kaculler Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 6 hours ago, jmg3637 said: SO how many holes do you still have to fill now kaculler? are you going for both first series as well as second series? I am down to 128 including only 12 first series. Been seriously pursuing this for well over a decade, but, to make it more interesting, almost exclusively through trades. Here are the last few that I got from Terry at the PRE San diego Con that was held last summer Coming up next will be the latest and biggest trade with MYCOMICSHOP I'm down to needing 149 issues from Series II, though I have one more issue that hasn't arrived. Most of the ones I've picked up lately have been from eBay or Mycomicshop, though a few have been from shows. I picked up a nice Snow White issue at a local show last month. I've been collecting the series for a long time, but didn't get very serious about it until about 7 years ago. I haven't been pursuing the first series and probably won't add it to my want list any time soon. I have a friend who completed the second series a couple of years ago and only has a couple to go to complete the first series. Getting most of yours through trades is a pretty good accomplishment. I used to have tons of duplicates, but sold almost all of them to a friend of mine or else I'd offer to trade ones you need, if I had any. I've been able to cross 23 issues off my list in the last couple of months and continue to make pretty good progress, but since I need 57 issues below #100, it likely will become slow going after a while. Good luck with your hunt. Badger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 A cool one shot: PopKulture, AJD, kaculler and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmg3637 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 On 12/11/2019 at 6:11 AM, kaculler said: I'm down to needing 149 issues from Series II, though I have one more issue that hasn't arrived. Most of the ones I've picked up lately have been from eBay or Mycomicshop, though a few have been from shows. I picked up a nice Snow White issue at a local show last month. I've been collecting the series for a long time, but didn't get very serious about it until about 7 years ago. I haven't been pursuing the first series and probably won't add it to my want list any time soon. I have a friend who completed the second series a couple of years ago and only has a couple to go to complete the first series. Getting most of yours through trades is a pretty good accomplishment. I used to have tons of duplicates, but sold almost all of them to a friend of mine or else I'd offer to trade ones you need, if I had any. I've been able to cross 23 issues off my list in the last couple of months and continue to make pretty good progress, but since I need 57 issues below #100, it likely will become slow going after a while. Good luck with your hunt. I have been paying special attention to the lower issues and will take lower grades than I would settle for to help. While it is the weakest part of my collection I only need 20 more under 100 Here are the first few from my last trade with MYCOMICSHOP I will try to find time to pull more books for them. I have over 1/2 of the issues I am still missing in my cart PopKulture, Hepcat, Badger and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmg3637 Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 and a few more from MCS Badger, PopKulture and kaculler 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Deputy Dawg, one of my very favourite cartoon/comic characters! kaculler, Badger and PopKulture 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Badger Posted December 16, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2019 My FC collection is growing! kaculler, PopKulture, AJD and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopKulture Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 2 hours ago, Badger said: My FC collection is growing! And growing with aplomb! That is a beautiful Barks. Badger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopKulture Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 On 12/7/2019 at 1:53 PM, jmg3637 said: While the Angel and Charlie McCarthy filled holes, they immediately went onto the UPGRADE list. I did not even bother to re-bag or scan the back cover That's funny: Four Color is the title I have the most "fillers" for as well. I've never been able to resist a beater example I didn't already own, something that is easy for me to do with other titles. They're in separate box, but they're still well-regarded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmg3637 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Even the newest of the Four Colors are pushing 60 years old now, so it is not surprising that many of them are in "well loved" condition Here are a few more from my recent deal with MCS. The Flash gordon seems to have a wierd printing defect Get Marwood & I, Badger, PopKulture and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 2 hours ago, jmg3637 said: The Flash gordon seems to have a wierd printing defect That's so cool. Looks like a sheet of paper got in the way of the cyan colour plate. Love how it shows front and back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmg3637 Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 A couple more of the first 100. from MCS I have not found many of the four colors to be hard to find. but they are hard to find in nice condition, kaculler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaculler Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 A couple of recent arrivals. PopKulture and Badger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaculler Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Another recent pickup PopKulture and AJD 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 I'm not sure why, but I love copies with the Western Publishing editorial stamp on them - they are 'proper' file copies! Badger, lbcolefan and kaculler 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmg3637 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Now lets start getting to the cream of the crop for the recent trade with MCS. I was very happy when they changed their policy a few years back and started allowing credit to be used for books worth more than $25 This one was an upgrade for my very low grade copy kaculler and AJD 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmg3637 Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 And another of the graded books that I got from MCS. Most of the graded books that they get in are consignment and and not eligible for credit. Not to mention the 3% bump and they are not eliogible for the peridoic sales Badger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmg3637 Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 here is another of the graded books that recently came from MCS damonwad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmg3637 Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Another nice addition to my Four Color Trading Quest from MCS Unfortunately I have not figured out a good way to scan slabbed books with my Epson all-in-one NX420 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmg3637 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 And another graded book from MCS. This one was a nice upgrade from the one I got previously from World's Best Comics. As I recall that was from SDCC many many years ago Oh course that means my old copy is available Badger and Marty Mann 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaculler Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 I haven't been pursuing Four Color Series I, but when I saw this issue pop up on ebay at a reasonable price, I decided to pick it up. PopKulture, Badger and jmg3637 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
