He-man, Transformers.........

[comicwiz]

With my current collecting goal almost complete I am searching for a new one. My idea is to collect Copper Age comics (high grade 9.8) that have the first appearance of the group of characters that are a toy.cartoon.

 

The obvious key issues would be Transformers #1, G.I. Joe #1 but I am trying to get an idea of how many others there might be.

 

Does anyone have any thoughts to other 'keys' of this nature?

 

Since you're a Canadian, and by the looks of your collecting interests, I might suggest a good challenge by finding high-grade copies of Transformer #1 Limited Series with the $1.00 price and G.I. Joe #21 with the 75¢ price. Star also published a significant amount of titles during this period which are quite scarce on their own, and Thundercats is a title that might correspond well with your collecting interests. Other notable mentions are ASM 238 and ASM 252 which both had 75¢ price variants and He-Man - Masters of the Universe (Both DC and Star had Canadian price variants).

 

An important note is that these books were distributed through newsstands so finding them in the kind of grades you been enjoying with US/Direct Copper books is IMHO setting yourself up with too high an expectation, and you might consider yourself extremely fortunate to find these books in 9.0/9.2 ranges. They are near impossible in 9.4 and higher.

[AGGIEZ]

I my 1st He-Man & Skeletor appearance...got it from a boardie raw. Have yet to see it pop up in CGC 9.8 though...

 

[50 Cent #II (1st)]

Strawberry Shortcake.

[Topnotchman]

Strawberry Shortcake.

 

Forever

[AGGIEZ]

Care Bears, Smurfs, Snorks, Get-Along Gang, the Littles, Gummy Bears...

 

 

[dzminn]

Not sure about "keyness" - and I wouldn't limit yourself to just the first appearance of the groups, there are some fun covers throughout each series.

 

Warning: Not a 9.8 among them

 

 

 

Can't find the #1 right now.

 

 

 

[Mr 9.8]

I my 1st He-Man & Skeletor appearance...got it from a boardie raw. Have yet to see it pop up in CGC 9.8 though...

 

How often do you check ebay? Last year I remember seeing two 9.8's.

[AGGIEZ]

I actually remember seeing 1. I check it pretty often.

[ComicConnoisseur]

Pokemon getting there in a few years when the nostalgia factor takes over.

Soooo... should I buy the cards or comics?

both but with the comics cgc 9.8 of course

So should I try and get the ORIGINAL Japanese printings (which I would think would be impossible) or stick with the American Reprints?

Well,I wonder how hard to find the original Japanese printings would be?

how do you write pokemon in japanese? find that out I guess then search Ebay bridge Japan. It would be a most challenging hunt and probally most would not be CGC`ed.