PRETTY BOOKS FOR 4/24 FF/XMEN

[burntboy]

here are 2 that i selected from my recent CGC returns. while not as rare as that FF #11, these are nonetheless pretty decent copies of some books that aren't seen everyday on the boards. as usual, purchased by me 40 years ago when they first hit the stands. enjoy............

 

FF#25 9.2 ow

 

X-men#3 9.4 ow

 

[Red Hook]

I will never get tired of seeing these! Great, Burnt! That X-Men is KILLER!

[Bronty]

Keep 'em coming!!

[nik]

Absolutely love that FF #25, my all time favorite cover

[FFB]

Harry, one thing I can't figure out is why you didn't write all over the covers of your books like everyone else did back then. Comic collectors back in the day must have thought that you were one weird duck, with your pristine, non-scrawled copies.

 

Great books. I wish I could put the spine of your FF #25 on my copy. If I could do that, it'd be a 9.6.

 

Which reminds me -- I know that lots of books from various pedigrees contain wear and/or markings that are common to the pedigree. For example, Recil Macons, D copies, and Edgar Church books have the writing, Reilly has the rubber stamp or arrival dates, and Larsons have the writing and the dust shadows/foxing. Is there a certain kind of wear that is common in your books, from the way you stored them? Anything that could be used to identify them if you sold them and broke up the collection one day?

[Red Hook]

Funny you should ask......

 

[FFB]

For that book, it would have been funnier if you had added writing that said "DIE HOOKERS DIE!!!!" or something like that. Dark humor, to be sure, but funny nonetheless.

[burntboy]

Funny you should ask......

 

......my secret is out!!!!!!!!!