GreatCaesarsGhost Posted December 30, 2022 Author Share Posted December 30, 2022 On 12/30/2022 at 10:15 AM, Sauce Dog said: Most likely by request. Many people on the single pages group in Facebook ask them to reverse the page in the slab if it would put the better / more significant art at the front for display (as sometimes the page might have ads on the front but all the comic art on the back) Makes sense, but disturbs my OCD nonetheless gunsmokin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatCaesarsGhost Posted January 5, 2023 Author Share Posted January 5, 2023 Heritage has a “5th wrap” listed now, and it invites comparison to the “5th page”. Here’s a perfect example of “less is more”. grendel013 and Professor K 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsmokin Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Another pick up. GreatCaesarsGhost and szucchini 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsmokin Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 And two more. Msgarmar, aardvark88, Joseph Ragno and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatCaesarsGhost Posted January 9, 2023 Author Share Posted January 9, 2023 (edited) I’ve seen a lot of Bat 1 pages and a lot of AF 15 pages. I hadn’t seen many Spidey 1 pages and was shocked to find a printing mistake here. “Peter Palmer”??? it’s not like the Inverted Jenny, but I found this printing mistake interesting and I love seeing FF as drawn by Ditko Edited January 9, 2023 by GreatCaesarsGhost Msgarmar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 On 10/16/2022 at 11:45 AM, gadzukes said: Here is a page I found in a stack of coverless that wanted to share because it has a VERY interesting feature.... "Snappy" was a one page cartoon feature found in early Crack Comics. There's nothing super special about the feature BUT.... This particular page I found has the artist's info printed on some newsprint and glued to the back of this Snappy page. I imagine it was the way the artist Arthur Beeman got work? He would send single finished printed pages of his work around to different publishing houses? Kind of a cool piece of comic history. It's from Crack Comics 18 Has anyone seem anything like this before? I wanted to find out if there's any boardies who would be interested in owning this page. I would be happy to give it to you for free. I think it has value from a "comics history" perspective more than having any regular monetary value. If interested, PM me and I'll make it happen. Nowherebound 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatCaesarsGhost Posted March 30, 2023 Author Share Posted March 30, 2023 On 3/29/2023 at 11:12 AM, gadzukes said: I wanted to find out if there's any boardies who would be interested in owning this page. I would be happy to give it to you for free. I think it has value from a "comics history" perspective more than having any regular monetary value. If interested, PM me and I'll make it happen. That’s interesting, and a nice offer. You should keep this page for you. Do you think he must have drawn the art for the first page? It’s a cool style Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatCaesarsGhost Posted March 30, 2023 Author Share Posted March 30, 2023 In keeping with my MO, I picked up a page from a book I own, but prevented from ever opening. The page somehow enhances the fun of ownership for me gadzukes, szucchini, Nowherebound and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primetime Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 On 3/30/2023 at 4:19 PM, GreatCaesarsGhost said: In keeping with my MO, I picked up a page from a book I own, but prevented from ever opening. The page somehow enhances the fun of ownership for me Can’t think of anyone else who’s more nuts for that book 🤓🤔🤩 GreatCaesarsGhost 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatCaesarsGhost Posted March 31, 2023 Author Share Posted March 31, 2023 On 3/30/2023 at 8:26 PM, Primetime said: Can’t think of anyone else who’s more nuts for that book 🤓🤔🤩 and now there are 2 wolves Primetime and gunsmokin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatCaesarsGhost Posted May 29, 2023 Author Share Posted May 29, 2023 One of the odd things about collecting single pages is that they are all graded NGs, whether the page is ratty or pristine. And the people who collect them want pristine so they can display them. This anomaly renders GPA values meaningless because it’s impossible to know if the reported sale was for a good copy or bad. Professor K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatCaesarsGhost Posted June 7, 2023 Author Share Posted June 7, 2023 (edited) Prices being down the way they are, I’ve been able to pick up some more pages without breaking the bank. Another copy of Jokers first story appearance, and I’m especially happy with the last page of FF1. Such high adventure contained in a single page! Edited June 7, 2023 by GreatCaesarsGhost Joseph Ragno, Superman2006, Sauce Dog and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sauce Dog Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 (edited) Since I'm priced out of ever owning a complete copy this single page was my best option for getting my second favourite Bat-villian first appearance; Clayface (my main favourite is Scarecrow, which I luckily do own a coverless copy of his first appearance) Choose this page since it shows him in action, on a film set, and has Batman/Robin mentioning his NAME in panel (which I actually find important to have on some single pages - helps with recognition/context)...also a big bonus is him basically successfully killing Robin had Batman not rescued him from the water Edited November 8, 2023 by Sauce Dog Nowherebound and GreatCaesarsGhost 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 Nowherebound and GreatCaesarsGhost 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Ragno Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 Without this moment, there is no Spider-man Superman2006, aardvark88, GreatCaesarsGhost and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUECHIPCOLLECTIBLES Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 Not a fan of encouraging the disassembly of books, but when the pages are loose and one of them happens to be the thing that mostly makes it valuable it makes beaucoup sense to slab it. Nowherebound, GreatCaesarsGhost, Joseph Ragno and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen514 Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 The holy grail of single pages in my opinion is up for auction https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/superhero/action-comics-1-page-1-only-dc-1938-cgc-pg-brittle-pages/a/7342-94001.s?ic2=mybidspage-lotlinks-12202013&tab=MyBids-101116 🍿 GreatCaesarsGhost, aardvark88, Superman2006 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatCaesarsGhost Posted November 16, 2023 Author Share Posted November 16, 2023 Holy moly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Ragno Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 On 11/16/2023 at 8:38 AM, GreatCaesarsGhost said: Holy moly! that was my bid, but I have since been outbid. My wife can now breathe a sigh of relief... unless I change my mind... Superman2006, GreatCaesarsGhost and LDarkseid1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator CGC Mike Posted November 16, 2023 Administrator Share Posted November 16, 2023 I remember getting laughed at for paying $3700 for the first WRAP of Action #1 off-white pages 15 or 16 years ago. (no longer in my collection) Times have changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...