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4.3 KiB
Standard ML
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! !
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! THE COMICBOOK COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK !
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! WRITTEN BY: PROFESSOR X !
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! MENTAL GUIDANCE: ELECTRIC EYE !
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! NO THANKS TO: NIGHT CRAWLER !
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! SPECIAL THANKS: AGENT 007 !
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! DEFINITIONS:!
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BACK ISSUE: AN ISSUE OF ANY COMIC BOOK PREVIOUS TO THE LATEST ONE. THIS CAN
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REFER TO LAST MONTH'S ISSUE, OR AN ISSUE PUBLISHED MANY YEARS AGO.
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COMICS CODE AUTHORITY: AN ORGANIZATION THAT MOST PUBLISHERS OF COMIC BOOKS
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MUST SHOW ALL THEIR MATERIAL TO BEFORE PUBLISHING.
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THE CODE DECIDES WHETHER OR NOT THE COMIC BOOK IS
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WITHIN THE GUIDELINES SET BY THE CODE TO INSURE IT IS
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SUITABLE TO BE READ BY YOUNGER READERS.
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COMICS CONVENTION: A GATHERING OF FANS, COLLECTORS, PROFESSIONAL COMIC
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ARTISTS AND WRITERS AND COMIC BOOK DEALERS, TO ENJOY,
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DISCUSS AND SELL COMICS. CONVENTIONS ARE USUALLY HELD IN
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HOTELS, AND ALSO FEATURE MOVIES, DISPLAYS, ETC.
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GOLDEN AGE: A PERIOD OF TIME IN THE HISTORY OF COMICS RUNNING FROM AROUND
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1935 (WHEN COMICS BEGAN PUBLISHING) TO 1949. THESE COMICS ARE
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KNOWN FOR THEIR QUALITY, AND MANY PRE-CODE ISSUES HAVE BECOME
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COLLECTORS ITEMS.
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SILVER AGE: THIS PERIOD BEGAN IN 1956 WITH SHOWCASE #4, WHEN THE FLASH
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APPEARED, BRINGING IN THE NEW WAVE OF SUPER HEROES. MARVEL HAD
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THE GREATEST IMPACT ON THE FUTURE OF COMICS WHEN THEY PUBLISHED
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AMAZING FANTASY #15. THE SILVER AGE RUNS INTO THE LATE 1960'S.
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! GRADING COMICS !
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THE FOLLOWING IS A GUIDELINE FOR THE BEGINNING COLLECTOR. AS YOU BECOME MORE FA
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-=COVERLESS=-
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THESE ARE THE ONES WITH NO COVERS, AND GENERALLY ARE NOT COLLECTED.
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-=POOR=-
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UNCOLLECTABLE, INCOMPLETE, BADLY WORN, TORN COVER, WATER DAMAGED, ETC.
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-=FAIR=-
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COMPLETE COMIC, WITH SOME TEARS IN THE COVER AND/OR ROLLED SPINE, SOILED PAGES.
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-=GOOD=-
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COMPLETE WITH COVER ATTACHED AND SOME SIGNS OF SOILING AND WEAR IN PARTICULAR.
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-=FINE=-
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SLIGHT SIGNS OF WEAR, BUT STILL WITH COVER GLOSS - NO TEARS OR OBVIOUS DEFECTS.
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-=VERY FINE=-
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THE BORDERLINE BETWEEN FINE AND MINT IS THIS ONE. GENERALLY A VERY NICE-LOOKING
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PERFECT CONDITION, COMPLETE, LIKE NEW, STILL WITH ORIGINAL PRINT LUSTRE.
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-=PRISTINE MINT=-
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JUST OFF THE PRESS, PERFECT COMIC. FEW ARE PRISTINE MINT BECAUSE OF THE PRINTING
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! !
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! GUIDELINES ON !
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! SELLING YOUR COMICS !
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THE TIME MAY COME WHEN YOU MAY WANT TO SELL YOUR COMICS. THE FOLLOWING GUIDELIN
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E SHOWS YOU HOW...
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-=TITLE=-
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POPULAR TITLES SUCH AS THE X-MEN OR SPIDER-MAN WILL ALWAYS BRING A HIGHER PRICE
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-=CONDITION=-
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A BOOK IN GOOD CONDITION WILL NEVER BE WORTH AS ONE IN FINE OR MINT NO MATTER W
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HAT KIND IS IT.
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-=DEALER/COLLECTOR=-
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IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SELLING TO A DEALER OR A C
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IT TAKES TIME FOR A COMIC TO BECOME VALUABLE. YOU CAN'T BUY A COMIC TODAY AND E
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XPECT IT TO BE VALUABLE TOMORROW.
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! STORING COMIC BOOKS !
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1. STORE COMICS IN BAGS MADE FROM MYLAR.
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-PLASTIC BAGS ARE GOOD ONLY FOR TEMPORARY STORAGE BECAUSE OF THEIR ACIDITY.
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-NEVER USE POLETHYLENE BAGS BECAUSE OF THEIR HIGH ACID CONTENT.
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2. PACK COMICS IN BOXES THAT ARE TO THEIR DIMENSIONS.
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-NEVER STACK COMICS.
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-TOO LARGE OF BOXES WILL COST COMICS TO SAG AND THUS BEND.
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3. NEVER READ A COMIC MORE THAN ONCE.
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-EACH TIME YOU READ IT, THE MORE IT IS SOILED AND THE LESS VALUABLE IT IS.
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-IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU BUY 2 COPIES; 1 TO READ, THE OTHER TO KEEP.
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-SUNLIGHT WILL RUIN COMICS NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO.
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