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[southern cross]

On 7/23/2024 at 9:41 PM, LordRahl said:

My money is on you to pull the first one Barton

Unless a box of 20 unread copies appears?

Stranger things have happened before.

[Ghost Town]

On 7/23/2024 at 9:41 PM, LordRahl said:

On 7/23/2024 at 9:40 PM, Ghost Town said:

Still no 9.8s in the census.

My money is on you to pull the first one Barton

I'd like to own one. But I wouldn't like to pay for one.

[ThothAmon]

On 7/23/2024 at 11:32 PM, LordRahl said:

That IM44 has always been tough

 

[ThothAmon]

Curious as to what this one will grade out as someday?

 

[batmiesta]

On 7/24/2024 at 5:48 AM, southern cross said:

Unless a box of 20 unread copies appears?

Stranger things have happened before.

What's the story behind this? 

[southern cross]

On 7/24/2024 at 9:25 AM, batmiesta said:

What's the story behind this? 

This story starts a long long time ago....

In a galaxy not so far away....

(Insert Star Wars Theme music)

A young guy worked in a magazine distribution business, next door was the distributor for comic books. This was in the early 70s where he befriended a woman who worked in the comics distribution and allowed him to buy all the comics he wanted at half cover price.

So he bought the comics, never read them and stored them under his subfloor for 50 years. And is slowly pulling them out now.

He would buy single issues of books up to 100 copies. Very random.

Years later he worked at another distributor where he brought back some of the books to work and secretly sealed them in plastic where he'd bundle books in lots of 20

Now not all the books are high grade from transporting and storage and some books handled again to have them sealed in plastic bags. So grades varied. But I have a keen eye and here is a sample I own of some of the books.

 

 

Edited July 24 by southern cross

[southern cross]

But since this is the Marvel picture frame thread.

Here is a couple more picture frames from this collection.

Now I only have one copy left of the Doc Savage 2s.

I gave one copy away to a forum member here for free and I also paid the postage.

Shhhh... Don't tell anyone.

The odd random free tribute appeases the four color deities and good deals fall my way... Just joking but random kindness is fun in a hobby.

[LordRahl]

On 7/24/2024 at 10:03 AM, southern cross said:

But since this is the Marvel picture frame thread.

Here is a couple more picture frames from this collection.

Now I only have one copy left of the Doc Savage 2s.

I gave one copy away to a forum member here for free and I also paid the postage.

Shhhh... Don't tell anyone.

The odd random free tribute appeases the four color deities and good deals fall my way... Just joking but random kindness is fun in a hobby.

Wow, what a find! Those treasuries look pristine, which is hard to find in a treasury. 

[Sweet Lou 14]

On 7/24/2024 at 12:40 AM, Ghost Town said:

Still no 9.8s in the census.

[Sweet Lou 14]

On 7/24/2024 at 1:03 PM, southern cross said:

 

In another thread I was talking about wordless covers that let the art tell the story.  The picture frame format only half meets that standard, given the caption along the bottom, but this issue is an honorary member of the wordless cover club for me.

It's also one of THE very best covers of Marvel's Bronze Age, IMHO.  Absolutely incredible, I could stare at it all day.

[Silver Surfer]

On 7/24/2024 at 9:50 AM, southern cross said:

This story starts a long long time ago....

In a galaxy not so far away....

(Insert Star Wars Theme music)

A young guy worked in a magazine distribution business, next door was the distributor for comic books. This was in the early 70s where he befriended a woman who worked in the comics distribution and allowed him to buy all the comics he wanted at half cover price.

So he bought the comics, never read them and stored them under his subfloor for 50 years. And is slowly pulling them out now.

He would buy single issues of books up to 100 copies. Very random.

Years later he worked at another distributor where he brought back some of the books to work and secretly sealed them in plastic where he'd bundle books in lots of 20

Now not all the books are high grade from transporting and storage and some books handled again to have them sealed in plastic bags. So grades varied. But I have a keen eye and here is a sample I own of some of the books.

 

 

Wow, wow and wow. 

[WernerVonDoom]

You guys made me look at my raw copy. Not bad for except for that little bit of fuzz on the bottom left corner. Ugh.

[Sweet Lou 14]

On 7/25/2024 at 5:09 PM, WernerVonDoom said:

You guys made me look at my raw copy. Not bad for except for that little bit of fuzz on the bottom left corner. Ugh.

I've seen many cases where CGC ignores that "defect" because they consider it a manufacturing issue.  Not always, but often enough.

[WernerVonDoom]

On 7/25/2024 at 7:19 PM, Sweet Lou 14 said:

I've seen many cases where CGC ignores that "defect" because they consider it a manufacturing issue.  Not always, but often enough.

Probably depends on which grader you get.

[namisgr]

Copies that went into and later out of my collection.  The top of the census was an unmet goal.  For me, the Oakland copy was the sharpest, with a beautifully registered cover and a rich, red-forward color strike.

  

   

[d_russ84]

A recent DD pickup

[workingdog]

Two New Additions ...

 

[workingdog]

And Two Upgrades ...

 

[workingdog]

Another one off the checklist

 

[WernerVonDoom]

WOW!