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[awe4one]

Very nice... (thumbs u

 

Jim

[nocutename]

Sweet books, Dover. I don't know that I've ever seen a HG copy of that Action. You're making me jealous. Back in the early 80's I set the goal of getting all Adams DC covers. At the time, most averaged $3 in NM. It was just impossible to find them, so I gave up.

 

Now, even though there's no love for the Archie books, I'm going to inflict more on everyone. I can't even tell you how tough these are in grade. Unlike most Marvel and DC's, you could look for 5-10 years for a HG copy of some of these and still come up empty handed. The nice thing about this batch was that not only the Archie and the B&V's were there ( which are slightly more common in HG because, I believe, many were in multipacks), but some of the secondary titles like Archie and Me had nice HG copies, which you never, ever see.

 

Hmm. Nothing like that 1970's teen fad, roller derby!! What were they thinking (I'm guessing it had something bizarre to do with "Rollerball")? And is this the only roller derby cover ever published?

 

That's some great finds. Love reading those covers.

[underthebigw]

Glad at least a few people are enjoying them. What boggles my mind is how little appreciation there is for their scarcity in grade. Especially prior to 1975, I think there were very few people who bothered to keep these in nice shape. That's what makes this batch remarkable. They clearly aren't unread returns, but I'd guess were hand-picked without the usual newstand defects. Of course, one or two have minor flaws I didn't notice, but across the board they are remarkable. I wish I could meet the person who cared enough to do this.

 

It could be me, but I almost never see a copy of this book in any condition, nevermind HG.

Same for this one.

 

Edited May 24, 2009 by silverandbronze

[Warlord]

 

 

OK, so the cover on your copy looks nicer than mine, but I bet the inner cover on my cover is nicer than yours! What, you don't have an inner cover? Your copy isn't a double cover like mine? Well then I'm right about that inner cover comparison, I win!!

 

[Limited66]

 

 

 

Archie is a total pimp.

[joeypost]

Just picked this up.

 

[BlowUpTheMoon]

 

 

 

 

[TupennyConan]

[COI]

Posting this here too because it's a sexy little attention whore.

 

[Doc Joe]

[BlowUpTheMoon]

 

Nice book. (thumbs u

[Doc Joe]

 

Great looking book, I have one just like that

 

Joe

[TupennyConan]

[Shootydog]

Just got these in today. Not HG but Im pleased to add them to my humble collection

 

[RockMyAmadeus]

nice coupla greytones!

 

I just got these back....so I'll post 'em here, too....

 

 

[TupennyConan]

Filthy thumbnail oh prolix poster.

 

Thought you needed to be brought to book on that one.

[RockMyAmadeus]

Hey, I could be a grease monkey, and that could be permanently stained.....

[RockMyAmadeus]

And I disagree with your adjective.....

[TupennyConan]

And I disagree with your adjective.....

 

 

Great books!! Keep posting!!

[underthebigw]

Spandex-free zone.

 

There's nothing I like more than finding a new store, with HG books priced to move. All of the below from $1.50-$4.00 a piece (most around $2 each). Unfortunately, I had my kids with me (4 and 6 years old), so I couldn't really spend more than 15 minutes scrounging through the boxes. Needless to say, I'll be going back.

 

The Dennis' are sweet, and I've always had a hard time finding nice HG ones from the late '70's.

 

This is only a F+, but has brilliant colors and is favorite BA cover of mine. I couldn't help myself.

 

I've almost never seen the Charlton car books in HG. I'd say it's a 9.0

 

And some Charlton Romance. Found 2 copies each of the I Love You'sL:

 

So bad, you've got to like it..

 

And two sweet copies, the second of which I've never seen anywhere near HG:

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 7, 2009 by silverandbronze