first appearance of Rogue ! nice.

Haha, funny story. I used to play superheroes too, but I wouldn't have the nerve to use the curtains!

I was a Hulkaholic and Subby-scriber in the 60s and 70s Mike. Tales To Astonish was my #1 dream book ; my favorite of the split books (Strange Tales with Nick Fury and Dr Strange #2 ). In '68 when they each got their own title I was a loyal reader of both. Remember those original Hulk stories. The only thing that disappointed me with that neither Stan nor Roy , knowing Hulk was home based in New Mexico , considered introducing either a New Mexico Native American or a Mexican-American character as a side kick for Hulk.

Greetings from England ... love the vid. Love this reprint series - better than collecting the trades! You get that old comic book smell as a bonus.

8 cents....

😎👍 Another cool reprint line up of peak period FF issues , Mike. Any splash page featuring 😘Crystal and especially her cousin 😍Medusa is classic!

Splash pages from Jack Kirby are comic covers in themselves.

😎👍 Mike , another winner of an episode. I bought FF#s 90-94 in real time and still to this day that 4 issue story arc remains my favorite adventure spotlighting Ben Grimm. The story idea was worth repeating that Planet Hulk had its version that was later part of the MCUs Thor : Ragnarok film. Those splash pages really stand out.

😎👍 Great addition Mike , showing the Marvel collections where the stories are reprinted. I only read a few issues , off and on , of West Coast Avengers ; never read any with Mocking bird , so not familiar with her. Enjoying the presentations!

🤓 Cool recap on Thor's origin. I grew up reading Thor because my (late) Uncle Manny was a big Thor fan and he would let me have his books after he read them. I still read Thor during the Bronze Age and I loved reading the reprint stories. The splash pages on those cover less issues really stand out. Love the content 👍.

I really enjoy reading coverless books... I think that means you are a true comics fan! A few are jewels in the rough!

An advantage cover less comics have in their favor is that the splash page can sometimes be as exciting as the actual cover. Those horror reprint titles presented stories from Marvel's 1950s ,mostly precode , "Atlas" days and some from their early 1960s pre hero material , some really good reading.

Wasn't familiar with this series or the character of Cassandra ; same thought about trailer - an evil Ancient One. The run down on this series will benefit my viewing of Deadpool /Wolverine! Looking forward to next show.

nice collection thanks for showing us.

😎👍 I didn't follow the complete story run but I do have some X-Factor , New Mutants issues involving it. Mutant Mania was the thing in the 90s and 2000s. I mostly got Wolverine books and some X-Men related books like the " X-Men Noir " short run that featured the Golden Age Angel , a caped hero who solved mysteries. Liked your smooth recap of the books contents.

looks so cool sadly i dont got any but cool

Hey Michael! I enjoy your videos and this inspires me. I have had my comics in regular moving boxes for a number of years, stacked up in the basement. Thankfully we have a dry basement! Some of them are still in order, but I think the majority are mixed up. My Wife just got me a nice stack of comic boxes this past Christmas and I need to do what you've been doing. I like how you put the notes on the back of them. I've wondered about whether to do them alphabetically, or by character, etc. I like how you have them now. I suppose no matter, the series will continue into the next box, especially if it's a long run. Have a pleasant week! ~Eric

Looking forward to it!! Nice looking copy of Avengers Annual 10!

😎👍 Ready when you are Mike!

One funny thing about having coverless comics... you know the first page way better than you know the cover!

😎 Kudos to you Mike , every time I've started to organize my books I would rediscover one that I hadn't read in awhile then start rereading again. A few books later I would decide to try again at another time. In one of the All Star Squadron books , somewhere between , I believe , issues #26-29 , I forget which one I had my " letter to the editor" published. I was surprised to actually see my letter published.

those old comics...they had way better art back in those days and the paper was way better too, than the expensive, colorless computerized artwork of today.

😎 Some of mine are also doubled in one bag , covered and cover less ; I have a few with boards not too many. I have two old school airless trunks that I keep most of my collection in. 😄I tried keeping them in alphabetical order but each time I reread books I would just put them on top of the stack.

welcome back to "the hobby" and have fun!

So many coverless comics! Thanks for sharing!!

What happened to the covers of your books?? You must have read them often! Thanks for sharing!

Another fun collection of comics! Loved those Adventure Comics digests, with LSH, Spectre, Aquaman...all in classic stories! I really enjoyed your coupon clipping action!! Looking forward to more!

Some good reading in that pile. I've been a DC guy since the age of 5! My earliest comic purchases were the 100 pagers from the early 70s. Learned to read with those comics. Was a huge Legion fan and have a full run of those Karate Kid comics. Looking forward to seeing more. The Whitman printings are kinda scarce. Only saw them occasionally here in the UK. We had our own "pence" copies.

The Master Jailer better stand in line , Mike because I L😍VE Redheads and Lana is among them! 🤓I mail ordered that Karate booklet and those Super Hero Stick Ons , I had a couple of other things I was going to send for but never did. I've always enjoyed reading The Atom both in real time during the 60s and some of his earlier 60s stories that were reprinted in the 1970s ; I like his adventures when he time traveled into the past , The Time Pool stories. I also like those later adventures in the 1980s when he was doing the sword and sorcery thing. Elongated Man is one of my favorite characters , the stories with him and his wife Sue were always enjoyable. I would pick up digests whenever I could. Gary of Bizarre Brain Comics channel has done episodes showing his plentiful collection of digests. Looking forward to your next installment.

I love your collections, this was the era i grew up on. Pre Crisis era....

In the Superman comic you showed featuring the Spellbinder---it appears to be the same villain that appeared in a Detective Comics in the 1960s? If so, then it's very unusual that he would transfer from fighting Batman to fighting Superman. It would be like The Riddler fighting Superman, if you know what I mean.

Liked and subbed. I still have the JLA and Legion comic I bought as a kid in the 70s/80s. They're in very similar shape to yours...wouldn't part with them either. Nice to see some well read comics. 👍👍

I started comics in 1970. I was a major Legion of Super-heroes fan in the 70's , when Dave Cockrum and Mike Grell were the artists. I had early George Perez art in the Avengers, Fantastic Four, and Iron Fist, as well as all the new X-men books. I had the Frank Miller issues of Daredevil and the Marvel Team-up series with Spider-Man. I loved the comic books in the 70's and I was a huge fan of the Justice League of America. I'm not a huge fan of DC's Crisis of Infinite Earths, because it erased decades of DC comic history.

🤓👍Now this is what I call a TRUE comic lovers channel! Welcome to the community! There's a small number out there , most other channels wouldn't even think about having well read books. Love those Superman , Justice League issues. I too don't care whether a book is cover less , missing pages , well worn, water stained , etc as long as it's readable. Love when true lovers share memories like you have about you and your brother👍. Speaking of memories there's a Saturday show called "Comic Book Memories" co -hosted by " drsilverage " on his channel and Shannon of "solid4stbend " channel , two really great True comic book lovers channels. Looking forward to your next show.

Very cool to see your well-read, well-loved comics!

Thank you

That invaders book was awesome!

I would still consider Batman a superhero powers or no powers. Nice vid.