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One of the most influential people in the hobby in the 1970s, he founded The Buyers Guide to Comic Fandom, which morphed into The Comic Buyers Guide after he sold. He also published a number of Golden Age reprints under the DynaPubs label. These were mine and many others first exposure to Golden Age material. I might not have been able to splurge for $200 for a copy of Action 1, but $3 postpaid for a copy of Worlds Fair Comics was doable. He seems to have faded into obscurity, all but forgotten by the hobby he had a major role in starting.

I started "reading' comics in 1963/64 but they were almost always trashed ,coverless copies that the older kids had read till the point of near disintegration. I remember asking for about a particular book, where Daredevil( my favorite) fought Spider-Man. When I got it as a present from my older sister, I was convinced it wasn't the book I'd read at a friends house. This one had a shiny cover on it. Then again, around that time my Uncle gave me a signed baseball and I was amazed a baseball was white with neatly sewn seams. I was maybe 12 before I met an adult who collected comics, a guy who worked around the church and I remember my Dad telling me I was never to be alone with the guy, for any reason. It took me years to figure out why, but I suspect he was correct. My freshman year in HS( 1972) a teacher confiscated a comic I was reading in study hall. That afternoon, my football coach called me over and had the comic in his hand. I was afraid he was going to make me eat it when he started asking me if I liked Marvel or DC. He was a Marvel guy, but admitted he would read the Justice League, and loved the JSA crossovers. He introduced me to a few upper classmen who collected comics. One guy had a bookcase full of them, many in plastic bags. By 1974 I was going to Phil's shows and buying and selling through what was then called The Buyers Guide to Comic Fandom.

Deepest condolences.

1. Master Splinter vs. Master Stick What is a good ninja without a wise Master? Originally the pet rat of ninjutsu Master, Himato Yoshi, Splinter trains the young Turtles into the ninja warriors we love. But, how did Splinter receive his name? Maybe it has something to do with Daredevil’s Stick, who is a Master martial artist and trainer of Matt Murdock, Daredevil’s alter ego. 2. The Foot vs. The Hand The enemies in both franchises share a special relationship. In the Ninja Turtle world, The Foot Clan is a household name, lead by the infamous Shredder. This is a pretty clear parallel with Daredevil’s The Hand, which originally debuted in Daredevil #174. In both series, both groups of villains are pretty similar as a group of costumed ninja “bad guys”. 3. A Similar Origin The best for last. The origin of Daredevil is pretty well known, where a young Matt Murdock is the victim of a chemical truck accident. A mysterious chemical splashes Murdock in the face during the accident, blinding him, but also hyper-attuning his remaining senses. The Ninja Turtles were created in a similar accident, where a truck loses a canister of ooze, which hits a young boy exiting a pet store. Although this boy is not hit directly by the liquid, the Turtles fall into the sewer, where they encounter Splinter and come in contact with the mutating ooze. As seen below, there is a pretty clear reference to the Daredevil origin, where a young man is hit in the face by a can of ooze, specifically “near his eyes”. In another world, Matt Murdock returns home safely with his new pet turtles and is lost to history.

It goes well beyond that. Splinter learned his fighting skills by watching a woman ninja train, the turtles got their mutation when a truck spilled radioactive waste into the sewer. The same truck that split its cargo on Matt Murdock? TMNT 1 is a direct parody of Millers DD.

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MOKF 23

4.0, with that tape, at best.

4.5

I'd start by getting them out of cheap plastic bags and into a form of Mylar. Post a few books in the grading forum and get an idea how to grade. What is your goal? Sell them or something else?

No. The book was simply cracked out of a slab. The label is meaningless.

Don't let the bastards get you down. You can't make everyone happy, and trying to is an exercise in futility. Someone gave you a bad review on Facebook. So what. You have your dream, and they have what? Don't be the guy who has to try and explain away every bad comment you receive. Take to heart the ones that are correct and fixable, and Roll with the rest.

Mycomicshop sends their slabs packed in an individual box. It might be able to hold two or three, but certainly not five.

They would be fine, but as your collection gets bigger, these will cost more and take up more space than a short or long box.

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Even that isn't consistent. The first Turtles in color was supposed to be in Grimjack #26. There is even a reference to it in the story, but due to some publishing problems, it came out a few months after another title. So do we go with creative intent or by publishing date? I'll give you two guesses, and if you say creative process, I'll let you use your second guess. I just wish things were more consistent.

2.0

1.5.

Mary Frances "Frankie" Housley (October 12, 1926 – January 14, 1951) was the lone flight attendant on National Airlines Flight 83, which crashed after landing at Philadelphia International Airport on January 14, 1951.[1] She led 10 passengers to safety, then returned to the burning cabin to save an infant. She died in the attempt and was later found holding the four-month-old baby in her arms. The story of her courage made national headlines, including an item in Time magazine.[2] One passenger called her a "real hero". A congressman labeled her the bravest American in history At 2:13pm, January 14, 1951, National's Flight 83, a DC-4, landed in Philadelphia from Newark, New Jersey, en route to Norfolk, Virginia.[3] It skidded off the icy runway, through a fence, and into a ditch. The left wing broke off, rupturing the gasoline tanks, and the plane caught fire. Housley opened the emergency door and saw the ground eight feet below. Returning to the cabin, she helped passengers release their seat belts, guided them to the door and gave a gentle shove to those who were hesitant to jump. After saving 10 passengers, she returned to the cabin to try to rescue a four-month old baby, Brenda Joyce Smith. After the fire was extinguished, the bodies of five women and two infants were found. One of the women was Frankie Housley with Brenda Joyce Smith in her arms.[4] From Wiki

I bit. Stan, along with many others gave me lots of happy moments. I especially liked the box they come in.

6.0

Very nice. Glad I didn't opine that I thought it would get a 9.2. Great background story. I love Heroic covers, but they don't seem to be very popular.

5.5. Maybe 6.0

It's complicated. Restoring a book may give it better visual appeal, and a grading company may give it a higher grade, but it would be a Restored Grade. Not a Universal Grade. A great many collectors shy away from restored books., so you lose a good bit of the potential market for the book. In some cases, a very ragged key book may be restored to a mid grade, but it is very expensive and often times you are left with a book worth less than you have in it. If by reconditioning, you are referring to have the book pressed and a little cleaning done, that often increases the books grade and value, but many defects are not removable by pressing. Many collectors oppose pressing, at least publicly.

Just look into the local regulations about selling food. When I lived in Mineola, a guy applied for a permit to open a .99 cent store. It was granted and a few weeks later one of the local gadflys pointed out that he was selling food without a permit. Town shuttered him until it was straightened out.