Pretty Marvels of the Day (6/18/04)

[burntboy]

here are 5 (if they all fit) copies of Strange Tales that i got back from CGC yesterday after their 4 month vacation in Florida. as usual, these are my off-the-rack purchase from 1964.

 

#116 first thing x-over is a 9.0 with White pages.

#117 ist Doc Strange name on cover and is a 9.4 with OW/W pgs.

#118 guest stars the FF and is a 9.4 with White pgs.

#120 has an Iceman x-over and is a 9.4 with OW/W pgs.

#121 1st ish w/ doc strange story illo on cover and is a 9.0 wOW/Wpgs.

 

 

[HighVoltage]

Those are all beauties!

 

Love the 116 & 120 - those are two of my favorite covers of the entire ST run!

[Samurai-Bill]

Number one : I hate you !!

 

Number two : How did you keep your comics in such good condition for so long .

 

I used to have an original owner collection till my two daughters came along 20 years ago then I sold them as my wife gave up work to look after the children .

So I am collecting again all the comics I used to own in 9 / 9.2 , will take me quite a while but it is fun .

 

Number Three : Don't really hate you I admire people with the foresight to have kept their original collections I 'm paying for it now ( in more ways than one ) .

[ultimatevenom]

Nice Books

 

Some of the villains that appeared in ST were very poorly thought up

[tilleycs]

Wow, NICE books. Congrats!

[deathlok]

Man those are sweet books. Amazing you bought those off the rack and kept them is such great condition. You earned those grades. Great job!

[OldGuy]

120 is one of my favorite covers. I posted it here a while back.

 

It's the second X-Men crossover. Here is what I have posted on my web site in regards to that book: "This issues main focus is on Iceman, with the entire team only appering in one pannel. The Fantastic Four also appear. There's also a classic (often overlooked) Dr. Strange backup story writen by Stan Lee and drawn by Steve Ditko."

[Darthdiesel]

Great looking books Burnt! As for the stories...

 

 

 

Johnny vs Ben for the umpteenth time

 

 

The EEL?

 

Even back then WIZARD got a bad rap

 

 

I like Torch and Iceman team-ups - don't see that often now...maybe they figured out these two really couldn't team up without negating each other

 

 

 

Oh no! Plantman!! RUN! Pimpy's overgrown basement experiment gone wild Where's Paste Pot Pete when you need him?

[kryptonitecomics]

Thanks for sharing, those books are awsome and as others have previously stated.......how did you store those books?

[r100comics]

Burntboy - those books are just stunning !

 

It's such a pleasure to see original owner books, all exhibiting the same qualities, and all in such amazing shape. Congrats !

[burntboy]

Number one : I hate you !!

 

Number two : How did you keep your comics in such good condition for so long .

 

I used to have an original owner collection till my two daughters came along 20 years ago then I sold them as my wife gave up work to look after the children .

So I am collecting again all the comics I used to own in 9 / 9.2 , will take me quite a while but it is fun .

 

Number Three : Don't really hate you I admire people with the foresight to have kept their original collections I 'm paying for it now ( in more ways than one ) .

 

i've stated it before, but these comics spent their first 10 years standing upright in a deep dresser drawer barea$$ed. the next ten were spent inside the insidious polybags from the 60's/70's. the last 20+ were in mylar with acid free boards. not really sure how they made it through the first 20 years?!?! quite a few didn't fare all that well........

[burntboy]

i cannot deny that the villains in strange tales , tales to astonish and tales of suspense were often lacking. (think plantman, the top, the porcupine, the scarecrow,etc). and i'm absolutely with you on paste pot pete - hell i thought he was absurd when i was 14 years old..........

[Bonds25]

Awesome books & covers - especially love the cover to #116!!

[Murph]

Ahem.. you should sell the 9.4's..

 

Brian

[Captain_Pike]

Nice books Burnt

Its amazing that you kept your books for that long and now you'll reap rewards if you ever sell these

[jimm94]

I can only imagine how stunning these books must look side by side.

 

I'm gobsmacked!

[Aces]

Super nice Strange Tales!

[burntboy]

thanks guys - tomorrow my 4 recent TTA returns and then i'll bow out for a while and let someone else have fun.....

[namisgr]

I enjoy seeing your exceptionally nice books, Burnt, and salute you again for keeping them in such great shape for 40 years. Get a load of that unusual coloring on the Thing on that 116! When my buddies and I read 'em in the 60s, we'd fold back the front covers (so they could be read one-handed laying on the bed or floor), and stuff 'em into pockets. Then after they laid around for a few months, our Moms sent 'em to heroes-heaven. My original owner books from high school and beyond fared alot better, but they're merely bronze age, and obviously not as rare.

 

Here's to you, and the Sid's Luncheonette pedigree!

[PUNYHUMAN]

Real Nice Books!!!