AF15, Hulk 1, Avengers 1, Xmen 1 fake cover real Pages ? Can someone help determine what I have here 1 1

[girthlumps]

To make a long post short i'm looking for some guidance on what exactly I have here and also retaining the most value i can out of these books. Should they be encapsulated, Should they not ? What type of label would they receive if they were encapsulated.? Im pretty sure they'll not be graded since its missing the real cover and several ads/pages. So here we go.! 

I recently came across an Amazing Fantasy 15 that has a reproduction cover but possibly real pages. It looks like the spider-man story is complete but missing other stories and ads. Also some of the pages don't add up for instance the last page of the AF15 ends the spider-man storyline but flip it over and it has Hulk 1 first page on the other side. Hulk 1's first page does not have a spider-man ending storyline so im kind of confused if they pages are legit. The pages are old and everything seem to line up. 

X-men 1 looks to be 22 pages. I believe the story is complete but again missing ads and the last page isn't supposed to be there . 

Incredible hulk 1 is only 6 pages with a fake first page. At first I thought the first page of Hulk 1 was the last page of the AF15 but theres no way because it has the spiderman storyline ending on the reverse side.

Avengers 1 seems to be the complete storyline but also missing ads. 

Edited June 16 by girthlumps
Adding pictures

[Semicentennial]

Were these pulled from a square bound reprint and made to look like they're authentic? 

[thehumantorch]

On 6/16/2024 at 3:12 PM, Semicentennial said:

Were these pulled from a square bound reprint and made to look like they're authentic? 

Looks like they were ripped out of Marvel Tales square-bound based on the staple placement and the old glue.

[Cman429]

Those are clearly reprints, the first pages say “as originally appeared in…” so they’re not hiding the fact they’re reprints. Marvels reprinted their keys many times so I can’t really hazard a guess where they’re from. The ads and poor condition lead me to believe it’s some kind of Frankenstein book with an older reprint attached somewhat sloppily to a reproduction cover. 

[girthlumps]

Thanks for the replies. Idk who put the books together. Someone's relative came into our shop and sold us a lot of 3,000 comics. We pulled these out of the bunch

[thehumantorch]

On 6/16/2024 at 4:17 PM, girthlumps said:

Thanks for the replies. Idk who put the books together. Someone's relative came into our shop and sold us a lot of 3,000 comics. We pulled these out of the bunch

May have been a fan who 'built' these back in the day because they couldn't afford the real deal.

[Artboy99]

Hi,

These are taken from the interiors of Marvel Tales #1 and #2 and repro covers added. Here are the interior images from my Marvel Tales books for comparison.

[girthlumps]

thank you guys for sharing this information. 

[Artboy99]

On 6/16/2024 at 4:17 PM, girthlumps said:

Thanks for the replies. Idk who put the books together. Someone's relative came into our shop and sold us a lot of 3,000 comics. We pulled these out of the bunch

hopefully you didn't pay up for the collection based on these books being included as they are basically worthless.

[JollyComics]

On 6/16/2024 at 7:43 PM, Artboy99 said:

hopefully you didn't pay up for the collection based on these books being included as they are basically worthless.

[girthlumps]

paid next to nothing for the whole lot. 

[marvelmaniac]

On 6/16/2024 at 5:12 PM, Semicentennial said:

Were these pulled from a square bound reprint and made to look like they're authentic? 

As a kid in the 60's that is what we did with books like MCIC and Marvel Tales, took each individual story out, stapled it together and placed it with the title it belonged to, we did not have facsimile covers to use though.