COMIC BOOK COVER GALLERY: Issues # 55 acquired in the '60s, '70s, and '80s

                       

Observing this fifth day of the fifth month sets up the contrived circumstances leading this week's edition of Comic Book Cover Gallery to spotlight the 55th issues of various comic book series. Yeah, like this is the first time you've ever run into something comics-related that was an eensy bit contrived.

The challenge was finding qualifying comic books I acquired within the chosen timeline. By the time I started accumulating comics in the mid 1960s, long-running titles were already waaay beyond their fifty-fifth issues, and a lot of newer titles just didn't reach that number. In later years, it became more and more common for books to restart numbering to create a new hot collectible # 1. See my above comment about contrivances.

As always, we'll be sticking exclusively to the '60s, '70s, and '80s era of acquisition I've established for these galleries. Today's selections include books I bought new, back issues I acquired after the fact (but within the timeline), and B-stock contraband originally purchased without their covers. These aren't actual photos of comics in my collection; most images are courtesy of the Grand Comics Database, which is grand indeed. But I did have each and every one of 'em at some point in time.

Batman # 208...but also 80-Page Giant 3 G-55

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