Yorick Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 nobody looks at the back.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SuperBird Posted May 15, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 15, 2020 (edited) Action Comics 16! Great non-Superman cover. This was one of the 3 early Actions I bought one fine day in the early Aughts, along with 15 and 18. Best-looking 1.8 ever, inside the slab. Edited May 15, 2020 by SuperBird podboy66, Brandon Shepherd, Sarg and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 On 5/15/2020 at 6:41 AM, SuperBird said: along with 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SuperBird Posted May 19, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 19, 2020 (edited) Action Comics 15! The start of my run. The earliest book I own. My most valuable book. My holy grail. When Metropolis pulled it out to show me, I basically knew I had to have it. The cover was so flat, so clean. It presented way better than the VG they were selling it as. I slept it over one night, and ran back to buy it the next day. It was far and away the most I ever spent on a comic (at the time, of course). I let it sit in a box for years, worrying over what age, my storage situation, or my daughter might do to it. Once I decided to have it encapsulated, I worried over how to mail it. I ended up bringing it in person to a comic con and dropping it off. Trying to avoid people bumping into me along thew way was a challenge, but I held it tight. A month later, it popped up on the CGC website as "grading/quality control", which might be an all-time record for speed in all my submissions. I remember sitting in my office, fingers crossed, when I clicked on the grade. Would it be brittle? restored? dinged for some unforeseen reason? NOPE! Edited October 17, 2020 by SuperBird podboy66, Paul © ® ⚽️💙™, MrBedrock and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SuperBird Posted May 19, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 19, 2020 (edited) Final thoughts: What do you do when you finish a run like this? After 15 years spent chasing essentially one title, with 90% of your comic money tied up in it, where do you go next? I tried to envision new comic collections, new runs to chase, and tried a few: golden age Sensations, silver age Marvel keys, bronze master of Kung Fu, copper series I loved as a kid. Nothing really did it for me. I got halfway into a Sensation run, but once I'd acquired all the key issues I wanted, filling the rest in seemed more like work than fun. I did get a bunch of low-grade Marvel keys like Avengers 1, Spider-Man, X-men first issues, and those are cool, but really easy to get, so not as exciting. I am a good portion into a complete MOFK run, but it's just taking up room to be honest. Then there's the money. I could afford to do this at the time because I was young, had time, and had disposable income. But the world changes. I'm getting long in the tooth. My daughter is nearly college age, and I'll have added bills to pay. Past all of that, I just don't want more of my money tied up into comics. I could break up the set and sell all but my favorites to fund a different run, of course, but to what end? So as for collecting comic books, this is probably the end for me. I do still have a great love of original comic art, and can afford to continue that aspect of it, especially with great dealers such as Felix making great new art readily available. I've been converting all the old floppies of stories I love into a collection of hardcover books to sit on my bookshelf. And I have other hobbies to keep me interested, from painting toy soldiers, to writing, to reading, to playing tabletop games. Looking back, the chase was absolutely worthwhile. I had a lot of fun digging around, collecting and enjoying these. There's nothing else quite like flipping through an unbroken run of books. I'll have some more pictures to share, including a massive group shot. For now, I can unveil a minisite I'd kept private for a while, showing the entire collection, plus a few more. Until next time: Up, up and away!https://matt3934.wixsite.com/itsabird Edited May 19, 2020 by SuperBird FoggyNelson, Mr bla bla, Paul © ® ⚽️💙™ and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comics181 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 Congratulations on a beautiful run! Even though I'm not a big superman fan, I am still jealous of some of those awesome books, especially #17. SuperBird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telerites Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 @SuperBird Thanks for sharing these. Congrats again and good luck with whatever is next. I know when I finished my Nedor runs of the 7 major superhero titles (333 books) - not anywhere close to yours but I floundered and faced similar thoughts about finances. That has been a couple of years and took me nearly 20 years. Now I just pick up a book here and there and have not tried anything near as grand since. Would love to hear what you decide and plan. Paul © ® ⚽️💙™, 1950's war comics and SuperBird 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted May 19, 2020 Author Share Posted May 19, 2020 12 minutes ago, telerites said: @SuperBird I know when I finished my Nedor runs of the 7 major superhero titles (333 books) - not anywhere close to yours .... 333! By my math, that's way more than mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telerites Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 11 minutes ago, SuperBird said: 333! By my math, that's way more than mine. I went with quantity over quality I have very enjoyed seeing these and I'm not even a DC guy. Very Impressive run. Good luck and happy collecting SuperBird and 1950's war comics 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 7 hours ago, SuperBird said: What do you do when you finish a run like this? Get the rest? Granted 1, 7, 10 and 13 will set you back a bit, but broaden your "condition" requirements. Restoration/conservation doesn't always make a mess of a great old book. Didn't that moderate restoration Action 4 8.0 just sell for around $3000? Some of the early non-superman covers are my favorites!! Chief1332 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyNelson Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Great thread‼️‼️😷 except I am so jealous🤣🤣 Paul © ® ⚽️💙™ and 1950's war comics 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyNelson Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 On 3/31/2020 at 8:26 AM, SuperBird said: Action Comics 57! The second third Lois Lane cover! I have questions: who collects Lois Lane? Who seeks out Lois Lane covers? I bought this copy from a Comic Connect auction a few years back, a stack of books slabbed by "that other company" which I guess Metropolis prefers to use? They seem to carry a lot of that competitor's slabs.... they had graded it a 3.5, and CGC disagreed by a half point. Neat-o jack in the box cover👍👍😷😷🤗🤗 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief1332 Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 That is one fine collection of comics. I own so few AC, and nothing early. But as far as you continuing to collect or not, I suppose there are plenty of folks that may want to trade, or even buy the books you have become less interested in. Maybe that would spark something.. You have some nice Superman books as well, but there seems to be room for a few more. Best regards.. SuperBird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor K Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 What a great story! Thanks for sharing it. SuperBird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share Posted October 18, 2020 On 9/7/2020 at 9:26 AM, Chief1332 said: ... as far as you continuing to collect or not, I suppose there are plenty of folks that may want to trade, or even buy the books you have become less interested in. Maybe that would spark something.. You have some nice Superman books as well, but there seems to be room for a few more. Best regards.. Since completing the run, I've kept on collecting original art, especially new stuff from Felix. Chief1332 and aardvark88 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted June 14, 2021 Author Share Posted June 14, 2021 @Msgarmar Thanks for the interest! Here's the whole thread on collecting the run. As to a few of your specific questions: of the higher graded ones, I believe just the 15 and 39 were bought raw. Lots of the VG-ish ones were raw from ComicConnect, who were usually within a 1 to .5 on grading. I did upgrade a handful along the way, mainly to try to get them all blue label, though obviously the 23 ended up being an exception. Not currently selling the run, but I'm not collecting much anymore either. I did recently got a much nicer 48 from @Point Five, which I'll post when he allows me to. Point Five 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDarkseid1 Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Nice mini-run indeed! SuperBird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 On 3/27/2020 at 4:40 AM, SuperBird said: Action Comics 61: wow! What a cover. Definitely one of the most dynamic of the run, and one of my favorites. It used to be the "atomic radiation cover", but I guess the Overstreet designation changed at some point? Because it is an oil well fire. Sarg, SuperBird and aardvark88 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SuperBird Posted September 22, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 22, 2021 A rare update to this thread! Seems I am still in the business of upgrading some of these. Thanks to @Point Five for surrendering this copy to me. MattTheDuck, Yorick, Chief1332 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedude Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 On 9/22/2021 at 9:51 AM, SuperBird said: A rare update to this thread! Seems I am still in the business of upgrading some of these. Thanks to @Point Five for surrendering this copy to me. You know I love this book. Fantastic upgrade. SuperBird and Point Five 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...