“Thank you WWII newspaper drives?”
More likely housecleaning by mothers after they figure the kids have outgrown them. I had tons of comics, but none survived Mom.
sorry about that. I don’t have any of my comics when I was a kid but still have my son’s comics and role playing games. As well as my own.
Can’t get rid of my Fangora or my Famous Monsters.
If it was a first run, pages would naturally have yellowed over time.
No reason whatsoever that someone would have a single copy sealed in some kind of noble gas filled storage container.
Even the finest comic specimens ALWAYS have yellow pages.
The covers may be crisp and pristine, but the inner pages?
I think this has to be a very well done fake.
I had a boatload as well. My Grandmother worked at a drug store in the late 60's and she gave me all the unsold comic books after the new ones came in and I had a stack over two feet high at one point. If I had all the comic books that ran through my bedroom I could probably retire. Don't get me started on all the baseball cards I had back then. I'd be a millionaire.