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Poll: How old are collectors?
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Started by batman_fan,

How old are comic collectors?  

256 members have voted

  1. 1. Let’s see how old comic collectors are

    • 14 and under
      1
    • 15 to 19
      1
    • 20 to 24
      3
    • 25 to 29
      3
    • 30 to 34
      5
    • 35 to 39
      8
    • 40 to 44
      23
    • 45 to 49
      44
    • 50 to 54
      51
    • 55 to 59
      64
    • 60 to 64
      30
    • 65 to 69
      15
    • 70 and older
      7

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wardevil0

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On 5/3/2024 at 11:50 AM, Hepcat said:

But are they Gold and Silver Age collectors? I'm guessing that the 35-40 year olds who post strictly on Facebook are not because the bulk of comic book "discussion" on Facebook is not dedicated to Gold and Silver comics.

(shrug)

I'm 46 and have never really been a Golden Age collector, but every day I see a cover from Planet Comics, Exciting Comics, Thrilling Comics, etc that just blow me away.  Every day I'm closer to dumping my Copper and Modern books en masse and converting it to low-grade Schomburg covers...

Entirely possible other collectors feel the same way, but probably not many.  Basically, I've lost the emotional, nostalgic connection to the characters that brought me into comics, but still enjoy the medium.

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Darwination

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I don't think there's anything wrong with nostalgia.  I do think it can cloud minds in terms of artistic merit and whatnot, but that's definitely not what collecting is about for most people.  I love to see the joy on all sorts of threads around here as eyes mist over looking at the comics and collectibles of our youth.

Honestly, though, I'll admit I get a little bored with the old timers who get stuck in their particular glory day of music and comics. I like much older and much newer music, fiction, and art than just the stuff from my formative years. No time period has a monopoly on the good stuff :kidaround:

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On 5/2/2024 at 8:55 AM, Robot Man said:

My weirdest job (and I’ve had a few) was in the late ‘60’s. I spent the summer at a friend’s parent’s house in Lake Tahoe. We both got a job from 11pm-8am (yes, graveyard shift) at the morgue. Our job was to wash up bodies. Put on a mask and rubber gloves, pull out the drawers and sponge bath dead folks.

Was a bit creepy at first but we got over it pretty quick. The advantages were, we could have long hair and were pretty much unsupervised. There was often not a lot of work so we could burn a joint and play cards and listen to any music we wanted. Our hours were great because we could have most of the day and evenings off and didn’t work weekends. Also, where most kids were working in fast food or gas stations for $2-4 an hour we made $8. an hour. A lot of money for teenagers. 

There just has to be the foundation of a good EC comic book story with this summer job!

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On 5/2/2024 at 6:27 AM, Marty Mann said:

While I did deliver newspapers during my seventeenth summer in Scranton, my best moneymaking years were 1944 and

1945 shining shoes on the streets of Newark, NJ.

 

 

That was right around the time I was gettin' born in Queens Borough, N.Y.  :wink:

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On 5/3/2024 at 1:37 PM, Gonzimodo said:

Huh, I just realized that most of my entertainment budget still goes to comics and GI Joe toys.  :whistle:

Good thing too! Leaves less money for destructive personal habits.

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