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What *Was* in that Warehouse

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Crowzilla

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One of the things I found the other day while digging through my good-girl art books was an Overstreet Update #10 from 1989.

Since we seem to talk a lot about what was in that Koch-Dolgoff-Koch warehouse of early Marvels, I thought I would post how fr back their runs still were at that time.

 

Please remember though, this is AT LEAST 6 months after a lot of the good stuff has already been sold through, as Suspense #63 is already $28 in the guide, and K-D-K was down to their F/VF issues at $17.50 each instead of the VF/NM ones that had been $3 earlier in the year. But this should give a good idea of how plentiful some of these books were. I'll try to find one of their earlier sales lists and post that when I find it.

 

AVENGERS

12,13,14,15 VF/NM $30 ea.

19 F/VF $17.50

21, 22 VF/NM $15.00 ea.

25, 27, 28 VF/NM $9.00 ea.

then scattered issues, 34, 36, 38, 43, 44, 45, 50, 54, 64

fairly solid from 101-up

 

CAPTAIN AMERICA

112, 115 VF/NM $4.00 ea

116,118,119, 120 VF/NM $3.25 ea

pretty solid from 122-200 all .75¢-2.00 ea.

 

CONAN

4,5 VF/NM $12.00 ea.

12, 19,20 $3.00 ea.

21-25

 

DAREDEVIL

16 VG/F $7.50

18,19,20 VF/NM $12.00 ea.

21-26, 28-30 VF/NM $9.00 ea.

solid 31-75 VF/NM from $2.50 - $7.50 ea.

168 VF/NM $25.00

 

DOCTOR STRANGE

169 VF/NM $17.50

170 VF/NM $4.00

 

FANTASTIC FOUR

35 F/VF $14.25

37, 38 VF/NM $15.00 ea.

41, 42, 47 VF/NM $12.00 ea.

44 VF/NM $15.00

51, 53 VF/NM $9.00 ea

52 F/VF $14.25

57 - 60 VF/NM $10.50 ea.

63, 64, 65, 68-70 VF/NM $6.00 ea

67 VF/NM $7.50

pretty solid 70 - 199 VF/NM from $1.00 - 3.00 ea

 

HULK

111,112, 113, 115, 116, 117 VF/NM $3.75 ea

118 - 121 VF/NM $2.50 ea.

pretty solid 123 - 160 VF/NM from $1.00 - $2.50 ea.

 

STRANGE TALES

131 - 134 VF/NM $6.00 ea.

136 VF/NM $9.50 ea

137-147, 149-150, 152-168 VF/NM $4.00 ea

148 VF/NM $6.00

151 F/VF $9.50

 

SUB-MARINER

2 F/VF $8.25

3,5 VF/NM $7.25 ea

8 VF/NM $4.50

 

TALES OF SUSPENSE

63 F/VF $17.50

64, 66 VF/NM $9.00 ea

67-70 VF/NM $7.50 ea

71 - 98 VF/NM $4.50 ea

 

TALES TO ASTONISH

65-69 VF/NM $8.25 ea

71 VF/NM $6.00

76-92, 94-99 VF/NM $6.00 ea

100 VF/NM $7.50

101 VF/NM $6.00

 

THOR

113, 114 VF/NM $9.00 ea

119 VF/NM $8.25

121,121,125 VF/NM $8.25 ea

131,132,133, 136-140 VF/NM $6.00 ea

134 VF/NM $11.00

pretty solid 141-160 VF/NM from $2.00 - $4.00

 

X-MEN

10 VF/NM $45.00

14 F/VF $38.25

15 VF/NM $36.00

21-27, 29,30 VF/NM $18.00 ea

31,32,34,36-40 VF/NM $15.00 ea

53 VF/NM $13.25

54,55 VF/NM $15.00 ea

 

Note that all the prices I'm quoting are if you buy 3 or more copies of each issue,

it was slightly higher if you just wanted 1 of each

 

There was no Spider-man in this listing, but I remember them going back as far as #23 for sure, and remember Daredevils in the single digits being there.

I'll look for some earlier ads and see if I can't fill in the missing spots, but I thought everyone might enjoy seeing this.

 

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PovertyRow

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Since we seem to talk a lot about what was in that Koch-Dolgoff-Koch warehouse of early Marvels, I thought I would post how fr back their runs still were at that time.

 

In the early-mid 80's I bought a number of these. The paper quality was awful - tan to cream on many. Looked like they were stored in a hothouse. Covers were really clean and flat with almost no spine wear - BUT the books I got- the cover colors were also dull and did not POP at all - mainly due to the whites being reduced to that tan/cream.

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I agree. I love seeing this kind of data, as it often explains a lot, like why certain books tend to be much more available than others in the same timeframe. An example is X men #10. Despite its age, I've seen tons of high grade copies, yet 11 is so much tougher. There are tons of similar examples, and this kind of info goes a long way in explaining the inconsistencies.

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In the early-mid 80's I bought a number of these. The paper quality was awful - tan to cream on many. Looked like they were stored in a hothouse. Covers were really clean and flat with almost no spine wear - BUT the books I got- the cover colors were also dull and did not POP at all - mainly due to the whites being reduced to that tan/cream.

 

Yep, I discovered the same thing back in the early to mid 80s. Bought runs of Avengers from #30-50, Tales of Suspense from #70-99 & Tales to Astonish from #70-99. All had the cream pages, & cover colors as you described. I was extremely happy because I think I paid around $2 to $3 each at the time for the F/VF grade (maybe the VG/F). I also ordered a complete set of grades on the Fantastic 4 #52, so I could see how their grading was. It turned out that they did not have the top 2 or 3 grades & I ended up only getting the G/VG, VG/F & F/VF & a refund on the higher grades.

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Most 65' and earlier books are tougher in HG. In 1966 it's a toss-up. Some are tough, and others are quite easy. An example is FF48 is easy to find, but 49 and 50 are nearly impossible. Study the census, and the market as a whole, and you'll be able to determine if a book is tough or not.

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