Popular Post SuperBird Posted April 16, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 16, 2020 (edited) Action Comics 50! The "other" black cover in the run, although I suppose 42 sort of counts as well. I love this one; it's just classic GA Superman, with a focus on saving people from disasters. I picked up this copy off eBay for a cheap BIN a few years ago. Edited April 16, 2020 by SuperBird telerites, Keys_Collector, OtherEric and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedude Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 looks fantastic for a 4.0! SuperBird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 6 minutes ago, thedude said: looks fantastic for a 4.0! At some point over the last 15 years CGC decided that taping torn pages didn't improve grades; instead, it lowered them. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedude Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 the ever changing, vague, subjective, CGC grading standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 1 hour ago, thedude said: the ever changing, vague, subjective, CGC grading standards. I recently purchased a collection of slabbed, high grade master of Kung Fu's, and let me tell ya... all over the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedude Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 9 hours ago, SuperBird said: I recently purchased a collection of slabbed, high grade master of Kung Fu's, and let me tell ya... all over the place. Oh, I'm sure we all have had a similar experience. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 14 hours ago, SuperBird said: Action Comics 50! The "other" black cover in the run, although I suppose 42 sort of counts as well. I love this one; it's just classic GA Superman, with a focus on saving people from disasters. I picked up this copy off eBay for a cheap BIN a few years ago. Nice, this is the only big logo Action I have. Got stupid lucky a few years ago, mine is a raw around 2.0 and was only $60 7 or 8 years ago. Not quite a classic cover, I think, but close. SuperBird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 8 hours ago, OtherEric said: Nice, this is the only big logo Action I have. Got stupid lucky a few years ago, mine is a raw around 2.0 and was only $60 7 or 8 years ago. Not quite a classic cover, I think, but close. That would have been a great price even back then. OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SuperBird Posted April 17, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 17, 2020 Action Comics 49! Cool "target" cover by Fred Ray. For whatever reason, this issue is particularly tough to find compared to the surrounding ones (similarly to issue 20). Perhaps nobody else in 1942 thought it was cool enough to save a copy of? It's got one of those slightly awkward GA cover layouts that I find pretty cool. I can almost imagine L.B. Cole using this layout for one of his crime covers. I won this copy 3 years ago in a ComicConnect auction. Larryw7, Keys_Collector, OtherEric and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCOComics Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 On 4/13/2020 at 8:58 AM, SuperBird said: “These books have been reported stolen.” —TO BE CONTINUED— Yorick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted April 18, 2020 Author Share Posted April 18, 2020 (edited) Action Comics 48! Great WW2 Japanese cover with a dynamic layout. Definitely one of the top covers in the run, IMHO. I bought this old-label copy through a fellow boardie who had it consigned to Metropolis Comics. Edited April 18, 2020 by SuperBird Yorick, OtherEric, thedude and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedude Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 14 hours ago, SuperBird said: Action Comics 48! Great WW2 Japanese cover with a dynamic layout. Definitely one of the top covers in the run, IMHO. I bought this old-label copy through a fellow boardie who had it consigned to Metropolis Comics. ahh, now this is a comic book. SuperBird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SuperBird Posted April 19, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 19, 2020 Action Comics 47! The first Lex Luthor cover. Oftentimes, I have let my fandom reach the fever pitch where I yearned to gaze upon the back of Luthor's head on a comic cover, and this one does not disappoint! Before this became a key book, I picked up a $20 copy that was a literal mess: cover detached, tears everywhere, a piece torn out of the cover where the word bubble is. This was a nice upgrade. Bought as a slab from the other company as a 4.0 at ComicConnect auction (do they have some kind of deal with those guys?) CGC agreed with the grade. comicdonna, OtherEric, Larryw7 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewCup Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 On 3/30/2020 at 8:47 AM, SuperBird said: Action Comics 58: Slap-a-Jap! This is one of the most desirable covers in the run, and probably the hardest to replace should I ever sell it. My wife, who is Asian, is displeased with the cover art; but not nearly as much as she is with my MOKF collection. So I guess it's safe for now. I was fortunate to have found this one on the boards from someone who'd bought it as a raw VF-, then rage-sold it to me when it came back a 3.5. Apparently the cover was attached on purchase, but came off somewhere in the encapsulation journey. I wonder if he'd have been happy with a VF- PLOD? hmmmmm.... What is a MOKF collection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted April 19, 2020 Author Share Posted April 19, 2020 2 hours ago, AndrewCup said: What is a MOKF collection? Master of Kung Fu. The coloring and stereotyping in those... would not be acceptable today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
podboy66 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 8 hours ago, SuperBird said: Master of Kung Fu. The coloring and stereotyping in those... would not be acceptable today... I’m Asian and I wasn’t really offended by the colouring and accepted the stereotypes in the context of the times. The world has changed for the better there. comicdonna and SuperBird 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 11 hours ago, podboy66 said: I’m Asian and I wasn’t really offended by the colouring and accepted the stereotypes in the context of the times. The world has changed for the better there. Yeah, 50 years ago (I cannot believe it's been that long, man I am old.) it certainly did not raise any eyebrows. Larryw7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 (edited) Action Comics 46! The single roller coaster cover from the run. I won this copy at auction from ComicConnect as a 4.5 from That Other Company. CGC agreed. Edited April 20, 2020 by SuperBird Larryw7, Spyder!, OtherEric and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 On 4/19/2020 at 6:12 AM, SuperBird said: Action Comics 47! The first Lex Luthor cover. Luthor should be dead going through that wall! Hilarious Keys_Collector 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 Action Comics 45! Since I missed a week, it's technically not cheating for me to post two today. I totally love this cover. Classic Supes. Great layout. It doesn't come up for sale that often, from my experience. I won this great looking mid-grade copy at ComicLink in 2016. My scanner won't cooperate in getting rid of the glare, sadly. Keys_Collector and OtherEric 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
