showcase4 Posted November 28, 2006 Author Share Posted November 28, 2006 my user name is by design.....Showcase 4 ( the book ) is the 1st Silver Age appearance of The Flash ( love that guy! ) AND the 1st Silver Age book. I think you'll find that statement is debateable. http://boards.collectors-society.com/sho...rt=all&vc=1 I think our entire hobby needs to get organized, and get its definitions and its act together! I don't think the coins, stamps, and baseball card hobbies have the lack of clarity that we do............ we can't define a comic book we can't define clear starting and ending years that define "ages" we can't pick which Silver and Bronze age comics were 1st we can't clearly define all that is restoration or restoration removal we have blue labels with "small amount of glue and color touch" on them my VF is your VF/NM and someone elses F++ .......don't get me wrong...I still wouldn't collect anything else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Surfer Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 I very much respect everyones opinion here, and realize this is a GA forum....but I am shocked at the number of members who choose the 1st appearance of Robin over the 1st appearance of Spider-Man in a smilialr grade....I don't care if the Tec 38 is the highest graded copy, and this AF15 is not......Robin could not carry Spider-Man's jock strap. Any NM 9.4 AF15 should trump even a 9.6 Tec 38 ---hypethetically I think the problem is Robin would want to carry Spidey's jock strap. Its AF#15 in a walk for so many reasons. I always hated Robin especially in the GA era when things just got a little too wierd for my taste. I'd take a soft 9.2 copy of the AF#15 over the Tec any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1koko Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Have to be the Tec due to scarcity at high grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showcase4 Posted November 28, 2006 Author Share Posted November 28, 2006 let's spend some more hypethetical (sp?) big bucks...........the price of each was approx.$95,000. Which one would you choose, and why? .............or I am beat my own game and need your help...I can not choose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 I'd take the Cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 The Cap #1, but it's a squeaker! A different More Fun cover (say, #54?) might tip me the other way... Nah, I'd probably still go with Cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Spectre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedarkknight Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 More Fun #53 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.tor Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 (edited) hello all... MF 53 for me, too...easy choice for me, as I have never been a Cap fan, so spectre by default.... rick Edited November 28, 2006 by Detective27kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timely Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 NO BRAINER! CAP #1 for me! I'd much rather have the 1st appearance of an ICON character vs the 2nd appearance of a 2nd tier character! West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowzilla Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 NO BRAINER! CAP #1 for me! I'd much rather have the 1st appearance of an ICON character vs the 2nd appearance of a 2nd tier character! What he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedarkknight Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 hello all... MF 53 for me, too...easy choice for me, as I have never been a Cap fan, so spectre by default.... rick Just wondering. Do you mean Mother F@*ker 53 or More Fun 53. Just messing with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Surfer Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Cap for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Cap #1, for reasons previously stated about MF #53 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Knight Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Cap #1 for me!!! Such a lovely cover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showcase4 Posted November 29, 2006 Author Share Posted November 29, 2006 Ok...we now have 7 votes for Cap 1, and 3 votes for More Fun 53. I am no longer on the fence......Cap 1 for me too! ( the majority can't be wrong ) I fell in love with the 9.6 / gorgoues cover and condition of the More Fun. I have also never been a Cap fan....he just doesn't do it for me for some reason...he seems like or is a one time key Superhero who has died off in popularity over the years. Addtionally, I have always been madly in love with the More Fun title, and think it is one of the greatest of the GA by far. The Spectre is much more exciting to me as a character than Cap America.....he reminds me of the 80's show The Great American Hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Ok...we now have 7 votes for Cap 1, and 3 votes for More Fun 53. I am no longer on the fence......Cap 1 for me too! ( the majority can't be wrong ) I fell in love with the 9.6 / gorgoues cover and condition of the More Fun. I have also never been a Cap fan....he just doesn't do it for me for some reason...he seems like or is a one time key Superhero who has died off in popularity over the years. Addtionally, I have always been madly in love with the More Fun title, and think it is one of the greatest of the GA by far. The Spectre is much more exciting to me as a character than Cap America.....he reminds me of the 80's show The Great American Hero. Steve??? What the? Captain America is still popular!! Remember Avengers #4? Heck he WAS the Avengers. Secret Wars, Civil War, etc. Cap is still the man! Spectre had a nice revival with Tom Mandrake in the 90's, and the short lived silver age title, plus those cool ones in Aventure, but heck as much as I loved him as a golden age character he in NO WAY compares to the longevity and popularity of Captain America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
action1kid Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Oh my gosh.Oh yes the Cap by all means, and its a pedigree too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showcase4 Posted November 29, 2006 Author Share Posted November 29, 2006 Remember Avengers #4? Heck he WAS the Avengers. Secret Wars, Civil War, etc. Cap is still the man! I hear you...I'm just not feeling any love for him. Batman, The Flash, Superman, The Sandman, The Human Torch and Subby....I find them to be top shelf, and Captain America very mid shelf. Just a personal thing...maybe not a marketplace agreed upon thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filter81 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 I would probably take the Cap 1. If however you were talking about that Cap 1 vs the More Fun 53 CGC 9.6 Mile High (as opposed to the CGC 9.6 Rockford listed in the example) I might have a different answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
