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What is your most Prized Silver Age Comic?

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Schmakt

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fun thread :)

 

Since I sold my DD 1 (stupid rent checks due...), I've got to go with DD7

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I traded a pretty nice ASM 129 for this like 6 or 7 years ago (maybe more)... I probably lost out in the deal, monetarily, but DD's my man, so I'm still happy. :)

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cheetah

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This is mine. The origin of the character that got me started collecting comics when I was 12. Doubly nice since I got it before the nutty price rise on the issue.

 

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trmoore54

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I’ve given this some thought and I’d have to say my most prized SA book is my FF 1 I purchased back in ’71 from a fanzine through the mail…yes, prior to the internet! Oh, yeah, and for 50-cents…seriously!

 

I know most around the boards think of me as a Spidey freak, and I suppose that is where my primary allegiance lies, but really it’s a virtual dead-heat for me with ASM, FF and JIM/THOR…they’re all so unique and have my 2 favourite artists of all time...

 

While I’ve sold off most of the 700+ books I collected and schlepped around for the better part of 30+ years, pretty much dormant from the hobby (got back into things in 2001), I still have a few and this is one of them. I was ultimately bitten by the HG bug, and then the CGC bug (but pretty much only as I’ve largely purchased on-line and not in-hand), and that is now what I pursue. But even if I was lucky enough to score a HG FF1, I will NEVER part with this book…it will always be a part of my DNA link back to my earliest collecting days when I was just an innocent guy who loved comics and felt the world held endless possibilities...

 

Those possibilities have abated a bit, and perhaps that includes an FF 1 CGC 9.0, but this book always reminds me of my pure love for the books, the art, the stories and the realm…peace!

 

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Sweet words and sweet post!!! B

 

Awesome.

 

Great story and purchase! Did you pay it with two quarters or one quarter/two dimes/nickel?

 

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HA! I followed up with that answer...taped 2 quarters to a 3x5 card...sent it off to a perfect stranger who came through for me which I've long appreciated... :headbang:

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trmoore54

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So many nice books and stories in this thread...unlike GA, I do have a clear-cut #1 book in my SA collection.

 

(Several) years ago I pulled the trigger on a raw Hulk 1 from a seller/dealer in Canada that I had not done business with previously (major_comics), but who I had just met/talked to briefly at Heroes Con. After sending him the funds in US MO's via snail-mail, I eagerly await the book.

 

Now, I've found shipping letters and packages to/from Canada take 7-10 days, +/ - two weeks, but still I'm a little concerned a few weeks later as I hadn't heard anything. Then one morning I'm pulling out of the driveway on my way to work...and what's that...is there something on my porch (it's raining, so I can't really see all that well)...let's take a closer look...(get out of the car and run through the rain)...hey, it's a small manila bubble envelope from Canada!! I'm freakin' - the envelope is wet, no one had to sign for it, and it ain't much bigger than than the book it's supposed to be holding!

 

Heart pounding, I take it inside, open it up, and miraculously find that the flimsy cardboard sandwich inside is fine, and no water damage!! I was simply floored that the thing hadn't gotten destroyed, and the book itself was as advertised.

 

:applause:

 

How the heck did water not seep into a manilla envelope? ???

 

I think the plastic bubble layer served as a barrier...the envelope wasn't dripping wet, but all things considered it was a miracle the book arrived intact. I sometimes just shake my head when I receive improperly package books and wonder what the seller/shipper was thinking when they sent them!?!? :frustrated:

 

WOW! Great story (the ending part that is... :insane: ) and GREAT book! Very nice copy! :headbang:

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Icculus308win

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"Just called. The only graders notes were, and I quote, "books has lots of crinkles"

???lol

 

 

 

Granted, I have not called in quite some time for graders notes. WTF!?!? :news:

 

My Wife could be a grader there now - if that is how they are grading books nowadays. :insane:

 

Is that some new marketing ploy to send them over to Nelson? (shrug)

 

 

 

Far too pretty of a book! RESUB!!! ^^

 

 

 

 

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I traded a pretty nice ASM 129 for this like 6 or 7 years ago (maybe more)... I probably lost out in the deal, monetarily, but DD's my man, so I'm still happy. :)

 

 

That is a very nice looking #7!!!

 

Personally, I think you made the right move by trading the ASM #129. :applause:

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Icculus308win

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Oh, and Octopus/Squid covers....cant get enough of those either!

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I just realized upon a longer inspection this time around looking through books in this thread....

 

What a GREAT looking copy that is! (worship)(worship)(worship)

 

Love this cover and #16's too.

 

 

My late Father was a big fan of the Sea Devils just nice seeing such a HG raw #1. (thumbs u

 

 

 

 

 

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