Western MO Silver Age Books For The Week Of May 21 - 28, 2007

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Grades and prices as noted. Any questions just ask. $5 shipping USPS Priority Mail for domestic, $8 for Canada/Mexico, $10 all other countries. Combined shipping available. Paypal is accepted, money orders and checks are fine also (but personal checks must clear first).

 

Additional scans available upon request. Grading is subjective so returns are always accepted, no questions asked, so long as I am notified within 3 days, the book is sent back within 7 days and it is returned in the same condition. Buyer assumes return postage.

 

First "takes it".

 

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TOS #42 (June 1963), nice solid mid-grade copy of very early Iron Man appearance, defects visible in scan, quite minimal, slight interior cover shadowing, Fine

 

2007 OS Value = $147

 

Forum price = $125

 

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TOS #43 (July 1963), nice solid mid-grade copy of very early Iron Man appearance, defects visible in scan, quite minimal, slight interior cover shadowing, F-

 

2007 OS Value = approx $125

 

Forum price = $99.00

 

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TOS #44 (August 1963), nice solid mid-grade copy of very early Iron Man appearance, defects visible in scan, some creasing evident on cover, some wear on spine, small stain about 1" up from bottom on lower right side, slight interior cover shadowing, VG/VG+

 

2007 OS Value = approx $110

 

Forum price = $80.00

 

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TOS #45 (Sept 1963), Intro & 1st app. Happy and Pepper, nice solid mid-grade copy of very early Iron Man appearance, defects visible in scan, minor wear on spine, some creasing in upper/lower right cover corners, slight interior cover shadowing, F/F+

 

2007 OS Value = approx $175

 

Forum price = $130

 

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TOS #46 (Oct 1963), nice solid mid-grade copy of very early Iron Man appearance, defects visible in scan, some creasing evident on cover, small micro-chip piece torn on lower right cover, some manufacturing tears on some pages (no impact on stories), slight interior cover shadowing, nice color covers, Fine

 

2007 OS Value = approx $147

 

Forum price = $110.00

 

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JIM #94 (July 1963), most defects visible in scan, creasing evident on lower right cover, small chips missing out of right side cover, some minor spine wear, interior cover shadowing, nice color covers especially for a book in this condition, VG-

 

2007 OS Value = approx $55

 

Forum price = $40.00

 

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JIM #95 (Aug 1963), most defects visible in scan, creasing evident on lower right cover, spine wear present, staples beginning to separate from cover, interior cover shadowing, actually presents quite nice though, better than actual condition, G/VG

 

2007 OS Value = approx $60

 

Forum price = $40.00

 

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JIM #103 (Apr 1964), gorgeous cover and a cool ad for Daredevil #1!!! Also first appearance of the Enchantress. Most defects visible in scan, creasing evident on right cover corners, some minor spine wear present, small 1/4" piece missing from back central cover, slight interior cover shadowing, book presents beautifully especially for this grade, F-

 

2007 OS Value = approx $60

 

Forum price = $40.00

 

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Showcase #30 (Jan/Feb 1961), here is a chance to own a classic key SA book that still presents well though in low grade, origin SA Aquaman, book is completely separated from cover, and the cover sides are almost separated from each other as well, book itself is totally complete and the PQ is quite nice, very slight interior cover shadowing, G -

 

2007 OS Value = approx $60

 

Forum price = $45.00

 

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Showcase #34 (Sept/Oct 1961), another opportunity to own a classic key SA book, origin & 1st app. SA Atom, defects quite visible in scan, book is completely separated from cover, book itself is totally complete, chips out of top/bottom back cover, very slight interior cover shadowing, G -

 

2007 OS Value = approx $100

 

Forum price = $70.00

 

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TTA #65 (March 1965), new Giant Man costume, nice solid mid-grade copy, defects visible in scan, light shadowing on right side front cover and at top of back cover, slight interior cover shadowing, very, very faint (almost unnoticeable) 2" crease in lower right corner, beautiful color covers (scanner doesn't do it justice, much darker colors in reality), Fine+

 

2007 OS Value = approx $40

 

Forum price = $28

 

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TTA #74 (Dec 1965), new Giant Man costume, very tight copy, crease defects at top and bottom of cover keep this copy from being HG, slight interior cover shadowing, slight miswrap, beautiful color covers, F+ (probably F/VF to most)

 

2007 OS Value = approx $25

 

Forum price = $18

 

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Strange Tales #131 (April 1965), nice solid copy, defects visible in scan, mostly slight tears along edges/corners, interior cover shadowing, beautiful color covers, F/VF

 

2007 OS Value = approx $43

 

Forum price = $35

 

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Batman #187 (Dec 1966/Jan 1967), I absolutely love these 80 pg squarebound giants!!! Beautiful solid copy, slight discoloration spots visible on cover/along right side, some fingerprint smudges have become permanent, back cover slightly "dirty", just a great book!, F+ (I can easily see some dealers grading it a F/VF as the book presents quite well)

 

2007 OS Value = approx $40

 

Forum price = $30

 

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Action #282 (Nov 1961), last $0.10 issues, defects visible in scan (and that is a small tear/hole in the lower left bottom cover), light interior cover shadowing, some chipping along back cover edges, VG-

 

2007 OS Value = approx $30

 

Forum price = $20

 

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Adventure #253 (Oct 1958), 1st meeting of Superboy and Robin, low grade copy, spine all torn up but staples still attached to cover, light interior cover shadowing, back cover in similar shape, one story page missing from second story, Fr

 

2007 OS Value = approx $14

 

Forum price = $6

 

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Adventure #428 (July-Aug 1973), ok, a Bronze era book has somehow snuck in here! Origin/1st app. Black Orchid, sharp copy, F/VF

 

2007 OS Value = approx $30

 

Forum price = $20

 

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Batman #156 (June 1963), Ant-man/Robin team-up (, let's see, Ant-Man appeared in TTA in 1962 so DC was playing a little bit fast and loose here!), very popular cover, defects visible in scan, very light interior cover shadowing, some chipping/stain along back cover edges, presents better than grade, VG/F

 

2007 OS Value = approx $30

 

Forum price = $20

 

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Plastic Man #7 (Nov/Dec 1967), ok, this is just a plain goofy comic but if you liked Plastic Man & Woozy from the Golden Age, here is there first SA appearance, as well as Plaz' origin to boot! Scan doesn't do the cover colors justice, slight interior cover shadowing, partial fingerprints on back cover, solid F+ (and probably F/VF)

 

2007 OS value = $15

 

Forum price = $8