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Post Your Top 3 Personal Comic Book Acquisitions of 2011!

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My three bestest comic book acquisitions of 2011... :cloud9:

 

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And finally, there's this Schomburg original which kinda turns up the heat all by itself... :whistle:

 

 

 

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Disclaimer: Neither David Merryweather nor his friends, agents or associates may be held liable for any damage resulting from death-ray exposure, flashes of molten metal or retinal burn caused by viewing this without OSHA approved protection. You have been warned! (tsk)

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My three bestest comic book acquisitions of 2011... :cloud9:

 

img_CaptAm7_189-1.jpg

 

img_CaptAm8_188-1.jpg

 

img_CaptainAmerica9FC_170.jpg

 

And finally, there's this Schomburg original which kinda turns up the heat all by itself... :whistle:

 

 

 

e96ad158.jpg

 

 

Caution: Viewing the above scan may cause shock and corneal extension.smiley-shocked013.gif

 

Disclaimer: Neither David Merryweather nor his friends, agents or associates may be held liable for any damage resulting from death-ray exposure, flashes of molten metal or retinal burn caused by viewing this without OSHA approved protection. You have been warned! (tsk)

 

nice! you gotta be rich! lol

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Wow - I can't compete with the blinding brilliance of those last three (well done Sir!) but these three pleased me mightily.

 

This one, back in January, was a punt on an ebay auction with a mediocre picture and 'good for its age'. I threw in a bid and got...

 

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This is kind of esoteric, but I've been trying to finish the set of 24 Australian Mobil giveaways for years, and with this one I'm down to one more:

 

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(#9 anyone?)

 

Finally, my home office has six framed comic cover prints on the wall. I had the original book for the other five (Uncle Scrooge 4, Four Color 386, Weird Fantasy 15, Frontline Combat 8, Two Fisted tales 32) but didn't have this one:

 

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I do now. :cool:

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My three bestest comic book acquisitions of 2011... :cloud9:

 

And finally, there's this Schomburg original which kinda turns up the heat all by itself... :whistle:

 

nice! you gotta be rich! lol

 

 

OR broke... (shrug)

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My three bestest comic book acquisitions of 2011... :cloud9:

 

img_CaptAm7_189-1.jpg

 

img_CaptAm8_188-1.jpg

 

img_CaptainAmerica9FC_170.jpg

 

And finally, there's this Schomburg original which kinda turns up the heat all by itself... :whistle:

 

 

 

e96ad158.jpg

 

 

Caution: Viewing the above scan may cause shock and corneal extension.smiley-shocked013.gif

 

Disclaimer: Neither David Merryweather nor his friends, agents or associates may be held liable for any damage resulting from death-ray exposure, flashes of molten metal or retinal burn caused by viewing this without OSHA approved protection. You have been warned! (tsk)

 

VERY, VERY nice !!! :o

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This was a difficult exercise, as I came up with about 10 candidates.

 

This was my #1 for obvious reasons :insane: :

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This was cool because it allowed closure in having my Hulk collection complete from 102 - up.

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This was precious because of my nearly life long infatuation with the character, but also upgrading this early issue from the restored copy I'd had since 1970s.

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This was a difficult exercise, as I came up with about 10 candidates.

 

This was precious because of my nearly life long infatuation with the character, but also upgrading this early issue from the restored copy I'd had since 1970s.

dd5cgc90.jpg

 

You've been infatuated with the Matador?

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This was a difficult exercise, as I came up with about 10 candidates.

 

This was precious because of my nearly life long infatuation with the character, but also upgrading this early issue from the restored copy I'd had since 1970s.

dd5cgc90.jpg

 

You've been infatuated with the Matador?

Si - I love the fancy pants. And actually, the copy I sold you was the mid-upgrade in a string of upgrades..., :whistle:
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This was a difficult exercise, as I came up with about 10 candidates.

 

This was precious because of my nearly life long infatuation with the character, but also upgrading this early issue from the restored copy I'd had since 1970s.

dd5cgc90.jpg

 

You've been infatuated with the Matador?

Si - I love the fancy pants. And actually, the copy I sold you was the mid-upgrade in a string of upgrades..., :whistle:
Very nice sunburst cover. And Wally Wood art is THE main attraction to early Daredevil. (thumbs u
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