adamstrange Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 more fun 53 for me please! Bailey's cover, spectre makes his costume + all the other features in the book win over superboy 1 for me. What Shiv says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimm Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 mf53 much darker cover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 MF53, hands down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showcase4 Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share Posted February 20, 2007 Man I hope the guy who owns that Superboy #1 isn't reading this thread.....that book is dropping in value every 60 seconds......like Enron stock ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 I've always thought Superboy #1 was a cool book, but not as cool as MF 53! There was a "one that got away" story with me that included a Superboy #1. Lady comes into the store back in '93 with a nice golden age collection she had been left. Only about 75 books, but they were all nice. The sweetest book was a Superboy #1 in very high grade. She asked me if I was interested, of course I was. She asked me what they were worth and what I would pay. I carefully graded each book and made her a fine offer. She promptly said "Thank you", and began to leave. Confused, I asked her if she was going to sell them or not, she replied "Not" and walked out the door! Never knew what happened to them.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 she was paid by a rivel to tease you and confound you for years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 she was paid by a rivel to tease you and confound you for years... It is possible. It still nags me after all these years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forbush-Man Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 MF 53 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.schomburg Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 More Fun 53, no contest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showcase4 Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share Posted February 20, 2007 "note to self......do not sell off everything I own to buy up every Superboy #1 I can possibly find" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashrael Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 More Fun 53 - great cover, great character, and I rank Superboy up there with Robin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 ... and I rank Superboy up there with Robin Is that a good thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashrael Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 ... and I rank Superboy up there with Robin Is that a good thing? Nope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*paull* Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 MF 53, no question. Superboy sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 "note to self......do not sell off everything I own to buy up every Superboy #1 I can possibly find" And yet they sold for approx the same price proving that the people with the money to spend made a different decision than most of us would. Takes all kinds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 "note to self......do not sell off everything I own to buy up every Superboy #1 I can possibly find" And yet they sold for approx the same price proving that the people with the money to spend made a different decision than most of us would. Takes all kinds... I think this is a bit of a label chaser scenario. The 9.2 superboy is, I would think, a very high grade for that book. I haven't checked the census, but that would be my guess. So there's a bit of the super high grade mentality at work, I suspect, that isn't really in play on the 8.0 MF, or at least not to the same extent. I think most of us on this thread (and most collectors in general really) would go for the bigger book in the lower grade over the opposite (ie smaller book in higher grade)... so the clean sweep isn't that surprising... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aman619 Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Put me down for the Superboy#1 over the MF53. Im not a huge fan of Superboy, In fact its one of the slowest DC hero titles. But, MF53 has never done it for me. I think its always been overvalued as part 2 of the origin. Say what? You only get one first appearance/origin and for Spectre its MF52. Id also take the Mystery Men#1 as its in far better condition. There seem to be far more Detective collectors (around here especially!) but, Id also wait for a better copy. Then again, Im not going for #1 - 26 so knock yerselves out guys. Id like em, but my priorities lie elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showcase4 Posted February 21, 2007 Author Share Posted February 21, 2007 "note to self......do not sell off everything I own to buy up every Superboy #1 I can possibly find" And yet they sold for approx the same price proving that the people with the money to spend made a different decision than most of us would. Takes all kinds... Hey AdamStrange, I could be wrong, but I'm taking this is an unwelcomed sarcastic dig towards me?....... I'll let this one slide......this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 I don't think that was a shot at you at all.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showcase4 Posted February 21, 2007 Author Share Posted February 21, 2007 I don't think that was a shot at you at all.. I hope you're right Bronty.....it was one of those comments that could be taken one of several ways, and with the whole email thing vs. face to face to thing, it can be hard to tell sometimes, as many of us have seen all to often on these very Boards.....especially since the comment lacked any of these: ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
