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[Mucheee1]

[Frisco Larson]

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[Susanville]

[fifties]

[Frisco Larson]

On its way to my house!

[L'Angelo Misterioso]

[vaultkeeper]

[Susanville]

Recent Heritage win...

[Robot Man]

Well it’s taken me what seems like a million years but yesterday the mailman brought me the final piece to the puzzle. I bought my first one back in the mid ‘70’s. But one just kept eluding me.

Here is now my complete pre-code run of Astonishing plus a handful of post code ones. Mostly Everett covers. At this point I probably just need a couple of post codes and a couple upgrades.

[Mr.Fantastic]

On 6/16/2023 at 10:31 AM, Robot Man said:

Well it’s taken me what seems like a million years but yesterday the mailman brought me the final piece to the puzzle. I bought my first one back in the mid ‘70’s. But one just kept eluding me.

Here is now my complete pre-code run of Astonishing plus a handful of post code ones. Mostly Everett covers. At this point I probably just need a couple of post codes and a couple upgrades.

Quite literally an Astonishing run, congrats.

[Jayman]

On 6/16/2023 at 11:31 AM, Robot Man said:

Well it’s taken me what seems like a million years but yesterday the mailman brought me the final piece to the puzzle.

What was the final book you needed?

[Robot Man]

On 6/16/2023 at 3:51 PM, Jayman said:

What was the final book you needed?

This one. A fairly big one in the run with a classic cover. Just got away back in the day when these were reasonable. Time caught up and finally found the right copy for the right price at the right time. A perfect storm. I love Everett and this is pretty much him cover to cover. So stoked to have finally landed a copy!

[fifties]

On 6/16/2023 at 4:35 PM, Robot Man said:

This one. A fairly big one in the run with a classic cover. Just got away back in the day when these were reasonable. Time caught up and finally found the right copy for the right price at the right time. A perfect storm. I love Everett and this is pretty much him cover to cover. So stoked to have finally landed a copy!

Oh hell Bob, those grow on trees. 

Here's mine.

[Jayman]

On 6/16/2023 at 7:35 PM, Robot Man said:

This one. A fairly big one in the run with a classic cover. Just got away back in the day when these were reasonable. Time caught up and finally found the right copy for the right price at the right time. A perfect storm. I love Everett and this is pretty much him cover to cover. So stoked to have finally landed a copy!

Very nice! Thanks for sharing. I love to hear about the last issue one needs to complete a run or set. It’s not always the most expensive or rare book, and usually has an interesting story! 
I also have a copy, and while not cheap, I think of it as the poor man’s Wonder World #7.

Edited June 17, 2023 by Jayman

[Robot Man]

On 6/17/2023 at 7:32 AM, Jayman said:

Very nice! Thanks for sharing. I love to hear about the last issue one needs to complete a run or set. It’s not always the most expensive or rare book, and usually has an interesting story! 

Thanks. I think other than #3 or #30 probably the most expensive one in the run.

I have thought about going for Marvel Boy #1-2 just to really be complete. But don’t really care that much other than the Everett. Probably not worth the cost to me unless they fall into my lap like this one did. 

[Robot Man]

While I had them out, here are a few more I really like. Might upgrade but I can probably live with these.

[Illustrious]

Finally got my #76 graded, and to my delight it came back the exact grade as my #77 and #78, so now I have the 3.0 trinity: