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Seems like the kind of things folks here might like: 

https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?ItemID=60911249

(Not my book, not my listing, just ran across it.)

On 5/3/2024 at 11:50 AM, Hepcat said:

But are they Gold and Silver Age collectors? I'm guessing that the 35-40 year olds who post strictly on Facebook are not because the bulk of comic book "discussion" on Facebook is not dedicated to Gold and Silver comics.

I'm 46 and have never really been a Golden Age collector, but every day I see a cover from Planet Comics, Exciting Comics, Thrilling Comics, etc that just blow me away.  Every day I'm closer to dumping my Copper and Modern books en masse and converting it to low-grade Schomburg covers...

Entirely possible other collectors feel the same way, but probably not many.  Basically, I've lost the emotional, nostalgic connection to the characters that brought me into comics, but still enjoy the medium.

On 5/3/2024 at 11:58 AM, Hepcat said:

What's an APA?

What's wrong with nostalgia? It's a perfectly natural phenomenon and is what prompted the explosion in comic, bubble gum card, Barbie doll, Hot Wheels, My Little Pony, etc, etc. collecting in the last fifty years.

APA is an amateur press association, one of the tentpoles of comics fandom since 1964!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPA-alpha

On 5/2/2024 at 6:38 PM, zach1900 said:

There's like a dozen proven ones out there I would hardly say a long history

Cerebus 1 and TMNT 1 are among the few comics to have a notable population of counterfeit copies, dating back decades likely due to the scarcity of authentic copies and authoritative information in the pre-internet era.  Without internet access in your pocket, it was relatively easy to pass off fake small-press comics.  They were odd sized, black and white, and too tempting to pass up if one appeared at a local hotel ballroom convention, flea market, or even LCS (since they didn't always have any better identifying information than the rest of us).  I'm not sure when TMNT 1 counterfeits first appeared, but I'm sure someone could check Copper Age back issues for ads from American Comics, New England Comics, and Mile High to find the listings.

On 5/1/2024 at 5:21 PM, bc said:

Fellow Paper Boys Unite!

I had a job that was "paper boy adjacent," I'd say... In college I delivered some of those free classified ads papers you sometimes see around gas stations.  I delivered "Jobs" and "Auto Review" in Lexington, KY and on about an 80 mile loop through Nicholasville, Danville, and Harrodsburg.  I think I got 45 cents per stop and 13 cents per mile or something like that, and there were definitely times I stopped by the comic shop (Comic Interlude) on the way home and pre-spend my paycheck before I even submitted my voucher...

On 5/1/2024 at 11:24 AM, Doctor Dositheus said:

I think they would mostly be working digitally. Will the computer files they created have value in the future? 

This scenario is one of only a few ways I could imagine NFTs as a legitimate tradeable commodity.

I'm interested in what this says about the eras of the comics themselves.  I think a lot of us could trace our continuing fandom to the comics we were exposed to when we were in the 8-12 age range.  For me, that's around the Jim Shooter, 25th Anniversary era of Marvel, epitomized by this memo:

I hypothesize the lower numbers of collectors in their 30s is primarily due to the Clone Saga, Marvel bankruptcy, and market collapse of the mid 90s.

Sure, as long as they fit in the magazine-sized holders (11-1/2" tall x 8-7/8" wide x 1/2" thick (except magazines with hard covers or jeweled covers).  There are lots of UK Captain Britain out there to compare.  Be advised, many UK comics came with promo items like badges/buttons, toy airplanes, etc, and those will NOT be slabbed with the comic.

Got some early Derek Kirk Kim work signed...!  I love to get additional signatures on Ninja High School, I think I have 16 different creators on various NHS books.

Maxx Appreciation Thread in Copper Age Forum:

On 4/24/2024 at 11:30 AM, Dr. Balls said:

I am not a convention goer - but I always figured that prices at cons were lower than online/Ebay/Auction House prices? Is this not correct?

It varies wildly.  I've found cons to be great for finding mid and lower-tier wantlist items cheap, but hot selling items get a boost from the excitement of holding the item in-hand, instant gratification, drop cash and walk away with it.  You get the assurance of being able to thoroughly inspect it before you commit, which has some cash value.  Someone careful and good at grading can really find some hidden gems that would be much cheaper than buying online already graded, or risking some dingbat ebay seller sending it in a manila envelope to get mangled.  There aren't a lot of places where you may have multiple copies of prominent keys to compare and choose from, or obscure Golden Age books.

According to CGC's own guide to pedigrees:

Mass Copy

Marnin Rosenberg discovered this collection after responding to an ad in the Comic Buyers Guide in 1993. It contained approximately 4,000 comic books from the '60s to the '80s, including near complete runs of Marvel, DC, Gold Key, Charlton and ACG titles. Because The owner had stored the books in neat one-foot high stacks, making the preservation exceptional. The books do not exhibit any consistent markings, and much of the collection was assimilated without certificates.

So, it's more likely they mis-entered Mark Jewelers as Mass by going one step too far on the drop-down menu.  

Any update?

There was a Youtube deathmatch competition between these two several years ago...

I suggest Miguel would escalate violence faster than Terry and win the first battle, but maybe not further fights.

For the near term, it's speculator hype.  This may bleed into actual fan appreciation, but it's hard to tell.  Think of it like Spider-Gwen, whose early appearances were pushed by hype but now seems to be a legit fan favorite character (EoSV 2a in CGC 9.8 is ~$1k), relative to DC's Punchline (Batman 89a in CGC 9.8 is ~$120), who was pushed hard by spec hype but never really got enough of her own traction.  It all depends on how Spider-Boy develops.  Given the number of Spider-related characters relative to the number who have established themselves with lasting fan bases, it's unlikely Spider-Boy will be of any particular interest 10 years from now, which is what I would expect of a "fan favorite."

On 4/18/2024 at 12:24 PM, BA773 said:

Do you have at least an idea if you could have a great quantity of the first Justice League of America run? Because its really the serie i will focus on for a while now i think. If yes it will be really nice of your part to check in details.

No, I can confirm I don't have very many of this particular run, just a few.  There may be some you need, I'll try to post a list/photo of what I've got.

On 4/18/2024 at 11:55 AM, BA773 said:

Well i dont wanted to be hard... its just that the disscusion was not about it at origin, i just wanted to know if peoples here tought it was a good deal or not...

Are you just saying that in the wind or you have books  for sale? Im always interested 

Yeah, I've got a ton of miscellaneous Marvel and DC I'd love to move on.  My lists are a decade out of date, but I could give you an estimate of titles over the next couple of days.

On 4/18/2024 at 11:27 AM, Dr. Balls said:

I was kinda the opposite - I can't tell you how many comics I upsold using Wizard between pushing Valiant, Top 10 and "Hot Books". I think it really helped the indy guys, as Marvel and DC fans started getting into independents based on reviews and "increased value" in those books. The concept of "flipping" was a lot less common without the internet, but people loved buying a book I got for $1.50 from the distributor and sold it to them for $5 and one month later it was "worth" $10.

Wizard helped pre-Unity Valiant, Bone, Strangers in Paradise, Cry for Dawn, Hepcats, and more indies I can't remember get traction with kids who wouldn't otherwise have ever looked beyond the ever-expanding X-books.

On 4/18/2024 at 11:00 AM, BA773 said:

Read my post... "shipping include"

And about digital, you have on the pic below your answer...

it, this world is already so faked and now you r gonna tell me to read online?! Im now about 7/8 boxes like this and trust me it will never stop to increase! 

Alrighty. I'm over 15,000 comics, mostly bought out of some misbegotten urge to fill a run or maintain loyalty to a title that wasn't really very interesting.  Do what you want, but don't start a topic of discussion and act condescending to people who actually try to discuss it with you.  I'd be glad to sell you some of my worthless drek for $3 each, guaranteed no fake.

On 4/18/2024 at 9:35 AM, BA773 said:

I want some opinions, until im in the hobby i was only collecting modern and now i decided to com0lete a whole JLA run, this mean that im gonna buy silver and bronze books for the first time... 
So i have an agreement for an almost complete run (135books) from 95 to 261 or if you prefer 1971 to 1986, the total price with shipping make an average price of 3.1$ dollars per books, however as i seen many of the early issue,like between 95 to 115 ~ are in really low grade and maybe i will need to replace some of them, if i assume to have to replace, lets says, hum... 15 books on the lot it would make an average price of 3.6$.
What do you think of that price guys? Thanks for your answers.

It's going to be tough to get a lot of good responses, because the biggest barrier for you is shipping to Switzerland.  Very few books from that era (95 to 261) are of any particular interest, #107 maybe, and so have been seen in discount bins for ages.  With enough time and effort, you could probably get almost all of them for $2 each or less, but that doesn't help you get them to Switzerland.  Basically, I'm saying you should also consider alternative costs for these issues.  Do you think it's possible to get this many for this price or less?

I spent a long time filling runs, like post-crisis Flash, Green Lantern, Detective, Batman, and today wish I hadn't wasted the effort.  I'd rather have one $100 comic than 100 $1 comics.  

My vote would be, read the comics on a digital platform and ignore the bulk.

On 4/17/2024 at 11:30 AM, Dr. Balls said:

Wizard - aside from the underhanded price manipulation - was such a great publication in pre and early internet days. The excitement for each new issue was palpable back in the day. I distinctly remember trying to *not* read the entire issue the day it came out so I would leave something to read for the next day or week. Never happened. There was no edging when it came to reading Wizard.

One of the last truly fun aspects (waiting to see what was going on in the hobby) of comics before the internet came along and changed everything. RIP Wizard.

I was about 14 when Wizard came out, so those first few years, bagged with the prism border promo cards and posters of the cover art, were just ideal in that time and circumstance.  Art competitions on the envelopes with gold Valiant comics as prizes!  Wild speculation over the secret identity of the cover artist Wittman (it was an artist under exclusive contract at the time)!  Top 10 lists, hot comics, so much to appeal to a teenage comic reader.  From a more adult perspective, I can recognize the drive to generate faux excitement over constantly fluctuating prices contributed to the speculator boom-bust as much or more than anything else, and most of the articles about movie casting calls or upcoming projects turned out to be completely baseless, but still.  At the time, Wizard really stoked excitement for comics.

According to mycomicshop advanced search, it's Wizard 127.