THE 10 MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS IN COMIC FANDOM/COLLECTING HISTORY

[c-mack]

thanks

[short_box-migration]

I edited in a few more threads. Is that first link working for you? I'm having trouble finding the Abrams FF # 3 thread

 

Well, here's the Cliff Notes version:

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Board=4&Number=922263&Searchpage=2&Main=50169&Words=abrams&topic=0&Search=true#Post922263

[Theagenes]

Roy Thomas and Jerry Bails had a big impact as publishers of Alter Ego and consumate letter hacks. It would be hard not to include Howard Rogofsky in this discussion,... he, Bell, and a couple others laid the foundations of our hobby. Phil Seulings first comic con....definitely....the direct sales market...double definitely. GOD BLESS...

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

 

All very true. The creation of the EC Fan Addicts as well.

[mystrymachine]

What about Pop Hollinger the first comic collector dealer?

[Dick Pontoon]

I think there's a difference between events in comic fandom/collecting history and just plain general comic history. Some folks' posts are more geared to the latter.

[markseifert]

be interested to hear peoples opinions on this one

 

1.Bob overstreet starts the OPG circa 1970

2. Chuck Rozanski discovers and sells the Edgar CHurch collection

3. the 1st comc convention! when and where and who?

4. the 1st comic fanzine ?rocket blast??

5. cgc opens in 1999

6. dave anderson purchases Mile High Action1-10 run in the early 80's

7. cgc deems pressing is not restoration

8. jason ewert is exposed as a fraud

9. 1 million dollars is offered for Action Comics in NM in 2001

 

discuss!

 

Highly publicized sale of an Action 1 in the early 70's for $1000 would have to be a key event. I had access to a near-complete run of Rocket's Blast several years ago, and much was made of the publicity (it hit the national newswires, I think) and the fact that it was the first sale to break $1k at the time. Helped start the widespread mainstream media "gee, your old funnybooks are worth money" wave of articles which in turn helped bring collections out of your grandmother's fabled attic.

 

Overstreet monthly update and the market it created for other monthlies helped drive the market for many years.

 

Comic Buyer's Guide as a driving force in the industry for many years -- for news, the letters pages, and the ads as a way for collectors to buy/sell/trade has gotta be in there also.

[Subliminal]

The rise if Diamond distribution was pretty significant to collectors IMO

 

 

[MisterX]

The arrival of eBay, the great destroyer/money-machine.

[MR.COMICBOOK]

Amazing Spider-man #55 in CGC 9.8 selling more than a vg FF1 and vg AF 15 copies combined! Who would have thunk 10 years ago that a nm ASM 55 would be worth more than vg copies of FF1 and AF 15 combined? Its not the book but the label

[joeypost]

Was Stan Lee taking over at Marvel even mentioned?

[DrWatson]

As far as I am concerned, the most important event was the move of comics from the corner stores, drug stores and convenience markets to the hole in the wall LCS where their exposure shrank to nothingness.

[Subliminal]

Those LCS nerd caves definitely stunt the growth of new readers

[Wally's Comics]

Number 1 should probably be the creation of Superman.

 

And big azz sunglasses would be #2.

 

It's like you know me inside and out.

 

 

[Wally's Comics]

Where's number 10?

 

Number 10 is you silly.

 

10/ GREGGY!!!!!

[Wally's Comics]

As far as I am concerned, the most important event was the move of comics from the corner stores, drug stores and convenience markets to the hole in the wall LCS where their exposure shrank to nothingness.

 

But that would be the most tragic event though...

 

 

 

 

 

[october]

The rise of direct distribution belongs at or near the top spot.

[VintageComics]

Agreed. One of the nails in the coffin of the hobby.

[nearmint]

Agreed. One of the nails in the coffin of the hobby.

 

We tend to mark the health of the hobby by Diamond sales numbers of monthlies. I wonder how dramatically the numbers would change if all of the trade paperback sales were added in. While spinner racks have disappeared from grocery and convenience stores, I never anticipated a large selection of trades being available at just about all of the major chain bookstores, nationwide.

[Jeffro.]

Number 1 should probably be the creation of Superman.

 

No. You mean Obadiah Oldbuck.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Jeffro.]

7. cgc deems pressing is not restoration

 

You're kidding, right?

 

OF COURSE HE'S NOT KIDDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!