namisgr Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 I like the first Mad magazine, too: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickamabob Posted August 6, 2010 Author Share Posted August 6, 2010 Well I am glad to find there really are some Mad Magazine collectors here. I am going to show some pics of some of my favorite foreign issues later. I also like the idea of some of us doing trades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shark Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 I like the first Mad magazine, too: VERY nice copy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonds25 Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonds25 Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Here are my 2 issues of Mad that I have slabbed: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keldog Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 I wish the values in OSPG was better for these books. I hope demand brings them up since there are people who do collect them on here . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stagedoorjohnny Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 I am constantly on the hunt for Mad 30-80 Gaines File Copies and let's just say it is slim pickings right now in the marketplace. Actually, it has been this way for the last 3 years and counting on these books. But I do love them, they are such a part of Americana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber-Bob Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 I wish the values in OSPG was better for these books. I hope demand brings them up since there are people who do collect them on here . I don't know if it's a storage issue or what but there are very few collectors of magazines. Mad, Vampirella, etc just don't command the value to make them slab worthy. I think if HOTFLIPS finally gets a 4 mil mylar for magazine sized slabs the market will pick up !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOTFLIPS Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keldog Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 I wish the values in OSPG was better for these books. I hope demand brings them up since there are people who do collect them on here . I don't know if it's a storage issue or what but there are very few collectors of magazines. Mad, Vampirella, etc just don't command the value to make them slab worthy. I think if HOTFLIPS finally gets a 4 mil mylar for magazine sized slabs the market will pick up !!!! I think because CGC didn't have slabs for them till now. Next they need to do is Treasury Size and all will be right in the world . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the blob Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 I think because CGC didn't have slabs for them till now. Next they need to do is Treasury Size and all will be right in the world ---------- slabbed magazines are of an unmanageable size. i have no problem with regular size magazines as they fit just fine in a magazine size box, which most comic shops tend to carry because many GA books and some SA doesn't fit in a regular box anyway. i prefer magazine boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverRich Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 Here's my #1, which is one of the first books I had slabbed. I purchased it as a VG/F on eBay for a song. Shows how much that site has regressed. These days, many sellers would call it NM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverRich Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 A few more pics for my fellow Mad brethren... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverRich Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 I almost forgot my favorite of the bunch. The pics aren't great, but this one looks much better in hand and I think the grade is kinda tight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keldog Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 Here's my #1, which is one of the first books I had slabbed. I purchased it as a VG/F on eBay for a song. Shows how much that site has regressed. These days, many sellers would call it NM. You should send them to CGC to be re-slabbed and you might get a upgrade in the grade because I think all of your books are nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickamabob Posted September 8, 2010 Author Share Posted September 8, 2010 Here's my #1, which is one of the first books I had slabbed. I purchased it as a VG/F on eBay for a song. Shows how much that site has regressed. These days, many sellers would call it NM. Fantastic copy! I am sure you could get much more than a song for that now. Probably a whole iPod's worth of songs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickamabob Posted September 8, 2010 Author Share Posted September 8, 2010 A few more pics for my fellow Mad brethren... Day-um! The first five Mad comics, all in nice grade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickamabob Posted September 10, 2010 Author Share Posted September 10, 2010 Okay, so let me get the ball rolling on some of my favorite foreign Mad issues. These are from my collection. First, here are some foreign #1 copies: Starting from the upper left and going clockwise, that's the Great Britain #1, the Netherlands #1, the Turkey #1, and the Argentina #1. (Just got the French #1 on eBay, and it's supposedly in the mail from Europe. Can't wait to get it!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickamabob Posted September 10, 2010 Author Share Posted September 10, 2010 Here are two of my favorite foreign issues in a sequence together. The one on the left is German issue #83. The one on the right is Argentina #1. (This cover concept was based on a Mad article that showed the aftermath of various Mad covers -- I can't remember which issue this was, but it fascinated me when I was a kid, and I longed to enter an alternative reality where such issues existed. Little did I know, they did in fact exist with foreign issues.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickamabob Posted September 10, 2010 Author Share Posted September 10, 2010 Here's one of my all-time favorite foreign issues. The cover art is absolutely disgusting and disturbing, and that's why I love it. This is Swedish Mad issue #44. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
