Marvel Mystery Comics #6

[Shield]

How cute!

 

 

 

 

Link to Heritage Auction

[143ksk]

I suspect whoever "restored" that book had a lot of fun doing it. Looks like a labor of love to me

[Arty]

I suspect whoever "restored" that book had a lot of fun doing it. Looks like a labor of love to me

 

Exactly!

 

I wonder would CGC grade and encapsulate that?

[Silver Surfer]

I'm going to bid on it.

[SignatureSelect]

Hey children have to start restoring at an early age now to learn how to properly do it when they are 20. But honestly that is the worst restoration job I have ever seen and I have seen alot of bad restoration.

[Silver Surfer]

High bidder.

[dgillock]

If I won the lottery tomorrow, I would bid on every book ever offered from this "restorer's" collection. Cool find and obviuosly an act of love.

[Shield]

High bidder.

 

Now I am! Don't outbid me - I genuinely want to read the thing!

[Silver Surfer]

High bidder.

 

Now I am! Don't outbid me - I genuinely want to read the thing!

 

Likewise.

[Shield]

High bidder.

 

Now I am! Don't outbid me - I genuinely want to read the thing!

 

Likewise.

 

Well, let's make a gentleman's agreement - let's not bid each other up, and if I win it I'll read it then send it to you.

 

Fair? I put $25 on it.

 

Shawn

[jim1968]

I've read that copy, the inside is actually pretty nice.

The cover was hand drawn in either the '50s or '60s

The book was also part of a large collection of "low grade" golden age out of the Fort Worth, Texas area. I have the Cap Marvel #18 from the collection.

A friend of mine owns the Marvel #6 that's how I know all of this.

[Silver Surfer]

I'd like to own a cheap copy even if the cover if fake but I'm not going to go crazy on it. Not sure if just two pages are original or all of it is fake?

[PUNYHUMAN]

YIKES!!! I don't mind restored Golden Age books, but that one takes the cake.

[jim1968]

I'd like to own a cheap copy even if the cover if fake but I'm not going to go crazy on it. Not sure if just two pages are original or all of it is fake?

It's just a coverless copy, with a hand-drawn cover.

[Larryw7]

I wonder if this is from the same collection?

 

[Silver Surfer]

What a shame.

[jim1968]

If you've had that Detective for less than 2 1/2 years it may well be from the same collection! If you've had it longer its from somewhere else.......

[Larryw7]

I got it from Metro a little less than a year ago. But I have no idea how long they had it in stock before that.

[jim1968]

Could be from the same collection then, stuff does tend to circulate!

There were several "hand drawn" covers in the overall collection. But they were mostly pre - 1945 books.

The guy probably got the copies that the covers had been torn from for credit on the cheap and drew covers from memory.

Since 1979 I've had 1 Marvel Comics #1, 0 #2, 1 of #3, 1 of #4, 1 of #5, 0 of #6, 2 of #7, 2 of #8, 1 of #9, 3 of #10.

So in my opinion #6 is tough, coverless or not!

[krazykat-migration]

Nice find. that mustbe a rare one.