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"Tiny Hitler" Two words that seem odd together.

Cerebus #1, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles#1, Eerie #1, X-men #94 have already been counterfeited. I have a duplicate copy of All American #16 that is not a terrific reprint but to the average person it would pass as a real comic. What's to stop someone counterfeiting a million dollar book? The only million dollar books so far have been provenanced up the proverbial wazoo. and that will continue to be the case until a million dollars is equivalent to what people have gotten for those fake bronze age and moderns.

Put this in the Christmas thread but it bears repeating here. It's supposed to be Fred Ray's personal proof copy. (note the blank space where stores would put in their own name) Got this along with a supe 17 proof cover but missed the others that went up for sale, which included a number of early fred ray action covers and some prelim cover recreations.

Note a cover but I think it's the only appearance by Hitler in an Archie comic.

The one that got away. If anyone has a copy....

Not strictly a comic, but hey it's a cover with the Peanuts gang. And here's an unused version.

Gotta love a santa claus cover with an issue # of 666

Seh Noveem Godom Droosya!

Okay, found it and it looks like it's not the same as the one in that c-link auction. But if anyone knows where it went, or has it, this picture may prove to be of some use because I remember getting it back from resto and thinking "it barely looks any different; I paid 1200 bucks for nothing."

Yeah, I was surprised you let it go so soon, but then you've "rented" quite a few nice books. Compare that book to some others that've sold for 45K and I agree it makes more sense to hold it than undersell it. Interesting this comes up at the same time as the Batman 1 since these were the best two instances I ever had of finding a match for a missing piece (although the back cover to this was actually nicer than the rest of the book, so it wasn't as unusual a match as the Bat 1). As you know, Rick, when you see scans of the original book and the donor back cover it seems less a big deal than it sounds, especially considering how common split spine books are in GA because of the way kids would fold them back to read them). Since the same poster asked about both books it might be educational to mention there was an actual "piece added" to the Tec 27 but as I recall it was a newsstand clip chip (common for that era) at the edge of the logo -- which meant the only replacement needed was in a solid color area. Not as minimal as filling in blank paper but still a world of difference between that and recreating text and/or artwork. (and I've seen more than a few GA books with a similar logo chip missing that were not greatly affected in grade) Well the C-Link Tec 27 PLOD 7.0 (Ext) looked unreal (more like a 9.0). It sold for just 10K more than the 4.5 listed now at CC. Perhaps that was the deal one should have had ... Link: http://www.comiclink.com/./itemdetail.asp?back=%2Fsearch%5Fadv%2Easp%3Fall%3Dy%26TITLE%3Ddetective%26TITLEOPT%3DALL%26ISSUE%3D27%26Condition%3D%26ConditionTo%3D%26CensusRank%3D%26SearchPageQuality%3D%26Pedigree%3D%26PRICEF%3D%26PRICET%3D%26DESCRIPTION%3D%26DESCRIPTIONOPT%3DALL%26SearchRemarks%3D%26SearchCGC%3D%26EXCLUDE%3D%26CATEGORIES%3D%2D1%26WCATEGORIES%3D%2D1%26SORT%3DCATEG%26%5Fwhere%5Fforsale%3Dy%26%5Fwhere%5Fauctions%3Dy%26x%3D0%26y%3D0%26where%5Fforsale%3Dy&id=791618 actually, I sold that book to a fellow boardie (thumbs u it does present so much nicer than the grade, but has an "unfixable" bend in the book, hence the grade...but does look SUWHEAT and went "cheaper" because it was to a fellow boardie we actually got a 60K+ offer on it, after it had already been committed When did you get it? The book I am speaking of was sold to a dealer in the early '00's. 'course the one I had didn't have anything I would've called an unfixable bend. And I suppose what look like stains at the top could be on the slab. I remember the red was off register a bit, but perhaps not the same as this one. Damn, it was easy with the bat 1 because of that unusual bottom spine register. Gotta dig up the pic of the one I am thinking of to see if it's the same. Thinking now it may not be and might just be damn close I am gonna try to dig up those scans to see if it's the same one

I saw them only recently, so will see if I can dig them up again and post them

Yeah, I was surprised you let it go so soon, but then you've "rented" quite a few nice books. Compare that book to some others that've sold for 45K and I agree it makes more sense to hold it than undersell it. Interesting this comes up at the same time as the Batman 1 since these were the best two instances I ever had of finding a match for a missing piece (although the back cover to this was actually nicer than the rest of the book, so it wasn't as unusual a match as the Bat 1). As you know, Rick, when you see scans of the original book and the donor back cover it seems less a big deal than it sounds, especially considering how common split spine books are in GA because of the way kids would fold them back to read them). Since the same poster asked about both books it might be educational to mention there was an actual "piece added" to the Tec 27 but as I recall it was a newsstand clip chip (common for that era) at the edge of the logo -- which meant the only replacement needed was in a solid color area. Not as minimal as filling in blank paper but still a world of difference between that and recreating text and/or artwork. (and I've seen more than a few GA books with a similar logo chip missing that were not greatly affected in grade) Well the C-Link Tec 27 PLOD 7.0 (Ext) looked unreal (more like a 9.0). It sold for just 10K more than the 4.5 listed now at CC. Perhaps that was the deal one should have had ... Link: http://www.comiclink.com/./itemdetail.asp?back=%2Fsearch%5Fadv%2Easp%3Fall%3Dy%26TITLE%3Ddetective%26TITLEOPT%3DALL%26ISSUE%3D27%26Condition%3D%26ConditionTo%3D%26CensusRank%3D%26SearchPageQuality%3D%26Pedigree%3D%26PRICEF%3D%26PRICET%3D%26DESCRIPTION%3D%26DESCRIPTIONOPT%3DALL%26SearchRemarks%3D%26SearchCGC%3D%26EXCLUDE%3D%26CATEGORIES%3D%2D1%26WCATEGORIES%3D%2D1%26SORT%3DCATEG%26%5Fwhere%5Fforsale%3Dy%26%5Fwhere%5Fauctions%3Dy%26x%3D0%26y%3D0%26where%5Fforsale%3Dy&id=791618 The long arm of coincidence is stretching to the limit today as this tec 27 looks an awful lot like one I had long ago. The faint signs of a stain at the top and the little printing circle in the batwing indicate it could be. If it's the same I know I've got pics of it in its original and restored state, and I would agree it's gone for a bargain (although much more than I sold it for). The book in question was graded a good to very good at the time, as was another copy offered me which looked about the same except it had a chunk out at the edge. The one I got (this one, I think) had some splits at the bottom where someone had glued it with model glue. I was advised by virtually every dealer I spoke to that I should restore the book by having Susan Cicconi remove the glue and reseal it, which she did. But when I went to sell it a few years later I was told the repairs had devalued the book. The book with the chunk missing sold for about 65K and this one went begging for much less because of the repair to the lower spine (even though the repaired portion was smaller than the portion of the other book which had been torn away!) So cut to years later and this book goes for 55K (more than I paid, and more than I sold it for, but still less than a mostly similar book with a larger portion that was altered (by way of being removed).

the seller should take the 34k offer and run. Maybe the seller could make up the difference by throwing in that 12K copy of New Mutants 87

Yeah, I was surprised you let it go so soon, but then you've "rented" quite a few nice books. Compare that book to some others that've sold for 45K and I agree it makes more sense to hold it than undersell it. Interesting this comes up at the same time as the Batman 1 since these were the best two instances I ever had of finding a match for a missing piece (although the back cover to this was actually nicer than the rest of the book, so it wasn't as unusual a match as the Bat 1). As you know, Rick, when you see scans of the original book and the donor back cover it seems less a big deal than it sounds, especially considering how common split spine books are in GA because of the way kids would fold them back to read them). Since the same poster asked about both books it might be educational to mention there was an actual "piece added" to the Tec 27 but as I recall it was a newsstand clip chip (common for that era) at the edge of the logo -- which meant the only replacement needed was in a solid color area. Not as minimal as filling in blank paper but still a world of difference between that and recreating text and/or artwork. (and I've seen more than a few GA books with a similar logo chip missing that were not greatly affected in grade)

I used to collectthe antie-commie stuff and thought I'd found it all. But Mark's uncovered morethan I ever thought existed. He also makes me wish I hadn't let it go. Had a perfect copy of blood is the harvest as well as devil will talk,is this tomorrowand more. let them go after they went years without creeping up in value and I figured nobody wanted them but me. keep posting mark. At least this way I get to see them.

Wow. I logged onto this thread absent-mindedly while the kids scroll through anime on the TV. I was certain it would be some guy saying he'd completed a run of some limited era, or worse, something like an infinite crisis run of die-cut covers, or something. But every single DC ever published? Please don't break that up. I know people will say collections should be broken up. But that is something special. If you or some heir decide ever to sell it I hope it is sold as a whole. 'course it may take the GDP of a small nation to buy it.

Thanks. The GI Joe 10 is actually the first issue of that series. I have enjoyed looking at the obscure (to me) covers here. I am sure I have more of this type but few are scanned. Here's a few more, though. Always liked this one for the way everybody is so caught up in the courtroom drama that nobody seems to notice they are about to get blown up. And these for the possibly advised mixing of world war 2 and super-villain weaponry.

The title says "War" so I'm hoping it's okay to post things that are not DC, but I'll throw in at least one DC just to be safe.