What Was Your First SA Book? Still got her?

[Red Hook]

Little did I know that a few years later, when my Godson aksed me to collect comic books with him (he was maybe 12 at the time) I would be here!

 

I had no idea that you and Greggy were related! NOW, it all makes sense!

[g-man]

looking back, i can remember doing a deal with Ted (Superworld) at his 1st show in Boston and picked up a Star Trek #1 (gold key) from him...still have it. Also later that day from someone else an ASM #17 that came back cgc 9.2.

[Crackandpresstoan11]

I bought these at a flea market when I was 8 years old. I have no idea how they stayed in such high grade, since I did not start taking care of my books until I was about 13. I wish I could go back in time and see what other books this guy was selling.

 

 

[burntboy]

I don't remember the first one I owned, but I clearly remember the first one that I ever saw...JLA #23...the Queen Bee! I remember thinking "boy, I can't wait until the pages in my comics all turn tan...then they'll be really old!"

 

i was gonna post my copy for you but it's down in Sarasota looking for a nice grade with the words near mint in the title somewhere...........

 

you looking for one of these, too?

 

Is this what you're looking for?

 

i guess you won't be needing one........

[nearmint]

I don't remember the first one I owned, but I clearly remember the first one that I ever saw...JLA #23...the Queen Bee! I remember thinking "boy, I can't wait until the pages in my comics all turn tan...then they'll be really old!"

 

i was gonna post my copy for you but it's down in Sarasota looking for a nice grade with the words near mint in the title somewhere...........

 

you looking for one of these, too?

 

Is this what you're looking for?

 

i guess you won't be needing one........

 

I have a secret crush on the Queen Bee...

[nearmint]

And yes, Tim, that's the right one. Send it along to:

 

Jeff Delaney

P.O. Box 622

Newport Beach, CA 92661

 

P.S. Send the B&B #28 along with it.

[Red Hook]

And I am assuming that Tim will provide free shipping also, since you're a fellow boardmember.

[arexcrooke]

First Silver age book was an ASM 55. Sold it at a flea market.

[nearmint]

And I am assuming that Tim will provide free shipping also, since you're a fellow boardmember.

 

Absolutely. He's also going to pay for gas and wear-and-tear to my car to go pick the books up at the post office. I might also need $3.75 for an aloha pineapple from Jamba Juice on the way there.

[ericc123]

First silver age comic I ever bought was a VG+ copy of ASM #41 that I bought for $40 at my local comic shop. I was 12 at the time and thought I was hot stuff because I owned a comic that old. Then Bob Storms introduced me to the world of High Grade. Darn you Storms!!!!! I could have been happy with readers for the rest of my life but nooooo!

 

Eric

[PUNYHUMAN]

The 1st I remember having was a Black Beauty comic, L. B. cole cover maybe?? "Classic Illustrated" !! But the one that I remember buying off the newstands was FF # 16: Doc Doom , micro -world, Ant- Man,what a great issue. Do I still have it ?? No!! But on my 30th B- Day, my Wife bought that book for me off a local dealer in really nice shape .Wow , what great memories that brought back. No wonder I'm still married to her going on 23 years,she understands me & I her!!!

[asmfan]

I'm 27 now, but bought my first silver-age books as back-issues when I was about 10 years old. They were an FF#48 & #49. I was a huge silver-surfer fan and thought having his first appearance was the coolest thing in the world. I think both books cost around $150 at the time, and that was a fortune to me back then. I'll never forget marveling at how old the cover of the FF48 looked. It was the first comic I had seen with wear due to age. Up to that point all of my comics had probably been VF-NM or better modern issues.

 

When I got back into collecting last year after a long (10-year+) hiatus I got both comics CGC-graded. The #48 came back as a 6.5 blue label and the 49 as an 8.0 PLOD! Trimmed on all three edges! Oh well, I was just a kid when I bought it so how could I have known...

 

I sold both comics on eBay last year for a nice profit. But then I started collecting again and have since given it all back to the hobby.

 

great thread and great stories by the way!

[DKB]

First one I can remember is an ASM 40 beater. Sold it on eBay a few months back and I've got 3ish copies now between 6 and 8.

[tth2]

And I am assuming that Tim will provide free shipping also, since you're a fellow boardmember.

 

Absolutely. He's also going to pay for gas and wear-and-tear to my car to go pick the books up at the post office. I might also need $3.75 for an aloha pineapple from Jamba Juice on the way there.

 

I'll get right on it. Don't forget to hold your breath until they arrive!

[esquirecomics]

I don't remember the first one I owned, but I clearly remember the first one that I ever saw...JLA #23...the Queen Bee! I remember thinking "boy, I can't wait until the pages in my comics all turn tan...then they'll be really old!"

 

I don't remember what my first SA book was, but I remember this book well. I owned a copy probably when I was around 12 or so in the late 1970s. I took this book and a few other key books I owned from the 1960s and I hid them to protect them (from what I'm not sure).

 

25 years later I am still looking for them.

[tth2]

I don't remember what my first SA book was, but I remember this book well. I owned a copy probably when I was around 12 or so in the late 1970s. I took this book and a few other key books I owned from the 1960s and I hid them to protect them (from what I'm not sure).

 

25 years later I am still looking for them.

 

I've been wracking my brain trying to figure out what my first SA book was, but I've given up. I have absolutely no idea. Probably some crappy Marvel.

[john72tex]

I think my first SA book was a Batman 195 with a rolled and taped spine. I was 13 or 14 at the time so I wasn't an expert on grading. I still have it but don't think I could get rid of it

[paperheart]

May have been ASM 23 bought for the princely sum of $3 at Supersnipe in NYC during the summer of 74 (75?). Book was fine at best and is long gone.

[Slacker]

My first SA book was Fantastic Four 12. I bought it at a used book store because I thought the cover was so cool.

 

I still have the six books I bought thar day.

[tth2]

My first SA book was Fantastic Four 12. I bought it at a used book store because I thought the cover was so cool.

 

I still have the six books I bought thar day.

 

Nice! What were the other five?