adamstrange Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I think in so many ways an 8.0 for most of these books equates to at least a 9.0 for many other genres and book categories...even 7.0s and 7.5s are quite rare by Census standards... Agreed, grades like those just dont pop up to frequently. Most are in the VG/F range, and most of the ones on E-Bay look questionable. I can remember backin the day when dealers tables had stacks and stacks of the pre-hero books. Those days are history sad to say. Again, great looking books! DRX There may have been stacks but they probably weren't high grade. There are definitely more out there than on the census, which I'm confident will be revealed if prices rise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 (edited) I think in so many ways an 8.0 for most of these books equates to at least a 9.0 for many other genres and book categories...even 7.0s and 7.5s are quite rare by Census standards... Agreed, grades like those just dont pop up to frequently. Most are in the VG/F range, and most of the ones on E-Bay look questionable. I can remember backin the day when dealers tables had stacks and stacks of the pre-hero books. Those days are history sad to say. Again, great looking books! DRX There may have been stacks but they probably weren't high grade. There are definitely more out there than on the census, which I'm confident will be revealed if prices rise. I remember a show in 1974 that I attended locally.....there were runs of many of the pre-heros in VF or better @ $ 5 each...which was very expensive back then. To put it into perspective....I ended up spending my paper route money on Hulk 2-6 @ $ 30 ( $ 6 each ) and VF+ copies of JIM 85 and X-MEN 1 @ $ 15 for BOTH books. Man I MISS THOSE DAYS.....but I;ll never forget that ST 89 that was there in newstand condition....the one that got away. The X-MEN 1 was purchased at a discount at the end of the show. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u Edited March 25, 2009 by jimjum12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlasFan Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I think in so many ways an 8.0 for most of these books equates to at least a 9.0 for many other genres and book categories...even 7.0s and 7.5s are quite rare by Census standards... Agreed, grades like those just dont pop up to frequently. Most are in the VG/F range, and most of the ones on E-Bay look questionable. I can remember backin the day when dealers tables had stacks and stacks of the pre-hero books. Those days are history sad to say. Again, great looking books! DRX There may have been stacks but they probably weren't high grade. There are definitely more out there than on the census, which I'm confident will be revealed if prices rise. I remember a show in 1974 that I attended locally.....there were runs of many of the pre-heros in VF or better @ $ 5 each...which was very expensive back then. To put it into perspective....I ended up spending my paper route money on Hulk 2-6 @ $ 30 ( $ 6 each ) and VF+ copies of JIM 85 and X-MEN 1 @ $ 15 for BOTH books. Man I MISS THOSE DAYS.....but I;ll never forget that ST 89 that was there in newstand condition....the one that got away. The X-MEN 1 was purchased at a discount at the end of the show. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u I got quite a few of my pre-heros that way Jimbo. Maybe this was the one that got away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 NICE.....GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trmoore54 Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I think in so many ways an 8.0 for most of these books equates to at least a 9.0 for many other genres and book categories...even 7.0s and 7.5s are quite rare by Census standards... Agreed, grades like those just dont pop up to frequently. Most are in the VG/F range, and most of the ones on E-Bay look questionable. I can remember backin the day when dealers tables had stacks and stacks of the pre-hero books. Those days are history sad to say. Again, great looking books! DRX There may have been stacks but they probably weren't high grade. There are definitely more out there than on the census, which I'm confident will be revealed if prices rise. Well, we know at least cheetah has several of those... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korvac Saga Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 I think in so many ways an 8.0 for most of these books equates to at least a 9.0 for many other genres and book categories...even 7.0s and 7.5s are quite rare by Census standards... Agreed, grades like those just dont pop up to frequently. Most are in the VG/F range, and most of the ones on E-Bay look questionable. I can remember backin the day when dealers tables had stacks and stacks of the pre-hero books. Those days are history sad to say. Again, great looking books! DRX There may have been stacks but they probably weren't high grade. There are definitely more out there than on the census, which I'm confident will be revealed if prices rise. Well, we know at least cheetah has several of those... So what's he waiting for? Slab 'em + sell 'em I say!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheetah Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 I don't really know what I'm waiting for. I don't really need the money so I don't really need to sell them. They are stored carefully so won't get damaged unless something terrible happens. I have debated whether I should get them pressed to take out any waviness on the top edge of the front cover. I guess those three reasons have just kept them safely in their box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheetah Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Here are a couple of the sweet ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlasFan Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Fantastic books Cheetah! That Heck cover on TOS #1 is one of my favorites. Its a shame there were'nt more of them in the pre-hero run. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korvac Saga Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 I don't really know what I'm waiting for. I don't really need the money so I don't really need to sell them. They are stored carefully so won't get damaged unless something terrible happens. I have debated whether I should get them pressed to take out any waviness on the top edge of the front cover. I guess those three reasons have just kept them safely in their box. Of course I was just effin' around You have some tremendous books that would generate alot of excitement + $$$ should they ever come to market Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber-Bob Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 A few for your viewing pleasure: TTA 34 Graded a CGC 9.0 JIM 46 Circle 8 Graded a CGC 9.0 JIM 45 Circle 8 Graded a CGC 8.5 Strange Tales 99. Not graded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Classic pre-hero!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAUMONTS Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trmoore54 Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 (edited) Here are a couple of the sweet ones. Fantastic books cheetah-man! Korvac and I love those brown covers...if your TOS 11 came in at at least 9.0 it'd be the 2nd highest graded! I just checked the Census on the TOS 1...it's weird, lists an 8.5 selling in 2003 but the Census lists no 8.5, with the highest graded unrestored book a 7.5... A 9.4 TOS 11 came flyin out of the blue in the last year (at first I thought it might have yours) and then its 2 in 8.5, 1 in 8.0 and 3 in 7.5 (one of which was the white-pager that I sent in but now resides in Korvac's box...) Edited March 29, 2009 by trmoore54 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlasFan Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Here are a couple of the sweet ones. Fantastic books cheetah-man! Korvac and I love those brown covers...if your TOS 11 came in at at least 9.0 it'd be the highest graded! The cover story is quite above par as well. The castle where SPORR is created was once owned by none other than Dr. Frankenstein himself -- and the birthplace of the original Frankenstein Monster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trmoore54 Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Classic pre-hero!!!! That's another one I'd like to own one day...beautiful copy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheetah Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 I think a lot of the HG TOS came from the same collection as mine. It was a box of books held over from a small shop in Covington, KY. It closed down around 1960 and the books just got left in the box for forty or so years. The JLA 1-3 that sold for over $100k was from the same collection. I don't know which issues had multiple copies but there are multiple issues with multiple copies. I think I got most of the best copies but the Thorr issue has a 9.6 that Comic Book World still has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comicdey Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I think a lot of the HG TOS came from the same collection as mine. It was a box of books held over from a small shop in Covington, KY. It closed down around 1960 and the books just got left in the box for forty or so years. The JLA 1-3 that sold for over $100k was from the same collection. I don't know which issues had multiple copies but there are multiple issues with multiple copies. I think I got most of the best copies but the Thorr issue has a 9.6 that Comic Book World still has. why didn't you buy them all...those are sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheetah Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 There was that nagging issue about cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlasFan Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Here is a nice run of my 80s Strange Tales...Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
