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[MattTheDuck]

When I returned to this hobby in 2021, this was one of many holes in my collection in the Silver Age issues above #30, only one of which now remains. I was happy to find that @ft88 had this nice copy for sale.  In 1992, however, I had met a guy - I think at an LCS but am not sure - and we pal'd around for a while.  Anyway, during this time he had purchased a copy of ASM #43 (I think he had paid $60 for it) and had decided he couldn't afford it and so offered it to me for that price.  For some reason lost in the mists of time I turned him down, really the only time I ran across a nice book in that period of my collecting when I declined a nice Silver Age book.  Du mb.

 

[trmoore54]

More old label goodness (former copy)...

[Lee Enterprises]

I almost forgot ASM Annual #3. I believe this was the release date timing. 

ASM Annual #3 release date 8/2/66

ASM #42 release date 8/9/66

[Frisco Larson]

On 7/27/2024 at 7:39 AM, Lee Enterprises said:

Very nice. Those were the good old days when you could buy collections for that type of money and end up with a gem like your #43. 

Thanks! It was THE best find I've ever had! It was a classified ad in the newspaper (those were the days!) and the woman who bought them all off the stands had them stored in those 3-inch-high 24 pack cardboard pop can trays, 2 stacks side by side. I actually had to outbid a rather well-to-do local lawyer who only wanted to cherry pick the collection. That didn't sit well with her, plus my offer was higher, so I got them. It's tough to remember all the specifics, but I DO remember the FF portion was #34, no #35 for some reason, then FF #36-#52 solid!!! Most of the collection got sold off when I switched focus to Golden Age in the late 90s, most except for the Spidey run, which I kept and still largely have, unless I upgraded some. The year after I had the #43 graded, I repeated the same process with the issue #32 below. I was likewise very happy with the result!!! 

[Frisco Larson]

[Math Teacher]

[MattTheDuck]

On 7/27/2024 at 5:15 PM, Frisco Larson said:

Thanks! It was THE best find I've ever had! It was a classified ad in the newspaper (those were the days!) and the woman who bought them all off the stands had them stored in those 3-inch-high 24 pack cardboard pop can trays, 2 stacks side by side. I actually had to outbid a rather well-to-do local lawyer who only wanted to cherry pick the collection. That didn't sit well with her, plus my offer was higher, so I got them. It's tough to remember all the specifics, but I DO remember the FF portion was #34, no #35 for some reason, then FF #36-#52 solid!!! Most of the collection got sold off when I switched focus to Golden Age in the late 90s, most except for the Spidey run, which I kept and still largely have, unless I upgraded some. The year after I had the #43 graded, I repeated the same process with the issue #32 below. I was likewise very happy with the result!!! 

And where now are the women of yesteryear?

[jharvey]

On 7/27/2024 at 9:34 AM, Jordysnordy said:

2 former copies that are in new homes

 

I thought that CGC 9.0 looked familiar. I just checked and it is the copy I bought in 2018. Still have it. 

[Frisco Larson]

On 7/27/2024 at 8:18 PM, MattTheDuck said:

And where now are the women of yesteryear?

Well ... I'm not exactly sure how to answer that. I CAN say that I've noticed more women than ever buying comics at shows within the last few years. Women with want lists in hand, thumbing thru boxes, looking to fill in missing issues in their own collections. Back in the 90s, it seemed that most women in attendance were dragged there by the guy in their life. 

[Frisco Larson]

Signed by Stan with a little work that I will likely have removed thru CGC, so I keep the Signature Series status intact.  

[Frisco Larson]

A sweet looking Dutch copy from 1967.

[pmpknface]

ASM #44, starting a 2-parter with the Lizard!  For me it starts a run where I, with 1 exception, don't have any more copies graded.  I just haven't gotten up that high and I'm not sure how many of what I have I'll end up slabbing.  This next stretch over the next few years REALLY looks good in mylar!  I'm also noting while I'm scanning which issues I should upgrade.  Most of my run is fairly solid - nice looking copies, bright, a few nicks and creases here and there...  but a few are rough.  This one being on the more rough side, but for now it's MINE!  

[Jordysnordy]

Love this cover and a Ped to boot.

[Jordysnordy]

A few former copies

[grendelbo]

This is a picture of my childhood cat, Kitt. Yes, named after Knight Rider. It also is the only pic I have of my collection from that era. Only a few dozen books. This would've been probably around age 11. If you look closely you can see ASM 44 which was probably one of my earliest, if not earliest, SA purchases from a comic book store. Had to have been about $5 because my parents wouldn't have given me any more than that.

Still have it.

[Esaravo]

[Straw-Man]

[Straw-Man]

love this issue!

[sledgehammer]

[Jordysnordy]