It's been 50 YEARS...show us your books from 1967! 1 1

[Hepcat]

I don't have any books anymore from '67...

 

No Amazing 50???

 

Hey Frankie ...sold the remaining above 20 to pay for my 2 and 3 in 9.0...such is life and collecting...the last of the ASM that were pried from my hands were about in the following order...75...21-30...31/32/33...39/40 and 50...I miss 'em but I'm happy with my decision...while the 28 and 50 were the most valuable, I miss the 31-33 most. I might add those back some day...

 

Is/was there something special about Amazing Spider-Man 2 and 3? When did you start buying Amazing Spider-Man comics as a kid? I'm asking because it would seem strange to me to reduce the quantity of a run you've collected to concentrate your "collection" in just two issues.

 

Edited January 30, 2017 by Hepcat

[Hepcat]

tricolorbrian said:

Well, it's not ASM 50 or anything Ditko...but it is from 1967...and kinda like a superhero comic...sorta...maybe...

 

 

tricolorbrian said:

and from the garbage company...a little trio of Ditko...

 

 

 

 

Those are all fabulous! But you've made no reference to the drugstore here. Did you therefore acquire the non-DCs somewhere else, or later?

 

I seem to recall that your drugstore was situated in a shopping plaza right around the corner from your house. In what city was this? Is the drugstore still there? Does it still sell comics?

 

Finally, how is it that you didn't seem to have any interest in any but Superman and Batman family DC titles? Did your drugstore not carry any Justice League of America, Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman , Hawkman  or Atom comics?

 

Edited March 10, 2017 by Hepcat

[Hepcat]

Here are scans of the five DC comics in my collection cover dated January 1967 with the covers that I like the best:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[valiantman]

Is this one not already posted?

 

[Hepcat]

Well not that copy anyway.

 

 

 

[valiantman]

Well not that copy anyway.

 

 

I scrolled through (quickly) and didn't see Star Trek #1 at all.

[Hepcat]

Here are scans of the non-DC comics in my collection cover dated January 1967:

 

 

This was Black Hood's first appearance as the cover feature of a comic in over twenty years! Pity the cover was so Marvelesque though.

 

 

Here the folks at Charlton unveiled Captain Atom's new duds. A very sad development since I much preferred his previous yellow and orange outfit.

 

 

He just wasn't the Captain Atom I knew and loved from then on.

 

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[Tri-Color Brian]

On 1/25/2017 at 2:51 PM, Hepcat said:

 

 

 

Amazing that not only do you have all twelve of both the Action Comics and the Adventure Comics runs that you'd bought as a kid in 1967 from one specific outlet, but that they're all still in such fabulous shape! I really like how bright the whites of the checks on top have stayed all these years.

 

Thanks for the comments.  Drugstore is gone.  It was in Santa Maria, CA.  Audrey and Beetles were from different buys over the years.  I too am baffled at how well the books held up for so many years.  What has happened to these boards?  I just tried to insert a link and it didn't work...Arrrggghhh...

 

Edited March 17, 2017 by tricolorbrian

[Tri-Color Brian]

so...instead of showing a pg. link, it showed a book on that pg.  Twice even...how do you delete mistakes...?

 

[Tri-Color Brian]

And BTW Hep, your 1967 books are very nice.  Did you get them from the drugstore too? 

[Tri-Color Brian]

And Hep Cat...to answer your other question...I just wasn't interested in the other Dc titles at that time.  Not enough money to try anything non-Superman or Batman.  Plus, I had a neighbor up the street that would sell me selected back issues from his collection for a nickel each...and that took a lot of my extra cash.  I also started buying golden age books the previous year, so my new DC purchases were coming to a close, while GA purchases expanded.

Edited February 19, 2017 by tricolorbrian

[Hepcat]

Here are scans of a half a dozen of my favourite covers from the DC comics in my collection dated February 1967:

Edited March 2, 2018 by Hepcat

[Hepcat]

On 2/12/2017 at 10:01 PM, tricolorbrian said:

And BTW Hep, your 1967 books are very nice.  Did you get them from the drugstore too? 

 

Sadly I'm not the original owner of any of my 1967 comics. In fact the only comic I bought in 1967 was this one which I picked up at a country store just north of Delhi, Ontario near where I was working on a tobacco farm:

[Tri-Color Brian]

[Hepcat]

Here are scans of the non-DC comics in my collection cover dated February 1967:

 

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The above is the Gold Key comic that adapted the movie which launched Raquel Welch to subsequent stardom!

 

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Edited March 2, 2018 by Hepcat

[Hepcat]

Here in alphabetical order are scans of my favourite covers from the DC comics I have in my collection cover dated March 1967:

 

Edited March 9, 2018 by Hepcat

[Hepcat]

Here are scans of the non-DC comics in my collection cover dated March 1967:

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Edited March 8, 2018 by Hepcat

[creaturefan95]

[Hepcat]

Here in alphabetical order are scans of my favourite covers from the DC comics cover dated March 1967 that I have in my collection:

 

 

[JLA Brad]

Here's one that Hepcat missed from March of 1967.  From a series I have some acquaintance with:

Edited March 10, 2018 by JLA Brad
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