Sweet Lou 14

Thanks!!

DD #91 is tough indeed.

Thanks for the reply! I don't have a strong feeling about this. Without triple-checking, I think it's likely that changing the name of the set to "1966" instead of "1956" would make it an accurate list of Marvel first issues from 1966-1969. On the other hand, if you decided to expand the set to encompass more of the Silver Age, 1956 would be an odd starting point for a Marvel set. The obvious place to start would be 1961, with FF #1. Going back before that, you could set the cutoff date at 1959 (to include Tales of Suspense, Tales to Astonish, and Amazing Adventures / Amazing Adult Fantasy) but it would probably make more sense to go all the way back to 1951 (Strange Tales) which nobody would call the Silver Age. So my vote would be to simply change the name to 1966 or expand the list to start at 1961 with FF #1. But that's just one collector's opinion.

There's a registry set called "Marvel Silver Age 1st Issues (1956-1969)" that actually doesn't have any of the early Silver Age Marvel #1s (ASM #1, DD #1, FF #1, Hulk #1, X-Men #1, etc.). At a quick glance, it seems to me that there's a typo in the set name and that it should really be 1966-1969. Here's the list of what's in the set:

I hope you don't mind me asking, but how are you doing Jimbo?

VARYING GRADES?!?!?!?!

Your idea to collect these classic pages is so brilliant, I'm kinda jealous.

FWIW, I don't mind a small amount of the back cover (usually white) showing along the spine if it's even. It's when the cover is crooked (triangular-shaped area of the back cover visible and/or horizontal design elements clearly tilted) that bothers me.

It only takes two bidders ... I thought this had a realistic shot at being the first $10M book.

That's why I had to have it.

I don't usually cross-post, but today I felt I just had to. Major addition to the collection, maybe the best book I'll find all year.

I don't usually cross-post, but today I felt I just had to. Major addition to the collection, maybe the best book I'll find all year.

Let me go a step further @KirbyJack ... This has been a really rough year so far for CGC and for comic book collecting in general. The mood on these boards has been pretty dark and ugly, and I'm not even saying that isn't justified based on some of the scandalous stuff going on. It's been a bit harder to find the joy in the hobby, and I have been visiting less often because it seems the only updates I get are in these doom and gloom threads. (On a slightly related note, my WTB threads get no action at all and I can't remember the last time I saw a book for sale on the boards that I need.) However, there are a handful of threads -- this being one -- where I can always go to find people who remind me what it's all about. And it's no coincidence that some of the same characters tend to frequent those various threads. As long as there's still life in those threads, it's worth coming back here. Thanks for being one of the people who makes it all fun.

+1,000,000

That's a very tall order. I decided to draw the line at 8.0 for FF #1 and Hulk #1.