Socratic Wonder

ohhhhhhh don't I feel silly now.....

Is that Target #4 a Pedigree Steve? Just an awesome group shot...love that ADV #43

Underbidder congrats! .....

Just won on Clink auction!

I have never seen that cover before......WOW is all I can say....nice pick up drbanner

Ronaldo repeat after me....."I will not start collecting Timely's"....."I will not start collecting Timely's" Great Caps!!

Thanks! It was sent out for grading today.....I originally thought it would be a 7.0 from the sellers scans, but now that it's in hand and I've objectively and thoroughly assessed it, I think 7.5 or MAYBE even 8.0 is more realistic. Drinks are on me for the entire Boards if I receive an 8.0 !! Steve Good luck Steve....I hoping for 8.5 I like to be optimistic

I'd check in with RareHighGrade first to make sure he has a paramedic standing by! STEVE My paramedic is standing by, so you can now (at long last) post those pre-hero Tecs BZ. Ill make that a double

Steve, You need to sell this nice book to one of these Timely guys who will truly appreciate it. Richard I am....and here's the back cover. The book is at CGC right now......what grade do you guys think they will give it? This one is throwing me a bit.....I can usually hit the nail on the head, but my prediction hammer is pretty wobbly on this one . I'll post the results next week, and we can see who got it right Sorry Rick....I don't think this is the book for you. Hey Timely guys.....interested? You see Rick said his "sweet spot" for books is 5.0. Since this copy was graded today at 6.0.......I guess it's not what Rick is looking for Universal / cream to off-white / label notes: "full page ad for Sub-Mariner Comics #1." ...guess it's back to the drawing board for me as a seller.....Hey Mr.Bedrock, think we can work something out? Steve ok, I'll make an exception and take the 6.0! nice rick .......Sweet!

Probably more like the Ten Commandments stone tablets. Ten Commandments - CGC 2.0 with SA Restoration.....stone cleaned with slight chisel touch

Nah, that would be EASY. I'm thinking some Sun Records label Elvis 45s, maybe a couple Warlock albums. Oh, and the original Robert Johnson 78s from 1937. If you do pull those out, btw, I'm going to have a heart attack. If it wasn't so late, I'd be tempted to take a photo of my Blind Lemon Jefferson on Paramount or a group of Sun Records. Instead...this will have to do. The Beatles first recording (promo copy). WOW.......Bangzoom for President!!!!!!!!

All I can say is ...I always wanted to one day....but now more than ever I want to start collecting these early detectives I know that you are a big Flessel fan SW. In case you didn't know, this is Flessel's first cover. I actually didn't.......New Adventure #15 was his second then right?....or was it Tec #3?

Here is my unrestored Tec 2. Not sure if I've posted it by itself before. Doesn't come close to Eric Roberts' Church copy. All I can say is ...I always wanted to one day....but now more than ever I want to start collecting these early detectives

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Got this one awhile ago but thought I would post it anyway.....

a tough call for me as well....they are both my books, and I have a little "ping" in my gut suggesting that I should sell one and keep one ( to free up some cash so I can buy another Pre-Robin Tec! )......wanted to get a feel from you guys as to which may be a better "keeper", and so far the overwhelming choice has been HT1, however, just like you said, the MF62 will be/should be the 2nd highest graded copy ( once graded )...nothing to sneeze at! The MF62 is much rarer in grade, but the HT1 is still high grade-ish, and is a top 20 GA Key.........I can not choose!!!! I need more people to give their vote Steve In my opinion I would keep the 62...you WILL find another HT 1......maybe not a 7.0 or higher right away, but your not very likley to find another 9.4 MF62.......and I would rather have a lower grade HT1 and super high grade MF62 then two mid grade copies of both. But dare I say....if you want the pre robin tecs enough to sell one in the first place then why not sell both? (thats what I would do ) Either way you can't go wrong!

If you look closely at this cover you can see heath ledger dancing with letters around him ...awesome black joker cover!!!

It certainly illustrates that Barks was not only an immense talent, he was a super nice guy. I agree

...best story ever!!!!

Just picked this one up off ebay... and just locked this one up from metro....

Absolutely Thanks. I'm looking forward to it! ...Me too!!!!

Finally home, and very content... ....

...Steve you must have been on My third favorite tec behind 29 and 31!!!