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Comics Golden Age

Own Action Comics #1 number 1.17086

Collector doog private msg quote post Address this user
This is apparently in a Comics Connect auction. Kinda cool, Kinda weird!


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Collector sleeperbat private msg quote post Address this user
WTF! Ok , I guess.
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Collector doog private msg quote post Address this user
You think you’ve seen it all!
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Collector xvipah private msg quote post Address this user
WTAF?
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" . " Davethebrave private msg quote post Address this user
Well, I guess I may have a shot at owning an Action Comics’ #1

My only issue with this is how accurate is the verification that this actually came from an AC1?

Grader notes: front cover # piece only
paper stuck to back

So, how is this treated for census purpose and will we see more fragments come up for auction?
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Here's the listing. I wouldn't spend eight bucks on it let alone eight hundred!!!



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I've spent years perfecting my brand of assholery. DrWatson private msg quote post Address this user
That shouldn't have even been graded.
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@DrWatson why? The most fundamental service CGC/CBCS provides is authentication.

If they are the experts, why would they not authenticate something like this?

Same would be done for a fragment of a historic work of art. An AC1, even a fragment like this, is historically important.
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Whoever decided to slab this has a sense of humor (same with whoever buys it). I just hope it came from a scrap book or an utterly destroyed cover… and that it is indeed authentic.
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As for value, if silly “newstand” variants of books produced in the thousands can command $ thousands, or “9.9” grades on mundane books get hundreds, this is easily five figures. Almost art in itself haha.

(no, I would not pay five or necessarily even four figures… but I also wouldn’t pay $$$ for the examples above…)
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COLLECTOR dielinfinite private msg quote post Address this user
Marginally better than the dime bag of Action Comics #1 shavings that went up a little while back
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@DrWatson why? The most fundamental service CGC/CBCS provides is authentication.


Authentication is fine, but I doubt the pages are White.
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"Forum Overlord" bah ha ha ha... JustThatGuy private msg quote post Address this user
That label shouldn’t be blue, it should be green for incomplete. The grader’s note should be something along the line of: affect story.
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Ok. I didn't want to go here, but here I go. How can anyone believe that this is from an actual AC1 after what CGC did with the "invisible comics"? Does anyone know if any other comics from the 40's or 50's used the same font and cover color? With it saying "paper stuck on back" you can't even go by what is supposed to be on the back of the cover!!! It figures that the same auction house that sold those AC1 paper strips is selling this.
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@EbayMafia those old AC’s keep white pages nicely. The owner probably used it for Rummikub and kept it in a box. Perfect for “White Pages”…
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So if I get a replica AC1 and glue this over the “1” can I get an Action Comics 1 purple label? I’ll take “extensive restoration, pieces added.”

Based on the Hulk 1 cover fragment, this “1” could be worth a fortune!
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Well....I guess it's better than an invisible comic??
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Well....I guess it's better than an invisible comic??

I was just getting ready to post, "What's next? Invisible comics? Oh, wait..."
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I don't believe this....and I know you don't care that I don't believe this. GAC private msg quote post Address this user
This is HILARIOUS in its rediculousness!!!
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I had no way of knowing that 9.8 graded copies signed by Adam Hughes weren't what you were looking for. drchaos private msg quote post Address this user
Any practice that encourages a seller to damage a book in hopes of making more money should be discouraged.
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Where's his Bat-package? Byrdibyrd private msg quote post Address this user
I can understand disembodied covers and dismembered pages because someone can have a hope of Frankensteining a complete book that way, but... this is like... WTF?!
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Marginally better than the dime bag of Action Comics #1 shavings that went up a little while back


This was literally my first thought.
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That shouldn't have even been graded.


Looks like it wasn’t graded. Just authenticated.
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I've spent years perfecting my brand of assholery. DrWatson private msg quote post Address this user
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Originally Posted by DrWatson
That shouldn't have even been graded.


Looks like it wasn’t graded. Just authenticated.

Indeed. I should have said, "That shouldn't have even been encapsulated."
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