Stories of accidents on your comics

[dekeuk]

I subscribed to the Marvel STAR WARS comic in the late seventies, and I remember getting a few rain soaked copies. Also, the brown wrapper guaranteed a centerfold crease-which meant that the books were never better than a VG/F.

 

We lived in the country and had a big mailbox..... no need to fold comic in half..... no centerfold crease

 

 

[Larryw7]

Unfortunately, we had one of those little mailboxes that start to overflow on any normal mail day, so all periodicals suffered the fate of becoming Very Good copies. Luckily the mailmen didn't try to stuff the Famous First Editions and other large books in the box; they stuck those in the door.

[Comicdey]

I purchased a very nice group of SA DC's at an antique store in Boulder Colorado that included a B&B 34, Showcase 30, JLA #2 all in VF or better condition along with a few hundred other semi keys and nice condition books. I had them layed out on my dorm room floor and my girlfriend of the time dropped a record album on the JLA #2 puncturing the cover......

 

Needless to say she had some making up to do.

[Comicdey]

I just posted that I crushed an inexpensive Action 293 on my flight home last night too.....good timing on this thread.

[trmoore54]

When I was about 14, my older brother would order me to do something, like clean up our room or something, usually to do HIS part and I'd say F-off...he'd then grab one of my comic books and threaten to tear it in two if I didn't comply...

 

a couple of times (I can remember specifically a JIM 113) he went through with his bluff and tore the book in two...talk about a bull seeing red...I would go immediately ape-s h i t DEFCON 5...more than once these culminated in some pretty nasty fist fights...ah, the rites of childhood...

[Comicdey]

my sister took all my comics and record albums when I was around 10 and wrote her name on them and loaned them out to people. She was 13 and a real *&$^%#$(^ at the time. We get along quite well now.

[rjpb]

Maybe eight years ago, I was putting a mid grade copy of Black Cat #33 (electrocution cover) I had just picked up cheap on ebay into my pre-code comic box, and somehow manged to accidently slip it into the gap in the mylar holding a file copy of Black Cat #50 (classic decaying face cover) - putting a quarter inch tear into an otherwise NM book

 

About 35 years ago when I was around 13 I fell asleep reading a mid-grade copy of Weird Science Fantasy #29 ( Frazetta cover) and put a book length crease in the cover with my face. The book had cost me $30 back then!

 

 

I've had minor damage happen to various cheaper books over the years - spilt coffee, plaster falling during an earthquake, and most annoying having a cat pee on a stack of Batman books when I was a kid, but those two were the only ones that really upset me.

[seank]

 Originally Posted By: greggy

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header"> Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> NM Avengers #4 </div></div> <img src="http://boards.collectors-society.com/images/graemlins/default/gaz.gif" alt="" title="whatev" height="29" width="42" />

 

Let's just say it was way nicer than my CGC 9.2 and leave it at that. I was looking to trade it for a Young Love #24 (cause I love the color purple on girls) and could not find a copy...

 

Red sweater covers, green dress covers...Any color you don't like on girls?

[seank]

In college, my roommate had my copy of TMNT #2 (first print) near the bed to read. (Book had only been out for a few weeks.) His girlfriend saw a bug and rolled up the book to go bug squashing.

[VintageComics]

 Originally Posted By: r1970d

 Originally Posted By: greggy

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header"> Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> NM Avengers #4 </div></div> <img src="http://boards.collectors-society.com/images/graemlins/default/gaz.gif" alt="" title="whatev" height="29" width="42" />

 

Let's just say it was way nicer than my CGC 9.2 and leave it at that. I was looking to trade it for a Young Love #24 (cause I love the color purple on girls) and could not find a copy...

 

 

Red sweater covers, green dress covers...

 

Any color you don't like on girls?

YUP. Opaque.

[Dick Pontoon]

She also pitched my copy of REO Speedwagon's "High Infidelity" album a few years later, and, several years after that, tossed out a perfectly good bong she found under my bed. But those are other stories...

 

Those card-carrying satan worshippers REO Speedwagon.

[seanfingh]

As a 15 year old budding capitalist in 1986, when X-Factor 1 came out, I squirrelled away some extra dough and bought six or seven of the nicest copies I could find. I rode my bike to at least 4 different drug stores to cherry pick.

 

I had them laid out on the kitchen table that night, basking in their pristineness (?) and promptly spilled a huge tumbler of Coke onto them. Only two survived. At the time, I was absolutely inconsolable.

[VintageComics]

As a 15 year old budding capitalist in 1986, when X-Factor 1 came out, I squirrelled away some extra dough and bought six or seven of the nicest copies I could find. I rode my bike to at least 4 different drug stores to cherry pick.

 

I had them laid out on the kitchen table that night, basking in their pristineness (?) and promptly spilled a huge tumbler of Coke onto them. Only two survived. At the time, I was absolutely inconsolable.

Well, you finally posted something funny.

[ft88]

In my dorm in college we had a bottle-rocket fight between rooms (through the shared bathroom). One of the rockets whizzed through bounced off a wall and plopped into my "comic drawer" which was opened all of 1 inch. It fizzed, smoked and exploded ruining my Web of Spiderman #1-3 that were on top.

 

What a great memory.

[seanfingh]

Well, you finally posted something funny.

 

And the sound of your laughter, Roy, is like unto the music of a thousand angel orchestra.

[brasseye]

As a 15 year old budding capitalist in 1986, when X-Factor 1 came out, I squirrelled away some extra dough and bought six or seven of the nicest copies I could find. I rode my bike to at least 4 different drug stores to cherry pick.

 

I had them laid out on the kitchen table that night, basking in their pristineness (?) and promptly spilled a huge tumbler of Coke onto them. Only two survived. At the time, I was absolutely inconsolable.

Well, you finally posted something funny.

got to agree that was damn funny on a lot of levels!

[VintageComics]

 Originally Posted By: r1970d

 Originally Posted By: seanfingh

As a 15 year old budding capitalist in 1986, when X-Factor 1 came out, I squirrelled away some extra dough and bought six or seven of the nicest copies I could find. I rode my bike to at least 4 different drug stores to cherry pick.

 

I had them laid out on the kitchen table that night, basking in their pristineness (?) and promptly spilled a huge tumbler of Coke onto them. Only two survived. At the time, I was absolutely inconsolable.

 

Well, you finally posted something funny.

 

 

got to agree that was damn funny on a lot of levels!

Yup. I laugh a little harder every time I read it. (worship)Maybe we should start a poll and see if everyone thinks it's funny or not...maybe we can get 80 or 90 pages out of it.

[chromium]

 Originally Posted By: chromium

Last year when I got my Amazing Fantasy #15 I carefully opened the Fortress it came in, read it (well only the Spider-man story) smiled and carefully put the book back.

A few weeks later I thought I would better change the fortress for a Mylar + fullback and got the AF15 out again, not only had the cover separated but the front cover had also torn away from the back cover. It was a pretty book and all, no Marvel chipping and still deep colour gloss

 

Was this due in any way to the Fortress? Or was it simply because the book had a weak spine to begin with?

Good question, it was the book, already had a spine split (but both staples were still attached) but the paper was brittle and by opening the book (first time in god knows how long) the stress was prolly too much and the spine just was torn in two

[goldust40]

 Originally Posted By: goldust40

 Originally Posted By: chromium

Last year when I got my Amazing Fantasy #15 I carefully opened the Fortress it came in, read it (well only the Spider-man story) smiled and carefully put the book back.

A few weeks later I thought I would better change the fortress for a Mylar + fullback and got the AF15 out again, not only had the cover separated but the front cover had also torn away from the back cover. It was a pretty book and all, no Marvel chipping and still deep colour gloss

 

Was this due in any way to the Fortress? Or was it simply because the book had a weak spine to begin with?

 

Good question, it was the book, already had a spine split (but both staples were still attached) but the paper was brittle and by opening the book (first time in god knows how long) the stress was prolly too much and the spine just was torn in two

[goldust40]

No really bad accidents that are comparable with some of the mishaps that have been delineated in this thread...

 

I've brought this one up before - I was perusing comics at Harley's table (many years ago) and cut myself on a Mylar. I then proceeded to bleed on the cover of the mid-grade Silver Surfer 1 I was holding. I mentioned it to Harley and I said I should buy the book - he offered me a decent discount (to ease the pain). A few months later I sold it for what I paid for it, bloodstain and all.

 

And then there's the occasional ebay seller who packs a comic with no bag or board, and as little buffer as possible, but then wraps it in tons of duct tape. This means that the comic does arrive unscathed, but impossible to prise out of its form-hugging shell. One of these times I messed up with the scissors and made a cut in the comic - and I saw it coming.