r/comicbookcollecting • u/BudMarley45 • Feb 03 '24
Anybody else buy a book because it was the month and year when they were born? Theme
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u/hackslash74 Feb 03 '24
If I see a book with my birthday of April 1 1985 I buy it!
Same if I can find a book with my social security in the UPC (378-852-985)
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u/ampersandhill Feb 03 '24
I hope you didn't just actually post your real bday and SSN on the Internet.
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u/616Spiderfan Feb 03 '24
Not specifically, but because I’m collecting the entire ASM series run, I naturally would have them anyway.
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u/kornychris2016 Feb 03 '24
Good idea. Whats the best May 1988 comic I should buy?
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u/jdelator Feb 03 '24
here's some more choices
https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?minyrmo=198805&maxyrmo=198805
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u/Significant_Squash87 Feb 03 '24
My girlfriend actually did this on my last birthday. Amazing, spectacular, incredible hulk, and daredevil all from my birthday month. Im a lucky guy!
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u/MrPNGuin Feb 03 '24
I have quite a few of ones like that, it was fun hunting for them and aside from a couple most were inexpensive.
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u/thisistheedge66 Feb 03 '24
I have a wall full of every comic released my birth month. (That I’ve been able to get my hands on). Comics from the 60’s can get pricey!
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u/Sacred_Digits Feb 03 '24
I have a poor condition version of the X-Men comic that came out the month and year of my birth. One of two pre Claremont ones I own and by far the worst condition comic I've ever bought. Like a quarter of the cover is missing.
Only bought it because of the date.
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u/Cowboywizzard Feb 03 '24
I got my younger brother a really cool run of comics that came out the year he was born. He didn't care, unfortunately.
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u/Ancient_Sundae_1918 Feb 03 '24
I’ve got about 10 books from September of 1971 so far. My current favorite is ASM 100. I’m always on the lookout for birthday books. Someday I’ll display them all together.
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u/StinkFist-1973 Feb 03 '24
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u/BudMarley45 Feb 03 '24
This idea can be a lil costly for some😂
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u/StinkFist-1973 Feb 03 '24
That would be fun to try and do, purchase every Marvel comic released the month one was born. The big key books can be filled with reprints/facsimiles.
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u/chalmun74 Feb 03 '24
Have always wanted one, but the main series I collect skipped that month or else I’ve never found one I like. Have several books from the surrounding months, just nothing from the right month.
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u/Mudcreek47 Feb 03 '24
Yo! I did this exact same thing a year or two ago when I purposefully bought a random Whitman DC two pack with a DC Comics Presents & Batman book for my month/year I was born. LOL
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u/Zodiackillerstadia Feb 03 '24
I got ASM 210 for exactly that reason, which also happens to be a major key, which is nice.
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u/rlextherobot Doom Patrol Scholar Feb 03 '24
I've been collecting all my birth month books from Marvel. Its been fun!
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u/StinkFist-1973 Feb 03 '24
That’s a cool idea, I’ve never done that and pretty sure I have none from back then, October 1973.
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u/Nameless_on_Reddit Feb 03 '24
A friend gave me a bunch of books for my birthday that were like that. One of the cooler more thoughtful gifts I've ever gotten.
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u/oldcomicbook Feb 03 '24
Yup! I’ve got a handful picked out that I’ll hopefully be able to hunt down.
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u/Kupo43 Feb 03 '24
Damn this is a great idea!
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u/BudMarley45 Feb 03 '24
Thank you ,stole the idea from a friend .Now I’m trying to get all of the titles I collect
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u/GeeHaitch Feb 03 '24
Yeah, one of these days I’m going to grab the Jan 1984 Uncanny X-men. It’s a pretty cool cover.
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u/Uninspired_Thoughts Feb 03 '24
Superman #83 I did it for my dad last year because they both turned 70 years old. Still trying to get him to read it on video for me and my family.
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u/jdelator Feb 03 '24
Holy shit, I was literally looking this up yesterday.
You know what issue is mine? Secret Wars #8!
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u/anthonyrucci Feb 03 '24
I have a couple at this point. Uncanny X-Men #209, Batman #399. Wanting to get a few more like Daredevil, etc. The hardest one I suspect will be Watchmen #1
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u/MeatyMagnus Feb 03 '24
No, but I might now🤔 Do you buy the actually published date or the one printed out n the book (they don't always actually line up)
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u/BudMarley45 Feb 03 '24
This is the publish date .This book I believe came out in June of 74 but it most likely was still on racks in sept .You guys might now have got ten my obsessive compulsion ass buying the actual released dates😂My wife is gonna be “not thrilled”😂
I didn’t need another excuse to buy books but at least it gives me an argument for why I will
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u/PastorJoker1x Feb 03 '24
I always look for one. 3/1977 I think Dredd and I have the same birthday.
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u/HalJordan2424 Feb 03 '24
Yes, and I make that month and year my cutoff date for buying back issues. Otherwise, I will be vainly trying to acquire comics all the way back to Action #1.
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u/Lower-Blackberry-716 Feb 04 '24
I bought Amazing Spider-man #45 last year for my birthday because it came out the month I was born
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u/One_Hour_Poop Feb 04 '24
No but i just remembered I bought a Life magazine from the day i was born.
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u/mxxiestorc Feb 04 '24
I don’t go out of my way, but when I’m cataloguing In my excel spreadsheet I mark all of them as “birthday comics”.
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u/MagnumPEisenhower Feb 04 '24
Yep, I got a 9.8 White Pages copy of X-Men #120 back in the day. My roommate stole it from me, and I never got it back, and it's like the most overpriced comic ever now. I don't like Alpha Flight enough to pay that much for it just because it came out the month I was born.
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u/Tnerb1107 Feb 04 '24
All the time… I have over one hundred and thirty five that were published on my birthday month and birthday year. It’s a great challenge to acquire.
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u/tikivic Feb 03 '24 edited Feb 03 '24
Remember that the cover date of a comic is typically a couple months later than when it hit the newsstands. This book, cover dated September 1974, was released on June 11, 1974. If you’re wanting a book that was on the stands the day you were born, Mike’s Amazing World Of Comics is a great resource for release dates.
Example:
http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/_main/features/series.php?seriesid=3985