Popular Post SuperBird Posted April 21, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2020 (edited) Action Comics 44! Another great Nazi cover. This was the second-to-last book I was able to acquire from a ComicConnect auction in 2018 (23 was the last one). I was anxious to finish at that point, so probably over-payed. Edited April 21, 2020 by SuperBird thedude, BuscemasAvengers, Yorick and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SuperBird Posted April 21, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2020 (edited) Let's post two again and catch up for my lost week. Action Comics 43! The WW2 covers from 40-63 are the most dynamic of the run, and this one's no exception. I suppose Supes could probably take out entire troops of Germans at super speed if he wanted to. Would this guy have even seen Clark coming for him? #doubtful I bought this copy off of a boardie many moons ago. So many I have no record of it. Edited April 21, 2020 by SuperBird thedude, Yorick, OtherEric and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 On 4/20/2020 at 12:44 PM, SuperBird said: That is a fantastic case label, "First Appearance of Stuff." I want that on all of my books. Keys_Collector 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowzilla Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 6 hours ago, SuperBird said: Let's post two again and catch up for my lost week. The reported stolen story is what we need to catch up. But loving everything so far. The 63 is still my favorite of this run. Yorick and Keys_Collector 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 39 minutes ago, Crowzilla said: The reported stolen story is what we need to catch up. You'll have to wait until Action 32 for that. And just wait 'til you see the 4-part Action 23 story. Keys_Collector, Crowzilla, Yorick and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SuperBird Posted April 22, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 22, 2020 Action Comics 42! The 1st appearance of Vigilante, back then a cowboy of some sort? All I remember is the 80s series where he had some kind of motorcycle racing outfit on. And I think he was on Arrow at some point? Who knows. But the black colors and symmetrical layout of this cover are awesome. I "splurged" and went for a 6.5 copy, bought from a dealer off eBay (I forget which). Keys_Collector, Point Five, OtherEric and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keys_Collector Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Love that simple bullet trajectory ricocheting off Superman from that Action 42 cover. Looking forward to seeing a group shot eventually of all of these books together. SuperBird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SuperBird Posted April 22, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 22, 2020 Action Comics 41! I know I say a lot of these are "my favorite covers" but this one really is. It was one of the first I collected back in the early 2000's, on a trip down to the old Metropolis space / movie poster museum. The original copy I bought had a spine roll that hid a tiny punch hole that went through the whole book, so when I decided to slab them all, I sold that copy and upgraded to this one. Still not the best copy, as so many of these have the cover printed offset, showing the white from the back cover as it wraps around the front. I really regret not buying a number of higher grade, better presenting copies that I saw over the years, but I was trying to fill in so many holes in the collection at the time it just never happened. I bought this copy as a BIN off eBay a few years back, and I still have an extra VG copy floating around. Keys_Collector, mlansdown, Point Five and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 Action Comics 40! More WW2 nazi-smashing sweetness. I think I've owned 4 copies of this book over the years, upgrading over and over, from a fair, to a good, to a GVG, and finally to this sweet-looking 4.0 I won off of Heritage. Of all the main auction sites, I have found that Heritage usually had the highest realized prices. Only 2 comics from the entire run were purchased from there, as opposed to a dozen+ from ComicConnect and Comiclink. Point Five, OtherEric, comicdonna and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicdonna Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 I like how you carefully chose books where the eye appeal is better than the technical grade. That is exactly what I did, when working on my Action run. SuperBird and Keys_Collector 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 52 minutes ago, comicdonna said: I like how you carefully chose books where the eye appeal is better than the technical grade. That is exactly what I did, when working on my Action run. Yeah, I was "collecting on a budget", as ridiculous as that sounds for something that cost what it did, relatively speaking. Keys_Collector and comicdonna 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SuperBird Posted April 23, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2020 (edited) Action Comics 39! The cover that spawned my boards avatar. I made a lowball offer to a guy on eBay for this copy when it was raw, which he countered to. Asked @thedudeif it was a good deal, to which he replied "Are you nuts? Buy it right now." So I did. It was one of a bunch of books that I stupidly consigned through a dealer at a local con around 10 years ago. This was my first CGC interaction of any kind, and for some reason I thought it would be the better way to go. The dealer gives me a smudged carbon copy as a "receipt" which I can barely read. I followed up a few months later when I heard nothing, then a few months after that. Nothing again. There was no way CGC could track it for me without the account info, and I had to take the dealer at his word that he'd actually submitted it, and it wasn't lost or stolen somewhere. 9 months later, after a press and slab, I did finally get the book. I made my own CGC account not long after. Edited April 23, 2020 by SuperBird Tri-Color Brian, Keys_Collector, Yorick and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedude Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 great book! the highest I ever had on this issue was a 4.0. SuperBird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 Action Comics 38! For whatever reason, it's one of the most common early GA Actions. I always liked this cover, and think it's one of the better yellow ones in the run. (There are a plethora of yellow covers coming up.) I won this copy from a ComicConnect auction a few years ago. comicdonna, OtherEric, thedude and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 (edited) Action Comics 37! I own many Action Comics in CGC slabs, all numbered sequentially. This is one of them. Bought off eBay at some point. Edited April 24, 2020 by SuperBird Keys_Collector, thedude and OtherEric 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 10 hours ago, SuperBird said: all numbered sequentially I might need to reholder some of my own sets in order to accomplish this. OCD DEMANDS IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SuperBird Posted April 25, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 25, 2020 (edited) Action Comics 36! The one-and-only robot cover. This generously-graded slabbed 4.0 copy came up as a BIN on eBay one day... Edited April 25, 2020 by SuperBird thedude, Point Five, OtherEric and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted April 26, 2020 Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 Action Comics 35! When I first started collecting golden age comics, my wife kindly humored me by coming along and attending shows. It was at one of the local NYC ones that no longer exist where we saw this book, sold as a raw VG+, and she bought for me as a birthday present. At that point I was sticking exclusively to WW2 covers, and this one fit the bill. A decade later, CGC agreed with the grade. OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 (edited) Action Comics 34! One of a run of yellow-ish Superman covers that span from the 20s to the 30s. I kept a running post in the forum's WTB section throughout my collecting days, but was actually only able to find 2 issues via that route, this one and number 23.This one was sold to me by a boardie whose name I've lost record of as a 6.5 slab from that other company. It's so nice in hand that when my wife saw it, she admonished me for collecting anything less than 6.5s A few years later I had it reslabbed by CGC, who agreed with the grade. Edited April 27, 2020 by SuperBird Keys_Collector 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keys_Collector Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 19 minutes ago, SuperBird said: It's so nice in hand that when my wife saw it, she.admonished me for collecting anything less than 6.5s :/. If only everyone had that problem SuperBird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...