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Comic Books

Jeebo

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32. I used to have a T-shirt that said ...

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Fri Nov 25, 2022, 12:46 PM

Nov 2022

Once I was a MILLIONAIRE.
Then my mom threw away my
BASEBALL CARDS.

If I could go back in time, I would go back to June 1938 and buy a couple dozen copies of that first issue of DC Comics.

-- Ron

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These were the comic books my father made me throw out in 1969 [View all] no_hypocrisy Nov 2022 OP

Smart move. Must be worth something today Joinfortmill Nov 2022 #1

Your father sounds like a dick CommonHumanity Nov 2022 #2

My father busted up my air rifle when Goonch Nov 2022 #3

My dad lost his EC comic collection exboyfil Nov 2022 #4

I credit comic books with getting me to read. OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2022 #5

Me too exboyfil Nov 2022 #18

I wasn't a big comic book guy - I did read Mad sometimes. PatrickforB Nov 2022 #21

Public school was just there to crush you exboyfil Nov 2022 #23

Yeah, I sure didn't learn my history from public school, that's for sure. PatrickforB Nov 2022 #29

And my mom . . RobertDevereaux Nov 2022 #6

Such iconic covers exboyfil Nov 2022 #20

That would be amazing. RobertDevereaux Nov 2022 #34

I came home one day to find my collection had been donated to rurallib Nov 2022 #7

My husband's mother did the same with his comic book & baseball card collection. CrispyQ Nov 2022 #8

Just after enlisting in Navy Submariner Nov 2022 #9

Ouch!!! secondwind Nov 2022 #25

I had Number Ones and complete original runs of Fantastic Four, X-Men, Daredevil, Avengers, Midnight Writer Nov 2022 #10

My mom made me give away the big box of 1930's SciFi pulp magazines Otto_Harper Nov 2022 #11

There were congressional hearings about the dangers of horror comic books.The damage done 3Hotdogs Nov 2022 #12

hiwhodi AllaN01Bear Nov 2022 #31

Mom could have retired in luxury if she had not tossed dads awesome baseball card collection. Ziggysmom Nov 2022 #13

I just picked up my collection from my parents hurple Nov 2022 #14

My CCR 'Down on the Corner' album got smashed because... czarjak Nov 2022 #15

Another thing: no_hypocrisy Nov 2022 #16

Comic books were part of growing up in the 50s and 60s. Squaredeal Nov 2022 #17

When I see what some old comic books are worth today, I stare in disbelief. DFW Nov 2022 #19

Too cool! Duppers Nov 2022 #35

Memory Lane DFW Nov 2022 #36

My mom didn't throw mine away. Susan Calvin Nov 2022 #22

It would have been bad enough if my father thrown no_hypocrisy Nov 2022 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author Atticus Nov 2022 #26

I never owned any comics of any real monetary worth Orrex Nov 2022 #27

A kid I played ball with had an uncle who actually subscribed him to "Superman" comics Atticus Nov 2022 #28

My grandmother threw out my father's Captain Marvel collection localroger Nov 2022 #30

I used to have a T-shirt that said ... Jeebo Nov 2022 #32

My folks took away my Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Album. JudyM Nov 2022 #33