Why Are So Many Comic Books From the 1970's Cut Up??

If You own a Marvel comic book from the time period of 1974-1976, Your comic book may be incomplete !

Michael

The above Marvel Value Stamp Books are the two culprits for why your Marvel Comic may be cut up! The Marvel Value Stamps that were cut out of the comics were placed in these two albums!!

The Above Picture is Showing Michael Selling Marvel Comic Books at the  San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) in 1973!  I Was a Marvel Zombie in Those Days !!

Yeah... We're Psyched ! 

For  Spider-Man 3 !

Even after seeing the silly circus on the 'Today Show' on Monday !

Tobey Maguire should have showed up in the Black Costume!

Certainly the actress playing Gwen Stacy would have been better off if she'd worn it ! 

Plus don't forget to VOTE for YOUR favorite Superhero for PRESIDENT in our poll to the right... just click on the 'easy button' being held by Michael to the right!

Tina 

Spidey 3 Stars VENOM, SANDMAN, GOBLIN & of course Peter & Mary Jane !

Of course YOU still have time to VOTE !

 24 TV Show Update... 04-30-07

' You Don't Know Jack ! '

If you thought Jack wasn't going to break Audrey out - Well You Don't Know Jack! 

The real question is:  Is Audrey more annoying this season than in seasons' past?

Actually, wide-eyed, catatonic Audrey is a step up, mostly because she can't talk !

Best moment of the episode 1:00 A.M.  -  2:00 A.M. ???

Jack choke holds Ricky Schroeder! 

Of course for the males in the audience, it was probably when 'Invasion's' alien mom popped her top !!

For those interested in TV shows like '24', we have several Movie and TV based comic books in our eBay Featured Comic Book Store and eBay Pro Store.  Just click on the links provided!

Plus don't forget to VOTE for YOUR favorite Super-hero for PRESIDENT in our poll above... just click on the 'easy button' being held by my husband Michael to the left !

Tina

GOLDEN RECORDS Are Desired By Both Record & Comic Collectors!

The above Golden Records featuring Marvel Comics characters were originally issued in 1966 with a record and a REPRINT of the issue that the character(s) were originally featured in.

Too often the comic book is found without the record, and is either believed to be the original printing or is 'passed off' as being the original to non-collectors who think they have found a 'Great Deal'.

When looking just at the cover of the comic book, when pictured in an auction listing, the one BIG thing that will differentiate the reprint from the original is that the reprint will NOT have the cover price of either 10 cents or 12 cents on it. (Please see the Journey Into Mystery #83 with the intro of Thor at the top right for the ORIGINAL printing for example. It HAS the cover price of 12 cents printed.)

The above example is just one of the pitfalls of buying online from someone who is not normally a comic book seller, as how would they know without a Comic Book Price Guide? There have been other reprints throughout the years, but the above 'Golden Record' reprints look so close to the original until close-up inside the pages inspection, (as they also don't reprint the original ads as well as the cover price!). 

As a last note, the above 'Golden Records' and the reprint comics also do have value.... just that the reprint comics don't command the full value that the originals do!  A 'Fine' 6.0 graded reprint is 'price guided' at $42.00 while the original in 'Fine' 6.0 grade is 'price guided' at $1,455.00 !!!

For those interested in Marvel Comics, we have several thousand of that Publisher's comic books in our eBay Featured Comic Book Store and eBay Pro Store.

Michael

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Michael

The Above Picture Shows Michael Selling Comic Books the 'old fashioned way' at the  San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) in 1973! 

Michael Was Able to Combine Comics Books and the Internet Back in 1998 When He First Started Web Page Generating !!

Tina with Comics Sold on eBay, the 'new way of selling'!