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Comic Books
In reply to the discussion: These were the comic books my father made me throw out in 1969 [View all]exboyfil
(17,865 posts)20. Such iconic covers
Forrest Ackerman was a genius. I was more on the Creepy/Eerie side of Warren publications, but I did have an appreciation for Famous Monsters (probably more later as I became a bigger fan of Universal/Hammer horror movies).
I am hoping they eventually do hard cover editions of those magazines like they did with Creepy/Eerie/Vamperilla. Might not work as well given they will feel a bit more dated.
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My husband's mother did the same with his comic book & baseball card collection.
CrispyQ
Nov 2022
#8
I had Number Ones and complete original runs of Fantastic Four, X-Men, Daredevil, Avengers,
Midnight Writer
Nov 2022
#10
There were congressional hearings about the dangers of horror comic books.The damage done
3Hotdogs
Nov 2022
#12
Mom could have retired in luxury if she had not tossed dads awesome baseball card collection.
Ziggysmom
Nov 2022
#13