TMNT #1 Club 18 18

[sorrenmj]

Is there anybody here who reads their first print?! I cant image anybody would now but it'd be fun to know if someone does!

[tvindy]

On 9/12/2021 at 1:25 PM, sorrenmj said:

Is there anybody here who reads their first print?! I cant image anybody would now but it'd be fun to know if someone does!

I read it when I first purchased it, but it was only worth $1.50 then.

[WolverineX]

On 9/12/2021 at 12:25 PM, sorrenmj said:

Is there anybody here who reads their first print?! I cant image anybody would now but it'd be fun to know if someone does!

 no way. Imagine taking it out and causing a tape  pull

[sorrenmj]

On 9/12/2021 at 5:32 PM, tvindy said:

I read it when I first purchased it, but it was only worth $1.50 then.

Nice one. So you must have got it back in 1984? Did you ever see that this will be a valuable comic one day?

[sorrenmj]

On 9/12/2021 at 5:32 PM, Wolverinex said:

 no way. Imagine taking it out and causing a tape  pull

I don't use tape on my comic bags for that reason!

[sorrenmj]

I do still read my 2nd print

[tvindy]

On 9/12/2021 at 1:36 PM, sorrenmj said:

Nice one. So you must have got it back in 1984? Did you ever see that this will be a valuable comic one day?

I saw it as innovative, and I was very familiar with Frank Miller's Daredevil and Ronin, so I got most of the references. I did think it had a chance of becoming valuable, but I thought that about many comics that never did. For example, I was sure that Crystar the Crystal Warrior would be huge. 

[sorrenmj]

On 8/16/2020 at 10:55 PM, Kalel38 said:

Brilliant way u put that.... Bravo!! Couldn't have written that better myself.. A person who purchased Action comics #1 in 1970 I believe payed 1500 for it back then. He said if it goes up to 10,000 in a decade or 2 he would be extremely happy.. Understatement and yet TMNT #1 first print is the lowest printed book of all time when u look at the popularity and the solid foundation it has takes for 36yrs.. You ain't seen nothing yet if u think the prices right now are high.. Hold onto ur first prints fellas it's about to go nuclear.. 👍💥

And get your number 2's before they do too

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 9/12/2021 at 10:28 AM, sorrenmj said:

On 8/15/2020 at 9:27 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

argue over the price of tea on china

I like this. Very quotable!

 And thanks for liking the post before quoting, so I new where I was referenced from  

Sometimes I let off steam, really I don't remember what all the hubbub was bub

Sometimes I check out and could really do with a 

[WolverineX]

On 9/12/2021 at 12:41 PM, sorrenmj said:

I do still read my 2nd print

Nice... we got to find you a first print. 

[sorrenmj]

On 9/12/2021 at 6:17 PM, Wolverinex said:

Nice... we got to find you a first print. 

Ha ha we do! I'll be so pleased. I'll keep looking out for the super low graded ones. That was some good advice earlier. Until then I will keep admiring everybody else's copies

[lou_fine]

On 9/12/2021 at 9:25 AM, sorrenmj said:

Is there anybody here who reads their first print?! I cant image anybody would now but it'd be fun to know if someone does!

I absolutely don't see why not since comic books were always meant for reading and sharing with your fellow collecting buddies: 

On 2/27/2017 at 9:02 AM, ciorac said:

Here is Jon at my place in Philly a few years ago sharing much of his collection with us

Now, if I remember correctly, that Church copy of Fantastic Comics #3 with the classic robot cover ended up selling for close to a quarter of million dollars a few years ago.    

[sorrenmj]

On 9/12/2021 at 6:17 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

 And thanks for liking the post before quoting, so I new where I was referenced from  

Sometimes I let off steam, really I don't remember what all the hubbub was bub

Sometimes I check out and could really do with a 

I am catching up here. I only have 45 pages left  

[sorrenmj]

On 9/12/2021 at 6:26 PM, lou_fine said:

I absolutely don't see why not since comic books were always meant for reading and sharing with your fellow collecting buddies: 

Now, if I remember correctly, that Church copy of Fantastic Comics #3 with the classic robot cover ended up selling for close to a quarter of million dollars a few years ago.    

Are those comics real?! Amazing. You never seem these comics raw! And they're next to a pizza box! Pizza and vintage million dollar comics on the same table! That's awesome, thanks for sharing those pics. Epic post!

[spracknetch23]

On 9/12/2021 at 12:25 PM, sorrenmj said:

Is there anybody here who reads their first print?! I cant image anybody would now but it'd be fun to know if someone does!

Nope, mine has been trapped in a CGC case since I bought it in 2013. I have a friend who has a raw copy, and I did leaf through it one time. But not to read. I can always read one of the 30+ reprints. 

[sorrenmj]

On 9/12/2021 at 6:39 PM, spracknetch23 said:

Nope, mine has been trapped in a CGC case since I bought it in 2013. I have a friend who has a raw copy, and I did leaf through it one time. But not to read. I can always read one of the 30+ reprints. 

What did it feel like leafing thru it?!

[oakman29]

On 9/12/2021 at 9:36 AM, sorrenmj said:

Nice one. So you must have got it back in 1984? Did you ever see that this will be a valuable comic one day?

I remember at my LCS I had the 1st print Turtles book in my hands, and put it back on the shelf because I thought it was garbage. Lol! 

I was too far into the superheroes that I didnt see the forest for the trees. 🥴

[sorrenmj]

On 9/12/2021 at 6:55 PM, oakman29 said:

I remember at my LCS I had the 1st print Turtles book in my hands, and put it back on the shelf because I thought it was garbage. Lol! 

I was too far into the superheroes that I didnt see the forest for the trees. 🥴

Didn't you say that copy was $300?

[oakman29]

On 9/12/2021 at 10:58 AM, sorrenmj said:

Didn't you say that copy was $300?

No, I'm talking about when it was 1.50 new.

[Ryan.]

I read mine when I first got it in 2011, before sending it off to get signed and graded.