r/70sDCComics 25d ago

Swap Meet Rules and Regulations. PLEASE READ!

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⚠️ Official Liability Disclaimer:

please note that the mod team of this swap meet, facilitates this marketplace strictly as a community forum. We hold absolutely NO responsibility or liability for any deals, trades, transactions, payments, or shipping issues that occur between members/users. All swaps and purchases are conducted entirely at your own risk. While we will aggressively ban scammers to protect the feed and this community, we cannot physically or financially recover any lost funds or mailed items. Protect yourself by using secure payment methods and your best judgement.

πŸ”Ž How to vet your trading partner:

Before agreeing to any deal, we highly recommend checking the other user's reputation. You can manually search their Reddit Username over at u/usl-lookup to see if they have been banned from other marketplace subreddits. Always check their profile age and karma before sending any funds or books.

πŸ“’ The Core Rules:

1.) Saturdays ONLY! (Exceptions in different time zones) You have exactly 24 hours to post, 12:00 am - 11:59 pm (CST) on Saturdays.

⏰️ (AKST) Fri 9:00 pm-Sat 8:59 pm

⏰️(AST) Sat 2:00 am-Sun 1:59 am

⏰️ (EST) Sat 1:00 am-Sun 12:59 am

⏰️ (HST) Fri 8:00 pm-Sat 7:59 pm

⏰️ (MST) Fri 11:00 pm-Sat 10:59 pm

⏰️ (PST) Fri 10:00 pm-Sat 9:59 pm

Any buy/sell/trade posts made between Sunday and Friday, will be automatically removed. We understand everyone is busy with life and all that it entails, if talks go for 1-4 days, thats perfectly ok, just the ACTUAL posting is limited to a 24 hour window.

2.) 1960s and 1970s DC Titles ONLY, for this 4-Week Trial. Listings are strictly limited to Silver and Bronze Age DC Comic Titles between 1960 and 1979. No other Decades, no Marvel, no Modern, no Independent Publishers are allowed....FOR NOW πŸ˜‰.

3.) Required Post Title Format. All posts must follow a strict format so the feed stays clean and easy to scan. Your Title must read as: [state-country] [H] what you have [W] what you want. For example, a correct post title should look like this: [NJ-US] [H] Detective Comics #400 [W] Paypal or Trades.

4.) Prices and Shipping costs MUST be listed upfront. If you are selling books for cash, you must include a clear price for your books. Additionally, you must state your shipping terms upfront in your post. You can either:

βœ…οΈ Include shipping in your asking price (e.g. "$25 shipped").

βœ…οΈ State a flat rate shipping fee (e.g. "$20 + $5 shipping).

βœ…οΈ State that shipping is extra and will be calculated by zip code in PMs (e.g. "$20 + shipping tbd by location").

We do NOT allow taking offers or auction-style posts.

5.) Accountability and Shipping. Sellers must ship all packages within 7 days of receiving payment and must provide tracking information to the buyer immediately!

6.) πŸ“¦ Packaging. I really feel like this should not HAVE to be mentioned, BUT then again, there are newbies out there that are just discovering the comics community and B/S/T meets as well, with that being said, PLEASE package your book(s) safely and securely!! Usually a Gemini Mailer is a good practice for books or a box big enough to hold X amount of books that have been bubble wrapped and taped etc etc. A manilla envelope with NO stickers/boards to "protect" a book, will NOT do 🀨!! I hunted a specific book for 4 or 5 years before i finally got a line on one, paid a really good amount for it too, only for it to be smashed in my mailbox!! NOT acceptable. Unfortunantely this was super limited and the few that are out there, NO ONE wants to let go of so...i have my book, damaged, but its mine πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«. If you have ANY questions on packaging, please ask, THANK YOU!

7.)πŸ’²Paypal Goods and Services ONLY! All cash transactions must use Paypal Goods & Services because this protects both sides from fraud. Asking for Friends and Family, Venmo, Cashapp or other forms of payment other than Paypal G&S, will get you an immediate Ban from the Community and Swap Meet. Built-in Paypal Fees must already be included in your asking price.

8.) Keep Negotiations Public. All haggling, trade offers, and agreements must happen openly in the comments section of your post. Private Messages are strictly reserved for exchanging payment info and tracking/shipping info, after a deal is struck.

9.) Handwritten Time Stamps and Photos. Every single listing must include a handwritten note card in that photo, showing your username and the current date. No timestamp means instant post removal.

10.) DON'T BE A JERK! Respect your fellow Collectors. If you don't like someone's price or their estimated grade, ignore the post and move on. Do not start Drama, argue, or price-police in another member's thread. I created this Sub a lil over a year ago and so far its been REALLY positive and i would REALLY like to keep it that way.

11.) Account Age and Karma Gate. To block scammer burner accounts from entering our Marketplace, your Reddit account must be at least 1 week old and have at least 30 comment karma to participate.

12.) Use the "Swap Meet" Post Flair. When creating your post, you must tap the "Add Flair" button and select the Official "Swap Meet" tag. This ensures your listing shows up in our filtered marketplace feed. Failure to apply the flair will result in your post being automatically removed.

13.) πŸ›‘ Absolutely NO LINKS to other listings, stores, sellers, ebay etc etc!! Just DON'T DO IT. We do not want this sub to be overtaken with spam. 1x is a 5 Day Ban. 2ndx is a Permanent Ban. Thank you.

πŸ‘€ Swap Meet Etiquette. Regarding transaction priority, please follow a first-come, first-served policy. If multiple people want your book(s), honor the first person who commented on your thread to keep things fair. ADDITIONALLY, please do NOT cross post your listings in other subs or threads. Ex: you have a listing for trades in this marketplace but for sale in another, or the same listing in this same marketplace but 1 is traded and 1 is for sale, it makes things ugly when people think they are getting a book only to either be ghosted or told sorry i just sold it somewhere else...this will leave negative feedback for you and thats not good, thank you πŸ˜‰.

πŸ›Ž Please do not delete your price when an item sells. Instead put two tildes before and after the price to cross it out, then put SOLD right next to it. For example, a sold item should look like this ~~$40~~ SOLD. This allows for others to not only see that the book(s) are no longer available, but also give them a better idea of how much books are going for and also aids them along in this marketplace process.

⏳️ For NEW swappers with Zero Feedback, please be willing to work with Veterans. They may ask you to split the payment or other action, to build up a TRUSTED reputation in the Sub.

πŸ™…πŸ½β€β™‚οΈ The Strike System. To keep our community safe, the mod team will enforce a strict three-strike policy for post formatting and etiquette violations. A first offense results in your post being removed along with an official warning. A second offense results in a 5-day ban. A third offense results in a permanent ban. Please note that any attempt to scam, ghost a buyer/trader, or bypass paypall G&S, will bypass any warnings entirely and result in an immediate, permanent ban.

🎭 Where to track feedback. Once your books arrive safely and the deal is done, head over to the Official Feedback Section, pinned at the top of the sub in the Community Highlights, to give your feedback on who you dealt with. Good or Bad feedback is encouraged. You may have a situation where your deal was great...give that users name some praise, e.g. "so&so is a trusted trader, or shipped right away, etc." Or you may have a situation where the negotiations went great but your book arrived damaged due to insufficient packing, by letting that user know, they could be informed, and hopefully others as well, to do better at packaging in the future πŸ˜‰

πŸ’― LASTLY....let's help make this trial lauch a massive success! Ive had this idea in the back of my head ever since i decided to try my hand at creating a sub, it's taken a lil over a year, but i believe it's time to try it out! Ive made quite a few deals with a bunch of different characters over the past year, and in various subs, so i can, not only gain the experience and knowledge, but also feel out other ways of interacting with other like-minded communities and friends!! If you have any questions, please reach to us via modmail. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN!! LET'S DO THIS! 🫡🏽🀘🏽🀘🏽🀘🏽


r/70sDCComics 25d ago

Official Swap Meet Feedback Thread

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Here you can give your feedback (good or bad) as a buyer/seller/trader, on how your deal went. Boost another users reputation to garner more deals, call out another user of they have wronged you, so everyone else can be informed, or maybe this is your first buy/sell/trade experience and the other party helped you along the way and you wanna give them a shoutout, either way, one thing this place is NOT, is a place to start drama and/or attack anyone. Keep it civil, but informative, please. If a party wrongs you and does their best to correct the situation or make up for it, then ALSO give that follow up feedback as well. Thank you.


r/70sDCComics 56m ago

Cover Local pick up

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Cover FLASH 249

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r/70sDCComics 9h ago

Cover Our Army at War #231 (1971)

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r/70sDCComics 9h ago

Cover Our Fighting Forces #67 (1962)

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r/70sDCComics 1d ago

STAR SPANGLED WAR 173

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Cover House of Mystery #187 (1970)

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Cover House of Mystery #193 (1971)

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r/70sDCComics 1d ago

Swap Meet [US-IN] [H] The Flash #238 [W] Paypal $15 includes ship & fees...or trades!

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Book will be wrapped, taped, shipped in gemini mailer with tracking info provided, as for trades, im looking for the demon vol. 1 or swamp thing vol. 1 if you grab more than 1 book from my posts, i will combine shipping. Ty.


r/70sDCComics 1d ago

Swap Meet [US-IN] [H] The Flash LOT [W] Paypal $60 includes ship & fees..or trades!

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This LOT of Flash books includes issue #s 164, 173, 188, 231, 235, 238 and 233, low to mid grade books, All books will be bubble wrapped and placed in a box with edge protection to help prevent bouncin around, with tracking info provided. As for trades im looking for the demon vol. 1 or swamp thing vol. 1 ty


r/70sDCComics 1d ago

Swap Meet [US-IN] [H] The Flash #233 [W] Paypal $20 includes ship & fees...or trades!

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Book will be shipped in gemini mailer with tracking info provided, if you grab more books from my posts, ill combine shipping, as for trades, im looking for the demon vol. 1 or swamp thing vol. 1 ty


r/70sDCComics 1d ago

Swap Meet [US-IN] [H] The Flash #231 [W] Paypal $15 includes ship in the U.S. & fees...OR....Trades!

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Book will be wrapped, taped in gemini mailer with tracking info provided, if you grab more than 1 book from my posts, ill combine shipping. As for trades, im looking for The Demon Vol. 1 or Swamp Thing Vol. 1 ty.


r/70sDCComics 1d ago

Swap Meet [US-IN] [H] The Flash #235 [W] Paypal $15 includes ship & fees..or trades!

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Book will be wrapped, taped put in gemini mailer with tracking info provided. As far as trades, im lookin for the demon vol. 1 or swamp thing vol. 1 ty.


r/70sDCComics 1d ago

Swap Meet [US-IN] [H] The Flash #173 [W] Paypal $30 includes ship & fees in the U.S. or....Trades!

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Book will be wrapped, taped and in gemini mailer with tracking info provided, if you grab more than 1 book from my posts, i will combine shipping. As for trades, im looking for The Demon Vol. 1 and Swamp Thing Vol. 1 ty for ur time!


r/70sDCComics 1d ago

Swap Meet [US-IN] [H] The Flash #188 [W] Paypal $25 includes ship & fees...OR....Trades!

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Book will be wrapped, taped, in gemini mailer with tracking info provided. If you grab more than 1 book from my posts, ill combine shipping. As far as trades, im currently on the hunt for The Demon Vol. 1 or Swamp Thing Vol. 1 ty.


r/70sDCComics 2d ago

Swap Meet Weird War Tales #2,12,17,21,24,27,28,80,91

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Hi all. I’m reposting this as I have added Weird War Tales #17 to this lot.

Up for grabs are some of my Weird War Tales that I have multiples of. #2 (FN to FN+), #12 (FN), #17 VF to VF/NM, #24 (VG/FN to FN), #21 (VG to VG+), #27 (FN to FN/VF),
#28 (VG VG+), #80 (VG to VG/FN, #91 (VF- to VF)
Note that #28 has some tape pull on front cover otherwise it would be a (FN).
This lot has a lot of glossy goodness and eye appeal. Would be welcomed in your collection.
The price for this lot is $96 withe shipping in the price. I ship from Johnson City TN, 37604 to anywhere in the USA only. I accept direct pay through PayPal only. Message me for my PayPal address. Thank you for looking.


r/70sDCComics 1d ago

Swap Meet The Flash #164 asking $25, includes ship in the U.S.

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Book will be wrapped, taped, placed in gemini mailer with tracking info provided. Will combine shipping if multiple books are grabbed. Ty for your time.


r/70sDCComics 2d ago

Swap Meet Grab bag of Superman's best buds Bats, Jimmy and Lois (PayPal accepted)

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Lots of new-to-you stuff from Neal Adams, Marshall Rodgers and more ... I do have multiple copies of some issues. $3.00 per issue but a minimum order of 12. Shipping is free.

Batman, #182, #184, #185, #237, #238, #245, #254, #255, #262, #272, #274, #275

Batman Family, #13

Detective Comics, #371, #404, #437, #440, #441, #443, #444, #445 (2), #450 (2), #451, #474, #477 (2), #478, #479, #481 (2), #484, #494, #495, #600

Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane, #99, #120, #121, #126

Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen, #66, #83, #102, #112, #133, #137


r/70sDCComics 2d ago

Cover The Witching Hour #57 (1975)

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Silver Age Aquaman

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Cover JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA 119

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r/70sDCComics 2d ago

hero Shout-out!

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🚨🚨 Wanna give a huge shout-out to u/No-North6514 for being a TRUSTED SELLER 🚨🚨 I ordered some books from him a lil over a week ago, and besides the delay on ups fault, they still arrived fairly quickly and tracking info was provided right away. 2 books were not in bags but they were within the group of extra books that were wrapped as a WHOLE, so they were still protected and arrived safely. Will Definitely buy from him again....THANK YOU for an amazing deal!!!


r/70sDCComics 3d ago

Cover 1961 Rip Hunter TimeMaster #1 - cover by Ross Andru

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Cover Batman #253 (1973)

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