KCOComics Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 (edited) Thank you for sharing your story. Unfortunately my mother in law had a similar story with a much different outcome last year. Those anxiety filled nights between hearing "you have cancer" and knowing if it's treatable are like nothing else. And I didn't even go through it, I was just very close to someone who did. I'm really happy too hear it all worked out and your healthy! As for Action 23 - beautiful copy. It came out gorgeous! A nice way to cap off your run! Edited May 9, 2020 by KCOComics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 22 hours ago, Yorick said: ...so now that you've finished posting your run down to 23, should the viewing audience post the remaining issues? Perhaps you can show off the rest of your set (even if there are a missing issue or two)? There's obviously not nearly as much story for the remaining 8 issues, but I'll keep on, one a day. Yorick and thunsicker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 10 hours ago, Tri-ColorBrian said: I'm amazed that no customer had ever gone "postal" on that a-h*le... I was thisclose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 6 hours ago, KCOComics said: Thank you for sharing your story. Unfortunately my mother in law had a similar story with a much different outcome last year. Those anxiety filled nights between hearing "you have cancer" and knowing if it's treatable are like nothing else. And I didn't even go through it, I was just very close to someone who did. I'm really happy too hear it all worked out and your healthy! As for Action 23 - beautiful copy. It came out gorgeous! A nice way to cap off your run! I'm sorry to hear that. I was very lucky, and I know it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 Action Comics 22! This is one of those books I passed up on acquiring numerous times, then got tired of waiting and bought a restored 6.5 from the other company. A week later, this nice mid-grade copy showed up on eBay, which I promptly won, and resold my other copy. I believe I won this from someone on the site, TheJudge, or Bedrock maybe. Larryw7, OtherEric and Yorick 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted May 10, 2020 Author Share Posted May 10, 2020 Action Comics 21! Nice early WW2 cover. This was a Comiclink win. OtherEric, Yorick, comicdonna and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 2 hours ago, SuperBird said: Action Comics 21! Nice early WW2 cover. This was a Comiclink win. Very well could be my favorite Shuster cover. I like 23 a lot too.... SuperBird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted May 11, 2020 Author Share Posted May 11, 2020 16 hours ago, Yorick said: Very well could be my favorite Shuster cover. I like 23 a lot too.... I am partial to 19, but this one has a great layout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted May 11, 2020 Author Share Posted May 11, 2020 Action Comics 20! In the last 15 years I have seen many rankings of the "toughest" or "scarcest" Action books, and this one invariably came up. It used to be legitimately hard to find, though I have seen multiple copies come around since I won this one on ComicLink a few years back. Side note: is CVA still a thing? comicdonna, podboy66, OtherEric and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 7 hours ago, SuperBird said: is CVA still a thing? I can make a sticker that you'd be able to print out on some label paper designating this copy as "awesome". Would that help the value? SuperBird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manofsteel Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Does a CVA 2.0 just mean the book SHOULD'VE been a 2.5 or 3.0? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted May 12, 2020 Author Share Posted May 12, 2020 14 hours ago, manofsteel said: Does a CVA 2.0 just mean the book SHOULD'VE been a 2.5 or 3.0? "We have not looked inside this book, but we are sure it should have graded higher." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted May 12, 2020 Author Share Posted May 12, 2020 Action Comics 19! My favorite Shuster cover. This was a Heritage win waaaaaayyyyyy back a long time ago, for which I certainly overpaid. But it sure is the prettiest 1.5 you'll ever see. Larryw7, Point Five, Yorick and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 I have not found my copy of Action 19, yet. SuperBird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted May 13, 2020 Author Share Posted May 13, 2020 Action Comics 18! Part 1 of 3 I decided I wanted to get an Action 12. It had a really cool black cover with a rocket, an ad for Detective 27, and was the earliest issue I thought I could afford at the time. On one of my earlier trips down to the old Metropolis Comics space I asked the guy there did they have a copy, did they ever get one, and how rare was it? "Oh we get them in from time to time, it's not that rare, and doesn't cost much." was the essential response. To paraphrase Old man Skywalker, "Everything he said was wrong." But he did have some other early Actions in my price range, and would I like to see them? He brought out dog-eared raw copies of Action 16 and 18, and a nicer Action 15 with a super-flat, bright cover. I was intrigued. I went home and thought it over, then came back the next day to complete what was the greatest haul of my golden age comic collecting days, buying all three in one go, and even negotiating 10% off on the deal. 10 years later, when it came time to slab them all, I realized that the 18, in addition to not looking all that great, also looked like it may have had a married centerfold. I sold that copy to a boardie, and won this copy off of Heritage to replace it. Point Five, Yorick, mlansdown and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 6 hours ago, SuperBird said: I realized that the 18, in addition to not looking all that great, also looked like it may have had a married centerfold. I sold that copy to a boardie I knew I should have waited for a better copy to come along.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted May 13, 2020 Author Share Posted May 13, 2020 10 minutes ago, Yorick said: I knew I should have waited for a better copy to come along.... Hey, there's a difference between "cool for my raw collection!" and "yeah I should slab this!" I don't think that copy would fit into a normal sized slab? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 1 minute ago, SuperBird said: Hey, there's a difference between "cool for my raw collection!" and "yeah I should slab this!" I don't think that copy would fit into a normal sized slab? It's not a slabbing book. I completely agree. Besides, I now get to read the first appearance of the Three Aces!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted May 13, 2020 Author Share Posted May 13, 2020 Wait. Are we supposed to read these things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted May 14, 2020 Author Share Posted May 14, 2020 Action Comics 17! The earliest war cover in the run. I won this copy on Comiclink, seeing only the front cover scan, thinking "well, how bad can the back be to make it a 2.0?" OtherEric and Point Five 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
