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Show Us Your Atlas Books - Have A Cigar
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RICK STARR

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Zzutak-

 

Any idea if there are any Mile High pedigree Marvel Tales out there? Have you run across any? The only one I have seen is 95.

 

 

I purchase the MT 93 and 94 from Rozansky. While the 93 was structurally incredible, it had a large 3 or 4 inch piece torn off the back cover, hence the Fine grade in the cat. listing. The 94, well I do not know who has it now, but it was practically flawless. Probably an easy 9.4 , at least. Traded them off years and years ago. :frustrated:

 

 

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RICK STARR

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Rick over the years have you ever seen any Marvel Tales or Strange Tales Mile High comics come up for sale/auction?

 

Also, how long ago did you part with the 93 and 94?

 

Thanks Rick!

 

Johnny

 

 

 

Never seen any Strange tales . MT's, I am not sure. I may have seen some for sale but cannot remember. It has been over 20 years since I parted with the 93 and 94. These books are probably locked away in collections and may not see the light of day for many, many moons.

 

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Heritage auctions has no results for any Marvel Tales or Strange Tales Mile highs, nor does any other auction sites with searchable records.

 

I am very curious what happened to the rest....

 

I wonder if there is anyway to check which ones of these were ever slabbed assuming they were not slabbed they would have to be raw somewhere or perhaps they were handled (and the grade diminished to an extent slabbing was no longer considered) or perhaps the pedigree info was lost or otherwise forgotten about and they are just floating around.

 

Would love to know where they ended up.

 

Johnny

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Just WOW on the Marvel Tales! I've got to go with 130 and 151 as my faves, and still need a decent copy of 130 which just about never seems to turn up.

 

Agreed I have a mid grade + copy of 130 but have been looking for a fine or better copy for a long, long time. No luck so far...

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Zzutak is this original Mile High price guide available in full somewhere on the internet?

Check out the Mile High Comics web site.

 

Many of the Church books from the 1950s are probably lost forever. In the beginning, Chuck was not promoting his find as a "pedigreed" collection. Aside from the fresh inks and white pages, the Atom Age books often bore little resemblance to the the true Golden Age material. In fact, about half of the Atlas books (including most of the Journey Into Mystery and Strange Tales issues) were in the VG to FN range -- and quite inexpensive, relative to the NM/NM+ books from the well-known GA titles. The early Atlas buyers really had no reason to treat their purchases as anything special.

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Zzutak is this original Mile High price guide available in full somewhere on the internet?

Check out the Mile High Comics web site.

 

Many of the Church books from the 1950s are probably lost forever. In the beginning, Chuck was not promoting his find as a "pedigreed" collection. Aside from the fresh inks and white pages, the Atom Age books often bore little resemblance to the the true Golden Age material. In fact, about half of the Atlas books (including most of the Journey Into Mystery and Strange Tales issues) were in the VG to FN range -- and quite inexpensive, relative to the NM/NM+ books from the well-known GA titles. The early Atlas buyers really had no reason to treat their purchases as anything special.

 

This is what I was thinking.

 

I am sure a lot of the original buyers of the early Marvel Tales and Strange Tales didn't realize at the time what they had and there is no doubt some are lost forever. It is unfortunate as hell as I would love to see them reassembled.

 

Johnny545

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RICK STARR

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..... goodies from the Richmond show. GOD BLESS...

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

 

Nice pick ups Jimbo.

My favorite is the WOF 2. Best cover in the run and one of in all post code Atlas.

 

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That book came from Dave Shankle out of Tennessee........ Convention Gypsy Extraordinaire. The Two Gun came from Gene Carpenter..... a steady source of many nicer Atlas books. GOD BLESS...

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

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