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Strange Tales 28 Appreciation Thread

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Johnny545

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It used to be my favorite horror book and is VERY difficult to find. I used to own the 5.5 copy, I'm the one who got it slabbed and I think it was the highest graded at the time. Very under-rated cover and I've always wondered why certain horror covers get so much love, and others like this one are forgotten.

 

What is your favorite horror book now?

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That's the one! :) how cool is that that it wound up with you!

 

Yeah, pretty cool. Did I get it off you on e-bay? Or did you sell it to the guy I bought it from on e-bay?

 

Makes me think there are fewer around than I originally thought.

 

Most likely fewer! :) That particular copy, I got via a list from BigGuy'sComix in CA around 2002; and about a year and a half ago, got a better copy on eBay, so traded this copy and a Vault of Horror #27 I didn't need anymore, for a Journey Into Unknown Worlds with Ted at Superworld. :) If you then bought it from Ted, then that's the rest of the story, or, he may have traded/sold it to the person you bought it from. :)

 

Anyway, it's made its way from CA to Chicago to Boston and now back, at least in the last decade of its life! A well-loved and well-traveled copy. :)

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I assume it is coming back a 1.5, but wanted to preserve it regardless.

Comics can be reliably preserved by storing them in a mylar sleeve with an acid-free full-back. :gossip:

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I assume it is coming back a 1.5, but wanted to preserve it regardless.

Comics can be reliably preserved by storing them in a mylar sleeve with an acid-free full-back. :gossip:

 

True! But then I think a row of ST #28 in slabs aligned side-by-side would be pretty neat too. :) I think 1.5 sounds right for that one, despite the cover wear, it's a solid and supple-paged book!

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I assume it is coming back a 1.5, but wanted to preserve it regardless.

Comics can be reliably preserved by storing them in a mylar sleeve with an acid-free full-back. :gossip:

 

No doubt and if it hadn't been my favorite book/cover - I probably wouldn't haven't sent it to be slabbed. Was a combination of things not just preservation.

 

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Looks good in the slab, Johnny! Don't know if you'll ever come across it, but the other copy I used to own (and returned) had scotch tape on the entire interior spine, with the staples removed and replaced through the tape. Was pretty solid-appearing VG-ish shape, otherwise. :)

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