Archie ? Is this worth getting graded ?

[143ksk]

Yeah, there's a lot of gag recycling in Archie covers. When I have some spare time, I'll look through my books and pick out some samples to post. I think the first MLJ example of cover swiping was Pep 32 and Shield Wizard 13--virtually identical images! There is also at least one Jughead story that was completely redrawn but with the same dialog (one version is in Jughead 2 and the other is, I believe, in one of his Annuals).

 

Steve.

[LucyBop]

I have several of these also in my collection.....

[burntboy]

pretty darn sweet for a 56 year old book!!!!

 

unfortunately, i traded most of my archies for superhero books back in the late 50's. about the only things left are some of the pep/laugh books from 1961-63 with either the Fly or Jaguar stories in them and the first 3 issues of BATS.........

 

keep posting those old cool scans. thanks..............

[143ksk]

You know, I really find that Archies stand up better to the passing of time than most of the superhero books of the same time period.

[burntboy]

in case everyone didn't know already, you can pull down a PEP#22 (1st appearance archie and the gang) for a mere 3x's guide in midgrade (5.0 if you believe it - i kinda do) and unslabbed from Metropolis.

 

any thoughts to why the asking price is so high relative to guide given the condition and no slabbing??

[143ksk]

Pep 22 is by far the most difficult first appearance of a major golden age character to obtain (IMO). Assuming I had the $, I could easily purchase multiple copies of Action 1, Detective 27, Marvel 1 right now. Pep 22 is a totally different story.

 

I'm sure that Metropolis realizes that this is such a tough book, and such an important book that some poor slob (such as me for example) who needs it to finish his Archie collection will eventually fork over the dough for it. Also, that is a fairly decent copy. Most of the ones I've seen have been low grade or restored or both

 

And, if I were a big-deal dealer, I wouldn't mind having a copy to show off how good my inventory was. The best way to keep a book in your inventory is to price it high!

 

Those are my thoughts on the matter. Anyone else...?

[Shield]

Pep 22 is by far the most difficult first appearance of a major golden age character to obtain (IMO). Assuming I had the $, I could easily purchase multiple copies of Action 1, Detective 27, Marvel 1 right now. Pep 22 is a totally different story.

 

I'm sure that Metropolis realizes that this is such a tough book, and such an important book that some poor slob (such as me for example) who needs it to finish his Archie collection will eventually fork over the dough for it. Also, that is a fairly decent copy. Most of the ones I've seen have been low grade or restored or both

 

And, if I were a big-deal dealer, I wouldn't mind having a copy to show off how good my inventory was. The best way to keep a book in your inventory is to price it high!

 

Those are my thoughts on the matter. Anyone else...?

 

 

I totally agree; I said similar things in the other thread. I owned a slightly restored G/VG copy 2 years ago, and paid over $5,000 for it.