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I bought my first two books off the board from Jimbo. Great communication, they came quickly and as described.

I bought 3 raw books from Dale's recent sales thread. They came quickly and as described! Couldn't be happier.

Hi all, I've bought several books on here over the last few months and thought it would be best to start a kudos thread so sellers (and potentially buyers) have confidence in doing business with me.

Ok, I tried. That was too complicated of a move for me! I'll get there. Thanks for your help

Well look at that! Lol. Thank you!

This is probably a conversation for a different thread, but I agree with. In a way all the $$ associated with comics has been unfortunate. Allot of people look at this strictly as an investment and don't care about the art, story or history of what they are holding. I'm a bit younger than you, but I started collecting as a teenager before the days of Ebay making access so easy. While I'm sure the more serious collectors were concerned about grades and centering and white pages, I was just excited to get really cool comic books. When I bought Xmen 1, I wasnt disappointed that it was a "low grade", I was thrilled that I found a copy of an iconic comic and could actually afford it. I was fortunate enough to pick up detective comics 26 on the boards. Married, detached front cover, no back cover. It's never going to be worth a fortune in that state. It's no Detective 27, but I'm so excited to own such a cool piece of comic book history! I can't wait to read the stories and take pictures of the first advertisement for batman! I'll probably get it slabbed soon after, but I really can't wait to hold it! Getting back to the thread, part of me would be thrilled if prices normalized a bit. It would give me an opportunity to buy some books that have recently become dreams!

I'm yet to figure out how to quote just a section of a story. Glassman - thank you for sharing! What an amazing and well told story! I'm glad you took care of it for all those years and the value materialized so much. I'll be keeping my eyes open for old buses and houses being cleaned out

TY. Out of curiosity, do you guys think it's worth having it graded? Or should I try to sell it raw? I have a nice graded copy so I would love for this to go to another collector.

I just love seeing that listed here. Comiclink just sold a restored one last week. In my opinion this one is much nicer (aside from not being restored, it presents nicer) GL with the sale.

In defense of NoMan, I'm also terribly fascinated by this story. To the dismay of my wife and bewilderment of my therapist, most of my fantasies end with "and then I found AF15 in a box!" Joking aside, your story is amazing! And whatever you used the $$ for, it's wonderful that your discovery enabled you to better your family! I recently found a beat up FF48 at a strange collectibles store and felt like I hit the lottery. I've been bragging about it for weeks... this also leaves my therapist bewildered.

Thanks everyone. I was going to include this in a trade, but that fell through, so I may try my hand as selling it here. I've always been a buyer, never a seller, so all your feedback has been really helpful for gathering info.

Awesome books! GL

Thanks for the grades. The top staple is "mostly detached" if that's a thing. It's not totally detached and pages turn nicely, but it's an issue.

Allot of the pre hero stuff from the 50s is a great example. You read strange suspense stories or even the old TOS and JIM the stories are very hit and miss. But I love the art! The monsters and mysterious covers. I eat it up.

Totally agree on both. And to be fair, what got me into collecting was the art. I was a child of the 80s and 90s so I was buying up Punisher and batman books, but seeing the cover of FF49 was when I fell in love with collecting.

You bring allot of facts I can't even begin to contest Your right, Stan has gotten plenty of recognition. Your also right about the insane amount of work Jack was responsible for. It's pretty stunning when you spell it out like that. I'm going to tred lightly because I don't want to appear to be against Jack or Steve. I just feel like there is allot of anti Stan sentiment among collectors. And part of that stems from the self promotion and credit grabbing. As much as that shameless self promoting is real, I don't think it should take away from what he actually did do for the industry. For what it's worth, I love Kirby. If you read FF5 the story is really kind of silly. Doctor Doom wants to build a time machine to go steal pirates treasure? I think Dr. Doom should have been DOA with that story. What saved one of the great villians was how sinister Kirby drew him. The art was far more compelling than the story! I'll probably have people disagree with me about that too But I'm ok with disagreements. Frankly, it's just fun to discuss this stuff with someone besides my 7 year old son.

2.0 to 2.5 was what I assumed. That's why I would have been thrilled with a 3.0

It's a fair point. I mean, look how many titles Jack was drawing in those days. It's crazy to think about. I do stand by Stan doing more than anyone else to create Marvel. For all those titles Jack was drawing Stan was writing or at least editing those and a dozen others. He was running the operation, responding to fans letters, touring the country putting a face to Marvel comics. I will never take creative credit away from the artists. I just think Stan deserves his place in comic book history. I think the creative part in the early 60s was very much a collaboration and credit is due all around. The business, marketing, and managerial responsibilities that built Marvel fell pretty heavily on Stan's shoulders.

This.. At this point its impossible to determine who exactly was responsible for what. Those guys collaborated an awful lot and I'm just really happy they were all together at the right time and place.. I do give Stan a lot of credit for one thing that isn't widely discussed... My father worked at an art college in CT and artists are crazy! Trying to get those guys to stay on schedule, meet deadlines and keep their egos in check must have been maddening. Bill Everett's daughter told a story about how her father always waited to the last minute, would go to NY, party for days and hand in something he threw together at the last minute. Stan would pay him in cash and then he would go home and throw the cash in the air for him and his children to swim in. I felt like that story could have been any one of the commissioned artists at my father's school. They were just "free spirits". And Stan deserves credit for keeping the wheels on Maybe he took to much credit, maybe the greatest charector he really created was "Stan Lee". But I think the guy worked tirelessly to give us marvel comics. More so than any other individual.

For some reason I can't post another photo. I may reset my phone and try again

Thank you! Honestly I would be thrilled with a 3.0. And I agree, it's a well loved book as it should be! One of the best!

Another book with great colors, hurt by creases. I thought the top staple was detached, but after inspection it's very loosely held on.

The spine is not split, but def color breaking. I can't seem to upload the picture, but I'll try again shortly

The creases are the killer on this one. The colors are great and the book is structurally sound, but the color breaking creases hurt the presentation.

Hello, I'm looking to include a handful of books in a trade for a low grade Tales of suspense 39. As we work out the details, I want to make sure I'm providing accurate grades so I thought I would turn to you guys for help. DD4 - first purple man.