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I always preferred Wonder Con when it was at the Mosconi - much more chilled, and hanging out with all the West Coast boardies, (including board mascot greggy) was always a great time. I really enjoyed going to the ten SDCCs I attended, although by the time I went to my last one (ten years ago) it had gotten prohibitively expensive to attend for this Londoner. Plus the downtown hotels were triple the price they had been, while the Gaslamp was just too rammed to be fun. And the show itself, despite the impressive Exhibition Hall H, was just too busy, with too many lines, people camping overnight for specific panels, Saturday being insane (except for the vintage dealer area) and so on. None of this would have been an issue if SDCC had been my local show... I miss going to SD, but I make do with NYCC (and there's less jet lag).

First U.K. show I went to was at a place called Westminster Central Hall in London, in 1979 or 1980 - I was still at school at the time. As it happens the show was across the street from where my school was. I went to a fair amount of London marts in the early 80s, picking up BA Marvels for the most part. These were the days of comics, even valuable ones, not having backer boards and often no bags either. I doubt there was anything in the way of Golden, or even Atom Age at the show. Probably zero. From what I can remember most of the Silver Age books would've been pence copies or had pence stamps. These were still the early days of British fandom, when even books like Hulk 181 or X-Men 94 were scarce, due to not being distributed in the U.K. No recollection who any of the dealers were at that first show, apart from the one and only Paul Hudson (who used to dress like a punk for the occasion), who went on to run Comic Showcase, a West End comic shop that ran for many years and was one of the key hubs of the hobby. He's still around, posting on various FB comic-related groups. First U.S. show was San Diego in 1995. Cost me a fair amount to get there, but at least the hotels at the time weren't extortionate. It was a revelation - vast, professional, corporate, easy to navigate, etc. I'd been away from the hobby for the better part of a decade but came back and started dealing full time the year before. Looking back I wish I'd known more about GA and Atom Age, but I got to meet all the regular circuit dealers, and bought a fair amount. Who knows what deals were there that I had no idea about. I remember getting stuff signed by Neal Adams (remember, this was before CGC), and going to a Stan Lee panel in one of the smaller upstairs rooms. Great memory. I also attended the Eisner awards, where the man himself was the host. The awards went on for a wee bit too long, though. SDCC was much more manageable then (only 40-50,000 attendees). My feeling at the time was that I'd missed out on the golden years of that Con, but I was still very glad I went.

Yes, but there's a Cav-like ceiling somewhere above us .. Ignore the Cav at your peril...

Looks like we're going to the mat...

$480 on Battle Cry

Dreadful news. A great actor (his turn as James Brown was terrific) and person (he made seven movies after his diagnosis). A big loss.

Take it.

Great buyer, excellent comms, easy to deal with - Alain's a top boardie!

It's ok, Rick's relocating to Dallas and will have his own spin-off show there.

I always go with international signed for as a minimum for transatlantic or other international destinations. However this always limits what you're prepared to sell due to the expense. Worth it if you're not a volume and more of a high-ticket seller, but then there are ebay sellers out there (like our own Place In Space) who have phenomenal feedback and presumably accept that the occasional bad transaction will happen.

I've never seen another one, and I picked up this copy over two decades ago.

Cheers Mike. And as you typed that the book sold!

I’ll take the Fighting Yank 13

Might be it for now. Many thanks to those who bought, looked and kibbitzed.

MMC 45 sold to Diamonddave!

Daredevil 1 FN 6.0. No blurb needed! $3100.

Amazing Spider-Man 50 VFN+ 8.5. 1st Kingpin. Sharp, flat copy. $2000. SOLD

Marvel Mystery Comics 45 CGC 6.0. Nick Cage copy!!! A Schomburg cover extravaganza that has everything on it. $2750. SOLD.

Haunted Thrills 13 VG- 3.5. Hot book from a hot pre-code title, which presents well with nice colors. Couple of stamps on the logo, plus a spine split down to the top staple (not visible in the scan). $750

Just a few more books to add to the thread - one PCH, one Timely and a couple of very nice Marvel keys...

Hulk 181 goes to TTony, while Spellbound 11 goes to Vheflin.

Later than that later. I meant the later later.

Superb books.

Dead Who Walk and Zip 25 sold via PM.

More later...