Aurora Comic Scenes

[MisterX]

Does anyone here collect these 70s model kits & comics?

 

At quick glance, I don't see the comics listed in the OPG. Anybody know what the FMV is for these books (with or without the kit)?

 

Hmmm...I'm thinking maybe Hepcat has these...

[seanfingh]

Does anyone here collect these 70s model kits & comics?

 

At quick glance, I don't see the comics listed in the OPG. Anybody know what the FMV is for these books (with or without the kit)?

 

Hmmm...I'm thinking maybe Hepcat has these...

 

There was a massive warehouse find of these books. Hnudreds of each were auctioned off in 04-05, IIRC. I got 6 (5 9.8s and a 9.6) for less than $200. I dabbled with tracking all of them down, but never did. I don't know if prices have ever bounced back or not. There are lots of pristine slabbed copies of them out there.

[MisterX]

Aha, I see they're in the Promotional Section...right below Atari Force!

 

OK, then...so...post some pix if you got 'em!

[MisterX]

Thanks, seanfingh!

 

I take it you got the books seperate from the model kits?

[seanfingh]

Thanks, seanfingh!

 

I take it you got the books seperate from the model kits?

 

Yes. It is my understanding that cases of uncirculated copies of the comics only were in the warehouse.

[MisterX]

Which six did you get?

[HouseofComics.Com]

They are in the price guide--in the promotional section of course. Guide prices range from $3 to $50 depending on grade and title.

 

I'm a fan of these and eventually will probably pick them all up. I was really big on the Batman one and the Lone Ranger one as a kid.

[seanfingh]

Which six did you get?

 

Actually it was 5

 

184, 185, 186, 192 and 193 From what I remember, Superboy, Hulk, Robin

[MisterX]

 

 

Ever get the feeling that maybe you, and, like, two other people are interested in certain comics?

 

Oh, well.

 

[greggy]

I bought two complete raw sets off a NY area dealer off eBay over 5 years ago for around $50 a set.

 

They aren't hard to find due to this find.

[MisterX]

Kochcom?

[Mutant Manatee]

Toys R Us actually had multi-packs of comics about five years ago that contained these Aurora Comic Scenes in with a mixture of late bronze and copper age comics. I assume they were all from the warehouse find because the were all dead mint. I bought one of the multi-packs just to have one, it contained the Hulk edition of the Aurora Comic Scenes.

[greggy]

Kochcom?

No

[TheLiamSturgess]

Interesting. Were any of these ever pedigreed?

[dopy02]

just picked up a couple

[jerome34]

If you think you have a complete set, you could be wrong.

There are two versions of the Superboy issue; One has

'186-140' on the front cover, the other does not.

 

(So far, this is the only one with two versions that

I know about.)

[nmtg9]

Nice items - haven't seen them before. (thumbs u

 

Were the Aurora kits those advertised in the comics? I seem to remember the Spidey/Goblin scene.

 

I don't think they were sold over here, didn't see them in toys shops as a kid.

[MisterX]

just picked up a couple

 

Very cool!

[cheetah]

Anything from 183 and up is easy to find in uber high grade. The first couple, though, are very hard to find. I assume they weren't in the warehouse lot.

 

You can still buy CGC 9.9s and 10s of a lot of the issues. Metro and MyComicShip have them.

[Dick Pontoon]

Nice items - haven't seen them before. (thumbs u

 

Were the Aurora kits those advertised in the comics? I seem to remember the Spidey/Goblin scene.

 

I don't think they were sold over here, didn't see them in toys shops as a kid.

 

It was Spider-man and Kraven, not the Goblin.

 

Aurora often had back cover ads on DC books for many of their kits, not just the superheroes; I don't recall similar ads in Marvel books; they were advertised on the interior but as part of ads listing a variety of merchandise from companies like Heroes World in NJ. And like the Aurora monster kits, they were first released in the 60s and re-issued in the 70s.