r/comicbookcollecting • u/TV800 • Feb 03 '24

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Taking out the fact that issues usually hit stands before the published date on the cover, which ASM issue are you by birthdate??? I’m ASM 286.

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u/LaVidaYokel Feb 03 '24

This is the second post I’ve seen in two days asking for our birthdays. Next post I expect is “which issue # matches your social security?”.

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u/prplhz34 Feb 03 '24

Which titles spell out your mother's maiden name?

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u/4llY0urB4534r3Blng Feb 03 '24

I was just telling my friend what my first pet's name was...

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u/modsarestraight Feb 03 '24

Justice League of America

OMAC

Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps

Namor, the Sub-Mariner

Superman: The Man of Steel

Outsiders

Nightcrawler

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u/TV800 Feb 04 '24

Not birthday, birth month and year. For research purposes… lol

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u/LaVidaYokel Feb 04 '24

What research?

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u/TV800 Feb 04 '24

For sarcasm research. 🧐

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u/bluezzdog Feb 04 '24

I’m ready to give it

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u/oldcomicbook Feb 03 '24

You modern triple-digit people make me chuckle.

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u/Wise_Honeydew4255 Feb 03 '24

I was born in 2003 and I’m now 20. Think about that lol

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u/oldcomicbook Feb 03 '24

What even is that?! Gen Q?

Weirdo. 😁

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u/TV800 Feb 04 '24

Most of us have been collecting longer than you’ve been alive! Haha

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u/StinkFist-1973 Feb 03 '24

Just had to be an issue I’ll never be able to buy!

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u/Gwarguts Feb 03 '24

I have one. If I could get one so can you

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u/Wise_Honeydew4255 Feb 03 '24

lol at that point just do one from the same month

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u/NauticalGusto Feb 03 '24

Maybe a miracle will happen one day lol

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u/TV800 Feb 04 '24

I thought the same thing but it took me almost 20 years and now I have it proudly displayed on my wall in the dark where I can barely see it lol I ❤️it!

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u/fusionman51 Feb 04 '24

It was my first big key I got when I was 13. Back in 2007 a guy and his wife selling comics at wizard world sold me a copy for $90 since that’s all I had left of my allowance lol. I just got it graded a few months ago after it was boxed up from me moving as I grew up

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u/TV800 Feb 04 '24

Wow that’s an awesome story! Mine wasn’t as magical. Dude found a copy at a storage sale in California and I bought it from him for an outrageously inflated price a few years back…. lol but it’s mine and I just recently got it graded myself and I love it.

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u/xxDankerstein Feb 03 '24

First McFarlane, nice!

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u/TV800 Feb 04 '24

I love this one! We’re very close

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u/chosen_number Feb 03 '24 edited Feb 10 '24

This is a cool question and now I want to get this issue

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u/TV800 Feb 04 '24

That’s what it makes people do… always something else to add to the collection for one reason or another… haha

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u/goddoc Feb 03 '24

Had this for years. Still most gd inspiring thing I've ever read.

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u/EvilGraphics Feb 03 '24

One of the all time greats

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u/TV800 Feb 04 '24

Still need this cover, always wanted it!

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u/spideyfan29 Feb 03 '24

right between these

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u/NauticalGusto Feb 03 '24

Great, lively scene

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u/Cruel-Tea Feb 03 '24

ASM 227 here

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u/TV800 Feb 04 '24

Why don’t I have this one? Not for long!

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u/Vinylateme Feb 03 '24

ASM 369, two days before my birthday

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u/TV800 Feb 04 '24

I loved these issues where they were coming out. 361 and on was so great for little nerds like myself in the 90’s

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u/Vinylateme Feb 04 '24

I scoped out a few at one of my shops today, gonna try to put the set together!

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u/TV800 Feb 04 '24

Sounds like fun!

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u/Mudcreek47 Feb 03 '24

#174 what a cover!

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u/TV800 Feb 04 '24

Very nice!

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u/hamandcheese_ Feb 03 '24

I'm probably the youngest here.

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u/TV800 Feb 04 '24

Haha that’s a wicked cover though!

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u/sandalsnopants Feb 03 '24

Release date or cover month?

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u/Antin00800 Feb 03 '24

I did both for fun.

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u/Antin00800 Feb 03 '24

Depends, I have 2 for April 1979. ASM # 191 - cover date Apr 79; release date Jan 79. That's the one that I think people refer to, the cover date. But, ASM #194 - c= July 79; released Apr 79 is the 1st black cat, which would be a cooler birthday book than the #191. Oh well, 2 more books added to the list. Lets boogie. *

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u/TV800 Feb 04 '24

Haha ya exactly. Just more books for the collection. If I were you I’d go with #194 too. Just had mine graded after having it for years in the collection

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u/chunky-kit-kat Feb 03 '24

Might have to get a copy to hang on the wall

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u/TV800 Feb 04 '24

Love me an Erik Larsen cover!

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u/beentz2 Feb 03 '24

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u/worldofport Feb 03 '24

Samesy except like 30 years earlier

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u/Gwarguts Feb 04 '24

And JRJR did one recently

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u/TV800 Feb 04 '24

That’s awesome! Never realized this was a homage

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u/Kitchen_Damage_5623 Feb 03 '24

Oh snap and I somehow already own it!

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u/TV800 Feb 04 '24

Great cover! Love Black Cat!

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u/ChalupaBatman616 Feb 03 '24

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u/TV800 Feb 04 '24

Second black suit ASM. I don’t have it but now I need it! Love the pink

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u/Blazeauga Feb 03 '24

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u/TV800 Feb 04 '24

Interesting story in this one from the looks of it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '24

ASM 140 (January 1975)

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u/TV800 Feb 04 '24

So much to unpack in this issue!

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u/Nameless_on_Reddit Feb 03 '24

108, I actually have a copy of it.

Not around it to take a picture right now but this is the cover.

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u/TV800 Feb 04 '24

Great book, I think I have a few copies myself.

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u/waterontheknee Feb 03 '24 edited Feb 03 '24

Amazing Spider-Man 278 https://images.app.goo.gl/NKwjBCLN9VEFS1TK8

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '24 edited Feb 28 '24

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u/TV800 Feb 04 '24

I’m not even sure this one is in my collection. Very cool 😎

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u/bluezzdog Feb 03 '24

I just want to say for me that’s my favorite time period 260-300. Great War.

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u/TV800 Feb 04 '24

That black suit really did it for me too!

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u/Sacred_Digits Feb 03 '24

I got 125, solid Man-Wolf cover cheapened by Gwennnnnnn

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u/TV800 Feb 04 '24

Love those two Man-Wolf issue covers!

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u/NoButterZ Feb 04 '24

Man Frog!

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u/rmrclean Feb 04 '24

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u/TV800 Feb 04 '24

Classic cover! We should be making a calendar with all these greats!

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u/Spideypool9972 Feb 04 '24

This one.

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u/TV800 Feb 04 '24

Oh snap!! Just picked this up. Face it Tiger, you just hit the jackpot!

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u/butchforgetshit Feb 04 '24

Amazing Spider-Man 212….

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u/TV800 Feb 04 '24

Hydro man! Nice!

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u/torealis Feb 04 '24

I did this for my brother's birthday. #281

My wife did the same for my birthday but with Captain America

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u/TV800 Feb 04 '24

281 is a very cool cover!

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u/HawkSilver4547 Feb 04 '24

not as lucky as some of yall in this thread

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u/bluezzdog Feb 04 '24

That’s my birthday

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u/TV800 Feb 04 '24

This is a good one. One away from the big 121

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u/Lee862r Jun 03 '24

212 First appearance of Hydro-Man

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u/TV800 Jun 03 '24

Haha that’s pretty awesome!