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The good old days (from 1990 catalog)

Artist: Don Heck (Penciller)

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Title:	The good old days (from 1990 catalog)
Artist:	Don Heck (Penciller)
Media Type:	Photograph
Art Type:	Other
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	340
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	4
Added to Site:	12/14/2020
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First, let me apologize in advance for the pain I am about to inflict on all of you. Especially if you are the current or former owner of any of these pieces. I figured since I have a near complete set of Mitch�s old mail order catalogs, it might be �fun� (if not masochistic) to take a stroll down memory lane. But take heart. For even though most (if not all) of these posts will be almost unbearable and cringe worthy to many of you, just remember that 20-30 years from now, these will be the �good old days� to some new collector just starting out.

I�ve gotten many wonderful compliments from the fine people of CAF about my collection/gallery. All giving me credit for being smart enough to buy all the pieces I bought way back when. Well, now I�m about to show you all what an absolute idiot I was. Keep in mind that many of the pieces that currently reside in my collection came from these very same catalogs. So the next time you want to call me a genius for all the pieces I did buy back then, just take a look at some of the rubbish I DIDN�T buy! In other words, this is the collection I COULD�VE had. (Somebody shoot me now! LOL)

What is very interesting to note here is that during this 9-year span of catalogs (1984-1993), there is nothing here that is priced over (or anywhere near) $1000. Actually (with the exception of the Killing Joke page), nothing even breaks the $500 range. Absolutely incredible for pieces that could all easily be five figures (or more) today!

By the way, I�ve got dozens and dozens of these. So I�ll be posting them in chunks from time to time (to prolong the torture).

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Peter Sullivan
Member Since 2006

Posted on 12/14/2020

I will buy the rejected cover for that price. It should be cheaper though, as it was not considered good enough to publish. Lol.

E DLS
Member Since 2005

Posted on 12/14/2020

Peter Sullivan wrote:

I will buy the rejected cover for that price. It should be cheaper though, as it was not considered good enough to publish. Lol.

But you could say the same thing about the Kirby unpublished Thor cover. As far as not being good enough. We don't know that. It could have been an editorial decision and nothing to do with the quality of the art (which is not half bad, if you ask me).

Peter Sullivan
Member Since 2006

Posted on 12/14/2020

E DLS wrote:

But you could say the same thing about the Kirby unpublished Thor cover.� As far as not being good enough.� We don't know that.� It could have been an editorial decision and nothing to do with the quality of the art (which is not half bad, if you ask me).

I was joking. The reasons behind rejecting one version of a cover over another is purely editorial. Some very strange decisions were made. For example I much prefer Ditkos first version of Spider-Mans first appearance to the Kirby one. I always presumed it was because Lee liked Kirbys work more.

E DLS
Member Since 2005

Posted on 12/14/2020

Peter Sullivan wrote:

Assuming the cover was actually "rejected". Unpublished could simply mean that the artist may have just changed his mind and decided to do another version. But I agree with you about strange editorial choices. I've seen so many unpublished covers that looked better than what was actually used. Just look at Jim Shooter's track record. LOL!

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