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Bid for this book last night in the Comic Connect auction, which featured Conans 1-24, all in pristine 9.4 grade with white pages. Alas, I was outbid at the end. A beautiful cover by Barry Windsor-Smith, my favorite of his from the Marvel picture frame era. Being a CVA copy, the winning bid was quite high for this grade - $361. Well, better luck next time. There are a couple of slabbed 9.6s coming up for auction at Heritage, so I'll a have go with one of those.
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Just purchased this one from Worldwide Comics. A stunning cover from the late, great Neal Adams. One of many from his amazing run on this title. Enjoy.
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I've decided to give myself a new challenge and try to acquire DC romance books books from the late 1960s. Just purchased this one from eBay. Enjoy.
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Okay, here's the image.
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Just won this in the Comic Link auction. Extremely hard to find in high grade due to the dark green cover. As a matter of fact, there are only five copies on the CGC census. And only a single 9.4 has been graded higher than this one. This replaces the 7.0 slabbed copy that I've had for the last 15 years. Artwork by Neal Adams, who began his career at DC doing the humor titles. Here we have Bob joining a biker gang calling themselves.....The Ghost Riders? Hmmm. Predates Marvel's Johnny Blaze by some four years. LOL! Enjoy.
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Thanks for the compliments guys! I was outbid on this book in the current Comic Link auction. Winning bid was $162, a rather high price for that grade. A 9.8 sold at auction at Heritage a year ago for $360, including the 20% buyer's premium. So without the premium the winning bid would have been around $300. I was kicking myself afterwards for not bidding on that copy. Oh well, another high grade copy will come up eventually on the market.
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Let's try that again with the image. I don't know why I got this half photo.
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A book that does not come up too often for sale in high grade. One of the few covers I like by Neal Adams on this title. What's interesting here is that the cover features the first Green Arrow illustration by Adams, a character who would, of course, become one of Neal's signature heroes later on. That would also include the new costume and facial hair. It's good to be back at the journals after a five month hiatus. Enjoy the image.
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Very nice dover. I have two issues from the Adams run - 150 (9.6) and 151 (9.4). There are a few others I would like to acquire, 153 and 155 in particular. Good luck with completing your Adams run!
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Who Owns This Book, And Are You Willing To Sell It?
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Professor Chaos - The pictured copy here of the Mass. HOM 190 was not sold on Comic Link. The book was pulled from the sales section by the owner, as I stated in my journal. And that copy is the only one I'll settle for. So the hunt here is for whoever that owner is. -
Who Owns This Book, And Are You Willing To Sell It?
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Okay, here's the image. Enjoy.
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An extremely hard to find issue of HOM. And it just so happens to be my favorite Neal Adams HOM cover. This book was listed on the Comic Link for sale section a few years back, along with other DC horror books belonging to the Mass. pedigree. After a while, the seller pulled all of them from the site. I'm interested in making an offer for it, since it's next to impossible to find on the market. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
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Picked this up on eBay the other day. There were a few other issues in this title with inking duties assigned to Neal Adams, but this is the only one where he did the complete layouts. And a pretty cool cover too! I'm unable to save the image from eBay. An upgrade from my previous copy, which was a 9.4.
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Congrats on your five wins in the Pedigree auction Professor! I figure the crown jewel in this auction had to be be the ASM 20 (first Scorpion ), CGC 9.8, WP Curator pedigree. Winning bid was 65,500!! Funny thing is, collectors expect the Scorpion to be appearing in the next Spider-Man movie, but there is no verification of that. It must be nice to have that kind of spending money! Good luck with future attempts at acquiring ASM 101.
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Won this at the recent Comic Link auction. Quite the cover by famous horror artist Bernie Wrightson. But this book happens to be pretty much the last of Neal Adams' interior artwork at DC. A career that started with the company in 1967, Adams would end up redefining Batman, Green Lantern/Green Arrow, and make Deadman his own. After this book, the only interior work Adams did for DC was the Superman vs. Muhammad Ali treasury edition in 1978. After that it would be decades before his return to DC. Enjoy.
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Amazing Spider-Man #125 CGC 9.8 WP: Origin & 2nd appearance of the Man-Wolf!
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Awesome book Professor! Like issue 124, I also bought this one at my local convenience store back in 1973. Ah, those were the days! Congrats and best of luck with your hunt for other first appearance issues of ASM!- 8 comments
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Picked up this one from a local dealer. Another book that I've reacquired, having sold my copy last year due to the pandemic while trying to avoid falling behind on the bills. From the glorious Neal Adams run on this title. This issue is one of the few that deals with a horror storyline instead of the social commentary that made this run by Adams and O'Neil famous. Enjoy.
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Amazing Spider-Man #124 CGC 9.8 WP: 1st appearance of the Man-Wolf!
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Nice acquisition, Professor! I remember buying this issue at my local convenience store off a spinner rack back in 1973 ( that book being long ago discarded). I agree with you about this book appreciating in value. I just might go for a 9.4 copy myself, along with 125, the conclusion of the story. Best of luck with your bidding in the upcoming Pedigree auction!- 9 comments
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Professor - Just thought I'd let you know about the upcoming auction at Pedigree Comics featuring a huge selection of ASM, all in either 9.6 or 9.8. You might want to check it out. Happy collecting!
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Won this yesterday in the recent Pedigree Comics auction. A common theme in DC and Marvel comics during the 1970s was horror. Here we have an awesome example of the genre written by Len Wein and drawn by Neal Adams. Personally, I'm not a fan of covers with multiple panels, like this one. But that was par for the course with these DC 100 page super spectaculars. Now, if this had been a 20 cent issue, with the Adams artwork donning the entire cover, it would probably rank as my favorite on the Batman title.
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Thanks Professor! Speaking of Neal Adams Batman covers, stay tuned for my next journal. By the way, congrats on the acquisition of the two Spideys, 41 and 50!
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