Popular Post Hiro Posted June 24, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 24, 2022 (edited) Going through a box and found these books that were hole punched to clip into a 3 ring binder! I didn't do this. Knew I had them, but haven't seen them in awhile. Some kid back in the day probably thought that it was a cool way to carry their comics. Maybe stealth read them in class with the teacher thinking that they were reading the assignment!? Cool books otherwise and great readers. I know I have a few more somewhere. I remember a BA Joker 1. Will have to look for that. I know this really isn't that uncommon, so show them if you got them... Edited June 24, 2022 by Hiro paqart, grendelbo, Kevin.J and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dr Zen Posted June 24, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 24, 2022 (edited) Here's mine. Back in the 80s a guy walked in to my LCS (this is someone the owner had never seen before or since) with 15 to 18 golden age books that all had binder holes. I bought this one. Notice only 1 staple. Got to save those materials. There's a war on. I think I paid $40.00. Which was a lot for a starving college student. Edited June 24, 2022 by Dr Zen paqart, Robot Man, Kevin.J and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted June 24, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 24, 2022 Probably 35 years ago I bought a large box of 3 HP books from a guy in AZ. Drop dead beautiful but 3 HP. I couldn't get my wallet out fast enough... PopKulture, Hiro, AJD and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 (edited) what grade would a punched comic be say if it was otherwise a 7.5?@thirdgreenham Edited June 24, 2022 by kav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted June 24, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 24, 2022 Got these on Ebay many years ago. These were hand made bound volumes from the Terry Toons animation Studio. ThothAmon, Larryw7, PopKulture and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 On 6/24/2022 at 4:36 PM, Jackson13 said: 1.0 - every page is damaged. thats what I'm thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kevin.J Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 (edited) I dunno what the plan was with this one, only one punch hole and just through the cover not the pages I sent it in for grading a few years ago, it came back a 4.0 I think Edited June 24, 2022 by Kevin.J Hiro and aardvark88 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post zzutak Posted June 24, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 24, 2022 I had the same reaction as Bob/RobotMan when I ran across these back in 1976. Several hundred sweet Atlas at $1 each. Needless to say, I bought the dealer out. Here's just a small sample of what I added to my permanent collection that day: steveinthecity, Hiro, Larryw7 and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin.J Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 On 6/25/2022 at 12:47 AM, zzutak said: I had the same reaction as Bob/RobotMan when I ran across these back in 1976. Several hundred sweet Atlas at $1 each. Needless to say, I bought the dealer out. Here's just a small sample of what I added to my permanent collection that day: Oh wow, they are such great condition, I guess the binders did their job but a small too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post zzutak Posted June 24, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 24, 2022 On 6/24/2022 at 4:35 PM, kav said: what grade would a punched comic be say if it was otherwise a 7.5? DeadOne, AJD, southern cross and 7 others 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin.J Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 On 6/25/2022 at 12:53 AM, zzutak said: what's better 8.5-9.0 Q or 2.5-3.0 Uni ? I think I would choose the Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzutak Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 On 6/24/2022 at 4:42 PM, Kevin.J said: I dunno what the plan was with this one, only one punch hole and just through the cover not the pages. This is what's referred to as a cut-out. In the old days, unsold books and record albums that had been returned to the manufacturer or distributor were marked with either a punched hole or a clipped corner. These returns were then sold at a steep discount. The punched hole or clipped corner allowed retailers to immediately recognize the book/record as a discounted return copy, should anyone present it requesting a refund of the original/undiscounted sale price. The punched hole in this example is at the bottom-left corner: grendelbo, Hiro, AJD and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kevin.J Posted June 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 25, 2022 This one has been in a binder, but I guess whoever owned it before me, didnt own a hole punch AJD, Hiro, OtherEric and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin.J Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 On 6/25/2022 at 1:18 AM, zzutak said: This is what's referred to as a cut-out. In the old days, unsold books and record albums that had been returned to the manufacturer or distributor were marked with either a punched hole or a clipped corner. These returns were then sold at a steep discount. The punched hole or clipped corner allowed retailers to immediately recognize the book/record as a discounted return copy, should anyone present it requesting a refund of the original/undiscounted sale price. The punched hole in this example is at the bottom-left corner: Thats interesting to know, I have a few like this and wondered what was going on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzutak Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Sweet books, Kev! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadroch Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 On 6/24/2022 at 5:18 PM, zzutak said: This is what's referred to as a cut-out. In the old days, unsold books and record albums that had been returned to the manufacturer or distributor were marked with either a punched hole or a clipped corner. These returns were then sold at a steep discount. The punched hole or clipped corner allowed retailers to immediately recognize the book/record as a discounted return copy, should anyone present it requesting a refund of the original/undiscounted sale price. The punched hole in this example is at the bottom-left corner: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin.J Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 On 6/25/2022 at 1:26 AM, zzutak said: Sweet books, Kev! I would swap you any day for your sweet books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cushing Fan Posted June 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 25, 2022 Here is my hole punched Ghost Rider #6 that I bought off the boards. I absolutely love the cover plus it has white pages! Hiro, AJD, grendelbo and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzutak Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Careful there, Kev. A significant portion of my collection looks like this: Robot Man, grendelbo, Kevin.J and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
