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[hulksmashdave]

Absolutely nobody on these boards has the ability to bury the hatchet.

 

 

I have enjoyed my 6 years here,

I take the good with the bad with the best of them.

 

I plan to stick around for awhile,

an those that don't like it can go blow a horse!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IBTL

[DiceX]

Absolutely nobody on these boards has the ability to bury the hatchet.

 

 

I have enjoyed my 6 years here,

I take the good with the bad with the best of them.

 

I plan to stick around for awhile,

an those that don't like it can go blow a horse!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Any idea how many "Should Wally leave the boards?" FDQ threads there are?

Roughly would do, I don't need an exact count.

 

 

[Wally's Comics]

Absolutely nobody on these boards has the ability to bury the hatchet.

 

 

I have enjoyed my 6 years here,

I take the good with the bad with the best of them.

 

I plan to stick around for awhile,

an those that don't like it can go blow a horse!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Any idea how many "Should Wally leave the boards?" FDQ threads there are?

Roughly would do, I don't need an exact count.

 

 

 

 

That's Evil!...

 

and I love it!

 

 

 

 

[Transplant]

Absolutely nobody on these boards has the ability to bury the hatchet.

 

 

I have enjoyed my 6 years here,

I take the good with the bad with the best of them.

 

I plan to stick around for awhile,

an those that don't like it can go blow a horse!

 

 

Any idea how many "Should Wally leave the boards?" FDQ threads there are?

Roughly would do, I don't need an exact count.

 

I can't give an exact count, but I did a quick search and found this gem of mine in a Nerf FDQ thread:

 

I think you should stay. Most of your posts are a contribution to the boards.

 

May this forever haunt me.

[seanfingh]

Absolutely nobody on these boards has the ability to bury the hatchet.

 

 

I have enjoyed my 6 years here,

I take the good with the bad with the best of them.

 

I plan to stick around for awhile,

an those that don't like it can go blow a horse!

 

 

Any idea how many "Should Wally leave the boards?" FDQ threads there are?

Roughly would do, I don't need an exact count.

 

I can't give an exact count, but I did a quick search and found this gem of mine is a Nerf FDQ thread:

 

I think you should stay. Most of your posts are a contribution to the boards.

 

May this forever haunt me.

 

I forgive you.

[hulksmashdave]

Absolutely nobody on these boards has the ability to bury the hatchet.

 

 

I have enjoyed my 6 years here,

I take the good with the bad with the best of them.

 

I plan to stick around for awhile,

an those that don't like it can go blow a horse!

 

 

Any idea how many "Should Wally leave the boards?" FDQ threads there are?

Roughly would do, I don't need an exact count.

 

I can't give an exact count, but I did a quick search and found this gem of mine is a Nerf FDQ thread:

 

I think you should stay. Most of your posts are a contribution to the boards.

 

May this forever haunt me.

 

I forgive you.

 

I'll pray for you.

[Transplant]

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Bliss.

[DiceX]

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You really should learn more social skills

 

 

 

[PokerKid]

I got up the energy to go through about half of this thread. Nice reward half way through (posted below).

 

Ian, great stuff and I have appreciated the information you have been sharing.

 

 

 

 

 

[Wally's Comics]

Absolutely nobody on these boards has the ability to bury the hatchet.

 

 

I have enjoyed my 6 years here,

I take the good with the bad with the best of them.

 

I plan to stick around for awhile,

an those that don't like it can go blow a horse!

 

 

Any idea how many "Should Wally leave the boards?" FDQ threads there are?

Roughly would do, I don't need an exact count.

 

I can't give an exact count, but I did a quick search and found this gem of mine is a Nerf FDQ thread:

 

I think you should stay. Most of your posts are a contribution to the boards.

 

May this forever haunt me.

 

I forgive you.

 

I'll pray for you.

 

 

 

 

[Wally's Comics]

I got up the energy to go through about half of this thread. Nice reward half way through (posted below).

 

Ian, great stuff and I have appreciated the information you have been sharing.

 

 

 

 

 

That is what this thread is all about!

 

The hell with the naysayers there Ian!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[hulksmashdave]

 

 

 

It is a beautiful picture.

[ashsaytr]

I got up the energy to go through about half of this thread. Nice reward half way through (posted below).

 

Ian, great stuff and I have appreciated the information you have been sharing.

 

 

 

 

 

That is what this thread is all about!

 

The hell with the naysayers there Ian!

 

hey Ian don't know whats going on... or really care... awesome set of books you've got there!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Wally's Comics]

John Holmes wish he had a set like that!

 

 

 

 

 

[etanick]

wowza of a collection...that must have have been one hell of a chase to put that together..truly remarkable

 

 

 

[PokerKid]

OK, upon Ian's return in 2008, the snarky comments declined and he shared a lot of good information and photos. (I was constantly terrified there would be a playing card on one of them.) I spliced together a couple of posts that give some insight into the collection and his thoughts. As a side note, when I was collecting as a kid in the '80s, completing the Justice League run was my first big achievement and made me feel I could really get into this comic collecting thing. I wish that I had been able to keep chasing - although completing every DC run was never a consideration.

 

 

While the actual price might not be in range a few have mentioned. The total amount of expense in an endeavour like this is the travel, time, incidental costs, shipping, etc that went into putting it together.

 

Besides no one who would simply write you one check and cart it off, might never understand the effort it took to gather this collection.

 

That is one of the intangibles that every collector who has sought and missed many more than they caught knows all too well.

 

But makes that eventual find all the more sweet.

 

 

Throughout 2003 and 2004, I spent ten hours a day seven days a week on e-Bay.

Plus bought extensively off Harley and Metropolis and Rich Muchin and Gary Dolgoff.

 

Plus spent endless Sundays at UK comic cons till my feet ached, looking through every single dealer's boxes.

 

Plus did endless research to track down everything I was missing once I decided to take my forty year quest and finally comp;lete it once and for all.

 

I remortgaged my house to do it.

I sold all my Doctor Who film prints, my extensive and unique collection of Doctor Who props, and every valuable Northern Soul and Motown record that I possessed, after collecting them avidly for also a forty year period.

 

I sacrificed everything I had and everything I possessed to complete my comic collection, deciding it was better to have one definitive collection of something, rather than four collections that would always remain somewhat incomplete.

 

You cannot put a value on that amount of man hours other than as a quest to achieve a person's lifetime goal.

 

I'm sure Ian has an interesting story on how he acquired most of his books, since many are so rare. Hey Ian, you should start a thread where every day you post one story about one particular issue in your collection. I am sure all of us would like to know the stories behind your keys, the books you had a hard time with, and the books that are special to you.

 

 

Well the Big Book Of Fun Comics came from Dave The Dentist.

 

Action 1-4 and 6-10 came from Harley Yee.

 

Detective 1 came from Metropolis

 

Detectives 3 and 4 came from Harold Hill

 

Double Action 2 caused a huge amount of grief and eventually came from Metropolis after a very public argument about it.

 

Action 5 and 15 came from Robert Rogovin

 

Buzzy 70 was a wonderful gift from Shield.

 

etc etc

 

In 1973 when I was a kid, I visited a comic shop in London called "Dark They Were And Golden Eyed" and met another teenager working there who helped me fill in gaps in my collection. His name was Mike Lake. He took me down to the basement full of second hand comics, and he sold me Brave and the Bold 28, 29, 30, and Justice League, 1 through 22 apart from the ones I already had, which were 4, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 17, 20. I was HOOKED. I had a complete run from 23 onwards so this was the fulfillment of my dream, to complete my Justcie League run.

 

He then started supplying me with every new DC every week.

 

He then formed a new company called Titan, selling wholesale out of an old mini-warehouse in Askew Lane in Acton.

 

Titan grew and grew in size until Mike became the first proper comics distributor in the UK.

 

He then opened up a shop in Denmark Street called Forbidden Planet, and every time anyone brought in a Golden Age DC, I had first dibs on it. This was now around 1976, I think. I got New Adventure 13, Green Lantern 16 in near mint, Action 28 and 31, Detective 37, and several All Star Comics, Flash, and Wonder Womans.

 

In the end he sold out his shares in Titan and Forbidden Planet to his partner and retired, But lets say I probably wouldn't have my collection now at all if it weren't for Mike Lake.

 

Fandom in the U.K. may not have been as developed back then as it is now, but the early 1970s were a crucial period nevertheless. 1973 was the year when U.S. comics took off in the U.K., with the first speciality shops appearing, and people like Austin and Skinn starting fanzines and yes, even price guides.

 

Within a year Stan Lee was at the Roundhouse in North London for the first U.K. Marvel Con. The buzz was definitely there, and collectors were very much interested in what old comics went for, especially those that were rarely seen in the U.K. up to that point. Good times...

 

One of 21 cool covers put together by fans for these CCC:

 

And the very public trade of New Adventure #14 and More Fun #58 for:

[Ian_Levine]

I got up the energy to go through about half of this thread. Nice reward half way through

 

Ian, great stuff and I have appreciated the information you have been sharing.

 

 

 

I'm impressed how sharp they are.

The jpgs I have show a lot less detail.

[Ian_Levine]

I got up the energy to go through about half of this thread. Nice reward half way through (posted below).

 

Ian, great stuff and I have appreciated the information you have been sharing.

 

 

 

Further to what someone said earlier, they don't look all that low grade and tatty to me.

[Ian_Levine]

One of 21 cool covers put together by fans for these CCC:

 

 

Oh My God

 

I'd forgotten how amazing the artwork for that set was.

 

Not many people have a complete set of those.

 

Stunningly beautiful.

[Ian_Levine]

OK, upon Ian's return in 2008, the snarky comments declined and he shared a lot of good information and photos.

 

 

Throughout 2003 and 2004, I spent ten hours a day seven days a week on e-Bay.

Plus bought extensively off Harley and Metropolis and Rich Muchin and Gary Dolgoff.

 

Plus spent endless Sundays at UK comic cons till my feet ached, looking through every single dealer's boxes.

 

Plus did endless research to track down everything I was missing once I decided to take my forty year quest and finally comp;lete it once and for all.

 

I remortgaged my house to do it.

I sold all my Doctor Who film prints, my extensive and unique collection of Doctor Who props, and every valuable Northern Soul and Motown record that I possessed, after collecting them avidly for also a forty year period.

 

I sacrificed everything I had and everything I possessed to complete my comic collection, deciding it was better to have one definitive collection of something, rather than four collections that would always remain somewhat incomplete.

 

You cannot put a value on that amount of man hours other than as a quest to achieve a person's lifetime goal.

 

 

This is all absolutely true.