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Captain America 100 |
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Captain America 100 Universal |
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CGC |
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2040077004
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Owner Comments
1st issue, well kind of. It takes over where Tales of Suspense #99 left off. It features the Avengers whom the Black Panther is seeking. My old friend bought me a low-grade to read for my Birthday! It was a decent story, I was a little surprised actually, due to Captain America in the story! I didn't think my friend would go all out and I'm very appreciative to my friend for the gift. Still got to love Kirby and the innovative to take Captain America back to relevance! It isn't easy, as he did some team-ups and not that many solo stories of his "own title", well not since the Golden Age. The issues that bear his name in the title, only, here are short in this run, too. Captain America gets a new sidekick named Falcon, so what some consider a short run may differ. It is safe to say we've got to collect them all. This issue begins with a recap of Captain America's return as it was originally depicted in Avengers #4 before continuing with the story from which we left off in Tales of Suspense #99.
Complete with a back cover picture of the prescreen pass before released to theaters of, "Old!" Similarly to a M. Night Shyamalan film Captain America with his super serum is once again ready to hit the streets! Can it have the same effect as before being trapped under ice, or will the continued story from "tales" of old prove more like the film with the horror twist? Ice kept Captain America young, but now it is the regular serum blood flowing! It is what it will take to be relevant to the modern reader! Bring on the Chris Evans of the world. ~ "I know that reference!"
Grader Notes:
crease left bottom of front cover;
crease left top of front cover;
light bends to cover;
light rusted staples to cover;
light spine stress lines to cover;
light tears to cover;
small tear with crease left center of back cover;
small, heavy, multiple stain right bottom of front cover;
small, multiple piece out full top of back cover;
spine roll;
very small piece out right bottom of front cover.
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Incredible Hulk 102 |
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Incredible Hulk 102 Universal |
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CGC |
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4131852004
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Owner Comments
Continued from Tales to Astonish #101 Warriors Three, Enchantress and Odin appearance. Origin of Hulk retold. Happy! Even in 2.5 CGC it is an established book and a caveat to the collection. A needed one and an origin of the Hulk, retold! Indeed sometimes we take what we can get, and that classic style cover of the Bruce Banner transition into the Hulk is all that I needed to seal the deal. I love that the greenish cover is more due to the Incredible Hulk, rather than the "background!" I got this from Dave and Adams website at $128 shipped, although I bought it on a Friday and it showed sold on ebay the next day. We'll see on the following Monday, if it is secured and mine! Sometimes the Internet and weekend working hours are a madhouse. I'm longing to add pics of the slab to round out my registry of Hulk for my collection. What-What!!
Complete with a back cover picture of the one that started the trend for me in DVD form. Let's say, a run of embellishments to curate a steward of comics came from seeing the awesome fight in quick flashes of the moving pictures!
Grader Notes:
staple detached top of spine;
moderate creasing to cover;
moderate scuffing to cover;
moderate staining to cover.
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Iron Man and Sub-Mariner 1 |
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Iron Man and Sub-Mariner 1 Universal |
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CGC |
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4397318004
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Owner Comments
Pre-dates both Iron Man #1 and Sub-Mariner #1, Whiplash & Destiny appearance. "We all want to live in a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine!" Getting their kicks in before their first ongoing Sub-Mariner and Iron Man find themselves at sea. Getting trapped or fending off attackers, which is the Sub-Mariner's strength location, while Iron Man gets strapped for surgery against his will on a table with a laser canon pointed at him! All those silver age quips that are now classics in the likes of James Bond movies or made notorious by other villains of the genre. They are pre-dating their ongoing series with this one-shot, to prove their salt and worth to make a new publication venture. It all tightens up around these two with longevity and a prosperous future ahead of them, now both having shown up in film and media with collectors finding out about the quirks and hijinks from the imaginations of the silver age!
Complete with a prescreen pass before released to theaters of the movie, "Hunter Killer!" Taking place in a submarine and at sea itself, a high-ranking official is taken hostage by submarine. Not exactly brought to neutral waters, what could even spark a sign of aggression between currently peace holding nations although on edge for "non-peace!" These are the fictional movies and stories that take to mind the provenance of relations and how best to act under pressure.
Grader Notes:
crease left bottom of front cover;
light creasing top of back cover;
manufactured chip out left top of back cover;
spine stress lines.
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Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. 1 |
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Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. 1 Universal |
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CGC |
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2040077005
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Owner Comments
Classic Steranko Cover. I bought this at Keith's Comics, and it appeared VF, I didn't notice a slight stain on the cover until I got home. The insides are pristine and I'm glad to have this well presenting copy! It is a great trippy cover and a rendition that matched the times when it was created. Good On Steranko for keeping it lit! Such a great book with a series that went on for a while, even with Steranko working on the book to give it that same feel. It was fun to find and I'm slowly building, taking my time, the set, until it gets too expensive. I'm happy at VF or thereabouts, cause the art is hardly interfered with in those grades. It still presents well, and the colors pop, sometimes that is better than NM if the color and "gloss" so to speak are still well off. That and with an artsy or colorful cover like the Steranko run on this series, it stands out!
Complete with a back cover picture of issues #2 to take as a place holder, a slow build and a slow burn, but getting there!
Grader Notes:
light bends to cover;
light crease left top of back cover;
light spine stress lines to cover;
medium, moderate water stain left top of front cover.
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Silver Surfer 1 |
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Silver Surfer 1 Universal |
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CGC |
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2027878014
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Owner Comments
Origin: Silver Surfer and the Watchers. This has a detached cover. I made a trade, some Silver Surfer and Amazing Spider-man issues for a major Hulk vs Wolverine statue. That remains one of my biggest regrets and worst deals that I've made! I got this issue to sort of recoup and lick my wounds. I mean, the cover is Awesome, written by Stan Lee, it is an instant classic! Still a great story by Stan Lee introducing the ongoing to "his favorite character" and keeping it close vested to his idea of what the Surfer can stand for. He is now the rider or "Sentinel of the Space Ways!" These eventual classics were read, and that cover bought, with the excitement and joy of the travel and journeys of expectation. The story really stands out and builds the Silver Surfer's character to form who we know today. What a journey! That keeps moving forward the plot of greats like Jack Kirby and creators alike.
Complete with a back cover picture of the prescreen pass before released to theaters of, "This Is Me... Now: A Love Story!" A biopic by Jennifer Lopez about Jennifer Lopez, like the Silver Surfer who is now free of Galactus hold they need to star in their own "story" and make of it what they will! Sometimes it is us holding us back, but sometimes the fresh start comes from at least considering where it is we came from that shaped our existence!
Grader Notes:
detached front cover;
large crease top of front cover breaks color;
readers crease full left of front cover breaks color.
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