Bronty Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 (edited) I guess the most obvious and yet easily forgotten point is that the late PHM books and the early FF books were on the stands at the exact same time. 1961,1962.. You could have taken your 20c down to the drugstore in 1961 and bought a FF1 and a TOS23 on the same afternoon in August of '61. (arrival dates show 'Nov 61' books arriving August '61 with FF1's typically being 8/8/61). Edited January 5, 2018 by Bronty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Looks like FF to me. Could be Atlas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 I guess if we are paying no attention to anything I said, then yes that looks like FF sfcityduck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 26 minutes ago, Bronty said: I guess if we are paying no attention to anything I said, then yes that looks like FF zzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZ wha? Did someone say something? ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Always loved the mummy covers! sfcityduck, gadzukes, ADAMANTIUM and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 (edited) I also love the prehero covers with the round 12c marks. Those show the comic is truly in the age of Marvel. That TTA 31 came out the same month as Hulk 1. That begs the question..... does a "pre-hero Marvel" have to predate FF1? TTA 31 came out after FF1. Edited January 9, 2018 by gadzukes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 30 minutes ago, gadzukes said: I also love the prehero covers with the round 12c marks. Those show the comic is truly in the age of Marvel. That TTA 31 came out the same month as Hulk 1. That begs the question..... does a "pre-hero Marvel" have to predate FF1? TTA 31 came out after FF1. Good question. I always took is as the book was still a PHM until the hero actually debuted in the title. What do others think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NP_Gresham Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I love the pre hero books, but they are getting a little out of my range. I picked up most of what I have before the run-up. I was fortunate to complete the ST 1-100 run, but I am stuck trying to upgrade some books. The JIM 1-83 i don't think is going to happen at this point, but I did manage to get a copy of #1. Just a real challenge and fun runs to collect! The pre code are definitely more expensive, but the post code are harder to find. The collecting interest seems to lie mainly with the pre code as did the majority of the readership when they were coming out. The drop off after the implementation of the code means those books are particularly harder to find in IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Pontoon Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Jayman said: 3 hours ago, gadzukes said: I also love the prehero covers with the round 12c marks. Those show the comic is truly in the age of Marvel. That TTA 31 came out the same month as Hulk 1. That begs the question..... does a "pre-hero Marvel" have to predate FF1? TTA 31 came out after FF1. Good question. I always took is as the book was still a PHM until the hero actually debuted in the title. What do others think? For all farts like myself, PHM originally meant TOS 1-38, TTA 1-34, ST 67-100, JIM 50-82, AA 1-6 and AAF 7-14, the majority of which are "Big Monster" books. Nowadays a lot of people use it as a catchall term for anything Marvel put out prior to the superhero books, but to me pre-implosion '50s Atom Age fantasy titles aren’t PHM. Edited January 9, 2018 by Dick Pontoon *Bronze age fan* and KirbyJack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post *Bronze age fan* Posted January 9, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 9, 2018 I bought a few of these years ago. Thought they were cool. bc, Dave2739, nepatkm and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badback83 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 What a nice group @*Bronze age fan*! If I'm not mistaken, I'm pretty sure I sold you the JIM 1 3.0. It was several years ago. Such a nice copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Bronze age fan* Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 (edited) 24 minutes ago, DocHoppus182 said: What a nice group @*Bronze age fan*! If I'm not mistaken, I'm pretty sure I sold you the JIM 1 3.0. It was several years ago. Such a nice copy. Off eBay? That was were I bought it. Sept 10 2014. According to GPA. Edited January 9, 2018 by *Bronze age fan* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sludgesicle Man Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 A few that I have. I also sent off a JIM 73 to get graded. Love that Spiderman "tryout". Should be around a 5.5 off white/white. badback83, bc and Dick Pontoon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 7 hours ago, Pontoon said: For all farts like myself, PHM originally meant TOS 1-38, TTA 1-34, ST 67-100, JIM 50-82, AA 1-6 and AAF 7-14, the majority of which are "Big Monster" books. Nowadays a lot of people use it as a catchall term for anything Marvel put out prior to the superhero books, but to me pre-implosion '50s Atom Age fantasy titles aren’t PHM. The only ones I would add is (the oft-maligned) World of Fantasy 15-19 (specifically 18-19), Strange Worlds 1-5 and ST Annual 1 (for the OCD). -bc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bc Posted January 10, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2018 (edited) The power of the Group Shots compel me... -bc Edited January 10, 2018 by bc pic fix mysterio, Bomber-Bob, nepatkm and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Pontoon Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 1 hour ago, bc said: The only ones I would add is (the oft-maligned) World of Fantasy 15-19 (specifically 18-19), Strange Worlds 1-5 and ST Annual 1 (for the OCD). -bc I knew i forgot something! I think the last time I did that *Bronze age fan* brought it up. *Bronze age fan* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepatkm Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Atlas Horror-- --What memories, trying to find back issues of them as a kid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepatkm Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 8 hours ago, *Bronze age fan* said: I bought a few of these years ago. Thought they were cool. Very Cool!!! Great books *Bronze age fan* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepatkm Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 2 hours ago, bc said: The power of the Group Shots compel me... -bc Beautiful collection!!! bc and *Bronze age fan* 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Post code but before the monster covers there were some beautiful books! *Bronze age fan* and bc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
