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sclingerman (10/14/2009)
My latest purchase from 1st Print Comics: The Team America series. There were only 12 issues. It was never popular at all, but I bought them back when I was just starting High School. It was a comic about motorcycle racers and stuntmen... I mean come on!
I no longer have ANY of my old comics from my youth, so I thought I would replace some of my personal favorites.
I got all 12 of these in really nice condition for $10.
I think next (besides the birth month/year comics) might be ROM The Spaceknight for my "I once had these as a lad" comics.
COOL!!
I remember those guys. They started out in Captain America right? Back in the his motorcycle riding days. Did you ever notice that their outfits resembled the Fighting American's getup?
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Great stuff SClingerman.
I have also been contemplating trying to regain my ROM series. I really liked that comic. 
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One of my missions has been to collect all the comics from when I was born. (It would be an easy task if I was 15 years younger.)
I bought my first one of these today.
From May 1967 is Superman #196. It has a subscription crease down the middle, but other than that it is in pretty 5.0 to 5.5 shape.
I was happy to have paid $18 for it since all I did was give my LCS my Mission List, and the owner e-mailed me with "I have it set aside for you." (Yes, I am a lazy man and I do not like trusting eBay.)
Some day I hope to show it to my great-grandchildren when both the comic and I are 100 years old.
Then I'll yell "Get off my lawn ya dang whipper-snappers!"
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Oh please, you couldn't even turn into Bill Bixby.
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sclingerman (10/16/2009)
One of my missions has been to collect all the comics from when I was born. (It would be an easy task if I was 15 years younger.)
I bought my first one of these today.
From May 1967 is Superman #196. It has a subscription crease down the middle, but other than that it is in pretty 5.0 to 5.5 shape.
I was happy to have paid $18 for it since all I did was give my LCS my Mission List, and the owner e-mailed me with "I have it set aside for you." (Yes, I am a lazy man and I do not like trusting eBay.)
Some day I hope to show it to my great-grandchildren when both the comic and I are 100 years old.
Then I'll yell "Get off my lawn ya dang whipper-snappers!"
What a great cover!!
$18 sounds more than fair. I like it!!
You won't have to worry about people walking on your lawn when you're 100...we'll all be wearing anti-grav belts!!!
I hope 
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texranger37 (10/14/2009)
COOL!!
I remember those guys. They started out in Captain America right? Back in the his motorcycle riding days. Did you ever notice that their outfits resembled the Fighting American's getup?
TEX*Editors Note (You know, from back in the day.) You're right Tex. Team America first appeared in Captain America #269 (May 1982). The team was later renamed "Thunderiders" in Thing #27 (September 1985).
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texranger37 (10/14/2009)
COOL!!
I remember those guys. They started out in Captain America right? Back in the his motorcycle riding days. Did you ever notice that their outfits resembled the Fighting American's getup?
TEX
*Editors Note (You know, from back in the day.)
You're right Tex. Team America first appeared in Captain America #269 (May 1982). The team was later renamed "Thunderiders" in Thing #27 (September 1985).
Thanks boba!!
You know I love that type of info! Marked and saved!!
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texranger37 (10/16/2009)
Thanks boba!!
You know I love that type of info! Marked and saved!!
TEX
My pleasure Tex!
I figured that you could get some use out of it.
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Got my next May '67 issue. The Flash #170.
I thought it was in better shape when I saw a picture of it. So I overpaid.
I don't know... I got a good deal on one comic, and not a good deal on another. Maybe it just all evens out in the end.
Either way - I have my The Flash "Old As Me" comic.
P.S. - Yuck. My old scanner is not being nice to my comics. It gives big areas of solid colors a bunch of specks (especially the black).
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Oh please, you couldn't even turn into Bill Bixby.
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sclingerman (10/16/2009)
Got my next May '67 issue. The Flash #170.
I thought it was in better shape when I saw a picture of it. So I overpaid.
I don't know... I got a good deal on one comic, and not a good deal on another. Maybe it just all evens out in the end.
Either way - I have my The Flash "Old As Me" comic.
P.S. - Yuck. My old scanner is not being nice to my comics. It gives big areas of solid colors a bunch of specks (especially the black).
I think it looks nice.
I remember that story. A family friend died and left me a bunch of comics as a kid, and in them were some comics digests. One of the Flash digests had that story in it and one about the Pied Piper. Great memories. Great stories.
Congrats. Enjoy.
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Flash #170 - LOL
"unbelievable" - great, this story is not realistic, like your typical red kryptonite or Bat-Mite story??? And that's an attempt to make me want to buy it? Did DC ever try using as a cover blurb "the suckiest story you'll read all year"? 
Nice pickup.
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