Professor K

Got this today. Cheap. Like half a tank of gas cheap. I'm really impressed with the condition. What do they call the side edge on a square bound book, can't think of the word? That part has some wear but the front cover is beautiful. A young Greta Garbo on the cover don't hurt either. Pages are super white throughout.   August 1929.

The book is just a little too wide for my scanner.

Ah just joking. I mean not literally everything. I'd be proud to own that book too. Don't blame you for creating a new thread just for it. Gorgeous copy. 

By the way what do you think that stamp on the back says? 

On 10/29/2023 at 1:52 PM, batman_fan said:

I have multiple copies of the #1 romance comic

Love is a burning thing. 

Real nice copies, the 8.0 looks undergraded. 

On 10/28/2023 at 5:17 PM, D84 said:

I got one of my never thought I'd own books and it's got so many married parts that it's truly a Frankenbook, but it's raw, complete, mine and never leaving my collection.

I kind of remember seeing this Daisy cover Tec 33 somewhere a few years back. Nice clean ,bright cover.

On 10/28/2023 at 3:29 PM, JB123 said:

Thats why we are here..... Its a Therapy Group...

Tell us where you went astray?

I'm not in the habit of telling complete strangers about my personal life.

I guess it all started back in the late 80's when I had this crazy idea to acquire every DC and Marvel comic from Fantastic Four #1 to GSXM #1 (minus romance titles) , an endeavor I pursued for many years. 

Well I still have massive feelings of regret. I don't think this therapy is working. 

On 10/28/2023 at 2:31 PM, jimbo_7071 said:

I buy slabbed comics because I don't know how to catch things like trimming and cover cleaning reliably.

I keep them slabbed because I mainly buy them for the cover art, and I know that they would sell for much less raw than slabbed should I ever decide to sell them.

Me too. 

On 10/28/2023 at 12:53 PM, D84 said:

MY BATMAN #9: I married the centerfold, knowing that the tear through the entire book (minus the centerfold) and the main book is miscut (centerfold is square) should make it obvious to catch, but...

I've cracked the book out and decided to not trust slabs anymore than I would a raw copy.

That is concerning. And respect to you for telling us. And cracking it instead of selling it to someone was a very honorable thing to do, not sure if I'd have that same level of honor.

BATMAN 9 CGC 2.0 Centerfold Definitely Not Married

On 10/28/2023 at 2:26 PM, Yorick said:

Ahh.  I understand.  I thought you meant some invisible ink on the inside of the cover wrap.  Something that would cross from the front page to the back. 

Not a bad thought though.  I think that type of ink transfer would only occur if you have a stack that was exposed to moisture.  You don't see ink transfer on Mile High copies, and those were all stacked without bags/boards.

Hey....You know you're right, moisture. Humidity, changes in humidity, would do that to books sealed together in plastic in bundles of 25. So on reconsideration it was a  after all. 

On 10/27/2023 at 1:15 AM, Professor K said:

 

 Maybe if there was detectable ink transfer from the last page to the inside of the back cover. 

On 10/27/2023 at 2:46 PM, Yorick said:

Oh boy this is awkward. No just kidding. Oh now I made it awkward.  I once bought bundles of Bronze books all the same issues wrapped in thick plastic and taped tightly. Supposedly they were from a distributor and never hit the rack. NM books but on a lot of them the ink from the back cover of some transferred to the front cover of the book beneath it. Not heavy but noticable especially in the white areas. They were sealed like that in bundles of 25 for about 30 years until I opened them. 

I was thinking maybe under the right type of light or with some high tech gizmo they could see traces of ink transfer from the back of the last page to the inside of the back cover, ink so faint that can't be seen with the naked eye. Ah maybe it was a funny post. 

On 10/27/2023 at 11:24 AM, FrontStands said:

Sold

 

Oh no! How did I miss this? I check the Ga selling section every 108 minutes around the clock. 

On 10/26/2023 at 6:26 PM, Yorick said:

It may have a different department number.  @Primetime, do you know whether the department number is different on the back of Action 12 and Detective 27?

Wow, you really knew exactly who to ask. 

On 10/26/2023 at 7:32 PM, Primetime said:

Unlike Timely, DC gold from this time period almost always had matching inside BCs/outside BCs. This makes it easier to marry up missing parts. If one needed a BC to complete their Tec 27, a much cheaper alternative would be to find an incomplete Action 12 that has a BC. 

The outside BC has Dept 995 on both books. The inside BC is a house ad for AA 2 and Movie Comics 2. 

Wow, you really knew exactly how to answer. . Thanks for that thorough and good explanation. So is there any way the boys down at the CGC lab could possibly tell which book it came from (Tec 27 or AC 12)? Maybe if there was detectable ink transfer from the last page to the inside of the back cover.  I'm not implying or suspecting it's from an AC 12.    With what you said being fact, and I know it's not my place to say, but now I think it would have been better with just the front cover with a Blue label. 

On 10/26/2023 at 3:33 PM, Yorick said:

Hey!  Put that back cover BACK on an Action 12! 

I'm glad you said that. Hi Yorick, is there any way to tell them apart? 

Gotham Kid already brought this up in the Pre Robin Tec Club thread and an interesting dialogue has already commenced. 

On 10/25/2023 at 10:37 PM, action1kid said:

105k.  It’s the closet your ever gonna get to owning the most important piece of the book.

somewhat in reach for some. 

I'm not going to even try to guess this one. I was just thinking that if it was just the front cover in a Blue label holder it might sell for more then in it's current state. 

On 10/25/2023 at 1:19 PM, Gotham Kid said:

 

Comiclink Nov auction

Cool. I hadn't seen that. Married back cover . Green label . I wonder if that will hurt it . If it was just the front cover with a Blue PG label it might sell for more, and they would still have the back cover to sell seperately. 

Now that I think of it seems really odd. Cover only, back cover married. This deserves another  emoji. Does that mean they are physically connected somehow? If the front and back covers are from 2 different books I guess they could also say the front cover is married as well. 

On 10/20/2023 at 11:37 PM, Mr.Illmannered said:

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On 10/20/2023 at 11:37 PM, Mr.Illmannered said:

Yeah they are so cool. Did you or someone you know make them? If so they have some serious talent. 

Price lowered to 1,250. I can go a little lower depending on chosen payment method. Thanks for looking 

Closed for now. You all know where to find me . 

On 10/20/2023 at 12:12 AM, mwotka said:

Did a little looking. I'm pretty sure that's the 1st person being thrown type cover in comics. Now that I think of it I guess they are all spawns of Action #1. 

On 10/20/2023 at 7:04 PM, MrBedrock said:

There it is, that's the one I was waiting for. Not your's particularly but I'm glad it was. Pretty sure it's the first woman being thrown cover. 

Regarding that old debate over Tec 40, in my opinion it isn't technically a Joker cover. It was originally drawn as the Joker that's obvious but it was altered to be Clayface, therefore it is Clayface. The only kind of close example I can think of would be X-Men 33 1967. I'm only writing this because I've recently learned that things that are different are not the same. 

On 10/21/2023 at 12:21 AM, skypinkblu said:

I can't seem to find a scan of mine, but I always thought Action 23 was the first Lois cover.

Here is someone else's and a nicer copy than mine

Hey Mrs. S! How ya been?  I used to think that was Lois also but I'm pretty sure it's not her. I had to look it up but I think it's that little vixen Bea Carroll from Action 1 and Superman 1. She's not actually in AC 23 or 24. 

I know the CGC number is hard to read on these 1st generation holders so here it is. 

On 10/20/2023 at 11:59 AM, Johnny545 said:

Nice. I remember that one. Glad someone here got it.