My uncle renovated homes and resold them for cash so every time there was a new home he'd joke around by telling me that there might be some old comics in the old house - he seemed to remember seeing some.

Frigging joker.

I kept pulling out an OSPG and showing a pic of Marvel #1 asking if "this was the cover" he saw.

He replied "maybe..." and then smiled.

I collected in the 70s. My dad always told me that he had stacks of comics that he collected when he was a kid in the 1940s. He always mentioned the Human Torch, so I figured he had a bunch of Marvel Mysterys. He said they were probably all in the attic of his dad's house. His dad was a packrat and threw nothing away.

The problem was that my dad was estranged from his dad and never wanted to see him again so I never got a chance to check out the attic. I never even got to meet my grandpa. When my grandpa died in 1975 (I was 13 at the time), my dad's two sisters and my cousin went through the entire house. My cousin found a giant pile of comics in the attic (my dad's collection). 6 months later we went to my aunts house and my cousin took me into his room to show me "his" comic collection (made up of ALL my dads old comics).

He had them stacked every which way in a laundry basket. There were at least 100 comics. On the top were 3 copies of Captain America comics (I don't remember what numbers). I saw Marvel Mystery, Lots of old Westerns, and Superman comics. I had never even seen a golden age comic before so I was "eyes wide & mouth agape". I tried to hint that they were my dad's old comics but he kept telling me they were his now. And to rub it in he kept telling me how much money he was making selling them to a local collector or dealer of some sort. I got the impression he had sold off about 100 comics. I went out and told my dad about them and even though my dad knew they were his old comics, and what an avid collector I was, he was too proud to say anything about the comics to his sister. I left the house without even 1 of my dad's old comics.

I think about that day a lot. I was raised to be very polite and obedient, so I didn't put up a fuss when we left that house, but when I relive that day in my dreams.... I put up a big fuss and take all of those comics for my own. I would LOVE to see that basket again.

My cousin died a few years go

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My cousin died a few years ago and my aunt told me he had lots of long boxes of comics and that I could have them all. My mind was racing as I thought about all the golden age he had of my dads. The boxes all turned out to be filled with super crappy comics from the 1990s. Ugh

I collected in the 70s. My dad always told me that he had stacks of comics that he collected when he was a kid in the 1940s. He always mentioned the Human Torch, so I figured he had a bunch of Marvel Mysterys. He said they were probably all in the attic of his dad's house. His dad was a packrat and threw nothing away.

The problem was that my dad was estranged from his dad and never wanted to see him again so I never got a chance to check out the attic. I never even got to meet my grandpa. When my grandpa died in 1975 (I was 13 at the time), my dad's two sisters and my cousin went through the entire house. My cousin found a giant pile of comics in the attic (my dad's collection). 6 months later we went to my aunts house and my cousin took me into his room to show me "his" comic collection (made up of ALL my dads old comics).

He had them stacked every which way in a laundry basket. There were at least 100 comics. On the top were 3 copies of Captain America comics (I don't remember what numbers). I saw Marvel Mystery, Lots of old Westerns, and Superman comics. I had never even seen a golden age comic before so I was "eyes wide & mouth agape". I tried to hint that they were my dad's old comics but he kept telling me they were his now. And to rub it in he kept telling me how much money he was making selling them to a local collector or dealer of some sort. I got the impression he had sold off about 100 comics. I went out and told my dad about them and even though my dad knew they were his old comics, and what an avid collector I was, he was too proud to say anything about the comics to his sister. I left the house without even 1 of my dad's old comics.

I think about that day a lot. I was raised to be very polite and obedient, so I didn't put up a fuss when we left that house, but when I relive that day in my dreams.... I put up a big fuss and take all of those comics for my own. I would LOVE to see that basket again.

My cousin died a few years go

reading comics in the 60s I never even thought about an Action 1, or a Tec 27. It never really crossed my mind that these comics all started at some point. They were always around during MY lifetime, I figured they had just always been around, period.

It wasn't until the early DC annuals that showed the #1 covers on the back covers that It dawned on me that were First Appearances at some point.

As the 70s and 80s went on, and prices escalated, it never sought them out because the prices were already out of reach of my income. Until I started working harder!