Hepcat Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I'll start. Here are scans of my Showcase 30 and 31: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sufunk Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Nice Can I ask you a question hepcat? I've been noticing the last few days that you have quite the array of raw keys. How come most are unslabbed? Do you still read them or would just rather spend the money on other books than slabbing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 Quite simply I don't believe in slabbing. Why would I entomb my own books in plastic thus making them effectively unavailable to my own self? They're not for sale. In fact, I've cracked open the few slabbed books I've purchased over the years and stored them with the others in Mylites with Thin-X-Tenders/Halfbacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comicopolis Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I'll start. Here are scans of my Showcase 30 and 31: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sufunk Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 (edited) That's cool. Do you actually read those HG copies? I'm almost the same way but I like the idea of them slabbed and much better protected. I love handling and looking at the books and like the safety of knowing I won't damage them doing so when theyre slabbed. I'd like to read them but don't want to damage them even though I would never sell them uess they are uncopies. Instead, I buy the essentials and read those unfortunately in black and white Edited January 2, 2011 by sufunk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 (edited) Do you actually read those HG copies? Truthfully I never get around to reading them anyway. I'm hundreds of comics behind in my filing right now. I bought dozens of Little Audrey and Spooky the Tuff Ghost early last year and I've been working on getting all my bronze age JLA, Flash, Wonder Woman, Batman and Brave & the Bold properly filed - but I've run out of Halfbacks/Thin-X-Tenders. All my bubble gumcards, sports and non-sports, are properly filed in binders though but I need an additional storage rack. I have more than twenty of the DC Archive books including the Aquaman one which I have been reading through though. They don't, however, have all the cool ads, letter pages and other nifty features. Edited January 2, 2011 by Hepcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 Here are scans of the next two Aquaman Showcases from my collection: The 33 was a particularly good buy since it has a 1/8 inch chip out of the back cover at the top but that bothered me not at all. What I didn't like was the miscut left edge but the cover was so white and bright that I bought it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JohnT Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I'll start. Here are scans of my Showcase 30 and 31: Great books! Showcase 30 is one of my all-time favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comicdey Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 and 30 is so undervalued....cheaper than Aquaman #1 :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 (edited) Nice books, the Aquaman Showcases are insanely difficult to find in HG, which is why I`ve never owned one! I still own this one from his own title: Edited January 2, 2011 by tth2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 That's a nice one for sure! (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderstick Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Here are scans of the next two Aquaman Showcases from my collection: Absolutely love that cover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masamune69 Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 I was surprised. I was looking for the first cover where Aquaman appears (including GA) and it's only in BB28. The first cover dedicated to him is Showcase 30. I love the SC30, I can't find anything in the 8.0 range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted January 17, 2011 Author Share Posted January 17, 2011 Here are scans of my Aquaman 1 and Aquaman 2: It took me over 25 years to find a really nice copy of #2 but I finally got one at a show here in Toronto from Superworld of Worcester, Massachusetts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 It took me over 25 years to find a really nice copy of #2 but I finally got one at a show here in Toronto from Superworld of Worcester, Massachusetts. #2 is VERY difficult to find in high grade, which is funny because #1 is relatively easy and #3 is one of the easiest SA DCs to find in high grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted January 17, 2011 Author Share Posted January 17, 2011 Yes. I've found that DC #2s are almost always harder to find than the #1s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted February 17, 2011 Author Share Posted February 17, 2011 Here are scans of my next two Aquaman issues: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted February 19, 2011 Author Share Posted February 19, 2011 I have more than twenty of the DC Archive books including the Aquaman one which I have been reading through though. They don't, however, have all the cool ads, letter pages and other nifty features. Talk about underestimating. I just counted my DC Archive books. I have 47 right now, which means I already had 45 when I made the above post that I had more than twenty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted March 8, 2011 Author Share Posted March 8, 2011 (edited) Here are scans of my next two Aquaman issues: Edited March 8, 2011 by Hepcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
