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[Warlord]

A couple Wyatt Earp's that aren't top notch, but they're not too shabby as HTF westerns go.

[namisgr]

  Exceptionally nice copies of two of the hardest picture frames to find in nice shape of all.

[namisgr]

July 1972 cover dates: 23 comics from my unslabbed collection

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[d_russ84]

Continuing the Daredevil picture frames. I love the shade of blue on this cover.

[southern cross]

On 8/19/2024 at 6:00 PM, d_russ84 said:

Continuing the Daredevil picture frames. I love the shade of blue on this cover.

Most definitely 

[ThothAmon]

A few from the same box. 
 

[Ghost Town]

After two years, the Department of Useless Information did another deep dive into the PF census. Here's what I found:

They're not making more of these books so not a lot has changed since then. For example, there are still 10 books without a 9.4 or better, same as 2 years ago. Millie the Model is still an elusive vixen.

But nine first 9.8s popped up since then. Avengers #103, Our Love Story #16, X-Men #76 and Sgt. Fury #105 are some that I noticed.

The books still without a 9.8 include Incredible Hulk #158, Iron Man #44, Marvel Feature #6, Marvel Premiere #5, and Sgt. Fury #95, and #99

Of the 388 books, there are:
93 books without a 9.8 or better (was 102)
33 books without a 9.6 or better (was 35)
10 books without a 9.4 or better (was 10)
4 books without a 9.2 or better (was 6)

Books without a 9.4
Harvey #3
Millie the Model #194 
Millie the Model #195 
Millie the Model #196
Millie the Model #197
Millie the Model #198
Millie the Model #199 
Li'l Kids #7
Li'l Kids #9 
Our Love Story #20

Books without a 9.2 or better
Millie the Model #194 
Millie the Model #195 
Millie the Model #198
Millie the Model #199 

Only 1 9.0 or better
Chili 18 (1- 9.4)
Chili 19 (1- 9.4)
Chili 20 (1- 9.4)
Harvey 6 (1- 9.4)
Li'l Kids 6 (1- 9.4)
Millie the Model 194 (1- 9.0)
Millie the Model 197 (1- 9.2)
Millie the Model 198 1- 9.0)
Millie the Model 199 (1- 9.0)

Books with one 9.4
Chili #18 
Chili #19 
Chili #20 
Harvey #5 
Li'l Pals 2 
My Love #16 
My Love #20 
Our Love Story #17 
Harvey #6 
Li'l Kids #5 
Li'l Kids #4 
Li'l Kids #6 
My Love #18 
Ringo Kid #14 
Special Marvel Edition #4 
Western Gunfighters #8 

Toughest hero books in CGC 9.6 or better 
Amazing Adventures #9 (1 in 9.8, 2 in 9.6)
Astonishing Tales #12 (1 in 9.8, 6 in 9.6) 
Avengers #103 (1 in 9.8, 11 in 9.6) 
Avengers #105 (2 in 9.8, 11 in 9.6) 
Captain Marvel #22 (1 in 9.8, 4 in 9.6)
Daredevil #86 (2 9.8, 5 in 9.6)
Daredevil #93 (1 in 9.8, 6 in 9.6)
Incredible Hulk #158 (0 in 9.8, 8 in 9.6)  
Incredible Hulk Annual #4 (1 in 9.8, 2 in 9.6)
Iron Man #44 (0 in 9.8, 11 in 9.6) 
Marvel Feature #6 (0 in 9.8, 9 in 9.6)
Marvel Premiere #5 (0 in 9.8, 9 in 9.6) 
Sub-Mariner #43 (2 in 9.8, 5 in 9.6)
Thor #198 2 in 9.8, 6 in 9.6)
X-Men #76 (1 in 9.8, 7 in 9.6) 
X-Men #79 (2 in 9.8, 4 in 9.6)

There are 17 books with less than 5 submissions total. 

Fewest Submissions
Chili #20 - 1
Li’l Kids #6 - 1
Millie the Model #199 - 1

Most Submissions
Marvel Spotlight #5 - 5592
Hero for Hire #1 - 4206
Tomb of Dracula #1 - 3457
Marvel Premiere #1 - 3157

Most 9.8s
Amazing Spider-Man #105 - 86
Tomb of Dracula #1 - 84
Avengers #98 - 69 
Marvel Premiere #2 - 71

 

[Sweet Lou 14]

This is fun, thanks for doing it!  Most of these books are not in my collection or on my list -- basically for me it's all of the hero books plus #1s and keys from the other titles.  Here's what I've got ...

Toughest hero books in CGC 9.6 or better 
Amazing Adventures #9 (1 in 9.8, 2 in 9.6)

Mine is a CGC 9.4 OW/W -- I graded my raw copy and never bothered to image it.  It's the only issue left on my want list for this title.

Astonishing Tales #12 (1 in 9.8, 6 in 9.6) 

I have a raw copy -- my graded 9.6 run stops at #10.

Avengers #103 (1 in 9.8, 11 in 9.6)

 
Avengers #105 (2 in 9.8, 11 in 9.6) 

Normally I would try to avoid a copy with this kind of centering but I had to pounce on any 9.6 WP I could find.
Captain Marvel #22 (1 in 9.8, 4 in 9.6)

Same as above, this is a lot of white but at least it's even.

Daredevil #86 (2 9.8, 5 in 9.6)

Daredevil #93 (1 in 9.8, 6 in 9.6)

Another centering issue that I'm just going to live with.

Incredible Hulk #158 (0 in 9.8, 8 in 9.6)  

Noticing a pattern?
Incredible Hulk Annual #4 (1 in 9.8, 2 in 9.6)

Even 9.4s were tough to come by on this one.
Iron Man #44 (0 in 9.8, 11 in 9.6) 

Marvel Feature #6 (0 in 9.8, 9 in 9.6)

This one has been tough -- have not seen a 9.6 surface!

Marvel Premiere #5 (0 in 9.8, 9 in 9.6) 

So many black covers with centering issues -- again, if it's even I can usually live with it.

Sub-Mariner #43 (2 in 9.8, 5 in 9.6)

Another one where I'm still sitting on 9.4.
Thor #198 2 in 9.8, 6 in 9.6)

And another!

X-Men #76 (1 in 9.8, 7 in 9.6) 

X-Men #79 (2 in 9.8, 4 in 9.6)

Obviously it can't be a coincidence how many of these low-census books have black covers.

Most Submissions
Marvel Spotlight #5 - 5592

Hero for Hire #1 - 4206

Tomb of Dracula #1 - 3457

Marvel Premiere #1 - 3157

Most 9.8s
Avengers #98 - 69 
I know this to be true anecdotally -- my raw copy came back 9.8 (don't have a scan) and I see 9.8s of this book all the time.

Edited August 25 by Sweet Lou 14

[sledgehammer]

[Ghost Town]

On 8/25/2024 at 12:03 PM, Sweet Lou 14 said:

Most of these books are not in my collection or on my list -- basically for me it's all of the hero books plus #1s and keys from the other titles. 

Come on. Lou! Give yourself a real challenge! Chase those Li'l Kids, My Loves, and Millie the Models!  

Edit: I have some respectable key hero books in my collection. And I can honestly say that getting a 9.2 Millie the Model #197 and My Love #20 gave me as much joy as getting any major book in my collection.

Edited August 25 by Ghost Town

[Sweet Lou 14]

On 8/25/2024 at 3:12 PM, Ghost Town said:

Come on. Lou! Give yourself a real challenge! Chase those Li'l Kids, My Loves, and Millie the Models!  

Edit: I have some respectable key hero books in my collection. And I can honestly say that getting a 9.2 Millie the Model #197 and My Love #20 gave me as much joy as getting any major book in my collection.

Do you go around searching for raw copies you can submit yourself?  This may be the only way for you to reach some of your goals.

[Ghost Town]

On 8/25/2024 at 1:34 PM, Sweet Lou 14 said:

Do you go around searching for raw copies you can submit yourself?  This may be the only way for you to reach some of your goals.

It was a combination.

For most of my Millie the Models, Li'l Kids, Li'l Pals I submitted them myself. For the romance books, I subbed about half - mostly the Our Love Story books.

The last two books I needed in 9.0 or better - Millie the Model #197 and My Love #20 - were both graded on the same invoice I submitted. 

I subbed some of the more obscure reprint books like Marvel Super Heroes #32 and #33. And some of the Marvel Tales and Marve's Greatest Comics too.

For the Westerns, I bought most of them already slabbed. They weren't easy to find but nice copies popped up every now and then.

[LordRahl]

On 8/25/2024 at 12:12 PM, Ghost Town said:

Come on. Lou! Give yourself a real challenge! Chase those Li'l Kids, My Loves, and Millie the Models!  

Edit: I have some respectable key hero books in my collection. And I can honestly say that getting a 9.2 Millie the Model #197 and My Love #20 gave me as much joy as getting any major book in my collection.

Ummm... this is like saying Tom Brady was an ok football player.

[workingdog]

A new addition   (I need to get a better scan.  The blemish on the front label towards the left must be from the seller's scan).

 

[Sweet Lou 14]

On 8/26/2024 at 1:06 PM, LordRahl said:

Ummm... this is like saying Tom Brady was an ok football player.

Well to be fair, this is what Ghost Town's collection looked like when he was just getting started.

Edited August 27 by Sweet Lou 14

[ThothAmon]

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Iron Man!