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Post by Defiant1 on Jul 5, 2008 4:34:32 GMT -5
Picked up another copy of the 1st Falcon. I thought this was on par with my other copies, but after getting it home and taking it out of the bag, I have to say this is the best copy I've ever seen. That's not saying much. I rarely see this book and I buy every copy I do see. Captain America #117 (1st Falcon) Defiant1
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Post by gowaltrip on Jul 5, 2008 7:26:07 GMT -5
Nice pickup !
I only have one of these but it is a really nice copy. Probably in the Very Fine neighborhood. I am very happy with it. It feels like it should be more key than what it is. Im hoping as history goes by, it becomes more and more significant.
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Post by Quato on Jul 5, 2008 9:52:03 GMT -5
I tried doctoring the cover to make Falcon grab his crotch. It became too much work. I think "the coming of the Falcon" sounds obscene. I could still have a word balloon coming from the Falcon that says "I'm going to kick your white cracker ass!" This is after all a late 60's or early 70's comic. Racial tension was greater then.
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Post by Quato on Jan 1, 2010 2:50:10 GMT -5
I don't have a lot of Captain America between #100 & #150. I wasn't a huge Captain America fan even though I like the character. I never bought a lot of back issues. Since this is separate from my other Captain America books, it was probably bought in the late 90's and I probably bought it at a 25% off sale. Knowing me, I was probably bored with everything I saw in the shop that week and had money to waste. Captain America #105 Kirby art. A shame it's not Steranko. I know I have a beat up copy of #106 that I got at a garage sale or something. I was always excited to get older superhero books when I was little. Well, at least anything that predated what I started buying on the spinner racks as a kid.
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Post by gowaltrip on Jan 1, 2010 17:05:50 GMT -5
I think I have like #100 - #107 and then some more issues after that sprinkled in. Cap really isn't one of my favorite characters, but I do have a fondness for his super-early issues.
Also like you, I would get excited when I got old comic books when I was a kid. I remember when I was like 12, I got an Avengers #9 at a flea market. I can remember when I got home, I called my friend up and told him to come over so he could see it.
Back then, 1960's comics were so hard to come by for me and they were like relics. They looked so much different than the current comics of the late 70's. Its hard to believe it now, but now when you think back a decade, it don't seem like anything.
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Post by Defiant1 on Jan 1, 2010 18:13:06 GMT -5
I think I have like #100 - #107 and then some more issues after that sprinkled in. Cap really isn't one of my favorite characters, but I do have a fondness for his super-early issues. Also like you, I would get excited when I got old comic books when I was a kid. I remember when I was like 12, I got an Avengers #9 at a flea market. I can remember when I got home, I called my friend up and told him to come over so he could see it. Back then, 1960's comics were so hard to come by for me and they were like relics. They looked so much different than the current comics of the late 70's. Its hard to believe it now, but now when you think back a decade, it don't seem like anything. Think how we used to feel about Golden age! In the 90's I sold a guy online a run of Iron man from the early 80's. I got them cheap in a bulk purchase and I passed along the bargain. I apologized for not having better condition to sell, The guy writes back and says something to the effect "Dude, these are 15 years old, I'm just happy to get them." It renewed my faith in fandom vs. those who only want to resell. It also put my collection in perspective. Our collection is the equivalent to what a Golden age collection was to us in the 70's. Actually, mine are more like Platinum age compared to the way I viewed Golden age. Books that people pay $50 for in NM are still 20 cent books in my brain if I don't look at a price guide. Defiant1
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Post by gowaltrip on Jan 1, 2010 19:01:15 GMT -5
It also put my collection in perspective. Our collection is the equivalent to what a Golden age collection was to us in the 70's. Actually, mine are more like Platinum age compared to the way I viewed Golden age. Books that people pay $50 for in NM are still 20 cent books in my brain if I don't look at a price guide. I have thought these thoughts more than a few times. In the 1970's when I got started, the Golden Age was mainly the late 30's to the mid 40's. So basically, the Golden Age was 35 - 40 years in the past at that time. Seeing one at that age for me was like looking at King Tut's artifacts. Now here we are at 2010. Those same 1970's comics I started with are now at least 30 years old and the early 70's are going back nearly 40 years. They are basically the same age now as Golden Age was when I was a kid. But to us, the comics from the 70's are just typically $5 - $20 (in most cases), easy to find and obtain comics and generally gets a "big deal" response when seen. While Golden Age today is now 65 - 75 years old and even low grade common books still have some wow factor to them if for no other reason, because they are really old comics. I kind of wonder if that will ever happen with the comics of our youth? How old do 1970's have to be before people look at them and go....."Geez, those are some old comics" ? When I was a kid, Silver Age seemed old from the 1st time I ever seen one. And they were only 10 - 15 years old then. You go back 10 - 15 now, and it's almost like you are looking at brand new comics. When if ever will comics from our youth have that old "wow" factor?
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Post by Defiant1 on Jan 1, 2010 19:59:13 GMT -5
I hear it now. If you talk to young people, they think 80's comics are ancient.
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Post by Defiant1 on Jan 10, 2010 23:17:42 GMT -5
Here are some more Captain America that I picked up at sales after 1991... Captain America #117 Captain America #117 Captain America #120 Captain America #130 Captain America #152 Captain America #155 Captain America #165 Captain America #173 Captain America #174 Captain America #175 I buy any solid copies of Cap #117 that I see. #120 & 130 were just really nice shape and they weren't in the collection from my childhood. #152, 155, 173, 174 & 175 were upgrades or duplicates from things I bought as a kid. #165 is one of those issues I missed because I didn't see it on the spinner rack as a kid. Defiant1
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Post by Quato on Mar 10, 2010 21:06:35 GMT -5
My copy of this is real pretty and white. It was put in a mylite the year it came out. Captain America #241 Q
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Post by gowaltrip on Mar 13, 2010 19:12:40 GMT -5
My copy of this is real pretty and white. It was put in a mylite the year it came out. Captain America #241 Q I can't tell you how many times I've bought and sold one of these. From the incredibly pretty to the very ratty, I've always been able to move this issue. I kinda think this comic should EVENTUALLY achieve some kind of iconic cover status and be worth more than it currently is. The interior is really nothing special, but there is something very timely about this cover. For some reason, it's always stuck out from the rest of the run and I think it has more to do with it than just being a Punisher appearance.
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Post by Defiant1 on Mar 13, 2010 21:15:07 GMT -5
My copy of this is real pretty and white. It was put in a mylite the year it came out. Captain America #241 Q I can't tell you how many times I've bought and sold one of these. From the incredibly pretty to the very ratty, I've always been able to move this issue. I kinda think this comic should EVENTUALLY achieve some kind of iconic cover status and be worth more than it currently is. The interior is really nothing special, but there is something very timely about this cover. For some reason, it's always stuck out from the rest of the run and I think it has more to do with it than just being a Punisher appearance. This was right after Miller got red hot doing Daredevil and his covers started appearing on all the other titles. Punisher wasn't everywhere at the time, so this is still a great early appearance of him. I think this predates his origin story... but it was around the same time. Defiant1
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Post by Defiant1 on Mar 15, 2010 21:50:43 GMT -5
Captain America #117 Captain America #117 Defiant1 Found my third and best copy of this... Defiant1
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Post by Defiant1 on Dec 29, 2012 1:03:58 GMT -5
Captain America #117 Captain America #117 Defiant1 Found my third and best copy of this... Defiant1 Ummm! Found another Captain America #117. The has a slight crease in the bottom right corner that doesn't match my other three scans. This would be my 4th copy. Defiant1
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Post by Brother J on Dec 29, 2012 3:46:44 GMT -5
Seeing this made me think of the Falcon's appearance on Robot Chicken.
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Post by Defiant1 on Dec 29, 2012 5:23:41 GMT -5
Seeing this made me think of the Falcon's appearance on Robot Chicken. Hey! He has mutant abilities to communicate with the bird. It was revealed in the Falcon Mini-series! Defiant1
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Post by Brother J on Dec 29, 2012 15:32:29 GMT -5
Seeing this made me think of the Falcon's appearance on Robot Chicken. Hey! He has mutant abilities to communicate with the bird. It was revealed in the Falcon Mini-series! Defiant1 Just his own personal falcon or all birds?
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Post by Defiant1 on Dec 29, 2012 16:13:22 GMT -5
Hey! He has mutant abilities to communicate with the bird. It was revealed in the Falcon Mini-series! Defiant1 Just his own personal falcon or all birds? I'm not sure. It was a period where Marvel was slowly claiming a lot of their heroes were mutants. Defiant1
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Post by Defiant1 on Jan 25, 2013 1:32:18 GMT -5
Captain America #154
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