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Love that cover, love that story! One of my all time favorite Flash comics!

You are a very fortunate Flash fan indeed!!! I will probably never own one. I did get to see one in person once at the 2016 ACCC. I should have had my son take a picture of me with it!? Congratulations, you are one of the few to own the holy grail of the silver age!!!

I could never get either of my wives to sit through a Flash story! Your wife is a keeper!!?

Broome also worked with Infantino in the GA I think it was 103 and 104. I would love to know more about him but I haven't found much. He's my favorite Flash -script writer. Appearently moved out of the country in the late 60's and mailed his scripts in?? was 194 really his last Flash credit?

I need a 151 too! And a 152!!! There's a little gap in my SA collection there. Love that 153 cover though! Classic Carmine!

Awesome!!! Love that cover! Congratulations! I believe that was the first John Broome story? How does it feel to own a Flash showcase? Tell us more?

Is that a small piece missing at the bottom of the back cover? I would also say 7/7.5

I'm in the 8.0 category too considering how things went with the grading contest last month. Keep us posted. Great find!

IKR? Its got to be at least an 8?

Ok comic fans here's a tale of a young guy who left home at an early age. I thought I grabbed all of my comics when I left. This young guy, a few years later was now a young father. My son and I both came down with chicken pox. I had to miss a week of work and sold my comics to pay the rent. A nearly complete run of SA Flash and 3 GA Flash #29, #51 and #69. I was sad of course but grateful that Flash could come to my rescue and cover what needed to be covered. Some 20 years later my mom came for a visit and said look at what I found in the garage! It seems I'd left a few behind. My Flash Gordon collection and a precious few others from my childhood, including the 2 GA Classic Comics that really inspired me to collect. I had found them in an antique show in th 70's. It wasn't that I was a Classics fan. I was just amazed that there were comics out there from the 40's at all! I had to wonder were there Flash comics from the 40's? Although I had sold my GA Flash in 80's over the years I have bought a few. In the photos you will see a Flash #69 alas its not the original. I will feel my comic mission is accomplished when I own a #51 and #29 again. And of course complete that SA run (just 78 to go?)

Nice! I also like the fact that all those classic comics were in the trunk of a classic car. It just makes for...well a really classic story?

My old friend Terry who was a huge Marvel fan was the first person to introduce me to Mr. Ditko's art. Being primarily a DC fan this was a comic mind expanding moment for me! I never looked at Spider-Man the same way again. One of the very first things I taught my son about comics was how to tell a Ditko Spidey from a Romita Spidey and how truly special the Ditko version was.

So great to see them again brings back memories! I was just starting to collect comics then and was fascinated that mad was a comic before it was a magazine. I'd love to have one again. I remember it being kind of hard to pull them out of the magazine.

I loved Mad! Remember in the 70's they reprinted the 50's comics and had them as inserts in the magazine?

Love this thread! Love the stories! This whole comic book collecting thing is all about sentiment to me. I'll pull out a few old books and share them this weekend.

Too bad they don't make these in long box size! This is the first Flash themed custom box I've seen!

Hey there Flash fans! Have you seen the new custom "Star labs/ Flash" boxes?

I love seeing this book! It was my first silver age Marvel purchase way back in the 70's. I would give it an 8.0. Love that cover, John Buscema! Sadly I had to sell those old books. I would love to have a copy again but I'm afraid its probably out of my price range these days. Enjoy it. Its a true treasure! Are you selling it? Had to ask lol!

If anyone checks in I'd like to discuss the browning, tanning, discoloration of back covers. Like the detective comics book. Obviously it did not hurt the book too much. I would tend to knock the book down to a 9.0 or lower depending on how dark the tanning is. In the case of the round 10 book, it was in such outstanding condition I went with 9.4. Thoughts? How much should a discolored back should affect the grade?

Prize 50 please ???

I'm not sure how this works? Do I get prize? 36th place?? If I do can I have prize 12???

Congratulations Azkaban!!! You are truly a grading master! I am new to the boards like Clone as well. This contest sealed the deal for me! I had so much fun I'm going to stick around. I had not tried to grade in years. This year I decided to give it a try. In March I dug out my old grading guide circa '92 (100pt scale) thinking how much could grading change? Lol! In May I got the latest guide and have been obsessed ever since?

Maybe the CGC will put out their own grading guide some day?

I graded detective comics 9.4 because of the Browning on the back cover. I guess that does not matter? Would have graded it even higher.

Thank you Sckao and thirdgreenham!!! I'm going to brush up and get ready for next year. This was fun and challenging.? Drove me crazy at times but in a good way? Hehehe. See ya on the boards and let me know where to send my prizes.