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Picked this up at the Berkely Comic show yesterday just because it was nicely priced (thanks HouseOfComics Marc!) and I wanted a copy to replace the 9.4 I sold a couple of years ago. Nice to have a pretty raw!

Picked this up yesterday at the Berkely COmic show. Not high grade but got it for the low price and the most excellent color strike!

Just got this yesterday from Gary Carter at the Berkeley Comic show! This was his own copy. We had a great chat over many things as well!

One of my all time favorite pre-hero Marvels! Have had a few over the years and want to pick up another (mid grade though!). That one is stunning!

Just picked up these two Marvels from the Berkeley Comic Con yesterday. Love these Romita Sr. Covers!

Had an excellent time! Not sure why but this was the most enjoyable con I've been to in many years. Time flew by. Picked up two Marvel 15cent (both #1s) romance comics, Gary Carter's own copy (we had a great extended chat) of Strange Tales #77, a nice lower grade Fiction House Jungle with some of the best colors I have seen and a pretty Doc Strange #1 (1974) just because. Had a surprise visit from Scott (FFB) at Marc's table and we were able to catch up after some years! The pizza truck in the lot was making hand pulled wood fired pizzas (got the Margarita) that was very reminiscent of the ones I got in Sicily. Hope they return for the next one!

Just read a couple of posts up, my man.

Well I am FINALLY recovered enough from my 2023 surgeries that I can leaf through a long box again! Hand is MUCH better. I'll be there!!! Not sure what I want but will certainly be looking for my usual like Jungle, Jumbo, Sheena, Fight, Wings etc Good girl art! And some interesting ACGs etc. We shall see. May even add to my vg-ish Marvel post hero silver. It all depends! Damn I must update my current list of what I have. No more dupe buying for me!!! Thank God it is on a Sunday! More time for that!

Just an interesting tidbit. You are not talking about a page but a "leaf. A leaf consists of two pages, front and back of what we tend to think as a single page. You cannot isolate a single page from a leaf. It would be akin to that Outer Limits episode BEHOLD ECK!.

I'll off ya three fiddy thousand!

As I alluded to, comics are a cultural phenomenon. I had a rather lengthy post that I have edited down to this: For myself and many collectors, the comic book culture is visceral. And being visceral, an intellectual discussion is usually futile. I can just glance at a certain cover or see a certain book with a ho-hum cover (Strange Tales #110 come to mind) and have an immediate reaction that takes me on a trip with memories that can span decades and can fill me with emotion and excitement. Whereas other covers/books do little for me. The ones that DO create those visceral feelings are the ones that have an impact on the comic book world and its culture. And the ones most sought (demand) and command a higher price. These are visceral reactions. Feelings. They cannot be quantified or intellectually explained.