JohnH19

Getting books graded seems to be a very frustrating experience for you.

Mr. Romita is “only” 91.

Where did you hear that? It would be very sad news if it’s true.

What a beauty! Congrats!

Another addition to the “books that came out the month I was born” club.

I’m in!

Beautiful books! My run isn’t as nice as yours overall but I was thrilled and lucky to have picked up all 18 issues from a local seller at a convention several years ago before the Surfer got hot. I paid around $450 Cdn for the complete run.

I know that Marvel was popular with teenagers and university students, essentially baby boomers, in the 60s but I’m quite sure that there were very few adult comic collectors, relative to today’s vast numbers. The previous “silent” generation grew up in a much more serious world than the one we have been blessed to grow up in and comic book collecting was not high on their list of priorities.

I don’t know about that. Marvelmania was picking up big time steam in 1966 because of the complexity of the stories and the realistic portrayal of the characters’ personalities and personal lives. I think the little pic of Johnny was included simply to advertise another component of the book that focuses on a real world moment in his life. By the way, did Johnny ever attend a class?🤔

Got this upgrade in the mail this week.

Today’s pickup.

It truly is remarkable that it's still there with the same name; Ebbeling Pharmacy. My aunt and uncle lived just down the street so I went there quite often when we visited.

It’s Romita’s first work on Spidey. It’s his fifth DD issue.

12 was the first Romita DD issue.

Absolutely one of my all time favourite comic books. Also, one of the very first Marvels I ever bought, back in the summer of '67.

Just for you... Edit: Ignore the DD pics at the bottom. No idea how they got in there and I can’t delete them.

I had to give you a sad face because I’m quite sure you would like to have them again.

It’s extremely pretty. Maybe the nicest annual I’ve ever seen. It’s so difficult to find them raw in high grade condition.

My copies of the big three.

Here’s mine.

Today’s mail call. A beautiful copy of the first Marvel comic I ever bought.

I had a hard time finding this issue when I was collecting as a youngster. My dad even drove me around to a few area drug stores after work but no luck. I finally found it at a cabin country general store later that summer.

Congrats on scoring a great copy. Always buy the book, not the grade. Tec 359 is also one of my favourites and one of my few slabbed books.

The drug store where I bought my first superhero comic (Jimmy Olsen 80 Pg. Giant #13) in the summer of 1965 is still in business. It’s not far from where I live so I wander over there once or twice a year.