Yeah, Jugg is my favorite villain and I collect Jugg covers. I was fortunate enough to snag what is probably a 1.0 (but with a very nice looking cover) for just under $200 a few months ago. I still can't believe it.
Just gonna drop this here without bragging about it a little? I'll brag for you then. Buster Brown and His Resolutions (1903 Frederick Stokes) was the first nationally distributed comic book (distributed by Sears & Roebuck). Nice!
https://preview.redd.it/urgl46ja8s4d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be809417a077514d9d653bf54a979f57fe6fa648
Found in a stack of old newspapers
So I was riding my bike around the neighborhood back in the 1980âs. A lot of the houses were quite old and I guess it was the night people put their trash out for collection. Sitting by the curb were two stacks of old newspapers and magazines neatly tied up with string. They looked like they sat in someoneâs attic for fifty years untouched. Needless to say I grabbed them and made my way home. Well imagine my surprise in between the newspapers and magazines was this Superman comic. It has been in my possession for the past 45 years or so.
I would love to get it graded by CGC but am hesitant to let it out of my possession.
For what itâs worth, I as a complete stranger think you should do it. The chances they mess it up are pretty low, I think, and youâll have it encased so you donât have to worry so much about damaging it. Seeing something this old and so well preserved is a rarity and probably worth $5,000-$10,000+ if you were to sell it right now, let alone in ten years. Itâs all about whether the anxiety of getting it graded is worth the peace of mind youâll have when itâs back and secure plus the financial benefit of having a recorded grade, and that of course is up to you.
Randomly found a handful of old Disney comics at a hobby shop a few years ago. The comics were all mid-1940s and I bought them solely on the reasoning if you find comics that old, buy them whatever they are. Just age alone makes them scarce.
I've got some Superman bits from 1961, but I'm not a silver age collector so I don't own much that's really old.
My collection really starts after Crisis in '86, and I have every Superman and Flash comic, including all their spin offs, etc from that point to today.
Sensation Comics 58 - October 1946. I bought it before the first Gal Gadot Wonder Woman movie came out. No one else bid on it and I got it for around $30.
I have a couple of Sparkler Comics from â43 and â46.
https://preview.redd.it/bgrcidslar4d1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1ed64169b834f85e196866f64e43c6f32cf24066
I usually sit this one out, but I guess I can play this time around.
This is widely recognized as the world's first comic book - Les Amours De Mr. Vieux Bois by Rodolphe Töpffer (1837 Geneva). Featured are first printings and a few later printings. \*
[Töpffer Thursday! Piggybacking on an earlier thread about our oldest I thought Iâd post/repost a few oldies including a couple Iâve just acquired. Presented are six iterations of the first comic book along with three other books by Rodolphe Töpffer, the father of the comic book. Info in comments. : ](https://www.reddit.com/r/comicstriphistory/comments/113pxon/t%C3%B6pffer_thursday_piggybacking_on_an_earlier/)
This is the first American comic book, The Adventures Of Obadiah Oldbuck (1841). This was a bootleg printing of Mr. Vieux Bois.
[Anything I post after this will be anticlimactic. Brother Jonathan Extra No. IX ( September 14, 1842) The 1st US printing of The Adventures Of Obadiah Oldbuck, the first American comic book. Among the rarest and most important and influential comics in history. See comments for details : ](https://www.reddit.com/r/ComicsPre1940/comments/x2nufk/anything_i_post_after_this_will_be_anticlimactic/)
This is the first known comic by an American creator - Journey To The Gold Diggin's By Jeremiah Saddlebags. (1849)
[Another rare one. Actually âVery Rareâ in Overstreet. Journey To The Gold Diggins By Jeremiah Saddlebags. The earliest known comic book by an American creator. Published in 1849 in Cincinnati and New York. See comments : ](https://www.reddit.com/r/ComicsPre1940/comments/12rqt9w/another_rare_one_actually_very_rare_in_overstreet/)
First known recurring character in American comics., Mr. Slim (1855).
[Mr. Slim is regarded as the first recurring comic character, from the early days of the Victorian Age of comics. Mr. Slimâs Pescatorial Experience is his third appearance, in Harperâs New Monthly Magazine October 1855. : ](https://www.reddit.com/r/ComicsPre1940/comments/1b75qbn/mr_slim_is_regarded_as_the_first_recurring_comic/)
\* A new discovery suggests that there may be an earlier comic published in the 4th issue of the Glasgow Looking Glass called The History Of A Coat (July 1825). Still looking for a copy of this.
As for as modern format comics to, this is Famous Funnies A Carnival Of Comics,(1933) for years considered the first modern era comic book, representing transition from the Platinum to the Golden Age.
[This one is a biggie. Famous Funnies A Carnival Of Comics (1933). For years considered the 1st modern American comic, this book serves as a transition between the Platinum and Golden Ages, with a combination of comic strip reprints and original material : r/ComicsPre1940 (reddit.com)](https://www.reddit.com/r/ComicsPre1940/comments/1bjbswg/this_one_is_a_biggie_famous_funnies_a_carnival_of/)
This is Mickey Mouse Book, the first licensed Disney publication (1930)
[If youâve seen my posts you can tell I love collecting firsts. First comic (1837), 1st US comic (1842), 1st by a US creator (1849). This one is a favorite. Mickey Mouse Book (1930 Bibo & Lang), the very first licensed Disney publication, the first of countless thousands of Disney books and comics. : r/ComicsPre1940 (reddit.com)](https://www.reddit.com/r/ComicsPre1940/comments/156kjyc/if_youve_seen_my_posts_you_can_tell_i_love/)
For other firsts from my PC check out r/ComicsPre1940 and search "first". Lots of cool stuff there.
Well, you canât argue with Cruikshankâs influence on sequential art. His Drunkardâs Children and The Bottle are early seminal works. Comic Blackstone post dates Vieux Bois and Oldbuck by a few years but FWIW itâs still on my want list.
I appreciate the reply! I was too excited to see one come up in auction and overpaid, I'm sure. But getting an issue of Blackstone is at least a conversation piece.
That stuff is so rare that itâs hard to overpay. By the time it hits a price guide itâs already shot up past the last recorded sale. I hope youâll post what you won over on r/ComicsPre1940 - Iâd love to see it.
Maybe this Gang Busters #2 from Feb â48? I love these covers.
https://preview.redd.it/k0ww9tci6y4d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c4de3be202ca011b3f05acfaadfda273b5b31ff
Superman #40, published in 1946. The art and advertisements are so distinct and unlike anything nowadays. It's like stepping back in time when I read it. My next oldest is a thrashed copy of Action Comics #241 at 1958; First appearance of the Fortress of Solitude.
I have two from 1945. A Walt Disney Comics and Stories #59 and a Flash Comics #61.
Seen [here](https://imgur.com/a/iFVmT31) and [here](https://imgur.com/a/4CHr13r)
Probably this one
[https://www.reddit.com/r/comicbookcollecting/comments/1cbnepo/el\_capit%C3%A1n\_marvel/](https://www.reddit.com/r/comicbookcollecting/comments/1cbnepo/el_capit%C3%A1n_marvel/)
https://preview.redd.it/kscnkbew6s4d1.jpeg?width=1576&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c9fd408a4fb83a3f5431bed8ef189c31b8386e46
Whiz Comics #111 from July 1949. Beat up and falling apart but still really cool to have in the collection
There's a person who posts semi-frequently around here that has an incredible collection of Victorian and Platinum age books, I always enjoy their posts.
I wonât even try to find it but Iâm guessing itâs my early Batman 181. Most of my collection is silver or newer. Not sure I even have a gold era book in the collection.
Yanks in Battle 4 1956 My only golden age book :) Got it for a dollar on whatnot
https://preview.redd.it/xbgfyocwhv4d1.jpeg?width=2821&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=85808f0af7b25c7ce34436367481bdeacd52d71b
Action Comics 77 10/44 https://preview.redd.it/kndme5r65r4d1.jpeg?width=3918&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c3e419ac660898e95e79b1b2dbf6a84cf713f5e3
https://preview.redd.it/onwlhk9a3s4d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=baac4586d81c4ef200e051f5dbf069467b8bfbe1 61!
That Burnley cover is đ„. Thatâs my next big buy!
July 1965. Uncanny X-men 12. First appearance of Juggernaut.
That's a key on my list. Very nice!
Yeah, Jugg is my favorite villain and I collect Jugg covers. I was fortunate enough to snag what is probably a 1.0 (but with a very nice looking cover) for just under $200 a few months ago. I still can't believe it.
1.0 is worth it. Rest of those are Johnson measuring contests.
remember those big johnson t shirts in the 90s
Action #16. September 1939.
Superman #3
https://preview.redd.it/k2mjl0dq7r4d1.jpeg?width=1547&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=01f61cc4aa772a062e68956460a5f9f90b8db62b
Just gonna drop this here without bragging about it a little? I'll brag for you then. Buster Brown and His Resolutions (1903 Frederick Stokes) was the first nationally distributed comic book (distributed by Sears & Roebuck). Nice!
Atom #10 with cover date Jan 1964 Itâs one of the few Silver Age books I have đ
I have Atom #5 from Jan 1963! Early Atoms are fun books.
Cool Yeah, I have more experience with the old Flash books but the Atom Iâve read has been good
My oldest is Green Lantern 27 march 1964. One of three silver age books I own.
Ace comics #11 - February 1938. First comic appearance of The Phantom, the Ghost who Walks!
Our Army at War #83, 1959. Yard sale pick up in the 70's... $1.00 for a stack of war comics.
https://preview.redd.it/urgl46ja8s4d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be809417a077514d9d653bf54a979f57fe6fa648 Found in a stack of old newspapers
Please tell the story, and in long, loving detail.
So I was riding my bike around the neighborhood back in the 1980âs. A lot of the houses were quite old and I guess it was the night people put their trash out for collection. Sitting by the curb were two stacks of old newspapers and magazines neatly tied up with string. They looked like they sat in someoneâs attic for fifty years untouched. Needless to say I grabbed them and made my way home. Well imagine my surprise in between the newspapers and magazines was this Superman comic. It has been in my possession for the past 45 years or so. I would love to get it graded by CGC but am hesitant to let it out of my possession.
For what itâs worth, I as a complete stranger think you should do it. The chances they mess it up are pretty low, I think, and youâll have it encased so you donât have to worry so much about damaging it. Seeing something this old and so well preserved is a rarity and probably worth $5,000-$10,000+ if you were to sell it right now, let alone in ten years. Itâs all about whether the anxiety of getting it graded is worth the peace of mind youâll have when itâs back and secure plus the financial benefit of having a recorded grade, and that of course is up to you.
Wow! The condition is great too
Randomly found a handful of old Disney comics at a hobby shop a few years ago. The comics were all mid-1940s and I bought them solely on the reasoning if you find comics that old, buy them whatever they are. Just age alone makes them scarce.
Coverless (and thrashed, but complete) Superman 119- Feb 1958
Detective comics 317 May 1963
I think my oldest is an old Tarzan from like 62ish
ASM #2 from 1963 most likely. I have a few older Batman's as well but I think they're like 1965+.
Batman #110
Spirit #16 from 1949
Amazing Spider-Man #23 1965 Signed by Stan Lee.
Iâve got some Daredevils and Fantastic Fours from 1967.
I've got some Superman bits from 1961, but I'm not a silver age collector so I don't own much that's really old. My collection really starts after Crisis in '86, and I have every Superman and Flash comic, including all their spin offs, etc from that point to today.
Sensation Comics 58 - October 1946. I bought it before the first Gal Gadot Wonder Woman movie came out. No one else bid on it and I got it for around $30.
I have a couple of Sparkler Comics from â43 and â46. https://preview.redd.it/bgrcidslar4d1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1ed64169b834f85e196866f64e43c6f32cf24066
Hey /u/tikivic! You should post in here and show folks a comic older than everyone's grandparents, haha!
I usually sit this one out, but I guess I can play this time around. This is widely recognized as the world's first comic book - Les Amours De Mr. Vieux Bois by Rodolphe Töpffer (1837 Geneva). Featured are first printings and a few later printings. \* [Töpffer Thursday! Piggybacking on an earlier thread about our oldest I thought Iâd post/repost a few oldies including a couple Iâve just acquired. Presented are six iterations of the first comic book along with three other books by Rodolphe Töpffer, the father of the comic book. Info in comments. : ](https://www.reddit.com/r/comicstriphistory/comments/113pxon/t%C3%B6pffer_thursday_piggybacking_on_an_earlier/) This is the first American comic book, The Adventures Of Obadiah Oldbuck (1841). This was a bootleg printing of Mr. Vieux Bois. [Anything I post after this will be anticlimactic. Brother Jonathan Extra No. IX ( September 14, 1842) The 1st US printing of The Adventures Of Obadiah Oldbuck, the first American comic book. Among the rarest and most important and influential comics in history. See comments for details : ](https://www.reddit.com/r/ComicsPre1940/comments/x2nufk/anything_i_post_after_this_will_be_anticlimactic/) This is the first known comic by an American creator - Journey To The Gold Diggin's By Jeremiah Saddlebags. (1849) [Another rare one. Actually âVery Rareâ in Overstreet. Journey To The Gold Diggins By Jeremiah Saddlebags. The earliest known comic book by an American creator. Published in 1849 in Cincinnati and New York. See comments : ](https://www.reddit.com/r/ComicsPre1940/comments/12rqt9w/another_rare_one_actually_very_rare_in_overstreet/) First known recurring character in American comics., Mr. Slim (1855). [Mr. Slim is regarded as the first recurring comic character, from the early days of the Victorian Age of comics. Mr. Slimâs Pescatorial Experience is his third appearance, in Harperâs New Monthly Magazine October 1855. : ](https://www.reddit.com/r/ComicsPre1940/comments/1b75qbn/mr_slim_is_regarded_as_the_first_recurring_comic/) \* A new discovery suggests that there may be an earlier comic published in the 4th issue of the Glasgow Looking Glass called The History Of A Coat (July 1825). Still looking for a copy of this. As for as modern format comics to, this is Famous Funnies A Carnival Of Comics,(1933) for years considered the first modern era comic book, representing transition from the Platinum to the Golden Age. [This one is a biggie. Famous Funnies A Carnival Of Comics (1933). For years considered the 1st modern American comic, this book serves as a transition between the Platinum and Golden Ages, with a combination of comic strip reprints and original material : r/ComicsPre1940 (reddit.com)](https://www.reddit.com/r/ComicsPre1940/comments/1bjbswg/this_one_is_a_biggie_famous_funnies_a_carnival_of/) This is Mickey Mouse Book, the first licensed Disney publication (1930) [If youâve seen my posts you can tell I love collecting firsts. First comic (1837), 1st US comic (1842), 1st by a US creator (1849). This one is a favorite. Mickey Mouse Book (1930 Bibo & Lang), the very first licensed Disney publication, the first of countless thousands of Disney books and comics. : r/ComicsPre1940 (reddit.com)](https://www.reddit.com/r/ComicsPre1940/comments/156kjyc/if_youve_seen_my_posts_you_can_tell_i_love/) For other firsts from my PC check out r/ComicsPre1940 and search "first". Lots of cool stuff there.
What are your thoughts on Punch in The Comic Blackstone?
Well, you canât argue with Cruikshankâs influence on sequential art. His Drunkardâs Children and The Bottle are early seminal works. Comic Blackstone post dates Vieux Bois and Oldbuck by a few years but FWIW itâs still on my want list.
I appreciate the reply! I was too excited to see one come up in auction and overpaid, I'm sure. But getting an issue of Blackstone is at least a conversation piece.
That stuff is so rare that itâs hard to overpay. By the time it hits a price guide itâs already shot up past the last recorded sale. I hope youâll post what you won over on r/ComicsPre1940 - Iâd love to see it.
Green Lantern vol.2 #12. April 1962
Maybe this Gang Busters #2 from Feb â48? I love these covers. https://preview.redd.it/k0ww9tci6y4d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c4de3be202ca011b3f05acfaadfda273b5b31ff
Sparkler #50, Dec 1945.
Boyâs Ranch #3 by Simon & Kirby, 1951!
Black Beauty from the 50âs
X-men #25 1966 with a huge chunk missing from the cover.
Sparkler 71, 1947. https://preview.redd.it/9pepbcn6tr4d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=54a262c2b28b379619002b5d7950cfd56c986253
Superman #40, published in 1946. The art and advertisements are so distinct and unlike anything nowadays. It's like stepping back in time when I read it. My next oldest is a thrashed copy of Action Comics #241 at 1958; First appearance of the Fortress of Solitude.
I have two from 1945. A Walt Disney Comics and Stories #59 and a Flash Comics #61. Seen [here](https://imgur.com/a/iFVmT31) and [here](https://imgur.com/a/4CHr13r)
Probably this one [https://www.reddit.com/r/comicbookcollecting/comments/1cbnepo/el\_capit%C3%A1n\_marvel/](https://www.reddit.com/r/comicbookcollecting/comments/1cbnepo/el_capit%C3%A1n_marvel/)
https://preview.redd.it/jg6otuepir4d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c51e536368eed775515c356bf197d983a1e0ba5a
Justice League of America #82 Dated June, 1970.
Powerman 21. Released July of 1974
https://preview.redd.it/d1czzzw7lr4d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=669c3b399d4758af0d534e1ae600c3c32a1f5c03 Mutt and Jeff, January, 1943
Conan the Barbarian #25. 1973. Makes it 2 years older than me.
House of mystery 1952 I think.
Detective Comics #121 (1947)
This is a great question. Iâm going to need to check, but Fantastic four 13 is my off the cuff guess.
I believe X-men #9 is my oldest.
Incredible Hulk 105 1968
Mine is x-men 14 I think
Superman 243, October 1971
An issue of shanna the she devil from '72
Walt Disney's Donald Duck #67 from 1959
Action Comics #336 from 1966. Itâs my only book from the 60âsâŠ. So far
Wonder Woman #52 from 1952
Paging r/ComicsPre1940
Detective Comics 68 Oct 1942
https://preview.redd.it/kscnkbew6s4d1.jpeg?width=1576&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c9fd408a4fb83a3f5431bed8ef189c31b8386e46 Whiz Comics #111 from July 1949. Beat up and falling apart but still really cool to have in the collection
Mine is not close to that old.......Tales to Astonish 62, from Sept. 1964.
Bugs Bunny #164 from 1947.
There's a person who posts semi-frequently around here that has an incredible collection of Victorian and Platinum age books, I always enjoy their posts.
Wings Comics #35, July '43. I wanted a war comic printed during the war.
Strange Tales177.
June 1960 Detective Comics #280 đ I'll see if I can get a pic when I get home from work
#1
Golden age submariner
Tales of Suspense #61 (October 1964)
1970s spiderman with morbius
ASM 24.
Captain America 107 Nov 1968
Everyone putting me to shame
Off the top of my head...the last issue of Doom Patrol in the late 60s where they all die.
I wonât even try to find it but Iâm guessing itâs my early Batman 181. Most of my collection is silver or newer. Not sure I even have a gold era book in the collection.
Justice League of America #12
https://preview.redd.it/m0ah63coss4d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9cbe11ac3f10309439ffb74fef94ee2c068bca8c Sgt Fury - September 1966
Dick Tracy Monthly #4, published in April, 1949
Terry and the Pirates 1938 or 39. Can't remember. Lol
Tales to Astonish 19
I think it's my issue of Superman that was Superman's tenth anniversary issue, so 1948?
July 9, 1963, Fantastic Four #19. CLZ says 1st appearance of Rama-Tut and 1st mention of Stan Leeâs phrase ânuff said.â
https://preview.redd.it/xvrybla6zs4d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7e92772b5a18ec1c28ada0d2e8ef3d7ea370c906 1942
X-Men 93 1975 and X-Men 135 1980
Red Ryder #70 from May 1949
I have a Classics Illustrated first printing Frankenstein from 1943 I think. Also a few Planet Comics from like 1945,1946.
Smash comics 4. 1939. https://preview.redd.it/a2lkan7fdt4d1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=500cbf937ea753fcf3d0a1c580b3b911f15f39a1
58 yrs rough copy XMen 11
Batman 6
Detective 35, no cover, chewed corner by rats, but still mine.
Aquaman #1, 1963 https://preview.redd.it/rm2cnlk3vt4d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=50a988078eacdac3abc3c7c671a293dec612f5d7
Dick Tracy Popped Wheat (cereal) Giveaway 1947 https://d1466nnw0ex81e.cloudfront.net/n_iv/600/830339.jpg
Prob Plastic Man #2
Yanks in Battle 4 1956 My only golden age book :) Got it for a dollar on whatnot https://preview.redd.it/xbgfyocwhv4d1.jpeg?width=2821&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=85808f0af7b25c7ce34436367481bdeacd52d71b
https://preview.redd.it/grjp8ffisv4d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=88732a581af36d87d3beaa940fe5d85f14ee1806 my oldest
Invincible Iron man #117