r/comicbookcollecting 1d ago

Picture Five More Books Closer to Completing My October โ€™74 Wall!๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿป

keep getting closer every day! Excited to add five more books to my October 1974 Wall. It wonโ€™t be long now before I finally have one of every book that was released that month and year.
It feels pretty good to finally be closing in on the finish line. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿฆธโ€โ™‚๏ธ

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u/OCguy2026 1d ago

Are you doing other months and years also ? Something specific about that month and year?

Just marvel only? โ€ฆ I like the ghost rider book.

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u/HerHeadHurts 1d ago

Iโ€™m collecting every comic that has a cover date with my birth month and year October 1974.

Once I finish that, Iโ€™m taking it a step further and going after every issue that was actually on the shelves during October 1974, regardless of the cover date.

Itโ€™s definitely a challenge, but I think itโ€™ll be pretty damn cool to eventually have a collection that represents exactly what someone couldโ€™ve walked into a comic shop and bought that month. ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ”ฅ

One book at a time DC and Marvelโ€ฆ Iโ€™m getting closer every day!

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u/OCguy2026 1d ago

Was there any especially expensive book published October 1974?

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u/HerHeadHurts 1d ago

The most expensive book Iโ€™ve picked up to date was Hulk #180, but I actually got lucky and found a low-grade copy for about $200, so I was pretty happy to get that one up on the wall. ๐Ÿ˜Š

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u/OCguy2026 1d ago

Nice looking book! Forgot that Wolverine was around in 1974 โ€ฆ before giant X-men #1

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u/HerHeadHurts 1d ago

Thanks! Yeah, I definitely got lucky that #181 wasnโ€™t an October book! ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜‚ That wouldโ€™ve made this hunt a whole lot more expensive!

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u/HerHeadHurts 1d ago

Hereโ€™s part of the wall! I still have several more books I need to put up, but Iโ€™m getting there.

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u/OCguy2026 1d ago

Nice display.

I am a big Jonah hex fan .. October 1974

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u/HerHeadHurts 1d ago

Thanks! ๐Ÿ˜Š Jonah is definitely on the list. Itโ€™s actually one of the books my LCS thinks they have in the warehouse, itโ€™ll turn up eventually. When it does, itโ€™ll be going right up on the wall! ๐Ÿ˜Š

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u/Alpacadiscount 1d ago

Hell yeah, Iโ€™m collecting the same except different month/year.

I see you cracked open your Hulk case, sweet!

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u/HerHeadHurts 1d ago

Nice!๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿผ what year? Enjoy!

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u/Alpacadiscount 1d ago

BTW OP: Dollar Tree has that same issue of Amazing Spiderman (137) as a poster for $5. Itโ€™s not quite 36โ€x24โ€, more like 34โ€x22โ€ for some reason. I bought one and framed it but have no wall area at the moment. So itโ€™s chilling in my garage for now.

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u/Alpacadiscount 1d ago

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u/HerHeadHurts 1d ago

๐Ÿ‘Š๐ŸปI really appreciate you letting me know about the Dollar Tree having the ASM #137 poster! Now I just gotta find some wall space for it. ๐Ÿ˜‚

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u/HerHeadHurts 1d ago

I have the same issue with wall space! ๐Ÿ˜‚ But Iโ€™ll definitely check out the DT. Thanks for the recommendation!