scburdet Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 (edited) Board member & fellow Comic Reader enthusiast @THE_BEYONDER asked about this one, so I figured why not put it up. Unfortunately, I plan to keep it b/c I like the John Byrne take on Hembeck's Don Martin's style, and Power Man & Iron Fist are on my list of characters I collect. Actually, one of the nicer ones I own. No mailing label & no one marked up the checklist. Edited March 13, 2023 by scburdet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_BEYONDER Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 VG at best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_BEYONDER Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 I don’t see anything keeping that out of NM. Unless that’s a stain to the right of Things elbow on the bc? Sweet copy I used to own the OA Unfortunately it’s WAY out of my price range to reacquire these days Mars76, scburdet and grendelbo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Pontoon Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 And that's John Byrne paying homage to Don Martin, not Hembeck. scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_BEYONDER Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 On 3/12/2023 at 10:05 PM, MR. Pontoon said: And that's John Byrne paying homage to Don Martin, not Hembeck. Martin and Byrne are my top 2 favourite artists of all time scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted March 13, 2023 Author Share Posted March 13, 2023 On 3/12/2023 at 11:03 PM, THE_BEYONDER said: stain to the right of Things there's a little discoloration, nothing on the other side of the paper so I don't have extensive experience with these, but a lot of the copies I have have imperfections that are hard to ID. I'm assuming these were mass produced with minimal quality control. Very cool/too bad about the OA. I've never been an OA collector, although I would take the original cover are off Avengers 158. I assume that would be beyond cost prohibitive, even if someone put it up for sale, since it's Kirby doing a core title cover. I just love it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted March 13, 2023 Author Share Posted March 13, 2023 On 3/12/2023 at 11:05 PM, MR. Pontoon said: Don Martin, not Hembeck my bad. Lots of Hembeck in the CR covers I have. I read about the homage a while back and transposed artists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_BEYONDER Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 (edited) On 3/12/2023 at 10:13 PM, scburdet said: there's a little discoloration, nothing on the other side of the paper so I don't have extensive experience with these, but a lot of the copies I have have imperfections that are hard to ID. I'm assuming these were mass produced with minimal quality control. Very cool/too bad about the OA. I've never been an OA collector, although I would take the original cover are off Avengers 158. I assume that would be beyond cost prohibitive, even if someone put it up for sale, since it's Kirby doing a core title cover. I just love it though. Avengers 158. Wonder man vs Vision? Loved that book. Still have my childhood copy somewhere. I think you’ve got a 9.4 here with the 143 As said, these are tough to grade. Without gloss, it’s really tough to identify wear. Especially...as you said...the production quality is spotty at times. Keep them coming. Edited March 13, 2023 by THE_BEYONDER scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehumantorch Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 I love the Comic Readers, I'm at 9.2 or better scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 9.2 Thanks for posting. scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
