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Quills from the Crypt
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14 hours ago, Robot Man said:

Gotta focus Jimmers. Stick to one thing at a post. OK, how about a tale? What was your best find? Every collector has stories...

It's so hot friend it's hard to focus.My best find or favourite find?The best picking find was likely a stack of about two dozen ten cent romances at a local junk store,all a quarter each.Mostly photo covers,but a few Bakers in there.All were in great shape,fine or better,after I worried the price stickers off them!Sadly,I quickly traded the Bakers for a small pile of pch.This was about six,seven years ago,the prices were nowhere near what they would be today.Same could be said for the horror books,but not near as much.

Right around the same year I found Hulk 180/181 at Value Village for 1.99$ each,mid grade.Uncle Ghost Rider cried and moaned so much I just gave him the 181-sadly when he passed I discovered he'd sold it. meh Still have the 180 somewhere.

I also found a Batman Adventures 12,maybe a vg,at a pawnshop for fifty cents I think?One of the few times I sold without dire need.Had that sucker sold the same night for sixty bucks lol 

My favourite?A toss up between being at a yard sale at around the age of ten,eleven and finding a pile of SA Marvels.X-Men,FF,Avengers.All beaters,barely above fair shape or worse.I remember X-Men 12 and 13,18(still one of my fave covers,Avengers 9 Strange Tales 108.This was the later eighties,and I was SO excited.There was also some DC/Marvel crossover treasuries,Hulk and Batman,Spidey and Supes,Famous First Editions.Ten cent Charltons like Gorgo and Billy the Kid.A nickle for the regular comics,a quarter for the treasuries.Still have most of them,but a few were lost or stolen or whatever happens to young kids comics.Then there was finding a TTA 93 in what was likely nm at the time(I was twelve,so years of reading and rereading and it's now a vf) for 1$ at the local comic,magazine and porno shop.I'd spend whole days digging through longboxes on the floor in that musty dark place.That comic was the one that got me seriously into back issues.Tales to Astonish...how cool!So fresh and nice and that cover!

Those are the ones that stick out in my memory best right now.No GA finds(even today at Ottawa shows,that's rare,at full retail lol ) I'm sure more will come to me.

It's just SO.DARN.HOT.

Likely no pics today.Light's not working at all,and my neighbour's not home to charge the laptop.At least I have her wifi password.

Keep cool gang!

Jimmers

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53 minutes ago, porcupine48 said:

Right around the same year I found Hulk 180/181 at Value Village for 1.99$ each,mid grade.Uncle Ghost Rider cried and moaned so much I just gave him the 181-sadly when he passed I discovered he'd sold it. meh Still have the 180 somewhere.

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Great stories all. I especially like the yard sale score when you were 10. Such a sense of wonderment and joy. It is stories like that that shaped many of our collecting interests.

You are hot?  Seems like you were just freezing cold for months a short time ago. I don't know how or why you people put up with that. Boring old sunny and 75 degrees suits me just fine...

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2 hours ago, Robot Man said:

Great stories all. I especially like the yard sale score when you were 10. Such a sense of wonderment and joy. It is stories like that that shaped many of our collecting interests.

You are hot?  Seems like you were just freezing cold for months a short time ago. I don't know how or why you people put up with that. Boring old sunny and 75 degrees suits me just fine...

Thanks friend.

Born and raised here,deep roots.The weather extremes are like warfare.100F° on the hallway thermometer,and that doesn't factor in the 'humidex'.So feels closer to 115° with 90% humidity.I would have some fans or AC going if I could.And yeppers,just a few months ago it was -50.We get about five minutes of decent weather here in the Ottawa area lol  @skypinkblu has witnessed the heat here she's told me.

Here's a comic you may recognize...

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On 7/16/2018 at 7:18 PM, thunsicker said:

Hey Jimmers.  Your collection has a lot more comics and a lot fewer pets than I imagined.

An old pic,but here's my seldom seen ball python,just to keep the pets represented.

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I don't normally collect westerns,but I can't resist those Canadian comics!Lots of Canadian books coming throughout.

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I'm pretty sure this one came from the great Rickster himself, @catrick339 (sorry friend,I owe you for that 'chin' comment lol )who always has the good goods.

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I'll leave you with Penny looking for a snack!Can anyone name what cover this Canadian book is using?(no zooming!I just noticed it's on the tag lol )

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Hi gang(is anyone out there?)

I forgot I had a pic of this available.Here's one of the most violent pre code books I I own,from my pal @fifties 

I dig the loving fixin' up someone did ages ago down in the right corner.If you have not read the Giggling Killer,well,it's not for the weak of heart!

Here's a link

http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=40611

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18 minutes ago, porcupine48 said:

I've posted this all over,but since it's likely my favourite comic and would be the last to go...

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..Surprising. Wouldn't have thought it'd be this. For some reason i thought Chamber of Chills 19 was your favorite book. Well either way, been enjoying the show, always good to see someones last book to go. 

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