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Too many its that "ooo" feeling you get when you hold high grade books that you just don't get with a lessor grade. An 8.0 Golden Age book can blow your socks off. An 8.0 modern? Drek.  High grade is subjective and more than just the letter or number grade. We've all seen 5.5 books that look much much higher hence the phrase, "Looks high-grade!" It comes down to the drool factor and what makes you drool may not wet another persons lips. 

Gold 8.0 and up is high grade.

Silver 8.5 and up

bronze 9.4 and up

copper and modern 9.8

Still, the #46 is just jaw-dropping no matter what the grade as long as the cover image is there. So happy I was able to get this book from Dale.

On 7/9/2023 at 10:26 AM, Mike Bromberg said:

Cap #37 is one of the highlights of my collection. I got it a couple of years ago, and I still find it stunning, whenever I look at it. And I’m always seeing something new in it. (It’s only 4.0 because the cover is detached. It looks way higher. I love non-visible defects!)

I'm with you there, Mike! I love non-visible defects and "defects" that just don't matter that much to me. I do not think I have any Caps that qualify as all the ones I've been able to afford seem to have defects on their defects.  

bookend to bookend

Absolutely incredible western to beat up western

Nemisis to really good friends

Long red nails to long red nails

On 6/30/2023 at 4:50 PM, OtherEric said:

In today.  Only one more Barks Uncle Scrooge issue for me to go:

That's fantastic! Congrats!

On 6/26/2023 at 10:11 PM, gunsmokin said:

Picked up a coverless Mystic 8. Just love this centerfold.

The interiors on this book are fantastic! Thanks for posting!

On 6/29/2023 at 12:56 PM, Terry JSA said:

Picked this up at HeroesCon ‘23. Plus it’s my first Timely as well. 

That is a great Timely and one of the very first I fell in love with! 

I'm pretty happy with my All Select Comics but I would really like to find an upgrade for the #8.

On 6/24/2023 at 2:02 PM, BitterOldMan said:

Over a decade ago,Barks lithos got so cheap, they couldn’t give them away.

Made me happy and sad. I picked up a quite a few at that time because, yeah, at that price? 

On 6/25/2023 at 12:15 PM, comicstock said:

If I paid that price, I'd have to add a $17.00 shipping charge?  Stupid.

You could always make your best offer $106,982.99. 

On 6/23/2023 at 4:58 AM, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

I’ll eat breakfast off mine before I sell it for a loss

As long as I'm alive I do not think you would have to sell at a loss. That AS #2 is killer.

I know I'm going! This is a great show.

On 6/6/2023 at 4:55 PM, valiantman said:

CGC has identified restoration on about 1-in-every-7 comic books from 1945 or earlier.

When it comes to keys, such as Action #1 or Detective #27, restoration is 40% to 50% of the CGC graded copies.

Amazing Fantasy #15 (1962) has restoration on 40% of the CGC graded copies.

How many buyers were aware of what they were getting back in the 'good old days'?

Wow, I had no idea the percentage of restored AF 15s was that high!  I guess not surprising as it has been one of the most expensive silver age books and that cover shows damage easily. Even the less expensive keys were being sold with undisclosed color touch back then so AF 15 would have been a tasty target for restorers.

The very first silver age #1 I bought, Avengers #1 in about fn+, had undisclosed color touch on the spine that I had not noticed. That would have been around 1989 or so. Comic Warehouse in Albuquerque sold it to me. After a dealer at another shop pointed the color touch out to me I went back to Comic Warehouse and demanded my money back. They had a sign behind the counter that said "no refunds" but I refused to leave until I was made whole.  Told them to call the cops and we could all be in the newspaper together.   They still would not give me my money back but they did let pick out an equal, undiscounted, amount of silver age to take in its place. Got a VF+ Journey into Mystery #86 so not a complete loss.

I think my anger wasn't so much that they had sold me a book with color touch but that I had missed it in my excitement to actually own a copy. Someone had taken a magic marker and filled in black areas on the front cover. It was not subtle with lots of bleedthrough. I flipped through the entire book and counted pages before buying. I was really embarrassed that I had missed that. Embarrassment fed my 21 year old self's anger.  

On 6/2/2023 at 3:54 PM, Frisco Larson said:

I've had this a few years and just snapped a pic of it today!

Wow! I would love to see the interior if the mere "7.0" exterior looks that bright!

Two heads falling to one head falling

Lazy artist phoning it in to artist putting everything into a cover except the kitchen sink! 

On 5/19/2023 at 12:00 PM, sfcityduck said:

Now that is a well-loved comic book that evidences it brought joy to its reader with repeated experiences!  Right, Marty?

My own copy doesn't appear to have been a repeat experience - nicest 7.0 white I've seen (sorry about the bad pic technique) - and now its locked away and can't be read at all. I only sent it in b/c I thought it would rate much higher.  Sad:

Wow That is a beautiful copy! Makes mine pale in comparison although there is only ".5" grade difference. 

On 5/5/2023 at 1:37 PM, Marty Mann said:

Marty! Great book and great to see you here!

On 5/10/2023 at 4:48 PM, DocHoppus182 said:

Thank you Sharon @skypinkblu  

 

 

Man, that is a cool book! 

On 4/25/2023 at 11:48 PM, Frisco Larson said:

Those Schomburg sketches are awesome! It's tough to find any artwork from a Timely artist. I commissioned these Namora Covers from Ken Bald around 10 years ago. These are the only pics I have of them at this time and the pics were taken with the protective overlay still covering them. Ken did them in pencil, which as you know smudges very easily, so I left the overlay on until I could get them framed. Namora #1 was my first Golden Age comic book and the very idea that I could get a recreation by the original artist made me BEYOND happy!  

Wow! That is incredible! Hopefully you have the framed comic right next to it on your wall. That would be amazing.