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Finally got this for Drift for £1.00 today.sckao wrote:Toughest issue to get BY FAR is #21. Dances with Cows. The TPBs are rarely seen as well. (I have the complete set and many multiples.)Brother J wrote:best of the lot in my opinion was the Beautiful Stories For Ugly Children. That is a very tough set to put together and you have most of them in one fell swoop. Good job!
I picked up some Piranha Tpbs from Comic Relief in Berkeley, CA today. (Rory Root's store which he left to his manager.)
They had a sale this weekend and I picked them up for $1 each.
Also picked up some Valiant bluebird Tpbs for $1 each as well.
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Draco wrote:Finally got this for Drift for £1.00 today.sckao wrote:Toughest issue to get BY FAR is #21. Dances with Cows. The TPBs are rarely seen as well. (I have the complete set and many multiples.)Brother J wrote:best of the lot in my opinion was the Beautiful Stories For Ugly Children. That is a very tough set to put together and you have most of them in one fell swoop. Good job!
I picked up some Piranha Tpbs from Comic Relief in Berkeley, CA today. (Rory Root's store which he left to his manager.)
They had a sale this weekend and I picked them up for $1 each.
Also picked up some Valiant bluebird Tpbs for $1 each as well.
Draco has really come through for me recently.
On top of this, he has also got me 5 vol 1 JLAs, a Green Lantern and a Hawkman both from '68 and in way more amazing shape than their 3 quid pricetag would suggest and a copy of 'DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes'
He also just sorted me out with a massive amount of VALIANT books, both VH1 and VH2. I am now one short of a pre-Unity set (Magnus # 2) and must be close to completing a reading set thanks to him.
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Draco has really come through for me recently.Draco wrote:Finally got this for Drift for £1.00 today.sckao wrote:Toughest issue to get BY FAR is #21. Dances with Cows. The TPBs are rarely seen as well. (I have the complete set and many multiples.)Brother J wrote:best of the lot in my opinion was the Beautiful Stories For Ugly Children. That is a very tough set to put together and you have most of them in one fell swoop. Good job!
I picked up some Piranha Tpbs from Comic Relief in Berkeley, CA today. (Rory Root's store which he left to his manager.)
They had a sale this weekend and I picked them up for $1 each.
Also picked up some Valiant bluebird Tpbs for $1 each as well.
Win
On top of this, he has also got me 5 vol 1 JLAs, a Green Lantern and a Hawkman both from '68 and in way more amazing shape than their 3 quid pricetag would suggest and a copy of 'DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes'
He also just sorted me out with a massive amount of VALIANT books, both VH1 and VH2. I am now one short of a pre-Unity set (Magnus # 2) and must be close to completing a reading set thanks to him.
Top man.
Win
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Seriously, even in the shape that's in (my guess is, what, Good?) I would venture a guess of that being worth a couple hundred dollars.hulk181man wrote:Ok, not Valiant but this is one of those finds you just HAVE to share. I found this at a local flea market:
for this:
Hell, I'd give you double wait you paid!
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Brave and the Bold #28 is a Silver Age key issue.Elveen wrote:Any special reason why that book is so valuable? Just old?
I'm just looking to add to my knowledge here.
First appearance of the Justice League of America (1960).
First appearance of a superhero team that is older than the Fantastic Four, X-Men, Avengers, etc.
Marvel didn't really get started until the next year after this book...
some might say they "copied" the whole superhero team
concept from this D.C. book.
Notice how the cover of Fantastic Four #1 is similar...
a team of heroes battling together against a giant monster
grabbing at them (even in the same position on the page).
Good condition (2.0) is at $400+ in Overstreet.
Meanwhile, Fantastic Four #1 is worth $1,000 in Good.
Seems like the D.C. original should be worth more than the Marvel rip-off, right?
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Wow. Nice pick up on the 1st JLA. Great deal on the Solar #10 white too!!hulk181man wrote:Ok, not Valiant but this is one of those finds you just HAVE to share. I found this at a local flea market:
for this:
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Makes sense until you remember that DC sucks compared to Marvel and almost always has.greg wrote:
Good condition (2.0) is at $400+ in Overstreet.
Meanwhile, Fantastic Four #1 is worth $1,000 in Good.
Seems like the D.C. original should be worth more than the Marvel rip-off, right?
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By the time Valiant arrived, they both sucked.400yrs wrote:Makes sense until you remember that DC sucks compared to Marvel and almost always has.greg wrote:
Good condition (2.0) is at $400+ in Overstreet.
Meanwhile, Fantastic Four #1 is worth $1,000 in Good.
Seems like the D.C. original should be worth more than the Marvel rip-off, right?
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ZING!!!greg wrote:By the time Valiant arrived, they both sucked.400yrs wrote:Makes sense until you remember that DC sucks compared to Marvel and almost always has.greg wrote:
Good condition (2.0) is at $400+ in Overstreet.
Meanwhile, Fantastic Four #1 is worth $1,000 in Good.
Seems like the D.C. original should be worth more than the Marvel rip-off, right?
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greg wrote:Brave and the Bold #28 is a Silver Age key issue.Elveen wrote:Any special reason why that book is so valuable? Just old?
I'm just looking to add to my knowledge here.
First appearance of the Justice League of America (1960).
First appearance of a superhero team that is older than the Fantastic Four, X-Men, Avengers, etc.
Marvel didn't really get started until the next year after this book...
some might say they "copied" the whole superhero team
concept from this D.C. book.
Notice how the cover of Fantastic Four #1 is similar...
a team of heroes battling together against a giant monster
grabbing at them (even in the same position on the page).
Good condition (2.0) is at $400+ in Overstreet.
Meanwhile, Fantastic Four #1 is worth $1,000 in Good.
Seems like the D.C. original should be worth more than the Marvel rip-off, right?
Thanks for the info. Greg.
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turborip wrote:Good lord hulk181man, I was going to drop in and brag about my Magnus 64 I pulled from a fifty cent bin. Now, I just want to hang my head in shame. What a great deal!
I'm still in a little shock over this find.....The dealer has several DC keys, Detective 225, GL 1, Lois Lane 1, JLA 1, Action 252, Flash 110, 1st Legion app. Adv 247(?), all ranging from Fair to G/VG and all priced from $110 to several hundred.
He also has a couple boxes of common DC period books in similar grade. I found this while rummaging thru the commons; maybe they mistook it for a JLA 28. I actually overlooked the book a month before when I was in a hurry, but had more time now and out it jumped! I tried to outwardly remain calm, placed it on my stack and paid over the money.
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greg wrote:By the time Valiant arrived, they both sucked.400yrs wrote:Makes sense until you remember that DC sucks compared to Marvel and almost always has.greg wrote:
Good condition (2.0) is at $400+ in Overstreet.
Meanwhile, Fantastic Four #1 is worth $1,000 in Good.
Seems like the D.C. original should be worth more than the Marvel rip-off, right?
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It does sound like perhaps one person's mistake has become your find of the year. Awesome deal for youhulk181man wrote:turborip wrote:Good lord hulk181man, I was going to drop in and brag about my Magnus 64 I pulled from a fifty cent bin. Now, I just want to hang my head in shame. What a great deal!
I'm still in a little shock over this find.....The dealer has several DC keys, Detective 225, GL 1, Lois Lane 1, JLA 1, Action 252, Flash 110, 1st Legion app. Adv 247(?), all ranging from Fair to G/VG and all priced from $110 to several hundred.
He also has a couple boxes of common DC period books in similar grade. I found this while rummaging thru the commons; maybe they mistook it for a JLA 28. I actually overlooked the book a month before when I was in a hurry, but had more time now and out it jumped! I tried to outwardly remain calm, placed it on my stack and paid over the money.
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Waitaminute! I got the first JLA? Bonus! I was of course referring to the preciously sought after, almost mythological Solar 10 white400yrs wrote:Wow. Nice pick up on the 1st JLA. Great deal on the Solar #10 white too!!hulk181man wrote:Ok, not Valiant but this is one of those finds you just HAVE to share. I found this at a local flea market:
for this:
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Solar White? I always wanted the Solar green, myself.hulk181man wrote:Waitaminute! I got the first JLA? Bonus! I was of course referring to the preciously sought after, almost mythological Solar 10 white400yrs wrote:Wow. Nice pick up on the 1st JLA. Great deal on the Solar #10 white too!!hulk181man wrote:Ok, not Valiant but this is one of those finds you just HAVE to share. I found this at a local flea market:
for this:
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