HOWARD THE DUCK 12 &13 NM 9.4 NEAR PERFECT TIME CAPSULES 1st KISS

HOWARD THE DUCK 12 &13 NM 9.4 NEAR PERFECT TIME CAPSULES 1st KISS (image 3/[null, null, null])

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UN-CIRC. VACUUM SEALED AT TIME OF PUBLICATION! THESE ARE FROM THE SAME COLLECTION THAT ROUTINELY OBTAINS 9.6 AND 9.8 Mint-NM . No guarantee, just a fab un-circ book or set that looks great in every way. See forum comments for satisfied customer remarks. HOWARD THE DUCK 13 1ST FULL STORY APPEARNCE OF KISS . PERFECT No Certain grade. You receive TWO Comics (2) #12 & #13 only. Most of these are NM (9.4) ( Tiny spine stress may be present) ( or better) and there is no guarenteed grade and no refund for any reason. Uncirculated Warehouse Stock Sealed in 1978 $7 Shipping USA in heavy duty box . Sealed in Mylar /board and then vacuum sealed on the outer shell at the time these were issued. Seal is unbroken. A comic in a sealed 'Time Capsule" since day one. When these comics were published, RJ was busy running a booth at a Detroit convention. Being too busy to shop, he found a number of children who would fetch various comics from quarter bins and bring them to him. Some of these comics were sealed in Myer and bagged again in vacuum bags . These were quite nice, so RJ ended up hunting up the source and buying out the dealer who had over 1000 of these rare gems. The dealer explained that the sealed items had come from an eccentric collector who had encased everything in this unusual manner. Unusual indeed! Sealing brand new cherry picked books back in the early 80's. The dealer was upset that he might need to unwrap these gems only to try to sell them for a mere quarter. We didn't want to unwrap these either! We kept these in frozen storage for over two decades, have dethawed, a few of these and are now ready to make a few of these available. * Here we are nearly 25 years later and now we have opened our vault and will make these available to collectors who can appreciate such a silly eccentric concept. No certification for us as these are just too nice to be unwrapped, re-bagged, packaged, shipped, handled by office personnel, handled by graders, etc. All this activity can only damage these gems. This is your opp. to get them unhandled direct as they were sold to RJ two decades ago. Look for more of these from time to time. What you see is what you get! No guarantee of anything as these are sealed. It's possible that a coupon could be cut, a page missing etc. ( worse case scenario) There has been no way to examine these gems and no reason to break the seals. Buyers should examine the photo and base your bid upon its appearance and bid accordingly. No refund for any reason. ( other than damaged in shipment and then insurance will pay for damage)( an unlikely event). RJ 's feeling is that these should never be unsealed. Doing so could only deteriorate the beauty and violate the integrity of the concept. It is hoped that only true collectors will bid for these and give these a new home where they will be appreciated for what the are; a true and rare collector's item of unusual beauty. Note: THIS ISSUE HAS NO VISIBLE IMPERFECTIONS OF ANY KIND. Bulletin: We've sold a number of these in the last few weeks and reports from several collectors who have broken the seals indicate that these comics are true gems from stem to stern. No reports of unusual defects of any kind. Thanks. RJ *Comics are frozen until ready for sale. Studies indicate the low temperature exponentially slows the aging process dramatically. See early Overstreet Price Guide for research on this. This is one reason why RJ has more 70's and 80's comics in "white page" condition than any other source. Many questions have been arriving since we have been advertising that our comics have been frozen for the last 25 years. The original article that inspired this process has been found in the 1981 12th Overstreet guide authored by Ernest W. Gerber P.E. and Richard D. Smith PhD, P.E. There is a lot of scientific discussion about PH , acidity, humidity and alkaline buffers, etc. and is the reason for the following statements." Keep Cool. The rate at which... read more

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