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Very nice #25 and still in the old label. Thanks Frank, for confirming the $21k figure over my $25k post. Either way, that was a lot of money in the 1980s.

Not sure about the #2. We will all be left with reprints at some point

yep.. Church copy that he paid $25k for in 1982...it's maybe a 9.2 or 9.4 if it were ever graded and slabbed....

Agreed. If the BC looks like the FC and no major spine splits, it seems to look 6.0 - 7.0 range. But minus the piece out of the FC, and they dinged it down to a 3.5 which seems generous. I would think more like in the 2.5 - 3.0 range at best.

There are plenty of great marketplace mail letters from Mr. Carey as I have re-read these past few months looking through my old ones. Great comic knowledge of historical worth that is often overlooked and unknown by new collectors. I just read an interview with Fred Guardineer and Bill Gaines which were both really good.

I have always went for the double quotes first, then the blue under the table second. Getting both is really awesome. The quotes are often cut off and most folks are not aware of it or care. Very nice downgrade Brian.

in the 3.0 - 7.0 range price points have appeared to soften a little. The 7.0 on HA just went for $228K, but the price point on entry level, complete Cap 1s are still relatively higher from what I have seen.

Agreed. When entry level price points hit 5 figures, the lower grade entry level (.5 - 1.0) complete books sustain a healthy pp and base entry level cost as the pool of buyers that can afford a 10K copy is much bigger than the pool swimming in the 100K level. We have seen this with books at lower price points (Hulk 181) when the floor cost is still around $1k but because many copies are available the pp's are clouded together in the 4.0 - 6.0 range.

the 37 was my first Pre Rob. I've always liked it even though Batman is drawn smaller. Any full moon and rolling fog Bat cover grabs me. Smiling Batman (#36) is where I lose a little interest.

very nicely displayed

and it was only foggy on Batman's side of the pier

Moldoff was the man!

you love swipes!

2.5

2.0 - 2.5

2.5

5.0

Yes just the front cover. Sold for around $7k - $8k if I recall at auction maybe 8 years ago?

Most owners I know of need the back cover, which is quite unique to Marvel 1 and nearly impossible to find.

True, but Marvel 1s were notorious for miscut covers, miscut interiors, and poor cover registration. The printer in NJ that Goodman picked to run MC1 must have drove him nuts. When he switched printers to the one in Buffalo, NY the books appeared to be relatively better. Then sometime after Marvel Mystery 7, Goodman switched printers again to a spot in Meridan, CT which printed all the Timelys from that point forward.

Oh boy yet another joust I’ll re-post this from the Metro Marvel 1 thread: I love Cap as a character, but as a comic book, Marvel 1 always trumps Cap 1 for me due to the great history entrenched in it....Goodman, a master pulp distributer, taking on and publishing a comic book for the first time in his career while enlisting Jacquet's army of qualified artists....Frank Torpey's name appearing later in the Marvel Mystery 9 Torch/Subby battle story is quite entertaining...but I'm the only one that cares about that none sense in the 2019 collector's world.

Marvel 1 is

last 3.0 on GPA went $77k+ in 2016. That copy was severely off registered (Torch's face if I recall correctly). I'd say today it's maybe $90k-$100k..I think $75k is a decent price given the eye appeal and it being an OCT copy, but it being a proof cover w/blank inside covers may bother some folks at any price...