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Thx! I was stunned to find it in an antiques shop.

Found in the wild!

Found in the wild!

Bam! This. A friend of mine has a copper x-men, 200-something, that is labeled 9.0 but is faded and shriveled looking in the sealed case. CGC did not blow the call; an LCS hung it with window exposure for faaaar too long. He bought it for laughs, curiousity, a reminder that slabs still need care. The big difference that some fear, I suspect, is not knowing that the book was left in the Mylar. Odds are good of course that if it is, its in the same condition as when it's inserted. My mylar'ed books are. But yes handling mistakes can occur. I'm all for the extra protection of slabs for super-valuable stuff but I would be kind of sad to have an ENTIRE collection of books I could not read. As as to the new service, I'm not much interested but not upset. It's a big world, there's room.

I haven't but I have wondered, thanks! I just wish I could block them from my search results when I do not want them since they are not originals. It is kind of a spam when looking for actual collectibles" I'd also like to be able to block selected sellers (Mile High) from my search results.

2nd Thor, to go with Iron Man

Deep-sea divers to Sub-Mariner

AND Timely #7 to Timely #7! Very nice!

This. I'll give a rat's patootie (as a buyer) about 9.6 vs 9.8 when I start seeing 6.8, 5.4 etc. showing up in slabs. I collect comics; the better the grade it's in, the better, sure. Who doesn't prefer them as nice as possible? But I collect comics first, and in best possible grade second. To me, if the book is not inherently important, or for some content-based reason of interest to me, then a high-grade copy is just kind of, "Gee whiz, that's neat."

Torch vs Nazis to Torch vs Japs

Women in green to hawks in black

This thread's theme song is "Smoke on the Water"....in the 60's, Marvel used a deep purple cover color on occasion that when clean and glossy still looks like it's wet off the press to this day. Off the top of my head there's Iron Man #1, ASM#11, DD#7, Strange Tales #'s 135 and 148; Shield #1...let's compile 'em! Please post 'em if ya got 'em! I'll kick us off with my shellheads.

Candle flame to angry dame

Bravo! I thought that might be the other possibility. So you bought the two 181's, kept the AF15, and passed on the other items? From the other books you named in the collection he acquired, I think that was the best move, for what my two cents are worth. An even bigger congrats, I say!

I'm in

The Swamp Girl of Venus to the Beautiful Ruler of the Jungle

Congrats, Drotto! From the pair of 181's you posted in the club, I'm guessing you got the trade you wanted. Do you mind us asking what all you landed?

I agree; I think we are saying similar things. There's lot of relatively cheap pre-code that's as outrageous as the notorious ones. And I think low budget bronze romances, carefully selected as you're doing (me too) is not a bad bet long-term either. We're visionaries, blob!

I see this a lot I notice on raw early Marvel/late Atlas....maybe '62ish and back, it seems to me. Almost like a waxy look to the inside cover.

That could be a $100 book in some upstate NY antiques markets. Lotta weekender, non-collector impulse buyers who love pop art, and the theme would appeal.

The Negative Man prototype

Jungle lord to The King

Think of it as your cameo and your first full appearance.

For safety's sake, it's kind of hard to argue with AF. If not for that upper left corner, it likely would grade higher as it presents really well. But I don't think that FF is a mistake either. It's not plentiful at that grade, and if AF is the Tec 27 of SA, FF1 is the Action 1. The FF will be back: they likely will not unseat Spidey as Marvel's top dog, but their return will return that book to prominence as the foundation of Marvel. It's where the beloved magic started. I do think FF1 in general and in high grade in particular is overlooked currently. It's just that a possibly slightly undergraded AF15 is a heckuva heavyweight.