plady69 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Been a few years since I posted! Any thoughts on the topic? I have them all and I am leaning towards Showcase #6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 it's this one..... Tri-Color Brian, OtherEric and FoggyNelson 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post innocuous Posted February 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2022 On 2/12/2022 at 9:17 AM, 1950's war comics said: it's this one..... ThothAmon, pemart1966, 10centcomics and 6 others 7 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KirbyJack Posted February 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2022 I’ll nominate Our Army At War 83. JollyComics, Jordysnordy, JTLarsen and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolverineX Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 On 2/12/2022 at 11:57 AM, plady69 said: Been a few years since I posted! Any thoughts on the topic? I have them all and I am leaning towards Showcase #6. Showcase 6 for sure. Very hard to find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze johnny Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Our Army at War 83 is the scarcest. Showcase 6 is up there however in terms of scarcity. MusterMark, WolverineX, JollyComics and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 On 2/12/2022 at 9:17 AM, 1950's war comics said: it's this one..... By a mile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plady69 Posted February 12, 2022 Author Share Posted February 12, 2022 I just watched a YouTube video on DC silver age keys, and they did talk about Sugar & Spice #1 as very low print run. Larryw7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze johnny Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 On 2/12/2022 at 12:17 PM, 1950's war comics said: it's this one..... A very scarce DC key but not a Silver Age book. Came out several months (April/May 1956 but hit newsstands in Jan/Feb 1956) before the book that is recognized by the consensus of collectors and comic book historians that started the DC Silver Age, Showcase 4 (September/October 1956 but hit newsstands in May/June 1956). tth2, JTLarsen, 1950's war comics and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plady69 Posted February 12, 2022 Author Share Posted February 12, 2022 Good point! Whew, don’t have and never saw a copy! 😧 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 1950's war comics Posted February 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2022 On 2/12/2022 at 4:45 PM, bronze johnny said: A very scarce DC key but not a Silver Age book. Came out several months (April/May 1956 but hit newsstands in Jan/Feb 1956) before the book that is recognized by the consensus of collectors and comic book historians that started the DC Silver Age, Showcase 4 (September/October 1956 but hit newsstands in May/June 1956). thanks but when i posted about it being a GA book 4 or 5 years ago i was scolded my others who told me at that time it was a SA book JTLarsen, Dave2739, KCOComics and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze johnny Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 It’s neither Gold nor Silver. It’s an Atomic Age book (End of World War 2 - Showcase 4). I really wish CGC would give the Atomic Age it’s own forum and remove it from Golden Age forum because it doesn’t belong there given the Golden Age superhero went south after the war and newfound fears coinciding with a postwar America gave rise to the dominance of new genres in the comic boom medium (Crime, Romance, and Horror). P.S. - I never scolded you. jimbo_7071 and KCOComics 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 On 2/12/2022 at 4:44 PM, plady69 said: I just watched a YouTube video on DC silver age keys, and they did talk about Sugar & Spice #1 as very low print run. it's the rarest DC key , but it has not increased in value hardly at all compared to super-hero books which is understandable,,, so even though it is scarce it's much better to buy a Showcase #6 long term! there is actually CGC graded 3.0 on eBay right now for $1300 which is not a terribly high price all things considered innocuous, FoggyNelson and WolverineX 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolverineX Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 On 2/12/2022 at 4:59 PM, 1950's war comics said: it's the rarest DC key , but it has not increased in value hardly at all compared to super-hero books which is understandable,,, so even though it is scarce it's much better to buy a Showcase #6 long term! there is actually CGC graded 3.0 on eBay right now for $1300 which is not a terribly high price all things considered Yes, very good price especially compared it's marvel counterpart being the prototype for FF5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolverineX Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Also given DCs doom patrol and peacemaker shows, if the higher ups ever decide to make a challengers of the unknown show, there's a lot of upside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 On 2/12/2022 at 5:23 PM, Wolverinex said: Yes, very good price especially compared it's marvel counterpart being the prototype for FF5 i meant there is a CGC 3.0 Sugar and Spike #1 on eBay right now for $1300 which is a fair price for an already graded scarce key.. only 34 in the census last i checked, might be a few more now .... FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 On 2/12/2022 at 5:40 PM, 18-22 said: Dreck. LOL try telling a dealer that ..... you would be very surprised at the answer KCOComics, OtherEric and FoggyNelson 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark88 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 On 2/12/2022 at 1:45 PM, bronze johnny said: A very scarce DC key but not a Silver Age book. Came out several months (April/May 1956 but hit newsstands in Jan/Feb 1956) before the book that is recognized by the consensus of collectors and comic book historians that started the DC Silver Age, Showcase 4 (September/October 1956 but hit newsstands in May/June 1956). I guess Rudolph the red-nosed Reindeer 1 is atomic too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze johnny Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 On 2/12/2022 at 6:02 PM, aardvark88 said: I guess Rudolph the red-nosed Reindeer 1 is atomic too. As much as Kookie is Silver… aardvark88, steveinthecity, 1950's war comics and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 i now consider 1956 the start of the SA , any month in 1956 is SA to me , Jan-Dec definitely am not going to pick an particular month that year to start the end of the GA and beginning of the SA , SA starts at the beginning of the year-1956, for me at least..... rjpb and FoggyNelson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
