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OtherEric:
Although I wound up selling it later to pay rent sadly...

Early 90's, my local mall was having a sort of mini-con; lots of dealers setting up tables.  One of those tables had one of those charming assholes who price everything at double guide hoping that they sucker some of the casual browsers who wouldn't normally see a comic dealer to overpay.  So I felt exactly zero guilt at paying $20 for his Justice League #29 he should have priced at around $10 or so.

Mind you, the idiot missed the small "Brave & Bold" logo at the top above the Justice League logo.   ;D

narfstar:
Good job Eric. Sadly, I know longer have my B&B 28 as I had to sell it many years ago to buy a car after my engine blew. I do still have poor grade copies of 29-30.

bminor:
My best day in collecting ever was a cool autumn evening in Minnesota.
It was about 1976 or so, I was in high school, worked as a janitor at a local medical clinic ever other night to get some spending money.
Well, it was the day the local shopper newspaper came out, you know rummage sales, local want ads, etc.
In this particular issue there was a ad of a guy selling his old comics, he had about 300 or so and wanted $100.
I had just been paid from my job, still had my check, about $90 or so, had not even had a chance to cash it yet.
So with payroll check in hand I called this guy up and went to his house.
I looked the the pile of comics, this guy really liked D.C. comics, not one Marvel in the bunch. What he did have, was o.k. though. I asked him if I signed the check over to him would that be o.k.
What he did have in the pile was
Late 50's to early 60's stuff.
Detective, Batman, Action, Superman, Adventure (some early Legion of Super Heroes)
Justice League of America 2,,4 5,7,9,13,20,21(JSA!),22, 28,29,30
Flash  111,113,114,115,120,121,123 (first golden age Flash crossover!), 124,137,
Green Lantern, 2,3,4,7,9,10,13,19, 40(GA GL!),
Some various Showcase and Brave and Bold
He was a sporadic reader up to about 1964 or so. Sadly no number 1's anywhere.
These books reside to this day in my collection. I have never parted with any of them! Though have I come close at times.
B.

CBpop:
The best single comic find that I have experienced was in 1965 -1966 when I bought “Porky Pig of the Mounties”,  the Dell 4 Color (series II) Porky Pig # 48  with Carl Barks art.  As a starving college student working in a book store for credit ( to buy comics of course ;-) the $2.00 cash I paid for it was very expensive.  This was the days before Overstreet and other guides so I had no proof  that it was Barks art but it sure looked like it to me.  I was fortunate to have made contact with Don and Maggie Thompson through their Newfangles fanzine and was able to get a partial confirmation that it was “most likely” Barks. I still have it and it's still in excellent condition – glossy cover, white pages.  One of my key Barks issues that I have kept.

I really enjoy these stories... keep them coming !!!

Geo (RIP):
In my earlier days I had some friends who's father worked for a paper recycler, he would bring home piles of comic books that were turned in as destroyed by the drug stores and supermarkets. So I would go over to their house and come back with a pile of my own. I got some early Blackhawk, Atom-Age Combat, Brave and Bold #28-30 to name a few. The only problem was most had there covers removed, but not always. When I was in the service my mother threw out most of those comic books I had gotten from them. My one book I've had since I bought it new is dog eared Showcase #17, Adventures on other Worlds. Since then I've got the other two issue of Showcase that continued the stories of Adam Strange (Mystery in Space series too when Adam Strange was added), Space Ranger (2 issues), Rip Hunter Time Master (all, loved the art Kubert did on the 2 issues). Also I did buy the first issues of Spiderman series (Amazing Fantasy), Fantastic Four and other first issues of Marvel Super Hero's series starts which got sold to pay off some bills at the time, so they are all long gone now. That's my story and I going to stand by it thank you.

Geo

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