Frisco Larson Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 On 7/17/2023 at 12:20 AM, RareHighGrade said: Here's one of the Howie Post issues. Post's work reminds me of Walt Kelly's. You've inspired me to buy a copy of this book I saw earlier in the week! I don't have it in hand yet but am looking forward to reading it! Well, reading the REST of it, as I got a head start already, for my copy isn't encumbered with having a pesky cover to prevent me from seeing the splash page already! Hey, for less than $35, where can I find a BETTER reading copy? RareHighGrade, Yorick and damonwad 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted July 17, 2023 Author Share Posted July 17, 2023 To each their own. The later issues are indeed rare and do have a charm but once Superboy and his second rate crew took over, the title just tanked for me. The Spectre, Dr. Fate, Aquaman and even the Arrow ones were just Awsome cover to cover reads. All More Funs have always been hard to find and expensive. I very rarely have a chance to add any to my collection. Frisco Larson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 On 7/16/2023 at 10:45 PM, Frisco Larson said: "Look only at clean comics see only clean shows listen to only clean stories read only clean books" I'm out... Frisco Larson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Larson Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 On 7/17/2023 at 9:48 AM, Robot Man said: To each their own. The later issues are indeed rare and do have a charm but once Superboy and his second rate crew took over, the title just tanked for me. The Spectre, Dr. Fate, Aquaman and even the Arrow ones were just Awsome cover to cover reads. All More Funs have always been hard to find and expensive. I very rarely have a chance to add any to my collection. Yup, to each their own is the best attitude! A box for every book I say! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Larson Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 On 7/17/2023 at 4:16 PM, Yorick said: "Look only at clean comics see only clean shows listen to only clean stories read only clean books" I'm out... Ditto ... or Ditko .. or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Frisco Larson Posted July 26, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 26, 2023 Extra special shout out to our very own @RareHighGrade for winning Best Golden Age Set 2023!!! Your registry set has long been a favorite to wander thru and take in all that was in the earliest days of DC!!! Congratulations my friend, you deserve this!!! https://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/SetGallery.aspx?PeopleSetID=100542 Yorick, kimik, buttock and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwotka Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 On 7/25/2023 at 7:07 PM, Frisco Larson said: Extra special shout out to our very own @RareHighGrade for winning Best Golden Age Set 2023!!! Your registry set has long been a favorite to wander thru and take in all that was in the earliest days of DC!!! Congratulations my friend, you deserve this!!! https://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/SetGallery.aspx?PeopleSetID=100542 Wow you aren't kidding. I think more than half Church copies!!! My favorites would be the 35 in 9.4, 53 in 9.6 Rockford, 64 in 9.6 Church, and of course the 42 double cover Church in 9.2/9/.6!! RareHighGrade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RedGiant Posted August 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2023 (edited) On 7/25/2023 at 5:07 PM, Frisco Larson said: Extra special shout out to our very own @RareHighGrade for winning Best Golden Age Set 2023!!! Your registry set has long been a favorite to wander thru and take in all that was in the earliest days of DC!!! Congratulations my friend, you deserve this!!! https://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/SetGallery.aspx?PeopleSetID=100542 Insane set! I’m sure it wasn’t built over night. Congratulations. Edited September 13, 2023 by RedGiant kimik, Electron, RareHighGrade and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woowoo Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 On 7/25/2023 at 5:07 PM, Frisco Larson said: Extra special shout out to our very own @RareHighGrade for winning Best Golden Age Set 2023!!! Your registry set has long been a favorite to wander thru and take in all that was in the earliest days of DC!!! Congratulations my friend, you deserve this!!! https://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/SetGallery.aspx?PeopleSetID=100542 Yes @RareHighGradehas the best More Fun collection I have ever. seen. RareHighGrade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D84 Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 My 1.0 ender, Electron, RedGiant and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 20, 2023 Author Share Posted August 20, 2023 On 8/18/2023 at 9:25 AM, RedGiant said: Insane set! I’m sure it wasn’t built over night. Congratulations. I was lucky enough to get this Larson copy recently. Looks nice in reholdered gold label. Hard to believe these books were just sitting in Larson’s family barn. The colors are just incredible on this More Fun Comics #64. Nice snag. We must be brothers from another mother. The Spectre and Mr Justice… RedGiant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sauce Dog Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 (edited) One thing to note, is that might be a Nova Scotia pedigree...however based on my experience you would have a very tough time convincing CGC to recognize it so hopefully the bidders were not banking on that (I have other More Fun books from this era that have similar 'm' marking on the cover and none of them were recognized by CGC as pedigree even when I asked them to regrade and take another look) once again I find myself super pleased that I bit the bullet and 'settled' for a cheap restored copy three years ago...cost me less than half the price that demolished raw copy sold for today Edited October 16, 2023 by Sauce Dog ender 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 On 10/16/2023 at 11:45 AM, Sauce Dog said: Johnny Quick!! I love that space pattern top right of the image... pre-Kirby Crackle!! Sauce Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sauce Dog Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 On 10/16/2023 at 2:49 PM, Yorick said: Johnny Quick!! I love that space pattern top right of the image... pre-Kirby Crackle!! That crackle is so very sweet, and puts this cover up there as perhaps one of the most iconic of the series...and that's saying lots since basically any of the full-helmet Fate covers can be argued to be some of the best of the run. Yorick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 On 10/16/2023 at 11:45 AM, Sauce Dog said: I imagine that'll press into something nice. It looks like all the paper is still there. Conservation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sauce Dog Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 (edited) On 10/16/2023 at 2:56 PM, Yorick said: I imagine that'll press into something nice. It looks like all the paper is still there. Conservation! That is what I'm assuming the bidders are hoping for, I did something similar two years ago when I bought up this #69 and had it conserved, though that still cost a few hundred bucks to do so and I can't see that #71 going above a 2.5 at most as well (which makes the above sold price still crazy, as at least in my case I bought it for cheap so the cost of conservation was still within budget) Edited October 16, 2023 by Sauce Dog Yorick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 This one came from and original collector off the rack he had great taste Professor K, Sauce Dog and Yorick 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 On 10/16/2023 at 2:23 PM, Sauce Dog said: On 10/16/2023 at 1:56 PM, Yorick said: That is what I'm assuming the bidders are hoping for, I did something similar two years ago when I bought up this #69 and had it conserved, though that still cost a few hundred bucks to do so and I can't see that #71 going above a 2.5 at most as well (which makes the above sold price still crazy, as at least in my case I bought it for cheap so the cost of conservation was still within budget) Edited 1 hour ago by Sauce Dog Yep. Pressed up real nice! woowoo, Yorick and Sauce Dog 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sauce Dog Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 On 10/16/2023 at 6:31 PM, MrBedrock said: Yep. Pressed up real nice! I think my copy might need a little more than $200 worth of conservation to get to that from 2.0 MrBedrock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted October 17, 2023 Author Share Posted October 17, 2023 On 10/16/2023 at 11:56 AM, Yorick said: I imagine that'll press into something nice. It looks like all the paper is still there. Conservation! I took a stab at that one but got blown out. For a moment, I even considered that wretched 53. MF 52 and 53 are two of my favorite GA DCs. But then I noticed who was selling it and hard to say, it was even too beat for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
