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Strange Tales 89 Club - Fin Fang Foom! Finally! ;)
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I grew up an Iron Man fan and reader during the layton years so this will always be my favorite prehero by a nose although I've come to appreciate other pre heros just as much.

 

Post 'em if you got 'em!

 

(sorry about the bad scan)

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thanks :insane: but does nobody else have a copy here??? :)

 

I've actually had this book for 6 months and I was hoping to see other copies of it, I love it in all grades.

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Here's mine. The crappiness of the scan makes yours look better, for sure. I've had it for about 2 years and was very happy and relieved to finally get a copy for a price I was willing to pay.

 

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:headbang:

 

It looks great. Purty. :cloud9: I'd love to have a stack of 20 of these :cloud9: Its not going to happen, but I can dream :)

 

Colors look real nice on your copy.

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Thanks! It is a very solid book for a 5.0.

 

For me ST #89 is kind of a gateway drug for pre-hero books. You start out wanting to get this one book (which is probably the one true key of the pre-hero era aside from ST #97 and the debatable TTA #27) and once you see how cool it is you just want more.

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well, so far this thread isn't doing anything to dissuage the notion that prehero books are way tougher to get than hero books. Only the two copies so far? Pathetic!

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Here's a few pics of my copy. I remember mowing lawns and babysitting all summer to earn money to buy the fancy new Atari 2600 with 2 joysticks and 2 paddle controllers, with wood panel siding and all the works. Then I saw this book for the very first time. I had just enough money to buy this and still have some spending money for the last 2 weeks of summer or keep working to save up for the Atari 2600. I thought one of my friends would end up getting the Atari 2600 so I chose the Strange Tales #89. I remember the store owner of the used book shop had a Fantastic Four #1 in about the same condition but was asking 4 times the amount of the price of the Strange Tales #89, plus as a young boy I thought the cover was cooler and knowing it came out about a month before Fantastic Four #1 made me think I was getting something super old. I wonder where that Atari 2600 would be now?

 

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Fing Fang Foom is all win. :D

I would love to have a low grade copy some day.

 

And… let‘s not forget the Legion of Night. Gerber was an awesome writer, I miss him! :(

 

P.S. Bronty, I still have to honor that half-promise about writing on italian comics' history, but hopefully will do…

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Here's a few pics of my copy. I remember mowing lawns and babysitting all summer to earn money to buy the fancy new Atari 2600 with 2 joysticks and 2 paddle controllers, with wood panel siding and all the works. Then I saw this book for the very first time. I had just enough money to buy this and still have some spending money for the last 2 weeks of summer or keep working to save up for the Atari 2600. I thought one of my friends would end up getting the Atari 2600 so I chose the Strange Tales #89. I remember the store owner of the used book shop had a Fantastic Four #1 in about the same condition but was asking 4 times the amount of the price of the Strange Tales #89, plus as a young boy I thought the cover was cooler and knowing it came out about a month before Fantastic Four #1 made me think I was getting something super old. I wonder where that Atari 2600 would be now?

 

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Good Lord, that's beautiful.

 

 

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