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I recently picked up a handful of low-grade readers on eBay, so I'll be able to enjoy reading some Carl Barks stories this week. Only a few of them are even marginally collectible (due to the condition), but one of them features the first appearance of Gyro Gearloose.

 

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I recently picked up a handful of low-grade readers on eBay, so I'll be able to enjoy reading some Carl Barks stories this week. Only a few of them are even marginally collectible (due to the condition), but one of them features the first appearance of Gyro Gearloose.

 

 

Those look like presentable copies. Barks did an amazing job with those 10-page DD stories.

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I recently picked up a handful of low-grade readers on eBay, so I'll be able to enjoy reading some Carl Barks stories this week. Only a few of them are even marginally collectible (due to the condition), but one of them features the first appearance of Gyro Gearloose.

 

 

Those look like presentable copies. Barks did an amazing job with those 10-page DD stories.

 

I plan to dig into them tonight. It's been a long time since I've actively collected funny animal books, so it's probably been 15 or 20 years since I've read a Barks story.

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I recently picked up a handful of low-grade readers on eBay, so I'll be able to enjoy reading some Carl Barks stories this week. Only a few of them are even marginally collectible (due to the condition), but one of them features the first appearance of Gyro Gearloose.

 

 

Those look like presentable copies. Barks did an amazing job with those 10-page DD stories.

 

I plan to dig into them tonight. It's been a long time since I've actively collected funny animal books, so it's probably been 15 or 20 years since I've read a Barks story.

 

Can't beat the readability of these; even the strip reprints are fun to read.

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I recently picked up a handful of low-grade readers on eBay, so I'll be able to enjoy reading some Carl Barks stories this week. Only a few of them are even marginally collectible (due to the condition), but one of them features the first appearance of Gyro Gearloose.

 

 

Those look like presentable copies. Barks did an amazing job with those 10-page DD stories.

He really did. Some of his best work. :)

 

Nice haul on the books! :applause:

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Is the "This comic is the personal file copy of Carl Barks. Anyone else possessing the book has stolen it" notation on the book or the slab?

 

I am leaning towards it being a "rubber stamp" on the book itself, but otherwise (shrug)

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Is the "This comic is the personal file copy of Carl Barks. Anyone else possessing the book has stolen it" notation on the book or the slab?

 

I am leaning towards it being a "rubber stamp" on the book itself, but otherwise (shrug)

 

It's on the book. Barrier's book on Barks shows a copy of Four Color 189 with the same stamp.

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Is the "This comic is the personal file copy of Carl Barks. Anyone else possessing the book has stolen it" notation on the book or the slab?

 

I am leaning towards it being a "rubber stamp" on the book itself, but otherwise (shrug)

 

It's on the book. Barrier's book on Barks shows a copy of Four Color 189 with the same stamp.

 

I think quoting myself could make me go blind, but anyway...

 

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