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I think I remember seeing the book in some stores, but my Grandmother lived in Queens so it might have only been distributed in and around the fair.

My cousin Tom and I went to the Worlds Fair early on. He bought an issue of this book but I'd run out of money. I got one as a gift a few weeks later, but it disappeared as most things eight year olds play with. My cousins book ended up in his basement, alongside toys like the phantom freighter and a Bat Masterson board game. As I became a teenager and started collecting comics, I wanted a copy. I was negotiating with my cousin and were close to a deal. I was at a flea market and Richie Muchin was selling comics. I asked him about the book and he had a copy. I think I paid about a quarter for it. Only years later did I notice my new copy was from 1965. I don't remember ever reading the book.Ownership was enough for me.

Superman Annual #11. " For the Man who has everything". I believe this was Allan Moore's first Superman story. DC wanted to give hot British artist Dave Gibbons a push and let him select the writer. He choose Moore and a masterpiece was born. Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman and Robin engage in an all out brawl with a creature more powerful than Wonder Woman. Plot twists and unexpected turns unlike any Superman I'd ever read. Moore's two part "Whatever happened to the Man of Tomorrow" is a classic, but this story is often overlooked. It's not the easiest book to find but the story has been reprinted elsewhere.

The Thing #3 Quicksilver is intent on exposing his daughter to the mist that grant Inhumans their abilities. Crystal refuses and flees, seeking the FFs help. Ben is caught up in a struggle with the Inhuman Royal Family and Lockjaw, who we know only as Crystals pet, intercedes on his behalf. In an absolutely stunning development, Lockjaw speaks and we learn Lockjaw is not an oversized dog, but was an Inhuman that was exposed to the mists. Quicksilver realizes what might happen to his daughter and relents. Of course, Marvel later undid everything in the story, but it was a stunner. The only other time I recall feeling such a gut punch was when the original Invisible Kid was resurrected in Legion ten years after being thought dead.

I'm still curious about his background. I'm pretty sure I'm about to block him as well, but I was hoping to learn a bit about him before I decide. I'm guessing he isn't one for taking correction well?

Government workers are sometimes given integrity test. Its not beyond the realm of possibility that someone might give a worker an envelope with $100 in it to see if they take it. If you had a job that paid you $50,000 a year with benefits, why risk it over $25?

Aren't state schools free in NY now?

If he ever answers me, I will.

Perhaps if we knew Two Pieces background, we could make some sense of his unusual beliefs. I know that between Donut, Bookery and myself, we have well over a hundred years of dealing with comics and a tad of experience in determining what books are key. Perhaps Two Piece can tell us his experience and why he thinks his knowledge is superior to ours.

Hard to have a discussion with someone whose only response is you are wrong. Tedious actually.

Assuming they are all in equal shape, Marvel Spotlight 5 , Defenders 1 are big. Spidey 129 is the crown jewel of the books listed. 121 and 122 would complete my five. Hero for Hire 1 would be first alternate.

I'm consigning about $10,000 a year and plan on doing that for the foreseeable future. Any books left when I die go to the Heros Initiative for whatever purpose they want.

I wonder if Spidey 1 was a bigger book back then, it being a first issue.

Couple hundred to the right person. I'd be surprised if it went for four figures. It's a nice piece.

Good looking 1.0

Yeah. The one guy who looks like he could handle himself and they burden him with carrying stuff. Brilliant tactical planning.

Really? When was it first broken out in Overstreet? More importantly, when did it first make the jump from being in the run of the mill books displayed in boxes and make it to dealers walls? Groot came out in 1962. Was it a wall book in 1972? 1982? 1992? 2002? Movie hype comes along and suddenly everyone wants one. My beater copy that somebody had trimmed to eliminate marvel chipping and I graded a pathetic plus suddenly sells for $50. It could be we just define key differently. A book in demand is a key. A key sells for more than its brethren. So a book that sells for more than its brethren is a key. Simple roadmap to successful collecting. Your roadmap may follow a different path. That doesn't make either of them the wrong way.

Don't you think books featuring" other important features considered especially important to collectors fits the description? If people want Foreskin Man #13 because it's the first appearance of the Shmo, how does that not fit the description you posted. Evidently, we have different opinions on what key means. To me, and most collectors of my generation, a key is a book in a run that is essential to having in your collection. ASM 129 didn't outsell ASM 128 or 130. There is no reason for #129 to sell more. In fact, it took years to break out. It got expensive when more collectors felt it was more important then the ones around it. I've never collected Wonder Woman. If I started today, I'd look at a price guide, find the ten books that are the most valuable in the run and start with them. Thus the term "key". Others might not look at value at all and instead look for the ten most important events in WWs history and buy those instead. Is it a coincidence that each of us will end up with a mostly identical batch of books. Ten years ago, or so, Tales to Astonish 13 was a run of the mill BEM book,bulk listed in Overstreet. No more important than its neighbors. If someone asked me which prefers TTAs should they buy, I wouldn't have suggested it. Now, it is a must have. How is that not a key book and the demand is there because of a money. If you want to say movies simply create hot books, so be it. I'd much rather discuss ways that Captain Marvel Junior can introduce himself to people.

Is Tales to Astonish 13 a key book? Was it before the movie?

How do you define a key comic? My definition is a book that is more expensive than its neighbors in the same run. What is yours?

Is there any chance Dany is innocent? That some nameless three eyed crow warged into her?

Easiest thing is to sort them by price. That will help determine age and worth. It's important to get a grasp of what you have. Hopefully, they are organized to some extent. Otherwise your task is daunting. I'd get started now. In all likelihood, more than half your books are fairly worthless. Saving and storing them for years won't change that and will tie up space.

I never said she was the hero. She was a very ambitious politician but she wasn't evil. She was out of her depth but not evil. Aside from that, the series was a comedy. When in the second half of the show did you laugh? How about we turn into next weeks GOTs and find a comedy troupe two hundred years in the future performing a Monty Python like reenactment of the War of the Starks where we watch John make love to his queen ,only to slit her throat. As the crowd roars, John stands and rips his face . The camera pans out and we see a newly constructed statue of Cersi, and Lannister banners flying high. Turning a lovable loser into a monster in the last fifteen minutes didn't work for me. It did for others. When I binge watch it in a few years, I suspect I'll skip the whole final season. I really enjoyed the earlier seasons although I didn't have HBO until season 3 and no On Demand so I'd see the earlier episodes haphazardly. Before this season started I rewatched it all and was really looking forward to this one. No big deal. It's a show and whatever replaces it may be better.

Stan did not live in New York City until he moved to California. He lived on Long Island for many years. I believe he moved to Long Island in the early 50s. In the mid 70s, he split his time between a Manhattan apartment and a house in the Hamptons but most of his best work was done in Hewitt Harbor. Jack Kirby and Joe Simon both lived in my town of Mineola when they got out of the service. I proposed a plaque or a statue several years ago and was laughed at. As one person said, if we don't have a statue to Will Rogers, why would we have one for Stanley Kirby, whomever that is.

I don't care what they do as long as the last thirty seconds is Ned waking up in his bed, turning to Kathrine and complaining about bad clams.