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What's new in your Silver Age collection this week
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OGlelow

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15 minutes ago, Sweet Lou 14 said:

Honest question, no intention to offend ... but what's the point of certifying a "cover only" book if CGC isn't going to assess the condition of the cover?  I suppose there's some value in knowing the cover is genuine, particularly on a key book like this one, but do you feel getting it slabbed enhances its value enough to justify the cost?

I never sent it in. Got it from a trade as is.

 

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Sweet Lou 14

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Just now, oglelo said:

I never sent it in. Got it from a trade as is.

 

I'm not a Golden Age collector, but I know that it's common for people to collect incomplete Golden Age keys and even to attempt to marry them together to create complete copies.  I don't see it nearly as often for Silver Age books, ,,, but again for a key like this one I can obviously still see the appeal.  Are you hoping to find a coverless copy and marry this cover to it?

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OGlelow

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2 hours ago, Sweet Lou 14 said:

I'm not a Golden Age collector, but I know that it's common for people to collect incomplete Golden Age keys and even to attempt to marry them together to create complete copies.  I don't see it nearly as often for Silver Age books, ,,, but again for a key like this one I can obviously still see the appeal.  Are you hoping to find a coverless copy and marry this cover to it?

Possibly, but a few people are wanting to purchase it. Sounds tempting...otherwise, no interest in the marrying of them.  Would rather just keep it for the artwork.

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Here’s another comic I remember purchasing off a spinner rack at a Rexall Drug store as a boy.  It’s in a little better condition than most of my childhood books because I remember not liking it and only read it once.  But, apparently this is now a key book because of the movies. By this point I understood about reprints and collected Marvel Tales, Marvel Collectors Item Classics, Fantasy Masterpieces, and later Marvel Super Heroes.

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2 hours ago, David Stager said:

Here’s another comic I remember purchasing off a spinner rack at a Rexall Drug store as a boy.  It’s in a little better condition than most of my childhood books because I remember not liking it and only read it once.  But, apparently this is now a key book because of the movies. By this point I understood about reprints and collected Marvel Tales, Marvel Collectors Item Classics, Fantasy Masterpieces, and later Marvel Super Heroes.

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I concur that this is a key book - but considering the popularity of GOTG movies, I don't see it skyrocketing in price like, say, Wolverine or the new X-Men has. I'm not sure why the demand isn't the same.

 

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On 3/12/2019 at 9:52 PM, oglelo said:

Possibly, but a few people are wanting to purchase it. Sounds tempting...otherwise, no interest in the marrying of them.  Would rather just keep it for the artwork.

It is a great piece of comic art to be sure!

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On 3/13/2019 at 5:23 PM, evilskip said:

28 years ago I had to sell most of my JLA collection due to trying to keep a roof over our heads as bills came piling up from what was to be a life long illness. So it was nice to be able to pick this one up in a trade for less than half of Overstreet.

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I have a similar story. Had to sell everything due to college poverty many years ago. Congratulations on the pick up!

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