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Silver age comics that are heating up
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Sweet Lou 14

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On 7/26/2022 at 7:54 AM, frozentundraguy said:

I noticed that a CGC 7.0 copy of Tales to Astonish #6 sold for $2600/$3210 with BP on Heritage yesterday.

I watched that in real time and snapped up the one on ComicLink before the bidding was even closed.  $875 for mine, still an overpay IMHO!  :banana:

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And yes, I waited until I had the book in hand (just arrived) before saying anything.  lol

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On 8/16/2022 at 11:46 AM, Sweet Lou 14 said:

I watched that in real time and snapped up the one on ComicLink before the bidding was even closed.  $875 for mine, still an overpay IMHO!  :banana:

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And yes, I waited until I had the book in hand (just arrived) before saying anything.  lol

Perhaps a slight overpay, but what a beautiful copy.  :cloud9:

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Will Deadman ever see his day in the sun, or destined to never heat up? Because his 1st appearance has actually gone down the last year or so. Does he need a movie, or would that even help? I just feel like he’s such an under appreciated DC character and his 1st and other early appearances don’t get the love they should. Especially once Neal took over the art in Strange Adventures 207.

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On 9/15/2022 at 11:00 AM, LDarkseid1 said:

Will Deadman ever see his day in the sun, or destined to never heat up? Because his 1st appearance has actually gone down the last year or so. Does he need a movie, or would that even help? I just feel like he’s such an under appreciated DC character and his 1st and other early appearances don’t get the love they should. Especially once Neal took over the art in Strange Adventures 207.

I wish.

The Deadman series was a true harbinger of what we later thought of as the Bronze Age at DC.  Despite its supernatural trappings, the heart of it was down-to-earth human-interest stories.  Co-creator Arnold Drake was one of the few banging the drums at DC that Marvel was about to eat their lunch (going all the way back to his creation of the Doom Patrol as a Marvel-like entry from DC in the earlier 1960s).  And as you mention, Neal Adams' work on this series really put him (both the character and the artist!) on the map. His work on Deadman led to Adams' run on Brave & Bold, and ultimately to all of his 1970s Batman work.

But I'm having a hard time imagining what would heat the character up in today's market.  The combination of super-heroics, supernatural and human interest storytelling has been done multiple times over by Vertigo and its successors, so I don't think a comics revival would work.  And I'm not sure the super-heroic trappings (i.e. the circus costume) would translate well into TV or film.  And if we're left with simply a disembodied spirit running around inhabiting other bodies, well, that's also been done by the Patrick Swayze / Demi Moore movie Ghost.

Maybe there is hope for the character as part of an ensemble, such as the long-discussed Justice League Dark project.  Or maybe if they succeed in producing a ton of successful Batman movies, they eventually will get around to a supernatural take, looking towards the Deadman/Batman team-ups from Brave & Bold for inspiration.  :wishluck:

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I wish.

The Deadman series was a true harbinger of what we later thought of as the Bronze Age at DC.  Despite its supernatural trappings, the heart of it was down-to-earth human-interest stories.  Co-creator Arnold Drake was one of the few banging the drums at DC that Marvel was about to eat their lunch (going all the way back to his creation of the Doom Patrol as a Marvel-like entry from DC in the earlier 1960s).  And as you mention, Neal Adams' work on this series really put him (both the character and the artist!) on the map. His work on Deadman led to Adams' run on Brave & Bold, and ultimately to all of his 1970s Batman work.

But I'm having a hard time imagining what would heat the character up in today's market.  The combination of super-heroics, supernatural and human interest storytelling has been done multiple times over by Vertigo and its successors, so I don't think a comics revival would work.  And I'm not sure the super-heroic trappings (i.e. the circus costume) would translate well into TV or film.  And if we're left with simply a disembodied spirit running around inhabiting other bodies, well, that's also been done by the Patrick Swayze / Demi Moore movie Ghost.

Maybe there is hope for the character as part of an ensemble, such as the long-discussed Justice League Dark project.  Or maybe if they succeed in producing a ton of successful Batman movies, they eventually will get around to a supernatural take, looking towards the Deadman/Batman team-ups from Brave & Bold for inspiration.  :wishluck:

Yeah great points! I guess we’ll see what the future holds.

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Any way you sort it, you have to love this: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=MARVEL+TALES+ANNUAL+2+1965&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&rt=nc&_odkw=MARVEL+TALES+ANNUAL+1965+%232+&_osacat=0&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1

 

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Tales To Astonish #70 1st solo Namor in a regular series is starting to warm up.

An interesting listing, 2 pedigree's in one.

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Even though nobody in their right mind should believe the offer, apparently the owner of the internet famous ASM #14 that was defaced by an angry girlfriend (CBCS 1.8) was offered 100k for it at a con recently and turned it down.

If you do believe such 'credible offers' that are only substantiated by a random witness posting it around (who knows the owner) and no actual names given for the buyer then I would like you to know I have an ASM #2 CGC 1.0 that Sylvia Plath was reading on her death bed in 1963 fresh off the rack. It's true and I was just offered 300k for it by a very legit buyer, but I refused...but I am happy to make my fellow board members a deal and sell it to you for 100k. 

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On 11/6/2022 at 11:40 AM, Sauce Dog said:

Even though nobody in their right mind should believe the offer, apparently the owner of the internet famous ASM #14 that was defaced by an angry girlfriend (CBCS 1.8) was offered 100k for it at a con recently and turned it down.

If you do believe such 'credible offers' that are only substantiated by a random witness posting it around (who knows the owner) and no actual names given for the buyer then I would like you to know I have an ASM #2 CGC 1.0 that Sylvia Plath was reading on her death bed in 1963 fresh off the rack. It's true and I was just offered 300k for it by a very legit buyer, but I refused...but I am happy to make my fellow board members a deal and sell it to you for 100k. 

If it smells of oven gas, I'll make a credible offer :whatev:

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