Registered: 08/16/03
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Loc: Las Vegas, NV
Originally Posted By: Hepcat
Originally Posted By: Silver
This next one I bought at a San Diego Comic Con, probably like 1989 or 90, in the old convention center. I bought this from Gary Carter for $10...sigh. Why didn't I buy the other issues he had....
And why was Gary selling them?
Gary, his brother and his dad were a fixture for years at the SDCC selling books, I had bought a number of things from him. For many years he would have Church copy books as well. If I had to guess, he disposed of a fair part of his collection at the SDCC.
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Originally Posted By: Hepcat
Originally Posted By: Silver
I have always liked this series. If you have never read an issue, you really miss out on the genius of Sheldon Mayer, both artistically and his writing. Finding issues in nice shape can be a real challenge due to the fact that they were mostly marketed towards kids plus they weren't seen as collectible till long after the series was over.
Once in awhile I see a nice issue and I pick it up. I have decided to only go after high grade issues (VF or better). I will post my new acquisitions as I get them. You may go awhile between updates, my progress has been slow.
I will start by posting the ones I have already.
You'll like, Sugar and Spike!
Good man! I can say just about the same about the Fox and the Crow title.
I have seen some pretty high grade Fox and Crow's here and there latley. Would love to see your collection. Fox and the Crow would be the other book I would say was excellent non super hero stuff coming from DC. Fox and the Crow were so popular, they were in more than one comic for awhile. Excellent writing!
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my next issue is one I picked up recently at San Diego through Metropolis. I haven't taken it out of the slab yet, but it's coming
Ths issue reminded me of when my wife and daughter and I went saucering at Mt. Charelston and my daughter and I crashed the saucer and she fractured her collar bone and my wife crashed into a tree...
It was part of the 1992 Silver Age Classics reprint series. The rest were reprints, but this contained inventory material that had never been published before.
Easy and cheap 9.8.
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Originally Posted By: swapto
cool run.
good luck finding a VF+ copy of issues #1 and #2, you're going to need it!
Not sure I could afford a number 1 in that shape if one became available. In 1986 I was at the San Diego Comic Con in the old convention center and Windy City Comics from Chicago had a #1 in that type of condition. It was priced at $400 and I didn't have that much. I have never regretted not being able to buy a book as much as I do that one. At least I know one exists.
#5002612 - 08/11/1109:45 AMRe: Project: Sugar and Spike
[Re: Silver]
swaptoswapto
I was posting here when you were in diapers.
Registered: 03/28/07
Posts: 3848
Loc: Australia
Originally Posted By: Silver
Originally Posted By: swapto
cool run.
good luck finding a VF+ copy of issues #1 and #2, you're going to need it!
Not sure I could afford a number 1 in that shape if one became available. In 1986 I was at the San Diego Comic Con in the old convention center and Windy City Comics from Chicago had a #1 in that type of condition. It was priced at $400 and I didn't have that much. I have never regretted not being able to buy a book as much as I do that one. At least I know one exists.
if that was the '86 price, i can only imagine what it costs now, and that is if you can find it.
