shiverbones Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 spectre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showcase4 Posted December 12, 2006 Author Share Posted December 12, 2006 Ok, that went pretty well, so I'll do one more Larson comparison. Both these books sold in the same auction (Nov. 2003) for about the same price ($9430 vs $9200). Which would you choose? 1st of all CentaurMan thank you for contributing to this thread. As for this EASY choice...I don't think I have ever heard a collector ask for an issue of USA, including #1.(maybe I don't hang around with enough Timely collectors). Add to that the incorrect blue label, as books with glue on their covers or spine have a tear seal, which is restoration, and therefore should have a purple label. I do know a whole stadium full of collectors who collect More Fun by contrast, and the The Spectre is one cool and fairly popular dude. Add to that the appropriate blue label, and I choose hands down the More Fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 one more vote for the more fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Surfer Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Was going to say the More Fun but after West's comments about guide prices I'd go with the Timely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentaurMan Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 The Guide's got to be wrong then, if the books sold for the same price in the same auction from the same pedigree in the same condition? Or does the minor glue make so much of a difference that the huge disparity in Guide prices is explainable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Ok, that went pretty well, so I'll do one more Larson comparison. Both these books sold in the same auction (Nov. 2003) for about the same price ($9430 vs $9200). Which would you choose? I'll take a key Timely #1 over a boring Spectre cover anyday! Not to mention MF #59 top guide is $5800 and USA #1 top guide is $21000 West More Fun all the way. The pre-Cap USA comics are in the same league with Young Allies and Tough Sell Squad. They are amongst the most boring, least desirable, expensive books in the guide. Only a true Timely completist would even entertain the idea of buying them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showcase4 Posted December 13, 2006 Author Share Posted December 13, 2006 The Guide's got to be wrong then, if the books sold for the same price in the same auction from the same pedigree in the same condition? Or does the minor glue make so much of a difference that the huge disparity in Guide prices is explainable? I am confident it is the Guide, not the glue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 to be fair that USA #1 DOES have wolverton art, no? So its got SOMETHING going for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashrael Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 More Fun #59 for me also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentaurMan Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Ok, here are two Edgar Church Action Comics, sold three months apart for about the same price ($10,350 vs. $10,638). Which would you choose? Or have I finally picked a pair of books so similar that people will truly be ambivalent as to their choice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timely Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Ok, here are two Edgar Church Action Comics, sold three months apart for about the same price ($10,350 vs. $10,638). Which would you choose? Or have I finally picked a pair of books so similar that people will truly be ambivalent as to their choice? Hey no fair, I owned both of these Personally I liked the #28 better. West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comicdey Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Ok, here are two Edgar Church Action Comics, sold three months apart for about the same price ($10,350 vs. $10,638). Which would you choose? Or have I finally picked a pair of books so similar that people will truly be ambivalent as to their choice? I've owned high grade examples of both, and I sold the #28.....so my answer is the #30........apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comicdey Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 The white pages on #28 will probably trump for people looking at both copies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 These two are very close and it is a tough call. I think I like the composition of the cover on the 28 better though, and of course the white pages do help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showcase4 Posted December 13, 2006 Author Share Posted December 13, 2006 I would choose the Action 28. It is 2 issues earlier in the run, and has superior PQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 This is pretty much a pick-em since the books are so similar in so many ways, but I'd take 28 I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Surfer Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 I would choose the Action 28. It is 2 issues earlier in the run, and has superior PQ. Same for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durden08 Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Both books guide the same. The slight differnece in page quality wouldn't bother me so I'll take the cover image I like better, the #30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashrael Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 #28. Even if the PQ was the same, I would go for the earlier issue when all else is equal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comicdey Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Both books guide the same. The slight differnece in page quality wouldn't bother me so I'll take the cover image I like better, the #30. That's why I kept the #30....the car on the cover was more interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
