Extollager
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After I began to collect Marvel comics in early 1967, I noticed advertisements placed by Howard M. Rogofsky, offering back issues. In my youthful frenzy, I marked up my first Rogofsky catalog so heavily as to make it unfit for public display, but I thought I'd send scans of a couple of 2-page spreads from the Jan. 1969 one. Granted, $13 was worth a lot more in 1969 than today, but it is striking to see that $13 would have bought you the first appearance of Spider-Man back then, six or seven years after it was published. If this source
www.in2013dollars.com
is correct, a 1969 $1 bill had about the same purchasing power as $8 today, so that issue would have cost $104 in today's currency. The issue's current value is suggested here:
gocollect.com
But anyway, I thought some Chronsfolk might enjoy seeing pages of the catalog I "dreamed over" the way some kids my age probably dreamed over the Montgomery Ward Christmas catalog's toy section.
1.Final page on left, first page on right
2.The Marvel Comics offerings
Value of 1969 dollars today | Inflation Calculator
The 3.99% inflation rate means $100 in 1969 is equivalent to $796.45 today. This inflation calculator uses the official US consumer price index published by the Department of Labor.
www.in2013dollars.com
is correct, a 1969 $1 bill had about the same purchasing power as $8 today, so that issue would have cost $104 in today's currency. The issue's current value is suggested here:
Amazing Fantasy #15 Value - GoCollect
But anyway, I thought some Chronsfolk might enjoy seeing pages of the catalog I "dreamed over" the way some kids my age probably dreamed over the Montgomery Ward Christmas catalog's toy section.
1.Final page on left, first page on right
2.The Marvel Comics offerings
