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On 11/26/2022 at 1:34 PM, Get Marwood & I said:
It's lived a little
So what happened? it didn’t sell at 1/- so they stickered it at 9d, it still didn’t sell so they thought what the heck 2/-?
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On 11/26/2022 at 10:39 AM, Get Marwood & I said:
On the bay now, a TeePee sticker and a numbered diamond stamp
Nice to see a comic doing the rounds...
Two Shillings though? Was the mid 70s when they became that price (10p)
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On 3/27/2021 at 9:58 PM, lou_fine said:Well, since we are speaking about comic records here, does anybody boardie here have those Golden Record Comics Sets that came out even earlier around the mid 60's or thereabout?
If I remember correctly, there were at least 4 of them that came out at the time with a reprint for the comic along with record as a complete set. I believe they had them for Spidey 1, FF 1, Avengers 4, and JIM 83. If so, any idea what these would be going for in terms of today's marketplace?
Only a year and a half late, I thought someone else would have posted them before and didn’t want to derail thread as they are not Power records. These are the four Marvel ones;
The backs are all the same bar the credits.
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Available by mail order from Marvel UK in 1970s was a set of 6 posters from Spanish artist Lopez Espi;
once again I’m one short - Hulk.
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On 11/14/2022 at 5:51 PM, Artboy99 said:
The Captain America one came in a large Steranko collection purchased in 2017. I have sold it otherwise would have offered it to you
Thanks for the thought. There is one on eBay at moment, but it’s $650, add postage to UK and duty that’s $800 which seems over the odds to me.
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And the one that never was. Steranko drew a set of B&W posters for Marvelmania but the club folded before they could be released. The art has subsequently surfaced in various formats, I believe this colourised version of poster was fan produced (although I’m not positive on that);
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On 11/12/2022 at 10:32 PM, thehumantorch said:I love comic related posters. Especially the 1970s Third Eye Black Light posters.
Let's see you favorite posters.
You’re probably aware that the Third Eye posters have been re-released; First set of 12 came out about a year ago and the second set has just been released. A lot more affordable than originals.
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Nice. I remember buying that Alan Class Spider-Man v quicksilver on holiday in Cornwall, I think Newquay, (we always went to Cornwall) either 74 or 75? Couldn’t have been any real marvels around so settled with that.
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50 years ago today!!!! Where has it gone?
I have read that comics were actually on sale a week before cover date so I may be a week late. My first issue was #2 so I might be spot on but the wrong issue. Either way a looooong time ago.
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On 9/30/2022 at 1:19 PM, Malacoda said:
You're welcome. So let's meet back here when you're finished and compare notes.
Nice piece of work, couple on here I haven’t seen (mutant x, Gifted) and Legion I tried but gave up after a few episodes.
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On 9/29/2022 at 3:25 PM, themagicrobot said:
This week at one point $1.00 equalled £1.06 which must be an all time low
I’ve been following a Steranko poster I want but was, I considered, priced high on eBayUSA. At the start of the month it converted to £551, with no price increase it’s now £605.
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On 9/21/2022 at 12:39 PM, Get Marwood & I said:
Now that's dedication, Gary.
It's not on your arse, is it?
That’s my face! You wouldn’t want a cosmic powered sh1te would you.
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Lovely to see a dissertation on my favourite comic SS #10.
As a youngster I’d always had comics starting with playhour which my mum used to buy me to teach me to read. I then mid/late 60s progressed to Lion and read the odd Superman and Superboy comic which were all rather silly but aimed at the age I was then. I tried a few Batman comics after seeing bits of the TV show but the comics were too advanced for me.
A few years later for my birthday in 1970 an aunt gave me the 1969 UK Marvel annual;
I was enthralled with with stories but I was also fascinated by one illustration on the inside cover, he didn’t look like the other costumed superheros, he was called the Silver Surfer and I knew nothing else about him;
Skip forward to 1973 on holiday when I came across the first US Marvels I’d ever seen. I bought Thor 172, 173 and Cap America 122 because I was aware of them from the UK annual and alongside was Silver Surfer 10 - I was about to find out about the character I had been fascinated with for so long.
I read the Thor comics and threw them away, I read SS#10 and was hooked. I instantly became a collector, retrieved the Thors from the bin and went back to the gift shop the next day and bought some more. I haven’t stopped collecting since but if it hadn’t been for SS#10 I probably wouldn’t have ever started collecting.I’ve bought and sold SS#10 many times and always take a look at any copies I see for sale, I don’t recall ever seeing a stamped copy. I currently have three copies, my collection copy;
“nostalgia box” copy
and CGC copy;
Many many years ago I even had the image tattooed;
I don’t think I’ve added anything to the UK distribution knowledge but have enjoyed reminiscing about SS#10 - a comic which has had an enormous impact on my life.
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As Lowgradebronze says above you are probably missing the 14th page (of 16);
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On 9/18/2022 at 12:35 PM, Malacoda said:
I don't think he did buy them for preservation. The bag must be re-sealable. Here they are out of the bag and it doesn't look torn open.
I’ve got several of these (all cents) and they aren’t re-sealable so owner must have very carefully opened.
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Those bags do appear genuine and you wouldn’t do a good mock up to sell for £10. My concern was the 6 month time gap between issues but being bag opened the owner could have mixed up the issues which were included.
I have an eBay search for marvel multi mags but somehow missed these. I am surprised as I was actively buying marvels from 1973 and from August 1974 they were readily to be found but I’ve never seen any marvel multi-mags for sale other than cents ones from a dealer or collector. -
On 9/17/2022 at 11:14 PM, Kevin.J said:
please say you grabbed them
No sadly just noticed them in the solds. Although the bags look genuine I’m not totally convinced - the second lot has cap America, MTU from Feb 1979 but Thor is from July. I can’t imagine UK unsolds would have been returned to US for bagging and I also find it difficult to imagine the bags being printed in UK but perhaps they were.
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On 9/16/2022 at 5:47 PM, Garystar said:
As I mentioned before i’ve never seen or heard of Marvel lucky bags before. I’d be amazed if any multi-mags turned up with pence copies
Didn’t expect to find these, looks genuine so I’m going to argue with myself;
Marvel Multi-mags Iron Man #124 Two-in-One Thing #47 Power Man #50 VF+
Marvel Multi-mags bag Captain America #230 Team-up Spider-Man #78 Thor #285 VF+
By this time I was buying these comics as they came out in UK, plenty of shops had them but I never ever saw any multi-mags! Any one else?
(Three 12p copies for 25p so a decent saving)
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On 9/16/2022 at 7:10 PM, themagicrobot said:
@Garystarand @Kevin.J did you buy all those multipacks from shops/newsagents right here in the UK? I would have thought at least one would have had a UK price sticker to help the retailer. As I have mentioned before, these things seem to have been common in the States but I never saw any bags of Marvels or DCs here myself. However I purchased Gold Key multibags in the 1960s. But these were always to be found in toyshops and Department stores rather than the usual booksellers/newsagents.
I’ve bought all mine from dealers collectors. The only one I had back in the day came from a relative in Canada. I’ve always used to look out for them but never seen one in a UK shop/newsagent.
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On 9/16/2022 at 4:16 PM, Malacoda said:
Any chances of some pics of multi bags? Would love to see them. Cheers
As I mentioned before i’ve never seen or heard of Marvel lucky bags before. I’d be amazed if any multi-mags turned up with pence copies but here’s mine;
What I did notice was a mixture of direct and newsstand copies within same bag (no pence though).
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On 9/16/2022 at 2:06 AM, Hulksdaddy1 said:
Wonder where this puts my 6.0, price-wise?
I sold mine, grade around FN/VFN, just over a year ago for £250 ish. I imagine Duncan gets a lot of eyes on his listings which boosts his sales above the prices us mere mortals achieve.
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On 9/15/2022 at 7:32 PM, Get Marwood & I said:
I bet back in the day Duncan never imagined he'd be selling that for six hundred quid one day....
Don’t think he even bothered putting them in his price guides.
The Distribution of US Published Comics in the UK (1959~1982)
in Silver Age Comic Books
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Wondered if any of our contributors may be interested in this;
4 x Vintage CORONATION STREET Drinking Glasses 1960s TV Series Ena Sharples etc
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