Comic Book Collecting

[Rex fury]

Anyone interested in the proceeding discussion about Marvel Value Stamps might find this book ( and calendar,  too) worth a look. I don't own it, but the title came up in another conversation about the stamps.  It seems that all these years later there's a renewed interest in the  old Marvel promotion.


https://www.amazon.com/Marvel-Value-Stamps-Visual-History/dp/1419743449/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1KGWHQW03V7F&keywords=Marvel%20Value%20Stamps&qid=1680405908&sprefix=marvel%20value%20stamps%2Caps%2C126&sr=8-1&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

RF

[Rex fury]

Who says comic books can't be educational? I was just reading Ridley's Believe It or Not #4 ( True Demons and Monsters), from 1967. The back cover features Huitzilopochtli, the Mexican God of War. For years I've had a statue of this guy sitting in my living room and I always thought he was Tlaloc, God of Water/Rain.
I fact checked Ridley's and they were right! You learn something new every day!
RF

[Rex fury]

PS Artbooks is taking preorders for their collection of Mysteries of Unexplained  Worlds, vol.6.
I thought it might interest UM folks because the cover features  CFTBL. It's roughly 63 bucks  American, but these books often show up heavily discounted in places like Half Price Books.
Here's a link:
https://www.psartbooks.com/product-page/blue-beetle-volume-1-trade-paperback-edition

RF

[Mike Scott]

I thought it might interest UM folks because the cover features  CFTBL. It's roughly 63 bucks

Cheaper that the comic, I guess.

[Mike Scott]

They also have facsimile editions of issues 1-5 of Warren's SPACEMEN a lot cheaper than the originals.

https://www.psartbooks.com/spacemen-fac

[Hepcat]

Spacemen is tough to find. I have only this issue:

[Mike Scott]

Spacemen is tough to find. I have only this issue:

By far the easiest/cheapest issue to get.

[The Masked Man]

I was wondering if anyone here collects Archie comics?

In particular the ones such as these that show the gang in peril, superhero parody are the general spooky .

[Rex fury]

I don't generally collect Archie, but I do have a lot of their Red Circle horror comics. I love the covers you shared. It's fun to get the old DC ( Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, etc) books featuring monster covers and I'd love to get a Jughead 79!
RF

[Mike Scott]

I'd love to get a Jughead 79!

You and me boat!

[The Masked Man]

Yeah.... I wish I did as well....

But I do have this one...



Just not in this shape or graded... not into grading...🤔

[Hepcat]

I was wondering if anyone here collects Archie comics?

For whatever reason Archies don't draw the collector interest that they should. I collect Adventures of the Fly, Adventures of the Jaguar and Mighty Crusaders. Here are some examples from my collection:









I'd be willing to pick up other Archie titles from the 1960's but they're incredibly difficult to find in high grade.

[The Masked Man]

For whatever reason Archies don't draw the collector interest that they should. I collect Adventures of the Fly, Adventures of the Jaguar and Mighty Crusaders and I'd be willing to pick up more Archie titles from the 1960's but they're incredibly difficult to find in high grade.

True they do not get the attention they deserve but it makes it a little easier on the pocketbook when it comes to collecting.

When Riverdale tv show came out.... the Archies got a little more hard to find in good shape that was not over priced.

But it's still fun to collect and it's almost like looking at a time capsule when you see some of the covers from the 60s and 70s.

[Mike Scott]

True they do not get the attention they deserve but it makes it a little easier on the pocketbook when it comes to collecting.

Except when it comes to those 2 Creature covers! They's X-pensive!

[The Masked Man]

Yes... they are a bit pricey......

But they do have others with the monsters.



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