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[Mr. Spider-Woman]

That's unbelievable. Stumbling upon something like that is literally the only way I'm ever going to be able to afford a copy of FF #1.

[Comicdey]

I'm amazed you got anything. If I was there first I'd have just bought everything :-)

 

But I guess there must have been some drek in the 2000...

[Shrevvy]

I'm amazed you got anything. If I was there first I'd have just bought everything :-)

 

But I guess there must have been some drek in the 2000...

 

Yeah, I don't get it either. Who cherry picks at that point if you are first?

[jools&jim]

 

Well, I can't compete with Gatchaman's score (I mean, wow!). But I have had a little luck on a few recent road trips which had nothing to do with comic books. It's always a lot of fun to find some cheap, cool books when you're not really looking for them...!

 

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A week or two ago, we took my daughter on her first college visit. And sure enough, there was an LCS near the school, where I found these...

 

 

And these (I detect a theme )...

 

 

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This weekend, we managed a quick family getaway. Here's what turned up at another LCS on our way home today:

 

• Some readers I needed for my ongoing "Marvel complete: 1970 - 1980" project; a cool Garcia-Lopez Wonder Woman cover I'd never seen before; and a few Josies for a "shared" collection my daughter and I have been putting together for the past five or six years now…

 

 

• Treasuries...!

 

 

• One of Byrne's (very) few Batman stories (I actually wrote a letter to DC at the time complaining that Byrne didn't draw the next two issues -- I still have their form letter response around here somewhere I think); a Cap 193 for my spinner rack (more Kirby!!!); and a few minor keys, which I was pleased and surprised to find on the sales floor in the "regular" back issue boxes, and not pulled out, hanging on a wall, and priced to the moon…!

 

 

• It's always amazing to me that you can still find sharp, clean, bright, colorful, and very respectable copies of non-key, 40+ year-old comic books in dealers' boxes these days -- and cheap, too…!

 

 

• And the oddball find of the day...

 

 

Long story. The short version is that my kid and I both got a big kick out of finding this one.

 

A good time was had by all!

 

 

[F For Fake]

Made a run to a local Antique Toy Mall on my lunch break, and came away with these!

 

 

They had several DC Megos as well, but I passed on those as nowadays you can get the really super reproductions from Figure Toys Company. I may break down and go back to grab them, though.

[jools&jim]

Made a run to a local Antique Toy Mall on my lunch break, and came away with these!

 

 

They had several DC Megos as well, but I passed on those as nowadays you can get the really super reproductions from Figure Toys Company. I may break down and go back to grab them, though.

Outstanding!

 

 

[1Cool]

Swamp Thing 1 is your screen saver - cool!

[F For Fake]

Swamp Thing 1 is your screen saver - cool!

 

Ha, yeah, I have a few of my favorite covers loaded up as my screen saver. When I scan books for the boards or ebay or whatever, I'll throw my favorites into the folder, along with scans of my original art, so it cycles through the day. A nice reminder of what I did with the money I'm earning at this desk while my souls ebbs away...

 

After doing a little research on the Megos, I think I did pretty well! I believe Cap's star is a repro, and it's possible that the sticker on his shield is a repro (though I think the shield itself is original), and I believe the sticker on Iron Man's logo is a repro, because I think the original was just a button? But otherwise I think this is all original stuff, discounting the fact that they stuck red gloves on Cap. Pretty pleased!

 

Unfortunately I can now feel the fever starting to grip me...I may need more of these!

[FlyingDonut]

Swamp Thing 1 is your screen saver - cool!

 

 

That's Swamp Thing 9,

[greggy]

Swamp Thing 1 is your screen saver - cool!

 

 

That's Swamp Thing 9,

Damn, poser DC fans.

[F For Fake]

Swamp Thing 1 is your screen saver - cool!

 

 

That's Swamp Thing 9,

Damn, poser DC fans.

 

I didn't see the point in correcting him, the sentiment was still the same.

[PovertyRow]

Swamp Thing 1 is your screen saver - cool!

 

 

That's Swamp Thing 9,

Damn, poser DC fans.

 

I didn't see the point in correcting him, the sentiment was still the same.

 

What I admire is that Fake didn't fake it by verifying through an image search. He went with his gut which is braver than many here! 1 and 9 do resemble each other at the bottom of the art.

[Azkaban]

Made a run to a local Antique Toy Mall on my lunch break, and came away with these!

 

 

They had several DC Megos as well, but I passed on those as nowadays you can get the really super reproductions from Figure Toys Company. I may break down and go back to grab them, though.

 

[Azkaban]

Well, I can't compete with Gatchaman's score (I mean, wow!). But I have had a little luck on a few recent road trips which had nothing to do with comic books. It's always a lot of fun to find some cheap, cool books when you're not really looking for them...!

 

-----------------------------------------------------------------

 

A week or two ago, we took my daughter on her first college visit. And sure enough, there was an LCS near the school, where I found these...

 

 

And these (I detect a theme )...

 

 

-----------------------------------------------------------------

 

This weekend, we managed a quick family getaway. Here's what turned up at another LCS on our way home today:

 

 Some readers I needed for my ongoing "Marvel complete: 1970 - 1980" project; a cool Garcia-Lopez Wonder Woman cover I'd never seen before; and a few Josies for a "shared" collection my daughter and I have been putting together for the past five or six years now

 

 

 Treasuries...!

 

 

 One of Byrne's (very) few Batman stories (I actually wrote a letter to DC at the time complaining that Byrne didn't draw the next two issues -- I still have their form letter response around here somewhere I think); a Cap 193 for my spinner rack (more Kirby!!!); and a few minor keys, which I was pleased and surprised to find on the sales floor in the "regular" back issue boxes, and not pulled out, hanging on a wall, and priced to the moon!

 

 

It's always amazing to me that you can still find sharp, clean, bright, colorful, and very respectable copies of non-key, 40+ year-old comic books in dealers' boxes these days -- and cheap, too!

 

 

And the oddball find of the day...

 

 

Long story. The short version is that my kid and I both got a big kick out of finding this one.

 

A good time was had by all!

 

 

Kirby goodness

[yecul]

Made a run to a local Antique Toy Mall on my lunch break, and came away with these!

 

 

They had several DC Megos as well, but I passed on those as nowadays you can get the really super reproductions from Figure Toys Company. I may break down and go back to grab them, though.

 

Sweet! These keepers or for sale?

[oakman29]

Made a run to a local Antique Toy Mall on my lunch break, and came away with these!

 

 

They had several DC Megos as well, but I passed on those as nowadays you can get the really super reproductions from Figure Toys Company. I may break down and go back to grab them, though.

 

Sweet! These keepers or for sale?

 

 

Megos rule!

[comicwiz]

There were around 2,000 books with around half being silver and I believe OO.

 

Here are the advertising pictures of the sale.

 

 

 

 

I will be selling these, what I bought, here.

 

Those earlier photos look great. Could be the angle or the way the comic looks in the bag, but the cover price on the FF #1 looks like it was drawn on to a GRR. Did you end up buying the FF #1?

[F For Fake]

Swamp Thing 1 is your screen saver - cool!

 

 

That's Swamp Thing 9,

Damn, poser DC fans.

 

I didn't see the point in correcting him, the sentiment was still the same.

 

What I admire is that Fake didn't fake it by verifying through an image search. He went with his gut which is braver than many here! 1 and 9 do resemble each other at the bottom of the art.

 

Well, I appreciate the admiration, but it should go to 1Cool for going with his gut. Since it's my scan of my comic on my screensaver, I knew which issue it was!

[F For Fake]

Made a run to a local Antique Toy Mall on my lunch break, and came away with these!

 

 

They had several DC Megos as well, but I passed on those as nowadays you can get the really super reproductions from Figure Toys Company. I may break down and go back to grab them, though.

 

Sweet! These keepers or for sale?

 

Well, that's the eternal question, isn't it? At this moment they are keepers. But knowing me, it's only a matter of time before I decide there's something else I want more, and off to eBay they go!

 

But as of this moment i'm really digging them, so I think I'll probably hang on to them, and in fact the urge to go back and buy the rest is growing!

[F For Fake]

I've been doing some reading up on Megos since I picked these up, and have discovered that my Falcon has Planet of the Apes hands. Now that I know this, I can't unsee it, and I find it a bit disturbing.