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In Search of the Perfect Animal Man (Strange Adventures 180 9.8)

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Dr Carl

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I've never seen it, but CGC says it exists, and GPA never shows it selling...

 

as a big AM fan, I'd love to see the 9.8 copy of SA 180..

 

I've got my own 9.2 copy, but fantasize about that 9.8... :luhv:

 

Has anyone seen it, or know where I can see a scan of it, or know who owns it... hm

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It's the Pacific Coast copy and sold a long time ago (think in 04) for a little under 4K if I remember correctly.

 

A boardie's friend owns it (forgot who) but if it ever did come up for sale I'm sure there'll be more then a couple people who'd make a run at it.

Yup, impossible book in grade. The PC copy is a freak of nature.

 

On the other hand, maybe a few mega-sales of this book and suddenly 9.4 and better copies will come out of the woodworks just like GL 76.

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I would love a 9.0 copy myself. I could be way off, but I doubt that more copies in the high grade will come out. The GL/GA run by Neal Adams became very popular, but ANimal Man ? Not so much.

 

SA 180 is probably like Batman 238, one of those books that is as rare as hen's teeth in 9.4 or higher.

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I would love a 9.0 copy myself. I could be way off, but I doubt that more copies in the high grade will come out. The GL/GA run by Neal Adams became very popular, but ANimal Man ? Not so much.

 

SA 180 is probably like Batman 238, one of those books that is as rare as hen's teeth in 9.4 or higher.

 

I tend to agree. Also, the GL 76 is a much later book, with more collectors in the market, whereas SA 180 is a 1965 DC book, which I suspect had far fewer collectors - and then you've also got the black and white backgrounds, which make high grades harder...

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So, have you seen the PC copy? - and if so, do you know where I could see a scan of it, or could you tell me about it if you know (Page quality, alignment, color richness)... It's just a book I've never seen, and as an AM fan, one I'd like to...

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Dr Carl

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Mine certainly isn't perfect, but it is a double cover. It's (probably) a VF+ inner cover, might benefit from a press if one is into that sort of thing.

 

Yes, you've got a really nice double cover. :applause:

 

Thanks for sharing pictures of it with me a few months ago.

 

I'm guessing it's the nicest double cover in existence, given the scarcity of double covers and of nice SA 180's...

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If I'm not mistaken I think I saw the PC Strange Adventures 180 at Steve Ritter's booth in San Diego like 3 years ago. Then again, I could be totally wrong given the information provided by TeddieMecede. You could always contact worldwidecomics.com to verify if this is true or not?

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Dr Carl

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Here's my copy of SA 180:

 

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What I like most about it is the centering - both the other copies of SA 180 9.2 that had sold on HA did not have such nice centering, and that's an issue I really don't like... :pullhair:

 

Of course, I've got that stamp on the cover - speaking of, does anyone know what that stamp means? ???

 

I overpaid a little for it - sold in 2007 for $450, and then resold in 2010 for $280 (now that's a deal) - and I got it for $475 (seller wouldn't budge, and I decided it was worth it)...

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Of course, I've got that stamp on the cover - speaking of, does anyone know what that stamp means? ???

Looks like a typical store date stamp. (shrug)

 

Sure, but the store stamps I grew up with had a date like "Mar 7 1978" on it or a store name on it, but this one says something like "16 Jul 28 P.M." - what could that mean?

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