TomDehnert Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Just wondering what everyones opinions are on buying signed silver age books. Reason i ask is im about to buy hulk 2 i could by a copy signed by stan lee or i could buy a clean 4.0 the price really isnt much different. I just dont like where the signature is on the signed copy. Stans great but i also like a clean cover. Whats everyone opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grebal Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Writing (or sigs) on the cover is defacement and a detraction, imo. But I guess sigs by the cover artist are not as obnoxious as I used to find them. And I actually found a book in a box from the 70s or possibly early 80s with this one, so I can appreciate what some people must like about them. Stan's the man, after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoMan Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Buy the Hulk w/o sig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyderfan Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Clean covers only for this guy. However, I do LOVE a nice signature/and or date on the splash page or first page. mysterio and Hudson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 10 hours ago, Spyderfan said: Clean covers only for this guy. However, I do LOVE a nice signature/and or date on the splash page or first page. ....this is me as well...... although a few exceptions, mainly creators who have cool sigs, like Steranko, Adams, and Totelben ....GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pemart1966 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 I don't mind a cleanly placed signature on the splash page in the blank area outside the art. I think in the decades to come, people will lament the amount of books defaced with signatures on the covers... mysterio, JTLarsen, Readcomix and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Sinescu Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 I'd definitely go with the "no SS" option. I don't really do sigs, only if I meet an artist/writer at a con and just want kind of a personal memento. Otherwise they're meaningless to me and, as others have said, you've pretty much permanently defaced the book. IngelsFan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 On keys i don't like ss.... Hulk #2 is a key imo..... ComicConnoisseur and FoggyNelson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcjames Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 22 hours ago, grebal said: Writing (or sigs) on the cover is defacement and a detraction, imo. But I guess sigs by the cover artist are not as obnoxious as I used to find them. And I actually found a book in a box from the 70s or possibly early 80s with this one, so I can appreciate what some people must like about them. Stan's the man, after all. That is perfect placement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s14roller Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 I love sigs if it's placed well and a nice -script. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry E. Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 In recent years with the significant person signing so much on a day the signature can look a little messy. The one above is great, but so many written across the middle of the cover in a rush. What does it really say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverAgeGuy Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 I cringe every time I see a Signature on a very hard to get high grade silver age book. I'm fine with them on low grade copies. I once owned a good FF1 that Stan signed for me at a convention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomDehnert Posted September 11, 2017 Author Share Posted September 11, 2017 yea i tend to agree stan is the man but if anyone else writes on a cover its a huge down grade i have books signed but i feel like my hulk 2 wont be signed appreciate all the feedback i joined this forum to learn more and bounce ideas off people so thank you all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimebuster Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 I don't mind it on low grade copies. Not a fan of signatures on the cover of higher grade copies from Silver Age and earlier. mysterio and chrisco37 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoomCity Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Not a fan of signatures on the cover, maybe a few exceptions, but lots of the time it ruins it. I typicall avoid SS books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusterMark Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 I love sigs. (Though good placement is important to me, not so much the style of the sig). And I love them Especially on older books, for which I really appreciate the greats so much more than more modern artists. To me the art and story Creators are so important that I really value having their sigs on the comics. That said, I actually would never get a sig on a particularly high grade book or a pedigree (that would be abominable). For lower grade or mid grade books, I love the sigs, and especially on keys, because to me that means that the creator has imparted a particularly personal part of themselves to this particular book (however fleeting the manner of doing so might be), so the book now carries a personalized part of the creator with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockMyAmadeus Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 With the literally tens to even hundreds of thousands of extant copies of most Silver Age books (Batman, for example, averaged nearly 900k copies SOLD...not printed, SOLD...for 1966, and a good chunk of those books still exist), it's a guarantee that perhaps 90-99% of all copies will NOT be signed and NEVER signed. I think that leaves plenty of options for those who don't like sigs. Not only was the SA a boom in the new comics market, it also saw the dawn of a successful organized comics fandom (after a few earlier fits and starts that didn't take) with hoarding of many books beginning in earnest around 1965. Virtually none of these books is rare, scarce, or even difficult to find, except in very high grade. SA books, in general, are about as common in average grades as 80's books are in high grade. So, if you like sigs, get one...there will be a time when there won't be any more new ones. If you don't...there are plenty of options out there. mysterio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveinthecity Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 I'm not much of a sig guy myself, but I understand wanting and appreciating a sig from someone who actually contributed to the book, regardless of era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkKnightReturns Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 low grade or resto copies only imo on older copies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenlake Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 (edited) I've seen some that look good, but I wouldn't get a book signed on the cover except maybe for an inexpensive issue with sentimental value or if all the creative team was there. I saw in the census for an issue I just bought that there's a new highest grade, the only copy above 8.5, and it's signed. I hope they did it out of love for the book because the idea of it makes me cringe. Edited September 17, 2017 by Greenlake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
