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Just one of these...final issue of the Fox Giants

12 hours ago, lizards2 said:

The biggest problem I see with focus on individual title/series is that you end up paying too much to complete that title/series.  I instead focus on targets of opportunity (nice stuff obtained on the cheap).

That's my general principle, too. Of course, not every value pick is a permanent home pick. Some are acquired to build toward something else. Sometimes I know just the person it's right for; sometimes I just know it's a bargain that has a fan base. (Found a Gold Key Star Trek 1 today; not a Trekkie myself, but I respect the book and its place in the hobby and could not pass it up. For example.)

I take it this is what you mean too, more or less, Lizards2?

But Ronnie seems dirtier...

Betty!

Veronica!

43 minutes ago, Bird said:

You guys are really getting to me. I spent a comic sale at the LCS this weekend in the Archie drawer (no buys though) and now am considering traveling to an estate sale just because of this picture and the hope of some sweet Ronnie/Betty sweater action. Condition is not the best but gotta take what you can find. (They also have a beat up Speed Comics 11 that I know nothing about!)

Grab that Speed! Tough to find. 

36 minutes ago, Mr.Mister said:

Local auction house. Some guy sold his collection to fund his all star #8. Got to meet him and thank him for the opportunity. 

Good for you! Always feels good to get good stuff and help someone make their move in the process. 

19 minutes ago, circumstances said:

Not my intent. I just wanted to pose the question, see other posters' books, and discuss them. While we don't know how many copies of a book exist if ten (or fewer) are listed in the census, if there are fifty (or whatever number) listed we know for sure there's at least that many.

I love the idea because in some cases we will find that a book is not well-represented on the census but we have many raws among us (many is relative); others might confirm that even this crew hasn't turned up many of a particular book,slabbed or raw. Love it!

16 minutes ago, Mr.Mister said:

Latest haul. Pretty stoked about the ASM 14

Lots to be stoked about there! All from same place? A con? A week of sleepless nights on eBay,clink, etc? Congrats!

Found this in the wild today

Found in the wild today

Going head-to-head

Vampire to werewolf 

Torch to whip

40 minutes ago, DavidTheDavid said:

Excited for these two.

Don't blame ya! Congrats!

4 minutes ago, NoMan said:

Things are falling apart over here on the "staying focused" part of comic collecting. Tips anyone?

Waaaaay easier said than done....that said, what is your focus and the reasons behind that choice? Go back over your reasons; if the decision is still sound, at least you know it's not that your interest is moving away from your focus.

Is your "creep" toward a logical expansion/broadening of your current focus? Other than that, the most common deviation I allow is a strategic acquisition that I know I can sell or trade for more value, poured back into my collecting goals.

And of course it's okay to still be a reader. If I see cheap books I've always wanted to read, even if I know I might lose a few dollars turning them loose again, that has to be okay sometimes. Mind you, I'm not buying gold and silver keys to read once and sell fast at a loss, but I'm talking about finally finding that short run that ought to be in a dollar box, and it's six books at $3 each instead, or somesuch. At that level, it's just entertainment consumption like anything else from a book to a movie to a class to a bucket at a driving range etc. Whatever your other hobbies may be.

Hope this helps you kick it around, especially since your boardie name was my favorite Thunder Agent!

And Betty can dance

Hey Greggy...some 35-40-year-old comic books have minor flaws...just thought I'd mention, since it appears you have no way of knowing!

Congrats on some nifty scores there! 

16 minutes ago, Patriot6 said:

Looks like Old man Cooper threw the double barrel into the pinto before he headed out

Who do ya think sent the Punisher after him??? 

3 minutes ago, vaillant said:

We know, we know.

I'm just tryin' to help here!  

2 hours ago, KirbyJack said:

Marvel Mystery #17. Ad for Captain America #1, first Timely team-up, and the first WWII era GA book I ever bought. It's missing its CF, so it was $20.

Mad #1. In my opinion, one of the top 10 most important comics ever published, and the best book to represent my man Harvey.

N.Y. World's Fair '40. You gots to has you some Bats and Supes.

Captain America #6. I'm making the hard call and letting go of all of my S&K, keeping just one example. 1st S&K double page CF spread.

Space Western #44. EDITOR: "Westerns sell, and kids like space stuff." PUBLISHER: "Needs a gimmick. Work in Hitler and you got a winner."

 

Love the books and the back story behind the eclectic picks! Completely agree on Mad #1 (though mine isn't going to make my top 5, only because I will take a theme approach) as an underappreciated book. When you consider the influence Mad has had outside the hobby as well, it's pretty important.

And Space Western is like Moby (the white whale), as in a massively inclusive work of literature, for the period from WWII right up to the Silver Age. All the zaniness of those years in the comic industry (most of it, anyway) is touched on.

49 minutes ago, vaillant said:

That Boy Comics #24 was gorgeous!

It's stunning in person! Thx again Billy! Great books from this guy, if anyone is fence-sitting out there! 

As far as I know, only Betty got naked in a motel with Archie

50 minutes ago, Dr Zen said:

I think it's the 4 issue mini from 87 by Byrne and Mignola. But I'm not positive.

Thx!

20 hours ago, bluechip said:

1st superhero team-up. All Star 4, Marvel 17 or something else?

In a discussion about superhero team-ups in films the question arose of which team-up marked the first in comics.   I knew that MMC 8 was the first meeting of superheroes, but that was a fight, not a team-up.  And I knew that All Star 3 was the first meeting of a superhero team, but their first fight didn't occur until the next issue.   Then I remember Marvel Mystery 17 in which the Torch and Sub-mariner actually teamed up to fight together (in a story with the Japanese attacking the US forces.... in Alaska).    The dates on the marvel and the all star would seem to be close, and maybe somebody here knows them exactly.   And perhaps beyond that maybe someone here knows of an issue between then and the marvel 8-9 story which finds two or more heroes actually fighting as a team.  

The Capt Marvel/Bulletman team-up in Master 21 is dated dec '41. That's at least in the first wave mix.