Popular Post Rosland Posted December 17, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2019 An early christmas present porcupine48, KirbyJack, mysterio and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Ooh, that's a good one! porcupine48 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine48 Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 On 12/10/2019 at 1:54 PM, DR.X said: that 26 astonish is kind of tough in the higher grades, and you really don't see a ton of them at the shows. My first pre hero Marvel always have a very special place in my heart. Sweet Lou 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 On 12/10/2019 at 12:28 PM, mysterio said: Speaking of JIM...nice night of bidding on a couple of them last night in the Clink auction. I whiffed on the #3, 4, and 6, as expected, but managed to land these. This completes #1-12 at the front end of the run, but my #6 is decidedly entry level. 9 has one of my favorite Everett covers …. very difficult in that sort of grade. GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) mysterio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Ritter just listed a REAL nice Strange Tales Annual 1 on his website... if any of you are looking.... CGC 9.0 (OW/W) ... GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) KirbyJack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bc Posted December 25, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 25, 2019 Merry Christmas to all my Pre-Hero Brothers! Hope all is well with you & yours! -bc adamstrange, Get Marwood & I, Mucheee1 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 5 hours ago, bc said: Merry Christmas to all my Pre-Hero Brothers! Hope all is well with you & yours! -bc Where you bin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 10 hours ago, bc said: Merry Christmas to all my Pre-Hero Brothers! Hope all is well with you & yours! -bc Happy Holidays, pre-hero homie! Hope you get a 60s slab in your stocking! porcupine48 and bc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bc Posted December 26, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 26, 2019 17 hours ago, Get Marwood & I said: Where you bin? Well, after being layed-off and turned down for dozens of jobs because of being an "overqualified" mid-50 year old, I spent some time helping a startup company get on its feet then I launched my own consulting business with the money I made from the startup. Got a couple of gigs going but unfortunately, one of them is with a firm in Mumbai, India which caused me to burn the midnight oil since I'm in the states. Other than that, needed a break from the boards. Other than this thread and a few in the GA section (and of course your fantastic work with Pence copies & Black Circle variants ) got tired of all the speculation & BS threads. Seemed like it was becoming more about the $$$ and not about the love of the hobby or the history of the medium - so I took a hiatus. Haven't bought anything new, but I did unsuccessfully bid on a few of the sweet PHMs in that last Heritage & CC auction (including that gorgeous Strange Worlds #3 @Rosland posted above). Congrats @mysterio on the awesome early JIM run! Also a shout out to @Sweet Lou 14 on the really nice TTA run you're putting together! I'll try and check in more often - may start adding to the Vault next year if the cash flow situation allows it. Glad to see the gang is still posting -bc ps - no slabs in the stocking this year @KirbyJack BUT Santa brought me 1000 rounds of ammo to keep the ongoing coyote & raccoon invasion under control porcupine48, Mucheee1, jimjum12 and 7 others 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosland Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 5 hours ago, bc said: Well, after being layed-off and turned down for dozens of jobs because of being an "overqualified" mid-50 year old, I spent some time helping a startup company get on its feet then I launched my own consulting business with the money I made from the startup. Got a couple of gigs going but unfortunately, one of them is with a firm in Mumbai, India which caused me to burn the midnight oil since I'm in the states. Other than that, needed a break from the boards. Other than this thread and a few in the GA section (and of course your fantastic work with Pence copies & Black Circle variants ) got tired of all the speculation & BS threads. Seemed like it was becoming more about the $$$ and not about the love of the hobby or the history of the medium - so I took a hiatus. Haven't bought anything new, but I did unsuccessfully bid on a few of the sweet PHMs in that last Heritage & CC auction (including that gorgeous Strange Worlds #3 @Rosland posted above). Congrats @mysterio on the awesome early JIM run! Also a shout out to @Sweet Lou 14 on the really nice TTA run you're putting together! I'll try and check in more often - may start adding to the Vault next year if the cash flow situation allows it. Glad to see the gang is still posting -bc ps - no slabs in the stocking this year @KirbyJack BUT Santa brought me 1000 rounds of ammo to keep the ongoing coyote & raccoon invasion under control Glad to hear you're OK. Looking forward to more of your postings in the future. bc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Dad-blasted varmints! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsmokin Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Some huge pre-hero Marvels up on Cheetah’s selling page right now. jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Commissioner Posted December 28, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2019 Santa decided to make an addition to my collection this year! Sweet Lou 14, mysterio, bc and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Lou 14 Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 On 12/26/2019 at 10:11 PM, gunsmokin said: Some huge pre-hero Marvels up on Cheetah’s selling page right now. Link? (Thanks.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsmokin Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 1 minute ago, Sweet Lou 14 said: Link? (Thanks.) Having a hard time with the link. Top of the gold,silver,bronze selling page on the boards Sweet Lou 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterio Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 17 hours ago, gunsmokin said: 17 hours ago, Sweet Lou 14 said: Link? (Thanks.) Having a hard time with the link. Top of the gold,silver,bronze selling page on the boards I think he closed it, but maybe PM him if you’re interested in any of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterio Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 On 12/26/2019 at 9:39 AM, bc said: Well, after being layed-off and turned down for dozens of jobs because of being an "overqualified" mid-50 year old, I spent some time helping a startup company get on its feet then I launched my own consulting business with the money I made from the startup. Got a couple of gigs going but unfortunately, one of them is with a firm in Mumbai, India which caused me to burn the midnight oil since I'm in the states. Other than that, needed a break from the boards. Other than this thread and a few in the GA section (and of course your fantastic work with Pence copies & Black Circle variants ) got tired of all the speculation & BS threads. Seemed like it was becoming more about the $$$ and not about the love of the hobby or the history of the medium - so I took a hiatus. Haven't bought anything new, but I did unsuccessfully bid on a few of the sweet PHMs in that last Heritage & CC auction (including that gorgeous Strange Worlds #3 @Rosland posted above). Congrats @mysterio on the awesome early JIM run! Also a shout out to @Sweet Lou 14 on the really nice TTA run you're putting together! I'll try and check in more often - may start adding to the Vault next year if the cash flow situation allows it. Glad to see the gang is still posting -bc ps - no slabs in the stocking this year @KirbyJack BUT Santa brought me 1000 rounds of ammo to keep the ongoing coyote & raccoon invasion under control Thanks! Good to hear from you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosland Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Question for the wise old ones: How were comics released back in the pre-hero days? Once a week like today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 11 hours ago, Rosland said: Question for the wise old ones: How were comics released back in the pre-hero days? Once a week like today? Not sure this is the the direct answer...the Atlas Implosion in '57 caused Stan to use Independent News (when they switched from putting "ATLAS" on the cover to "IND") as the distributor. IND was owned by DC and thus limited Stan to 8 books per month from '57 to '63-ish. Think then IND allowed 11 or 12 titles to be distributed per month. Most titles in that '57-'63 period were distributed bi-monthly on what I assume would be a weekly basis based on some data stamps I have seen but that could just be based on geography. jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 On 12/26/2019 at 3:39 PM, bc said: Well, after being layed-off and turned down for dozens of jobs because of being an "overqualified" mid-50 year old... You should try being an underqualified one Glad to see you back bc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...