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[djpinkpanther67]

I liked Rom. 

[theCapraAegagrus]

When I read a book that blows, I pass it off to my brother. I usually give him something good at the same time, though. I've given him copies of TDKR and Watchmen, for example, to go along with s**t like Flash: Year One.

Edited December 2, 2022 by theCapraAegagrus

[Ken Aldred]

On 12/2/2022 at 1:19 PM, djpinkpanther67 said:

I liked Rom. 

It was a fairly good read.

[davidpg]

On 12/2/2022 at 8:27 AM, Ken Aldred said:

It was a fairly good read.

I agree!  

[lizards2]

On 12/2/2022 at 5:19 AM, djpinkpanther67 said:

I liked Rom. 

[thunsicker]

On 12/1/2022 at 6:25 PM, Hamlet said:

I’m going to start sneaking my drek into other collector’s homes and hiding them while I am there.

[SeniorSurfer]

Not my secret but I'll out my cousin (who introduced me to comics and later passed on his collection to me) as he used to cut apart and re-staple old Marvel Tales to insert a copy of the reprinted issue he missed in the corresponding numbered slot of the actual title.  The back-issue market was in its infancy then and unknown to us kids; if you missed it on the stand, you missed it. But I remember he had a "coverless" ASM 6, 7 and some others that kept the continuity.

[D84]

I'd fart on books before sending them off to grading for luck.

Spoiler

[Jaylam]

On 12/1/2022 at 11:36 PM, s-man said:

Dirty comic secret, eh? 

I once paid a lady of the night with a comic book.  She was so good I gave her a near mint copy of Cherry Poptart #1.  I thought it most appropriate. 

In turn, she was so impressed by me that she gave me a copy of The Riflemen #10. 

"He just made that story up, there ain't no girl like that!"     John Mellencamp, Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First) 1996.
 

[F For Fake]

This was an actually relatively dirty comic secret: When I was in middle school, a friend gave me a small pron mag, like digest sized, but very thin. I think it was called Play Birds? I think it was from the UK, and was the first explicit, Hustler-style nudity I'd seen at that point. I was 12 or 13, I guess, and we didn't have the internet back then! Anyway, I needed someplace safe to stash it, so I hid it in a comic, between the comic and the backing board, all bagged up where Mom would never think to look. The issue I used to conceal my naughty treasure? Uncanny X-Men 137!

Edited December 2, 2022 by F For Fake

[B2D327]

On 12/2/2022 at 9:43 AM, D84 said:

I'd fart on books before sending them off to grading for luck.

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That explains all the “Newton Rings”

🤮

[marvelmaniac]

On 12/1/2022 at 10:49 PM, Dr. Balls said:

You want dirty, here you go: Many years ago, I taped the entire spine of a Black Cat 50 with cello tape because I hated the fact it was a detached cover. It’s a 1.0 or something and it’s floating around out there in a CGC slab.

May PCH collectors forgive me.

 

I have taped many books from my collection in the PR 0.5 - FR/GD 1.5 to prevent them from falling apart even more when they are touched/handled, I have no problem with doing that and never have.

 

On 12/2/2022 at 12:46 AM, comicginger1789 said:

I agree…he probably got back a copy of Sad Sack #1

HEY!!! I collect Sad Sack Titles and I have all of the 10 cent covers (1-124) from the original title "Sad Sack Comics", however, my Sad Sack 1 is coverless so I would be very happy getting a complete #1.

On 12/2/2022 at 8:19 AM, djpinkpanther67 said:

I liked Rom. 

I loved the complete storyline, bought most issues new, non-stop continuation from issues 1-75, Annuals 1-4 and one crossover (that affected the original storyline) Power Man and Iron Fist 73, almost everybody from the Marvel Universe appeared at one time or another and you did not need to but multiple titles to keep up, plus, I found the storyline to be very entertaining.

My favorite cover...

 

[Ken Aldred]

On 12/2/2022 at 4:36 PM, marvelmaniac said:

I found the storyline to be very entertaining.

The Dire Wraiths were great.

[lostboys]

My older brother left me his Amazing Spider Man collection after he moved out around 1984.

Probably around 100 books or more.

The next day I had a yard sale, sold them all for $10 and spent it on ice cream and pop tarts... because i was a fat, greedy 8 year old who knew nothing about comics. 

He still brings it up at gatherings.

[MAR1979]

I never liked The Dark Knight Returns story or art. As kid in my LCS back in 1986 I kept that entirely to myself.

BTW: Still don't like it.

 

Edited December 2, 2022 by MAR1979

[MAR1979]

On 12/2/2022 at 9:43 AM, D84 said:

I'd fart on books before sending them off to grading for luck.

That stinks!

[Ken Aldred]

On 12/2/2022 at 5:58 PM, MAR1979 said:

I never liked The Dark Knight Returns story or art. As kid in my LCS back in 1986 I kept that entirely to myself.

BTW: Still don't like it.

 

I thought the first two issues were brilliant, the art in the third issue wasn't anywhere near up to the same standard, and the fourth issue wasn't anything that special. I was blown away by the story and art in the first two issues, but my enthusiasm dwindled after that.

Edited December 2, 2022 by Ken Aldred

[topofthetotem]

I enjoy reading comics online as opposed to in hand.

[BlowUpTheMoon]

As a kid, I speculated on ROM #18.

[Ken Aldred]

On 12/2/2022 at 7:15 PM, BlowUpTheMoon said:

As a kid, I speculated on ROM #18.

Understandable.

X-Men crossover, Miller cover.