PGM DC's Secret Origins 1961 (The Original)

[burntboy]

Always had a soft spot for this book. There was no Marvel yet (FF #1 would hit SID's shelfs in a couple of months) and DC managed to slip in 8 Origin Stories for a Quarter.

 

Of the 8, 5 were lifted from the actual first appearance of the Characters, 2 were taken from later reprints (still pretty old even back in 1961) and 1 was merely a one page text origin...

 

Oh, the back cover was pretty cool, as well...

 

 

[WEBHEAD]

Always had a soft spot for this book. There was no Marvel yet (FF #1 would hit SID's shelfs in a couple of months) and DC managed to slip in 8 Origin Stories for a Quarter.

 

Of the 8, 5 were lifted from the actual first appearance of the Characters, 2 were taken from later reprints (still pretty old even back in 1961) and 1 was merely a one page text origin...

 

Oh, the back cover was pretty cool, as well...

 

 

 

(thumbs u

[namisgr]

I'm split between 6.5 and 7.0 - depends on how flat the covers are, and how bad that lower spine corner wear is.

[faster friends]

6.5

[marvelcollector]

6.5

[Stevenrams]

I'll go 6.5 but maybe on a good day a 7.0. BTW, it's one of the great books of the era. I think that's the largest DC logo of any age, but defintitely the Silver Age. I think that's one of the charming qualities of the book. Somehow I ended up with two copies one is a slabbed 7.0 and one is a raw 7.0--at least that's what the dealer claimed it was. Anyway, whatever grade yours is a real keeper!

 

SLR

[excelsior1986]

I'll go with 6.5 also.

 

I love this book as well. Right now I only have a coverless copy but the PQ is outrageous. Bone white pages and corners so sharp, they'll cut you.