When collecting Old Comic Books Was a New Idea9171
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| Stories like that are always both fun and painful to read. When I think of some of the books I walked away from over price 30+ years ago, I wish I could go bop my stupid teenaged self over the head and get old self to just suck it up and buy the thing. |
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| Hardest choice of my comic collecting career...standing in Prairie Dog comics in 1985 and looking at his wall of key books...on the wall is a TOS 39 in 4.0....an Avengers 1 in 5.0 give or take, and two copies of Hulk 1....a 5.0 and one that might be 3.5 or 4.0 signed on the splash by Kirby.....I can buy one book. I am allowed to take it and make payments till its finished. Also on the wall a golden age captain America 1 and a Golden age green lantern 1...both beyond my reach. I got the signed hulk 1, and then later was able to get the TOS and then the avengers 1...the golden age books were stolen..and the other hulk 1 sold that following day to someone passing through from out of state If I understood the dealer correctly the Hulk 1, avengers 1 and tos all came from the same collection he bought... |
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| @CaptainCanuck I love old comic book footage like this. Thanks for sharing. | ||
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| I remember in '86 my LCS had a flawless copy of GSX1 on the wall for $50 and a Silver Surfer that would have pegged at 8.0 or better for $65. "No way. Only a fool would pay that much." Yeah, I'd definitely give past me a swift kick or three. |
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| There they were on the newsstand "All In Color For A dime" and I only had one dime...and so many to choose from. Marty |
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| Back in 1995 or so my LCS had a Hulk 180 and 181 for $100 and $150 respectively, I bought a box of MtG instead... | ||
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| The only buy I truly regret not making was when Walking Dead #1 came out. I remember seeing 5 or 6 on the stand and thinking to myself "This zombie crap is played out." Oh, what I know now. I didn't have enough money back in the 90s when I first got into actually collecting. So, I guess a New Mutants 98 for $12 from East Coast Comics was just too rich for my blood back then. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by Guy In The Video I don't hear the word "antique" used ever these days when referring to comic books. I like it. |
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All pre-Liefeld comics are antique. |
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 Pictures? We don't need no stinking pictures.
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| Batman #1 was selling for $200 in 1970!!? Sounds right I suppose since that was nearly 50 years ago. I noticed no bags/boards on the comics in the video...anyone know when bags were first introduced? I'm pretty sure boards came out much later. | ||
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| I have myself had three copies of Giant size X-Men 1...bought the first, decided I wanted to get something else and traded it back. Bought a second one and felt the offer I was given for it was too good to pass up...a few months later I kept looking at the cover of that book and thinking, wow I miss that..so I bought my final copy and kept this one so far...wish I had them all now. | ||
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| I've been reading comics (or having them read to me) since I was a 4 or 4 year old in the late 70's. For me, it's not about the comics I didn't buy, it's about the comics I got off the rack that were destroyed or thrown away that today are worth hundreds to thousands of dollars... | ||
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