Recently acquired at the shop…issue #59 of X-Men (August 1969), with a special message for you X-fans scribbled onto the logo by some anonymous comics critic:
And apparently our critic wasn’t satisfied with warning you on the cover…he hit the first page, too:
Just what we needed…a back issue that deliberately insults possible buyers. …Surely that’s my job?
“So this one ISN’T in MINT condition??”
For some reason I feel compelled to buy that comic from you, Mike.
Hey, I bought that issue, and I may not be Homo Superior, but I am neither subnormal nor a fool. I think.
That’s great!
I’m going to go right now and start writing on all my early X-Men comics.Since they should remain collectable forever,what a great way to leave messages to future generations.
What would you write on X-Men#59,Mike?
I’d go with “READ SWAMP THING INSTEAD”
“Just what we needed…a back issue that deliberately insults possible buyers. …Surely that’s my job?”
Nope.
All-Father Ralph sent you all those the POGs to teach you humility.
So be humble, DAMMIT!
“Only a fool would buy this trash!”
But it takes a greater fool to pass it up.
Never to be inspired by it– maybe learn something from it– and someday become a 99-Cent Kindle Millionaire! Or a funnybook/POG salesman who blogs!
Nuff said, True Believers!
Excelsior!
Only a true fool would insult such an awesome comic, or the folks who buy it!
I remember that Adventure Comics with Supergirl you had with all the men ready to be killed by a group of women and someone wrote WAY TO GO, PIXIE PIE between the genders.
I have an old Justice League from when I was 5 or 6 years old and I pencilled in capes on Flash, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman. I bet that’ll bolster its value by 100%.
Looks like something a typical big brother would do to a comic to tease a sibling.
Not comics, but some years back I had a copy of Neal Gabler’s “An Empire Of Their Own: How The Jews Created Hollywood” from out of the local library, and in the index someone had written “GOOD MAN” next to “Hitler, Adolf”.
I think BobH has put his finger on it.
Given the amount of unbridled hatred X-Men comics seem to incite in fans of, say, The Flash, I’m surprised all your back issues aren’t vandalized.