Your first golden/atom age book?

[agro23]

The first GA books I owned for less than an hour were some Timelys I picked up at Comic Con in 1978. The first was a Marvel Mystery that turned out to not have the centerfold so I returned it. The second was a Captain America that I promptly "upgraded" to a copy of Bode's Das Kampf and the National Lampoon 3D Special with glasses. I don't remember the issue numbers on either one, just that the MM cost $20 and the Cap I got in trade for a copy of X-Men 94 I had laying around and some other stuff.

 

The first GA I owned for more than an hour was a Subby 13 I picked up in the 90's for $100. That is presently owned by Goldust40 until I get it back one day.

[ciorac]

True Comics #1 and Mary Marvel #23 back in the early 70's if I recall correctly. I think I bought the pair for $5

[Sekowskyfan10]

1st Gold/Atom comic was Action Comics #108, 3.5-4.0, purchased (as I recall) from California Comic Book Company in 1985. Sold it to A-1 Comics four years ago. Needed the cash (sigh, that was a cool cover)...

[thehumantorch]

My local second hand bookstore put old comics under the counter for me. One day I stopped by and they showed me Wonder Comics 11, 13, 14 and 15. I was into SA Marvel but figured if I didn't take the books the store would stop holding books for me. Paid $50 30 years ago which was a huge amount for me at the age of 17. Still have the #15 and it has grown on me.

 

[G.A.tor]

My local second hand bookstore put old comics under the counter for me. One day I stopped by and they showed me Wonder Comics 11, 13, 14 and 15. I was into SA Marvel but figured if I didn't take the books the store would stop holding books for me. Paid $50 30 years ago which was a huge amount for me at the age of 17. Still have the #15 and it has grown on me.

 

love it...wish I had a 14

[thehumantorch]

My local second hand bookstore put old comics under the counter for me. One day I stopped by and they showed me Wonder Comics 11, 13, 14 and 15. I was into SA Marvel but figured if I didn't take the books the store would stop holding books for me. Paid $50 30 years ago which was a huge amount for me at the age of 17. Still have the #15 and it has grown on me.

 

love it...wish I had a 14

 

Sold the 14 a couple of VCCs back. The nicest grade was the 15 I kept. Looking at the scan I'm a little concerned about the hair in the shape of a stickman on the scanner bed.

[AJD]

Here's mine - bought it about five years ago with little idea of what was to follow. I paid about US$25 for it and thought that was a lot for a comic book.

 

 

[swapto]

action comics #2

 

got it from ebay. undisclosed resto.

i dont have it anymore, but i think about it every time i come to the cgc boards

 

 

B.

 

 

[nwpassage]

Because of the restoration, or because it's such a beautiful drawing?

[aardvark88]

My 1st significant (over $100) GA purchase was Batman #23 Joker cover during the summer of 1989(?) with the Batman 1 movie hype. Before that, I had bought a bundle of vf EC's from Wondercon when it was still in Oakland, CA circa 1988.

[Primetime]

I believe it was a low grade Supe 15 or Action 35 in the early '90s...My first Timely was a Human Torch #4(5) that I picked up at Wondercon 1996 from Mike Carbonaro. I traded 20 SA Marvels for that book

[cshepard81]

Pep 9 (Detroit Trolley copy) is my first GA book. I only got it about a month ago. I have two more early MLJ books on the way as we speak. I must say I am hooked!

 

 

 

I'm a sucker for cover swipes, and I immediately thought that I had seen this cover somewhere before. Sure enough, Black Cobra #6 (1955) has almost the exact same pose/scene.

[Primetime]

Very nice thread topic Jeff...I can't recall my first GA overall, but my first Timely was a VG/F Human Torch #4(5) that I acquired at the '96 Wondercon from Mike Carbanaro. I think I traded 10-15 SA Marvels like Hulks 2/3, FF 5-13, Avengers 1, ASM 2-5 for the book...1st GA Timely "key" was a Torch 8 and All Select 1 which I picked up within that same year...prior to me getting the Timely bug, I recall have low graders of Supe 15 and Action 35...

[Dark Knight]

My first GA book was a low grade Tec 29... After acquiring that book, I was set to collect GA

[ashrael]

Even when I was a kid ('80s) I loved GA comics and bought them whenever I found them at flea markets. Unfortunately they were never very valuable. A few I remember were Daredevil, Looney Toons, and Archie issues.

[walclark]

Purchased at the LCS back in the early 80's for $10 or so. Prior to that I was just a casual SA collector. Don't really know why I picked this one up (other than it was cheap). Something about Jr. surfing on a shark just made me smile.

 

[Count]

My 1st

 

[Jayman]

Bought these both at the same time at a flea market well over 30 yrs. ago!

 

 

[juggernaut]

This is my first Golden Age book when I started collecting again several years ago. Its nothing special but I was very proud to own it at the time.

 

[*paull*]

Still my favorite GA cover: