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It sure wasn't me.

sweet.

Great books Blind Owl, what grade is the # 14? Looks really nice but it's hard to tell from the scan.

Kudos to Trmoore54 for some nice slabbed TOS's. Tom was a helpful seller with excellent packaging, a class act all round. Many thanks. (thumbs u

Ooops, never mind. Just seen the thread in the ebay/dealer forum.

I don't know your ebay ID (and I've never said anything bad about you)

I agree, this really is my favourite Thor cover.

It was fun while it lasted... which was less than 24 hours. Ghost Town has knocked me out of first. But I didn't really deserve to be there in the first place. Hey, if you're gonna be knocked down by someone, it's cool that it was Ghost Town.

Welcome to Avengers addicts anonymous my friend. Hello I'm Connor and I'm addicted to SA Avengers. It's very brave of you to stand up in front of the group and tell us about yourself. The first step is that you admit you have a problem.

Hey, I'm in at number 3. :banana: Unfortunately there are only 3 in the set.

Now that was just selfish. You could have PM'd me to tell me about the set and I could have been number 1 for 5 minutes before you put yours up. BTW, kudos on getting this set created, I was just pondering a couple of days ago about the lack of Avengers # 1 - 100 set.

I would do it too... if I had the cashola. This summer it was either a new patio, some landscaping and pergola... or Avengers #1 in 9.4. Guess which won. Surely it was the Avengers # 1

Welcome to Avengers addicts anonymous my friend.

Congrats Drew, your Avengers set is filling in nicely. Watch out if you're gunning for Nick though, he fights dirty.

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I've been rereading the Avengers from the beginning - for the first time in, oh, 30 years (!?) - and it amazes me how quickly and thoroughly they changed the membership, yet they still retained a loyal readership. Hulk gone, Cap in, then everyone EXCEPT Cap gone and Hawkeye/Quicksilver/Scarlet Witch in, then Giant Man/Goliath back, Cap gone again... What a revolving door. The other thing I've noticed (which I didn't really pay attention to when I was much younger) is how in Stan Lee's scripts, every one of his male characters talks with the same groovy vernacular, whether it's Captain America or the Hulk. He wasn't the greatest at dialog, was he? I'm about to start rereading the early Avengers myself. I agree that it's surprising that the book stayed popular with a fast changing line up and style. If you go through the series in 20 issue leaps, the "feel" of the book has changed significantly with the line-up. I think that kept it feeling fresh and exciting, compared to such "static" teams as the FF & X Men.

They will be properly looked after and worshipped regularly, Mike. I plan on hanging on to them for a long time. (thumbs u

Nice Book Great Story! Thanks mate. Yeah, it's a great story for it's time. Probably the first time in comic history that a Super Hero team changed it's line-up in their second appearance.

Avengers 50 Graders' Notes: • a few minor spine stress lines that don't break color • light abrasion in lower right corner, front cover • light crease in lower left, front cover that barely breaks color (see Herc's leg) • light soiling and a few finger smudges on back cover Given these notes, I can see why it got a 9.0 -- although the soiling on the back cover is REALLY light (I wouldn't call it "soiling"), and I don't see any finger smudges at all. Yeah, from that description it sounds like a VF/NM. Looks nice from the scan though. A 9.0 is a nice book in my opinion so if you decide to sell, let me know. (thumbs u

[/img] And finally my # 2 graded at FN/VF. BTW, kudos to NoChips from who, I got the Winnipeg # 5.

[/img] This is one of the highlights of my collection. The Winnipeg copy of Avengers # 5 graded at VF+ although I'm not sure what stopped it from grading higher, maybe an internal defect.

[/img] This is a VF/NM that I think I won off of board member Evil Sly on ebay a couple of years back.

[/img] We've got the same grade in this book too Drew. Not that I want to compete, I've seen some of your books that you've posted and you've got a superb Avengers collection. (worship)

BTW, my # 4 has a date stamp on the back cover which is a shame but it's just a small one.

Cool books Drew, your # 4 looks to have a whiter cover than mine and I can't see any reason from the scan that the # 50 didn't grade higher . Did you get the graders notes?