This Week in Your Bronze Age Collection!! 35 35

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[Silver Surfer]

Think I only paid $84 for it.

[Prince Namor]

Picked this up for $3.50!

 

[Cimm]

 

 

 

 

 

[underthebigw]

I just picked up my SDCC books, so since I'm seeing them for the first time after the show, up they go.

 

I went to SDCC determined not to buy any books. I failed. I expect to fail even worse in Chicago.

 

First, an acquisition from the Bunky Bros. How can you pass up on a sweet, sweet, HG Archie Giant.

 

 

A digest I haven't been able to find:

 

 

An Archie, that for some reason I haven't been able to find in anything approximating HG, from a $2 box.

 

 

And then, from a dealer with whom I've done business for 4 years, but never looked in his long-boxes, a bunch of gorgeous Gold Keys for $3 a piece. Grades range from 8.5-9.6, but even the low-end ones are absolutely gorgeous, with great gloss, real deep colors, and super nice pages. Apparently, the dealer and then Lighthouse filled me in on the story of the original collection, which came to market 10 years ago, and boy I wish I came across these earlier. These are as nice as any file copies, but even cooler since someone bothered to pick these off the stand and preserve them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 14, 2010 by silverandbronze

[greggy]

I care

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

I just picked up my SDCC books, so since I'm seeing them for the first time after the show, up they go.

 

I went to SDCC determined not to buy any books. I failed. I expect to fail even worse in Chicago.

 

 

And then, from a dealer with whom I've done business for 4 years, but never looked in his long-boxes, a bunch of gorgeous Gold Keys for $3 a piece. Grades range from 8.5-9.6, but even the low-end ones are absolutely gorgeous, with great gloss, real deep colors, and super nice pages. Apparently, the dealer and then Lighthouse filled me in on the story of the original collection, which came to market 10 years ago, and boy I wish I came across these earlier. These are as nice as any file copies, but even cooler since someone bothered to pick these off the stand and preserve them.

 

 

Cool to see this collection of Gold Keys. I am still sitting on all of mine bought from '72 to '80 mainly off the newstand. They are under appreciated books, good to know someone else likes them.

[Silver Surfer]

[Prince Namor]

Bought a couple of these frames, and they're great!

[UnRested Spectre]

Hiyo!

 

First time being in this section of the boards... , love the books here!

 

So here is my finally scanned DC addition to my collection... , soon to be showing off more soon!

 

 

[Silver Surfer]

[Cimm]

Got this one in from the Quality Comix auction...

 

[Thrawn]

Got this one in from the Quality Comix auction...

 

 

Nice book but does it count as Bronze Age ?

[Cimm]

Got this one in from the Quality Comix auction...

 

 

Nice book but does it count as Bronze Age ?

 

It does in my collection... I really don't think it is important for everyone to agree on the stopgaps for the Ages... There are certain series that I consider Bronze (Witching Hour being one of them) that just happen to have started a little early, but are still solidly Bronze in my eyes. I do not, for instance, consider Creepy to be a Silver Age magazine, even though, chronologically, it is. It is either the last hold over from the Atom Age, or the first forerunner of the Bronze Age, but bears no resemblance to anything involved in the Silver Age. End

 

 

[Thrawn]

Got this one in from the Quality Comix auction...

 

 

Nice book but does it count as Bronze Age ?

 

It does in my collection... I really don't think it is important for everyone to agree on the stopgaps for the Ages... There are certain series that I consider Bronze (Witching Hour being one of them) that just happen to have started a little early, but are still solidly Bronze in my eyes. I do not, for instance, consider Creepy to be a Silver Age magazine, even though, chronologically, it is. It is either the last hold over from the Atom Age, or the first forerunner of the Bronze Age, but bears no resemblance to anything involved in the Silver Age. End

 

 

Intresting point, it makes sense to me.

[underthebigw]

Straight from Chicago (after another trip to Baltimore). Priced raw $6, found in a 50% off box--not sure what the dealer was thinking, since other F+ romance books were marked $15.

 

I don't slab many books, but I was so psyched to find this. Never thought I'd own a HG copy, never mind come across one in the bargain bins. Tied for 2nd highest graded, and just a super cool cover I always assumed was by Cardy.

 

D'ya care yet, Greggy? D'ya?

 

[nocutename]

Straight from Chicago (after another trip to Baltimore). Priced raw $6, found in a 50% off box--not sure what the dealer was thinking, since other F+ romance books were marked $15.

 

I don't slab many books, but I was so psyched to find this. Never thought I'd own a HG copy, never mind come across one in the bargain bins. Tied for 2nd highest graded, and just a super cool cover I always assumed was by Cardy.

 

D'ya care yet, Greggy? D'ya?

 

 

That's a great book! Good hunting.

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[Silver Surfer]

Big fan of the Golden State books and I love Torch covers: