Tales to Astonish Appreciation Thread 1 1

[sfilosa]

Nice TTA #67.

 

Love that cover.

[Guest]

Ok, I just got this book a little while ago, and I have to say it's been a firm favourite for most of the time I've been a collector. So to get this copy for me is simply fantastic. I know there are higher graded copies about, but that doesn't concern me, this copy is simply stunning!

[Guest]

Also I wanted to show a more recent pick up from the clink. Again a stunning example for the latter part of this run. And you can see why Sten Lee whenever referencing TTA in other books he called it the 'Hulk' series.

Edited August 12, 2006 by Mr Pym

[Guest]

Ok, I'm chomping on the bit here...I'll go for a tic-tac toe for the heck of it....

 

Here is the big one...is scarcity terms. Stunnigly to all concerned the 9.6 copy of this book sold on Pedigree for $1250.00 recently. Which even to myself and another die hard TTA collector was outrageous. But someone obviously knew what they were after.

This cover in particular always conjure's a very 60's feel. Just the stylising of the city-scape, the body postitioning, and the colour's all say sixties. Which outside of books purposely directed to capture the times, is something I can't say of comic book cover's. They always have a feel, and distinguish themsleves as a stand alone art form of their respective decades, only adhering in terms of other earlier comic books...funnily enough.

[sfilosa]

GREAT STUFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[adamstrange]

GREAT STUFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I agree.

 

And the proceeds from their sale will make a nice down payment on the rock for the engagement ring.

[Guest]

GREAT STUFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I agree.

 

And the proceeds from their sale will make a nice down payment on the rock for the engagement ring.

 

The old well used phrase "not over my dead body" springs to mind!

[Mister Trent]

Ok, I just got this book a little while ago, and I have to say it's been a firm favourite for most of the time I've been a collector. So to get this copy for me is simply fantastic. I know there are higher graded copies about, but that doesn't concern me, this copy is simply stunning!

 

Stephen Donnelly has the original artwork for this cover, available for trade or sale on his CAF Galleries. Likely to be expensive, but if folks are willing to pay bags of $$$s for high grade copies of the comic-book, the original art doesn't seem like an unrealistic option . . .

 

I own the original covers to #s 96 and 98, incidentally, which are my favourite Sub-Mariner (cover) images of the TTA run.

[tth2]

This cover in particular always conjure's a very 60's feel. Just the stylising of the city-scape, the body postitioning, and the colour's all say sixties. Which outside of books purposely directed to capture the times, is something I can't say of comic book cover's. They always have a feel, and distinguish themsleves as a stand alone art form of their respective decades, only adhering in terms of other earlier comic books...funnily enough.

I agree the cover is very representative of the period. But Colan inked by Colletta, not one of my favorite combinations!

[Silver Surfer]

PYM, very nice books. I really love some of those TTA's.

[mr_highgrade]

Got this back from Sunny Sarasota a couple of months ago.

 

Edited August 20, 2006 by mr_highgrade

[netpooch]

Picked this up on eBay a few months ago. My first TTA.

 

[Korvac Saga]

Picked this up on eBay a few months ago. My first TTA.

 

Never seen this one before. Cool book!!!!

[tth2]

Nice book, and very cool cover!

[Sharkey]

Oh yeah, baby, give the pre-hero TTAs some loooooove!

[TheWatcher]

Picked this up on eBay a few months ago. My first TTA.

 

 

Man, that is one nice book. Congrats on the purchase.

[Guest]

Picked this up on eBay a few months ago. My first TTA.

 

Never seen this one before. Cool book!!!!

 

Ditto, and I thought I'd seen all of them. Very cool, and somewhat surreal if you don't mind me adding.

[Guest]

Ok Steve, I hope you don't mind. I picked this up from Doug in a heart beat when you offered up your TTA's. I quite frankly I'm surprised you didn't hang onto at least one book of your run...and if it was to be, I thought it would certainly be this one.

[Guest]

Ok, here's a new addtion to the TTA census. An extremely high grade #70. This book is simply stunning! Published the same monthas FF #41 to give you a chronological feel, and print run of 224,346. Which in the scheme of the print run of this ttile isn't to bad, in fact quite good

TTA was a slow burner, (but highly succressful in modern terms!), with the print run increasing throughout the entirety of the run. It hit the 200K print run figure at issue #51, and made the 250k figure at issue #75, finishing out at issue #101 with 277,857! (same date FF #74 344,865). And just is case your curious, issue #27 139,167

 

Edited August 28, 2006 by Mr Pym

[Korvac Saga]

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