TOP 5 GRAILS - THAT YOU DON'T OWN 1 1

[tth2]

Miss America #1 NM+

I take it the Church copy, graded a mere 9.4 by CGC, which is currently up on Heritage's January Signature Auction, is not adequate?

[Mushroom]

Miss America #1 NM+

I take it the Church copy, graded a mere 9.4 by CGC, which is currently up on Heritage's January Signature Auction, is not adequate?

 

Tim...I have a watch bid on it (as well as on the 9.0) but I won't buy anymore slabs.

 

I own araich's restored #7.5 and I think it is just the most wonderful cover. I gave it to my wife and she has it on display in our bedroom.

[grider67]

House of Mystery #174

House of Secrets #81

House of Secrets #92

Witching Hour #1

Ghosts #1

 

Anyone notice a trend here?

[Mushroom]

All but one of them has a 1 in it ...........

[grider67]

[Timulty]

House of Mystery #174

House of Secrets #81

House of Secrets #92

Witching Hour #1

Ghosts #1

 

Anyone notice a trend here?

 

You go man!!! Bronze Horror is great!!!

Edited January 6, 2006 by Timulty

[tth2]

Miss America #1 NM+

I take it the Church copy, graded a mere 9.4 by CGC, which is currently up on Heritage's January Signature Auction, is not adequate?

 

Tim...I have a watch bid on it (as well as on the 9.0) but I won't buy anymore slabs.

M, isn't it cutting your nose to spite your face to not buy a book just because someone at some time decided to put it in a slab? You can always free it. Now, if you're saying you won't pay a slabbed price for a comic, that's a different matter.

[Mushroom]

Right now I just can't do it.......there is no logic in it at all, it is purely emotional.

[john72tex]

Detective 27

Action 1

Showcase 4

Green Lantern 1 SA

Justice League of America 1

 

Maybe I'll get 2 or 3 of these someday....

[SignatureSelect]

I have had 2 of those five.

[Norrin_Radd]

Detective 27

Action 1

Showcase 4

Green Lantern 1 SA

Justice League of America 1

 

Maybe I'll get 2 or 3 of these someday....

 

I will never own the first two, barring some freak accident like winning the lottery (which I don't play).

 

Good luck!

[Scheradon]

Well, I could state the obvious high dollar books but since I mostly collect BA stuff, I'll give a list of grails I hope to actually obtain in my lifetime (HG of course)

 

Marvel Spotlight #5

Marvel Spotlight #32

Conan #1

Ghost Rider #1

Marvel Premier #15

[Aman619]

In the spirit of TTH2, I'll list specific copies... not just the comic...

 

Action#1 - - Church copy

Tec 27 - - Allentown copy

Batman #1 - - whichever ungraded copy is 9.2 or better!

Superman #1 -- - whichever ungraded copy is 8.5 or better

AF15 9.6 or a 9.8 if it exists!

 

So aside from the last one, guess I gotta slip over the Virgina state line with burglars tools!!

 

just kidding Dave.

[Scrooge]

This is odd but I don't have any specific grails Maybe it comes from not being too condition conscious and there being too many different comics I'd like to have to read - Atlas War books, some select Western series, random Hillman titles, nifty Timely Teen books, ... and that's just talking about GA and Atom Age. Help me ... I need grails ...

[Timulty]

Try a Captain America 1

[kidcolt]

In order of importance

 

Albedo #2

TMNT #1 1st print

Pep #22

FF #5

AF #15

[namisgr]

Amazing Fantasy 15

Fantastic Four 1

Mad 1

Showcase 23 or Action 242 (a tossup)

Incredible Hulk 1

 

These should tap into the core of the ol' nest egg...

[adamstrange]

This is odd but I don't have any specific grails Maybe it comes from not being too condition conscious and there being too many different comics I'd like to have to read - Atlas War books, some select Western series, random Hillman titles, nifty Timely Teen books, ... and that's just talking about GA and Atom Age. Help me ... I need grails ...

 

I have hundreds of grails.

 

You are doing just fine.

[Point Five]

This is odd but I don't have any specific grails Maybe it comes from not being too condition conscious and there being too many different comics I'd like to have to read - Atlas War books, some select Western series, random Hillman titles, nifty Timely Teen books, ... and that's just talking about GA and Atom Age. Help me ... I need grails ...

 

Actually, I can quite relate to that. That was one of the marvelous discoveries about GA books for me: the wild diversity of covers, genres and even artistic styles. I'm "reasonably" focused on early Superman & Batman books these days, but anything in my top ten could be quickly and suddenly bumped if I were confronted with the right Schomburg Timely war cover, or early Fox cover by Lou Fine, or pre-Batman Detective, or LB Cole Catman cover... anyway, you get the idea.

[Scrooge]

Thank you guys. Everyone else chiming in sounded so definitive, like Mica on a safari, intent on bagging specific targets than I felt not sanguine enough for being allowed to stay on the boards. I feel better now. I can go back to entering posts no-one replies to

 

More seriously, there are too many books I'd rather have than some of the most sought after ones listed here. As for the reason ... I have the Cap America (since Timulty mentioned him) Classic Years collections with the S&K stuff and I could barely read them. I would love to have a Cap 1 but the story isn't that good. Heck I also sold my Shazam! archives to Timulty since the stories didn't grab me either. I bought the JLA Showcase DC put out and have not yet been able to finish reading even the first story!! I understand the collectability (sp?) of these books as Norinn would say is from their historical importance but for a book to be a grail to me it would need BOTH historicality and readability. So, can you guys give me a list of some books that meet both criteria. I have never read the Flash story in Showcase 4. Is it any good? Tim, anyone, ...