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Post by hondobrode on Jul 6, 2014 1:34:12 GMT -5
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 6, 2014 1:44:53 GMT -5
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Post by Jasoomian on Jul 6, 2014 22:47:05 GMT -5
I have X-Men #3 & #4. I bought them for about 20$/ea in the early '90s, sold to me as G & VG respectively, but both probably considerably worse.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jul 7, 2014 13:14:29 GMT -5
The story in FF #25 and #26 is one of my candidates for best comic book stories ever.
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Post by Action Ace on Jul 7, 2014 17:51:26 GMT -5
original comics I now own on sale in July 1964
Action Comics #316
Adventure Comics #324
World's Finest #144
comics I own in reprint form
Amazing Spider-Man #17
Aquaman #17
Avengers #8
Batman #166
Detective #331
Fantastic Four #31 and Annual #2
Flash #147
Green Lantern #31
House of Mystery #145 (J'onn J'onzz story only)
Justice League of America #30
Mystery in Space #94 (Adam Strange story only)
Strange Tales #125 (Human Torch story only)
Tales of Suspense #58 (Iron Man story only)
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Post by Rob Allen on Jul 29, 2014 18:02:53 GMT -5
Almost let the whole month go by without updating this thread. July 1964 was a significant month in my early comic-book history. Second grade was over, so I wasn't walking past the store every day. The only comic I bought that month was something new and different:
Pep #173 - my first Archie comic, and my first non-superhero comic book purchase. I'm not sure when I got my first Classics Illustrated; it may have been around this time too, but I didn't buy those. For the next year or so, I was often in the mood for something funny, and Archie comics were the ones I chose.
In the years since, I've acquired copies of:
Tarzan #145 (Gold Key)
Fantastic Four #31 (coverless)
Journey into Mystery #108
Tales of Suspense #58 (Iron Man vs. Cap, lead-in to the new Cap feature next issue)
Tales to Astonish #60 (first Hulk feature story since Hulk #6)
Yogi Bear #18
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Post by the4thpip on Jul 30, 2014 1:17:50 GMT -5
Ah, I love that cover with the Lime Witch.
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Post by Prince Hal on Aug 9, 2014 9:10:10 GMT -5
For whatever reason, I don't think I bought anything off the stands in August of '64. I have a batch of DC's that were on sale then, but I don't recall buying any of them when they were new. I do remember that I saw ads for a few of them, though, in previous months' issue, especially the Flash 80-page Giant, with its distinctive Infantino-styled design. Even then I recognized and regarded Infantino's covers and interior art as more "adult" than the art in Adventure. (Though I had no idea who the artist was.) His art on the cover (except on Batman and Detective) almost always signaled that I would have to step up my game to understand the stories, too.  |
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Post by hondobrode on Aug 11, 2014 12:26:03 GMT -5
All right, thanks to Mike's Amazing World of Comics, I can now list what I've got according to what was on sale in August of 1964. Again, unless noted, all of these are reprints for me, but I love 'em. More a reader than collector or investor.    Wow ! Really surprised I don't have more than this. Someday I'm getting my collection cataloged. |
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Post by Hoosier X on Aug 11, 2014 19:15:18 GMT -5
Here's what the Metal Men were up to in August 1964:
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Post by Prince Hal on Sept 4, 2014 21:02:02 GMT -5
I have always found covers with a black background appealing, I think because one of my first comics was Adventure 312, with Lightning Lad being revived from the dead. The black background was stark, serious, and imported significance. Anyway, this was another of those covers that grabbed me right away. It was the first JLA I can distinctly remember buying and if the black background weren’t enough, the eye-catching “Electrifying announcement,” told me I was in for something important.  The other comic I’m sure I bought that month was World’s Finest 145, which I still recall because it reprinted the second half of a Green Arrow-Aquaman team-up/crossover in which they switched venues. I wasn’t really keyed in to all of those fanboyish aspects, but I knew I liked this superhero because he reminded me so much of one of my favorites, Robin Hood. This hooked me on Green Arrow.  |
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Post by Action Ace on Jul 4, 2015 23:28:43 GMT -5
Comics from July 1965! It's a few years until I'm born and about a decade until I start reading and buying them myself.
Comics I now own
Action Comics #328
Adventure Comics #336
Flash #155
Justice League of America #38
Mystery in Space #102
Superboy #123
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #88
World's Finest #152
Comics I have in reprinted form
Amazing Spider-Man #29
Aquaman #23
Avengers #20
Batman #174
Detective Comics #343
Fantastic Four #43
Fantastic Four Annual #3
Green Lantern #39
Metamorpho #2
Tales of Suspense #70 (both Cap and Iron Man)
Tales to Astonish #72 (Hulk Only)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2015 1:31:24 GMT -5
The only actual comic I own from this month is Sgt. Fury #22. I do however have the issue of the pulp Fantastic Stories on sale the same month...  with a Fafhrd & Grey Mouser novella by Fritz Leiber with illustrations by Gray Morrow. I have a bunch of stuff in collected reprints too... Amazing Spidey 29 Aquaman 23 Avengers 20 House of Mystery 153 (Martian Manhunter only) Journey into Mystery 120 Showcase 58 (Enemy Ace) Strange Tales 137 (Dr. Strange only) Tales of Suspense 70 Tales to Astonish 72 -M |
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Post by JKCarrier on Jul 5, 2015 11:51:07 GMT -5
I was still a bit too young to buy any of these off the stands, and I don't happen to have any back issues from this month. I do have the hardcover edition of Feiffer's Great Comic Book Heroes, which I guess must've stayed in print well into the 1970s.
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Post by Farrar on Jul 6, 2015 17:58:08 GMT -5
Once upon a time I had FF #43, FF Annual #3 and Avengers #20, all bought as back issues some years later, 35 cents each (annuals/giants were a buck five). Checking Mike's I see I didn't have any DCs from July 1965.
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