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The DC Collection Is COMPLETE.
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brasseye

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I see no point in discussing Christine as she was not particularly civil to me, and because of that, any criticism of her would be unfair, especially as I don't know her as a person. Anything I say could be misinterpreted, so far more tactful to simply not discuss her at all. Please respect my wishes here.

 

Ian, yes completely understood. It's your perogative, and business, and not that an important issue either. I know she is private and that remains so, joining with your reflection of this as well.

 

Was there any other's that come close to the mark, I thought there was one or two other's who had made decent attempts over the years to accumulate every DC?

 

And in an interesting way, no Marvel equivalents that I'm aware of (shrug)

I won't take that as a bad reflection on us MMM boys ;)

 

 

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Ian_Levine

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Was there any other's that come close to the mark, I thought there was one or two other's who had made decent attempts over the years to accumulate every DC?

 

 

 

Jerome Wenker in Minneapolis is only missing a couple of hundred titles, but they're all the most expensive ones.

But like me, he has all the promos and every variant.

 

His collection is utterly amazing and he has been the greatest help to me that I could ever hope for.

 

He had the Superman/Bradman comic before anyone.

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The Remco Warlord is obviously a toy giveaway, isn't it? Weird Mystery Tales is the one I'm most puzzled by.

 

They were two advertising booklets, about a quarter the size of regular comics, containing preview panels of various DC and Vertigo mystery titles.

 

Who did they go to? Comic stores? Very interesting stuff.

 

Where do you draw the line - obviously the Weird Mystery Tales can be considered "comics", but what about something like this:

 

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or this:

 

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Ian_Levine

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Both seller and buyer seemed happy

 

I'm sure the buyer was happy.

I certainly would be at that price.

My friend Jerome will be gutted when he finds out he missed one for less than four hundred bucks.

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Ian_Levine

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Where do you draw the line - obviously the Weird Mystery Tales can be considered "comics", but what about something like this:

 

 

or this:

 

 

Oh but of course they are.

I have every Direct Currents. There were about 100.

I have every DC Preview, at least every one I'm aware of. Some were four pages, some were eight. Some are common, like the Stardust one you display, others like Beautiful Stories For Ugly Children and the Shadow War, are amongst the rarest items I have ever come across. But I tracked them all down.

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Ian Have you compiled a checklist of everything DC?

 

I am sure some on here could use such a list. The Premium, Giveaway list itself would be invaluable to aspiring collectors.

 

By the way, congrats on the task you set for yourself. And on the accomplishment.

 

It is wonderful

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Ian,

 

Thanks for posting all of these amazing promos. It's truely a once in a lifetime opportunity to see some of these. I am sure you had a very thorough filing system to keep track of each issue as you bought it. Have you ever gone back through them and recatalogued them?

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Where do you draw the line - obviously the Weird Mystery Tales can be considered "comics", but what about something like this:

 

 

or this:

 

 

Oh but of course they are.

I have every Direct Currents. There were about 100.

I have every DC Preview, at least every one I'm aware of. Some were four pages, some were eight. Some are common, like the Stardust one you display, others like Beautiful Stories For Ugly Children and the Shadow War, are amongst the rarest items I have ever come across. But I tracked them all down.

 

Do you have any sort of list with a concept of rarity for them? I get to go through a couple stores back rooms every now and then, and the previews and things pop up, anything I should be looking for?

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Ian,

 

Thanks for posting all of these amazing promos. It's truely a once in a lifetime opportunity to see some of these. I am sure you had a very thorough filing system to keep track of each issue as you bought it. Have you ever gone back through them and recatalogued them?

 

I have to recatalogue every couple of years to bring all the runs up to date. DC issue over a thousand comics a year.

 

This time I started in January 2007 and still haven't finished.

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I get to go through a couple stores back rooms every now and then, and the previews and things pop up, anything I should be looking for?

 

I just buy them whenever they come up if they're cheap.

I stockpile spares of them for the future.

One day people will realise just how scarce and collectible they are.

 

Over the years, even if thousands of giveaways were printed, most people just binned them.

 

I have had an automatic search going for a spare Dirt-Minator for four years now, and not one has ever ever turned up.

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