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Post by Scott on Mar 25, 2017 4:04:04 GMT
My focus of foreign material revolves close around comic books published in Mexico by the primary editors in Spanish market. La prensa was known for covering Atlas and Marvel. Novaro had DC, dell, Disney, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Gold key and any others I overlooked.
This thread will mix conversations, education, and lots of photos from my collection.
As a general rule these books are difficult to source and often found in lower grade. Even when they are nice it isn't unusual to have some severe defects like dust shadows water stains or missing chuck from a corner.
Once in a while we stumble across some truly stunning specimens which I will share shortly.
Thanks in advance for taking the time to let me share my hobby with you. Please don't hesitate to ask any questions.
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Post by Scott on Mar 25, 2017 4:08:29 GMT
This early fantastic four issue is one of the highest grade la prensa I own. I suspect if graded it would slab around 9.6 Truly a stunning comic. The dealer who sold it told me it was in his warehouse for years.
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Post by Scott on Mar 25, 2017 4:19:46 GMT
Another prized book is the Novaro Flash 123. Hard to believe this book is so nice. I am guessing a 7.5 maybe 8.0. It feels like it just came off the comic rack.
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Scott
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Post by Scott on Mar 25, 2017 4:31:24 GMT
And on the other end of spectrum are the beater copies that your lucky to own. FF 12 is one of the rarest FF issues I've only seen 3 copies. One is scan , a copy in 1.8 owned by a collector friend Rulo and my copy from a bound edition that is at best 1.5 or 1.8. This comic would be first appearance of Hulk in any Spanish edition and probably earliest Hulk appearance outside USA /UK.
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Post by KenW on Mar 25, 2017 8:04:56 GMT
And on the other end of spectrum are the beater copies that your lucky to own. FF 12 is one of the rarest FF issues I've only seen 3 copies. One is scan , a copy in 1.8 owned by a collector friend Rulo and my copy from a bound edition that is at best 1.5 or 1.8. This comic would be first appearance of Hulk in any Spanish edition and probably earliest Hulk appearance outside USA /UK. Awesome, Scott. That's the thing about this niche .. sometimes, it's the scarcity that's the prize to keep in mind .. a higher-grade is the icing on the cake
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define999
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Post by define999 on Mar 28, 2017 15:29:12 GMT
And on the other end of spectrum are the beater copies that your lucky to own. FF 12 is one of the rarest FF issues I've only seen 3 copies. One is scan , a copy in 1.8 owned by a collector friend Rulo and my copy from a bound edition that is at best 1.5 or 1.8. This comic would be first appearance of Hulk in any Spanish edition and probably earliest Hulk appearance outside USA /UK. Crazy! Love it.....
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