shape copy of a different SA key that they think has legs. The fun here is in the speculating about it. Some will turn to ASM 1, I'd think. Some, like Marmat in his post, will target an alternate subgroup of SA keys. Others will move to what they think is the next frontier for big % gains, be it a different era, the next tier of SA keys, etc. 

That's among the many reasons I love this hobby; it's got such a diversity of niches/micro-markets; the options are endless. (Not that SA keys are a micromarket, but the alternatives for those who consider themselves priced out of any they would want include many options.)

i also like zhamlau's analysis in that wanting a book and affording are not the same thing. People who want the book but are priced out also keep the floor high if something falls close to their price range. A character has to become pretty irrelevant to really crash in price, and that can and does happen. But Spidey in the foreseeable future? Seems more likely a slowing than a reversal-type crash. (To get squarely back to the original question.)

Also consider: every priced out collector is one good find away. People find, buy and sell underpriced items all the time, funding their collecting goals in the process, no? 

I should clarify...PM's are welcome, too! 

6 hours ago, fett said:

I know this would be a huge amount of ground to cover but I would love to see this happen, already have Surter present and who else is going to counter him? Story already has the Hela sublot also. 

 

 

This issue was my first thought too back when the movie title was first announced. 

7 hours ago, Pat Calhoun said:

Sprague to Sprague

 

From alien woman learns about sex from an earthman to soda jerk learns about picking up women from an earth teen

20 hours ago, Cat-Man_America said:

L. Sprague De Camp to L. Sprague De Camp...

Is it just me, or does that guy on one knee look like he was the inspiration for Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt? 

Limiting it to my own collection, I'm going with the woman melted alive, with honorable mentions (the ones I thought hard about) to Terrifying Tales 13 and Frankenstein 30. While it's not a classic cover, this is one of the greatest single panels in the history of the genre. 

Let's make that $100 shipped U.S. Only (20% price drop)