Your first Overstreet Price Guide

[jaeldubyoo]

When did you buy your first Overstreet Price Guide? I bought my first one in 1975, #5 with a great Tarzan cover by Joe Kubert. I read it from cover to cover countless times. I think I spent way more time leafing through that book than any of my text books in school. It's a wonder I graduated from college. I faithfully bought Overstreet for the next 13 years and have only bought them sporadically since. I still have that tattered book.

So when was your first?

[Gallinator]

When I was 12 I stumbled across a box that had a few old Overstreets in it, so those were the inspiration and source of learning for my addiction. I think the first Overstreet I actually bought was, surprisingly enough, only about 10 years ago. I would just look at my LCS owner's guide if I ever needed to know anything, or go to Waldenbooks or something.

Now I'm in protest mode due to the change to NM- 9.2 as the top value, so I'm buying it every other year. That means I'm skipping this year. Oh, well.

[SILLYSHIP--pirate eye--]

Around the early 1970's I'm guessing, but I can't be sure.

GALL, what year was 12 for you?

[fulltimer56]

It was lucky #13 for me with Superman, Wonder Woman & Batman on the cover looking at a #13 Price Guide and I paid $9.95 for it new in 1983! The art on the cover was by Don Newton & Joe Rubinstein (hope I have the names right) And I still have it and it was in my nightstand. I still like to read it and compare prices.

The last one was #34 The Big, Big Comic Book Price Guide because the old eyes ain't what they use to be and I have been having trouble reading the little print in the reg size book!

Linda

[habib]

My 1st price guide was in 1975 but it wasn't Overstreet....it was a smaller guide.

My 1st Overstreet guide was the next year 1976 (#6). I have bought one every year since except for a couple in the early 80's during my College days.

[Gallinator]

I was 12 in 1983, sillyship! I just turned 35!!!! :cry:

I had been collecting American comics casually up until that point (I had a great collection of weeklies in England when I was 8-9 years old), but seeing that OPG and learning all about comics made me go to as many flea markets and yards sales as I could, searching for those four-color wonders!

[btdhome]

I'm pretty sure it was #16.

[malaprop]

It was #4, 1974, the year I got married. I always refer to her as my first wife even though we're still married, keeps on on her toes. Anyway, I think it has JLA on the cover.

[malaprop]

Or maybe the JSA.

[jaeldubyoo]

Although #5 is the first that I bought, I managed to snag a nice copy of #3 at a used book store. Apparently the old Overstreets are collectible. I find it ironic for Overstreet to have a price guide for Overstreet price guides in his own price guide.

[disneyteddies]

Well, my first Overstreet was about #25....My first one THIS year is this one. Just picked it up tonite and I've got some reedin" ta do.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/Hank27/Overstreet.jpg

It was this one or Wonder Woman or the hard bound Thor. I stand by my decision! My all time favorite Overstreet guide is the one with Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman on it. 8)

[fulltimer56]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v35/fulltimer56/Comics/OPG.jpg

[fulltimer56]

I really don't think Superman or Batman are looking at the book, do you?

8)

[disneyteddies]

That's the one!!! Thanx Linda, I LOVE that cover annnd I agree, they are NOT looking at the book LoL. :twisted:

[stupidman]

I've collected since I was a kid in the 70's, but I think this was my first OPG (1990). I didn't have money for comics while in college, so I got back into it around 1989 and then bought my first OPG. I still have this one, because it has some great articles on The Silver Age and a cool checklist of most of the important books (with a small blurb on each) of that era.

http://i8.ebayimg.com/05/i/06/92/28/21_1.JPG

[marvelguy]

My first Overstreet was a gift from my aunt for my BD. It was a Happy Birthday to Marvel. I can't remember the year, it has a cake on the cover with all the Marvel heroes looking at it. I don't have it now because it's all worn out and pages were falling to pieces, so to the trash it went. :cry:

[fulltimer56]

Hi MG,

It wouldn't be Vol #16 from about 1986 or so would it?

This is about the only pic I could find of this one.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v35/fulltimer56/Comics/95_1.jpg

Linda

[marvelguy]

Yes!!It is that book. Ahhh...the memories. That book and the other one with the JLA that is posted in another pic were the only guides I've ever had.

[marvelguy]

It was a Happy Anniversary cake, not a BD cake. :roll:

[rowand]

My long gone Number One. It replaced my Cheroke Comics price list. Cheeze a Marvel Mystery 12 goes for $30, who has that kind of money?

[The Charlton Guy]

I had a #1 too.

Previous to that inaugural issue, my only experience with pricing was from the seller Robert Bell. You can see his ads in most of the Marvel Silver Age issues. I picked up a lot of books from him when I was a teenager. He sent me a copy of the OPG #1 with one of my orders. You could pick up SA books from Mr. Bell in the $0.50 to $2.00 range. Sweet copies too.

I remember thinking that I would NEVER get together the $20 I needed to get that Amazing Spiderman #1. And F.F. #1? Forget it. That one was $30.

I never did get either one. Well, I did get a copy of AS #1 from a neighbor kid, but it was a beater. I think I traded a couple of SA Batmans for it.

I'm getting very old.

[fulltimer56]

Ain't we all!! :cry: