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SOLD! Sweetheart Diary #61 VF or better structure but some inside cover tanning. Dust or sun shadow BC $50

Sweetheart Diary #60 Fair — cover splitting, barely hanging on at top staple. As of now. $5

Sweetheart Diary #59 FN with some inside cover tanning. $30

Sweetheart Diary #55 VG $10

SOLD! Sweetheart Diary #54 VG/VG+ $10

Sweetheart Diary #52 VG $10

SOLD! Sweetheart Diary #51 FN- $20

Sweetheart Diary #50 VG $10

Apologies to my takers for delay, but I will close this thing in the a.m. and get PM’s out. Last call at half off, or send bulk deal PM’s, boardieland!

Getting back on track in about 15 minutes here, I’d guess. Sorry for the night off last night but we had a family function. I tried to fake my own death but they didn’t buy it.

I just meant it in the context of “definitive first object,” which too often seems the myopic goal of first appearance discussions.

My is the hobby needs to drop the “rookie card” mentality. Comics are stories; sometimes an issue can represent 10 minutes in characters’ fictional world, sometimes days or years. I’ll use Wolverine as my example: his first appearance is Hulk 180 through 182. Without all three, you don’t have his first full story. 181 is most valued as it’s the core chunk; 180 moreso than 182 as it’s the literal first time we lay eyes on the character in actual story content; 182 is still well more valuable than nearby run books for the title as it contains the last (albeit brief) part of Wolverine’s first story. When you stop trying to identify the “rookie card” and think in terms of story content, it gets easier. I still can’t explain Jimmy Olsen 134.

I don’t know if this is going to help, but try viewing it not as written word but as approximation of spoken word, which of course is what comic book word balloons are. Think of Mel Gibson, half out of breath, shouting every phrase in one of those melodramatic 80’s barbarian movies as he leads a faceless legion into a mindless battle scene. I suspect that’s more like what Kirby had in mind.

chicken dinnah! I Love You #27 and Romantic Story #49 both go to Ryan! Thank you and welcome to the thread!

Sue and Sally Smith Flying Nurses #50 goes to MusterMark! Thank you and welcome to the thread!

To answer a question that may be out there: there is no Sweetheart Diary #45 (TAR #43 homage) among Joe’s books. On the bright side, several of the Teenage Confidential Confessions look generally as sharp as the better-grade books we’ve seen so far.

Ah, got it -- I can appreciate that. I had a '74 convertible (only 500 convertible Corvettes made in '74 and '75, last ones until 1987.) It drove like a 300hp bathtub but I enjoyed it.

Been looking for it?

That’s it for tonight but about 40 books still to come. Sweetheart Diary and Teenage Confidential Confessions will be next up. Thank you everyone for taking over stewardship of Joe Sinnott’s books!

Sweethearts #65! Thanks again Brett!

SOLD! Sweethearts #65 in FN+ I think this is very comparable to the MCS fine up on eBay right now, and we know they grade very conservatively. This copy is better-centered. It’s a cool cover, but I think the consignor is on the high side. $75

Sweethearts #64! Thanks again Rick!

SOLD! Sweethearts #64 I’ll go FN+ as that green is as unforgiving as black. Light inside cover tanning. $50

Sweethearts #63! Thanks again Brett!