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Show us your beater Holy Grail !

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thedude

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Great book Durden08 thumbsup2.gif

 

Love those early Actions.....and it's a Shuster cover !!.

 

Elvis....that's a great Supes #14 for $80.00,, I'm jealous, I want a Supes #14... maybe someday...

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Elvis

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Great deal on that Superman #14. Here's my 2.5 copy of Action #17. One of my favorite covers.

 

Wow, what a classic cover. Displays great. I love those old Actions that have dates on top from the 30's. So cool. This cover has it all! Nice one!!!!

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Bat-Hound

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Here is a good one for this board. I took a chance on a newbie ebay seller who had no pic and picked up a superman 14 cover with no interior. Turned out to be semi decent (but someone had folded it into 3rds long ago so it had 3 creases across).A year or so later, superman 14 coverless showed up on ebay.

 

Married the two...

 

Total paid: $80.

 

Displays great and its complete but the cover is not attached to the interior.

 

 

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Your book shows well. It just shows with a little patience you can put a reasonable looking book together at a low price! 893applaud-thumb.gifAll I need now is to find a nice cover for this: File0037.jpg[/img]
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Point Five

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Thanks again for starting this whole thread, paull. Lots of great books here the last few days. This is the place to be!

 

 

There's something quite nice about seeing a beater/reader copy of a rare grail on these boards...for instance, I see polished reproductions of the original Detective #31 cover all the time, or even an occasional high-grade copy, but Bat-Hound's #31 visibly looks like an old COMIC BOOK that was read and enjoyed years ago. Very cool.

 

 

 

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Point Five

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I much agree with you Durden08 about the early Superman covers too (though I'm drooling over the Superman #14!). So many great artists in those early years, but I always come back to Joe Shuster's covers...so powerful, and yet such an early-GA "innocence" to them too. Any more very early Shuster Action or Superman beaters out there? Show 'em if you got 'em! cool.gif

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Any more very early Shuster Action or Superman beaters out there? Show 'em if you got 'em! cool.gif

 

I posted this earlier in the thread but it has become relevant again. No back cover and beat up interior but it displays so much better than its actual grade...

 

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Larryw7

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The colors on that BATMAN #5 are really bright. Not bad for a half cover book!

My Bat 5 is about a G/VG, but it does have some amatuer resto, so I guess it does qualify as a beater in some respects.

 

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*paull*

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This one qualifies as close to beater... Young Men #24 with a couple missing corners and tape on the spine. Goes well with the detached cover Cap #74, so I don't have any desire to upgrade.

 

I bought this about 8 years ago when the pre-code and Atlas hero craze happened and surely overpaid for it. At the time, the book was pretty tough to find.

 

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Larryw7

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This one qualifies as close to beater... Young Men #24 with a couple missing corners and tape on the spine. Goes well with the detached cover Cap #74, so I don't have any desire to upgrade.

 

I bought this about 8 years ago when the pre-code and Atlas hero craze happened and surely overpaid for it. At the time, the book was pretty tough to find.

 

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Another book worthy of hail.gif

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Bat-Hound

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The colors on that BATMAN #5 are really bright. Not bad for a half cover book!

My Bat 5 is about a G/VG, but it does have some amatuer resto, so I guess it does qualify as a beater in some respects.

 

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Nice book Doiby! Is that piece replacement near bottom right corner or massive color touch? Maybe you should submit to CGC and get a blue 893crossfingers-thumb.gif I'm going to submit this and get a qualified 27_laughing.gifFile0051.jpg[/img]
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Larryw7

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The colors on that BATMAN #5 are really bright. Not bad for a half cover book!

My Bat 5 is about a G/VG, but it does have some amatuer resto, so I guess it does qualify as a beater in some respects.

 

scan00037ws.jpg

Nice book Doiby! Is that piece replacement near bottom right corner or massive color touch? Maybe you should submit to CGC and get a blue 893crossfingers-thumb.gif I'm going to submit this and get a qualified 27_laughing.gifFile0051.jpg[/img]

 

It's a piece replacement down on the bottom right.

 

You're Batman #47 is very nice looking, even with the missing logo. I have a VG+ unrestored(I hope!).

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*paull*

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Silver Surfer... are you asking if I want to sell the Young Men #24?

 

Probably not at this point. If you asked me a few months ago, I might have done it, but since I now have a Cap #74, I'm more inclined to keep it.

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