Favorite "Loved" Comic? 1 1

[XxSpideyxX]

So many of us fixate on the "perfect" grade or presentation.  But oftentimes, I love a well worn comic as much as one that is pristine.

To me, there is something deeply personal about a comic that exhibits the degree of affection and enjoyment that previous owners got out of the book.  There are so many personal stories wrapped into the scribbles, tape, rough edges, torn/missing/cut pages that accompany a well-worn book.

For example, I paid $5 for this book on Saturday just b/c I loved how deeply attached this person was that he made sure to write his name and address on the cover in the event it ever escaped his ownership.  I would love to track this person down and talk to them about their memories of reading this and other books.  He obviously read it so much that he had to tape the cover on to keep it together.

Do you have any of your favorite examples to share?

 

 

[marvelmaniac]

Very Happy/Glad to see you gave a Well Loved book a nice home, even Well Loved books need Love and Attention.

I have a lot of "Well Loved" books, when you are collecting on a budget you treasure low grade issues just because you actually have a copy and I agree 100% that those books have "class and a history" to them.

I would not know where to start with pics, too many in PR 0.5 - FR 1.0 just in Super Hero titles such as...

ASM 2, 3, 4, Avengers 2, 6, 7, 8, DD 1, 7, F.F. 2, 3, 4, JIM 84, 88, Silver Surfer 1, TTA 44, 45, X-Men 2

There are many more in the FR/GD 1.5 - GD 2.0 range.

Here are a couple...

Edited February 3, 2020 by marvelmaniac

[theCapraAegagrus]

A have a beat up run of X-Men vs The Avengers (1980s).

[MR SigS]

My FF Annual 3 is very well loved- One of my favorites!

[slym2none]

No pics, but I still have my original copy of Uncanny 171 that I bought off the rack at my local drug store, the first comic I ever bought myself. It's probably a 6.0-7.0, like most of those first couple of years of comics I bought.



-slym

[kav]

My most loved book is Adv 356-one of the 2 books I first bought.  Here's a stock image.

[Montezuma]

My first comic, it survived for years I a tree fort

[KirbyJack]

Almost all my comics fall into this category, so having one stand out may not happen. The first thing to come to mind was Straw-Man and his original copy of Amazing Spider-Man annual #1.

Edited February 5, 2020 by KirbyJack

[Gravin]

First comic I ever owned, Marvel Team-Up 117, it had been pocket rolled multiple times (Though the cover is still miraculously attached.) There is a stain of what I believe is cheeto-dust (tm) on the back and has more spine ticks than my old cat after a 3 night outdoor bender but THAT is the copy that is in the top loader displayed among my other treasures. (While my 'pretty' copy holds down its place in the stacks of my MTU collection.)

[marvelmaniac]

1 hour ago, Gravin said:

First comic I ever owned, Marvel Team-Up 117, it had been pocket rolled multiple times (Though the cover is still miraculously attached.) There is a stain of what I believe is cheeto-dust (tm) on the back and has more spine ticks than my old cat after a 3 night outdoor bender but THAT is the copy that is in the top loader displayed among my other treasures. (While my 'pretty' copy holds down its place in the stacks of my MTU collection.)

"cheeto-dust"...

[Robot Man]

22 hours ago, Montezuma said:

My first comic, it survived for years I a tree fort

We had a tree house in the back yard too. Had a small wooden box where we kept anything our parents objected to. Nudie mags, a small stack of ECs my uncle gave me and MAD magazines that my parents felt were “subversive”. 

When I turned 17, I moved out. My mom pitched our comic collection as well as the collections of friends in the neighborhood who parents didn’t want them having. All our toys, baseball cards and things she thought we had out grown. At the time, I was pretty much pizzed she did it without asking. Now, I am a little sick. (I grew up in the very dawn of the Marvel Age). 

When my dad sold the house, I went over and climbed up in the treehouse. Everything in the box was still there and same condition as I left it. In the basement were a few things like my Munsters lunch box with all my Monster and Mars Attacks cards and a few other things. Glad to have something left. 

[Robot Man]

I think this is the only comic I still have from my childhood collection. And, yes, well "loved" is probably an understatement...

I believe I got it at a Cub Scout swap meeting.

[XxSpideyxX]

3 hours ago, Robot Man said:

We had a tree house in the back yard too. Had a small wooden box where we kept anything our parents objected to. Nudie mags, a small stack of ECs my uncle gave me and MAD magazines that my parents felt were “subversive”. 

When I turned 17, I moved out. My mom pitched our comic collection as well as the collections of friends in the neighborhood who parents didn’t want them having. All our toys, baseball cards and things she thought we had out grown. At the time, I was pretty much pizzed she did it without asking. Now, I am a little sick. (I grew up in the very dawn of the Marvel Age). 

When my dad sold the house, I went over and climbed up in the treehouse. Everything in the box was still there and same condition as I left it. In the basement were a few things like my Munsters lunch box with all my Monster and Mars Attacks cards and a few other things. Glad to have something left. 

Wow!  What an awesome story.

[01TheDude]

some of my first comics I owned -- well loved/read but all are either replaced or simply sold on ebay. I think I got three in a multi-pack (FF/IH/DD) but recall that ASM being one of my earliest reads. I had seen/read other books thanks to neighbor kids and my cousins - but these were special since you've got to start somewhere.