The silver age upgrade thread..show your before and afters!

[Silver]

As my want list starts to shrink, I have taken to upgrading books I already own more and more. I thought it would be kind of cool to show the first copy of a book you have, and then what you got to upgrade it.

 

I have a couple to start this thread off with.

 

Here is a Brave and Bold 54 I bought in 1973 when I was 11. I am sure I paid no more than 25 or 50 cents for it. It is a complete dog. I can't tell you how many times I read it. I first saw the story in a Superboy 100 Pager, and was thrilled to own the original. The condition never entered into my mind!

 

 

and recently upgrade with this copy:

 

[Silver]

Here is another B&B bought way back in the day. It is actually worse than it even looks. The cover is detached, and I also did a little amateur color touching on it with a felt pen back in like 1974. Probably have 50 cents to a dollar into this one:

 

 

bought this copy to replace it this year:

 

[Korvac Saga]

Great idea for a thread!! Here's my childhood copy received from my Uncle Joe circa 1973:

 

Upgrade purchased about a year and a half ago:

[Korvac Saga]

Another book from my Uncle Joe about the same time:

 

Upgrade purchased about 2 years ago:

[Juswuh]

Re that Suspense 65, in the Iron Man story it's actually Tony Stark in the old armour - is this the only cover where the VILLAIN gets the "I'm in a really tough spot!" dialogue?

[namisgr]

I've done a whole lotta upgrading over the years. The 3 raw copies shown here were all purchased in the early seventies. The top and bottom issues were from dealers advertising in The Buyer's Guide For Comic Fandom, whereas the middle issue was a "remaindered" copy with the top of the cover returned to the distributor and the rest of the book sold illegally and for dirt-cheap.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[brasseye]

I've done a whole lotta upgrading over the years.

 

 

 

This is meant to be the up-grade thread, not the 'make thy fellow collector envious" thread

 

Sweet bookS! (thumbs u