Fugliest Key Book You Own Appreciation Thread

[Sharkey]

Encouraged by the Miscut thread:

 

Typically we collectors seek nice, pretty copies of key books, 1st apperances, etc. BUT.....what about those oh-so-unlucky books that just don't have what it takes to be sent in to our wonderful CGC Slab-o-matic House of Plastic?

 

What's the most beat-up, ratty, worn "key" book that you own??

 

Here's mine:

 

 

Not one, but TWO!~ Every good POS deserves a mate.....

 

[rob_react]

Lighthouse's Hulk #1 wins.

[Larryw7]

Not really a key, but this book is f'ugly!

 

 

 

Still, I love it!

[Sharkey]

yeeaahhh, it's not f'ugly, its "well-loved".

 

Tonight, on a very special blossom: Collectors who love too much....

[Silver Surfer]

Cover detached, rusty stables, water damage to the front cover which led to the missing strip at the bottom. :cloud9

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[Smokinghawk]

 

[Silver Surfer]

Hawk,

 

Can I borrow some tape?

[aardvark88]

Amazing-man #5 (1st) Centaur is so beat up, it's coverless. Still nice Bill Everett art from 1939 a few months BEFORE Marvel Comics #1.

 

[jimm94]

Great thread, Rhino!

 

Here's my pitiful Avengers #4. The scan does not accurately depict how fragile it is. I have never tried to open it far enough to get a good look at the interior because I'm afraid that the front cover will fall apart.

 

When I showed my wife this book, it was the first and only time I have ever heard her refer to something as being "jacked up".

 

[Larryw7]

Here's another real beaut:

[howardhallis]

I'll use any excuse to re-post this book:

 

 

 

[Silver Surfer]

Best 1.0 I've ever seen. Are you selling it?

[Larryw7]

Usually I can't make my scans big enough, that one was too big! Sorry!

[howardhallis]

It won't be for sale for many years. Eventually it'll go toward my kids college fund...

[Sharkey]

Great detail! hurts just to look at it....

[Silver Surfer]

Its a keeper that's for sure.

[Larryw7]

Great detail! hurts just to look at it....

 

 

Geez... I never realized how crummy it looked until I saw this big scan! What a rag!

 

 

Er...

 

Anybody wanna buy it?

[Sharkey]

And fer all of you into da undagrounds.... REPRESENT!!

 

I think the stain is from spilled bongwater.....

 

[namisgr]

Great thread! Here is my contribution. That BSD who paid $8K for their 9.4 copy ain't got nuthin' on me - I'm gonna READ my copy tonight! (And would you believe: my other copy is at CGC...)

 

[Stronguy]

I think most everyone's seen mine (a line most commonly heard said by Jenna Jameson I think) but here they are again...