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Hey guys, so some horrible stuff happened yearserday to me, long story short I bought a copy of strange tales 89 and I’m lookin through it being very careful as o always try to be with older comics, the whole bottom spine was gone but the back cover was still attached by a thread or so to the top staple and the back was attached for eh front... well I guess I opened they book a wrong way and it touched the backboard strange and “RIP” the back cover detached from the top and the from cover... so now it went from a attached cover and not Fully split to a fully split cover and attachment... ? I feel so horrible... the comic is for my PC anyway so o don’t really care about the value as that’s not why I collect but i am so angry at myself because it did not have to happen and I caused it... any insights or anything on what to do... what should I do with it... etc. just wanted to ask you guys... though when I put it in the Mylar and place the front dm back rightfully it looks great... then again I like opening it... ? pictures attached are in the bag (detached and split)

Here’s one I did last week. Took me maybe 25 minutes. I create my own chatchters and stories. Love doing them

thought i would show off my favorite pre hero monster on here. love this thread, cant believe i have never found it before. any one have one of these ss by Stan???

i mean a response like that sounds about right for Ditko

dont do that. jack kirby is a completely different story, but Steve Ditko, did not get the "credit deserved" which was alot for how brilliant his work was, but he did not want it, if steve ditko was more like stan and would have been in the public eye, i have no doubt he would of appeared right along stan in the cameos for spiderman and doctor strange, and im sure he would have been much more well known and respected by a wider audience. steve lived on steve's terms he took no BS from anyone. he passed alone becuase he never really found love i guess, maybe he did who knows. but steve was like that. he lived for himself. thats not to say he would of nejoyed other people, i am sure he did. i heard he was very kind to his neices and was a very good person. but who really knows what i do know is in no way is it Stan lee's fault what so ever. and Marvel is not really to blame either. its just Steve Ditko never wanted, fame, he never wanted fortune, he drew becuase he was good at it, becuase he liked doing it. if steve did not like to draw he would of stopped a very long time ago. but he continued to work until he last days. he publushed 3 brand new mr A stories from 2018 with Robin Synder. and a bunch before that. he loved to do it and thats why he did it. he always said he does not give interviews becuase he wanted his work to speak for itself and no one was going to tell him otehrwise. he was so amazing and he has always been my favorite artist in comics. i wish he would have been more public but steve just at the end of the day did not like that kind of stuff, if he did he would have.

hi guys, anyone know if stan is doing any upcoming private signings and if so, does anyone know if the signings have worked out well in the past? thanks

love this one. glad to own it

mine came out good, i made sure to tell max (the one time he was actually useful) exactly where i wanted stan to sign. the problem with these bad signatures is they are unprepared, no window bags, no preparation just putting a AF 15 in front of stan without anything. spider roach is a different story though

congratulations thats a cool one

Always Love seeing this copy! Awesome!

His legacy cannot be said. From his beautiful work to his quirky ways of being... well ditko, he was a one of a kind. He lived on Ditko's terms no one else's. He gave this world so much happiness, he inspired so many. From Spider-Man to doctor strange, from Mr. A to the question, no matter what, he impressed so many with the way he can tell a story with his art. He said countless times the reason why he does speak on his work is because he wants his work to speak for itself... and it does. The world never understood ditko, I don't believe they ever will. He was different in the best way. He was not a man of words rather a man of art. We never really knew his personal life and maybe we never will, but he did let us in on something bigger, "HIS" world. The world that lived in his head and that he copied onto paper. DITKOS style was his own. He said many times that copying someone's style is not art, to know what art is you have to explore your own mind, find your style, understand your style, he knew his style and he embraced it for decades. He never really changed, when you look back from the early marvel/Atlas days to some of his final work with Mr. A it was what's his own. His imagination was as feat as his art. But that's just it ditko Thoth a brilalint artist was not brilliant for his art, it was the way he made you see it, how he made you read his art. This word will never have another ditko and that is the way he would of wanted it, he would of wanted another artist to be that artist, a new comer named joey... well let joey be joey not joey be ditko. Thank you ditko. It is truly impossible to say what he did. The greatness he left behind. I do believe Ditko said what he had to say. His life was lived to the fullest. Thank you Mr. Ditko. As he would of said Regards, Steve Ditko.

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My idol, he was one of the most brilliant minds. Rip. Thank you for the good times. I hope they say in memory of mr ditko in the new Spider-Man film

yes same here, i am a personal fan of stan signed books, i just think its cool that stan lee, an icon, and a person who has alot to do with the creation of so many marvel characters had actually physically touched my book and signed it, i just think that is really cool, i have 4 stan lee signatures at the moment, 1 i got on a spidey lithograph to have framed another i had on my ASM 3 2.0 graded book (My holy grail in my collection) and then at another convention i had a personal item signed (its worthless to others but to me its priceless) and then the 4th was signed in the 90s on an ASM annual 21, the spidey weds mary jane cover. he signed it to bob and, no i was not the one to get it and my name is not bob but i got a for a good deal so i am happy. so no even if the market is flooded with stan signd books, as long as their are people like me that are just fans and love stan for all he has done, i dont care if stan signatures become $50 things if so i will just buy more. i dont sell comics i am not an investor a speculator non of that, i am a fan, a collector. i do this as a hobby not as a job or as a source of income. so i would not care if my book is worth 10 grand i would still love it if it was worth a dollar, thats the problem with this industry now adays, there are so many people doing this hobby for a quick buck that real collectors have now been forced to pay much much more than before on things that we dont care about the value for, i dont believe a stan signature will ever go down below the $50 mark, and it does not even today when he is still here. stan lee signatures are now common but what happens when in 50 years in 100 years people remember stan and love his lagacy they wont be able to meet him but they can own a piece of him someting he left behind somehing he touched and signed that is why his signature is special and the same thing has happened to kieby since his passing. i am a younger collector i never got to meet kirby but i have thigns sigend by him and to me thats enough. i have soemthing i know he touched and persnally signed. i have had the plesure of meeting stan and to be honest the experince was well worth the money. nuff' said

thanks for the feedback

Hey guys I have a question, what are your thoughts on how rare a Kirby signature is, now of course compared to stan lee Kirby is very scarce in number, but then again in a Normal level, kirby did slot of convention apperances from the 60s to his deaths I mean that's like 30 years of signing. Now I know he did not do a huge amount of cons compared to stan or anything but he did a good amount, and there were many limited collectibles which they had him sign a bunch of I mean the x men 1 masterpiece that's signed by him there was 2000 and the FF 1 masterworks was signed to 1961, as well as that pin set which was a lot too, and a lot of other things, now I know that his signature on a key book is rare but in general would you say Kirby is "rare" or "hard to find" signature wise, I mean he's no Steve Ditko! I own a signature from Kirby, it is a the art of jack kirby hardcover edition which was signed inside and limited to 1000 pieces. Thanks guys!

These are authentic, this is the way he signed a lot of books, it looks real, personally the value of a Kirby signature is really based on what it's on, a Kirby signature in a FF 1 is sure to bring the price up because this is a desirable book with a rare signature which makes it more cool but something like captain victory which is not known and not even from D.C. Or Marvel I don't think you will get anymore than $75 for that, and that is only because of the signature.beautiful though. I would keep it I love jack king Kirby

hey guys just wanted to ask for your opinion in your best opinion would you say this stan signature is authenticate or not. i mean it looks convincing and looks older maybe 1990s or late 80s any advice thanks

Thanks love the book one of my favorites

I got it a few years ago what grade would you say love The sinister six! Thanks guys

is it worth getting graded??? i would say no but what do you guys think?

hey guys i know its not going to be a 9.0 or anything like that but to me i dont care about the grade i just care that i have a copy of it, so this copy of this awesome cover and book is good enough for me, though i would not mind knowing the grade, i put a picture of the back and front what would you say this is? also because it is such a low grade for a modern book im thinking of getting dan slott to sign it, is it a good idea, i like his stories and he wrote this one so... thanks! also what i like about this copy is i can actually read it, unlike those other copies of this same book that are in mint condition and cant even be touched without gloves! its an exception

thanks guys, i wont get it graded but i think i will get bagley just to sign the first page,

I tried to give as many pictures I think I am going to get bagley to sign it, do you think I should get him to sign it on He cover of first page??? And do you think it is worth sending to CGC?? Thanks guys

587,494 Signature 587,493 of those are Stan Lee