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FrankDrakman t1_j18rbtq wrote

I think Stan got tired of "radioactivity" as the reason for everyone's super powers.

BTW, I had all the first 14 issues, and it was my favourite comic until my mom threw them all out when I was away at scout camp.

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TK_Games t1_j18xb9p wrote

I vaguely recall a documentary where Stan said something to the effect of he felt like making them all mutants felt like a cop-out but he couldn't feesibly come up with unique origin stories for that many characters

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Josgre987 t1_j1ap5j1 wrote

My dad had the first issue as spiderman as a kid, threw it out after a few years because at the time it had little value

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TheHalf t1_j1aqu9u wrote

Next you are going to tell me you sold the 25 bitcoins you mined for $100

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Josgre987 t1_j1aritk wrote

in the 90's when the comic boom happened, my dad bought 20+ first issue copies of different lesser known comics in the hopes they would one day blow up in price.

They did not. I've got stacks of the fucking things. Turok was not the money maker he hoped for, but the bone collection might go for an ok price.

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DiabloSerpentino t1_j1c40bx wrote

Mark my words... Mere DAYS after you finally throw out the Turoks, they WILL announce a new movie and they WILL shoot through the roof. I cannot TELL you how many times over the years this has happened to me. I swear to all Gods- the old and the new- I once had an opportunity to buy literally DOZENS (if not hundreds) of Near Mint copies of New Mutants #98 for twenty-five cents each, no tax. At the time, I thought to myself "Why in the hell would anyone buy this book even for a quarter???".

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Josgre987 t1_j1c5692 wrote

I swear if I do ever offload these things and they shoot up in price i'm just gonna shoot myself.

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Faye_dunwoody t1_j1b65ct wrote

My grandpa did that to my uncle after he joined the Marines. They never talked again

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lilwayne168 t1_j1cihz0 wrote

Did you ever tell her you could've bought her a car with those magazines?

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