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Those Baker crime covers are great. I particularly like issue 6-10 of APC. I have a few more left but will have to go back and check the numbers. bb This is the spanking issue. She got Wild in Paris and all I did was get sick in Brussels after eating a lot of snails. and a western with a nice Baker story. He also did the Hawk.

And my pretend Phantom Lady covers. The second one isn't by Baker. bb

I found a few more romance comics I think. bb And this one looks like a romance comic. At least Sue must have liked it. It is well read and it isn't by Baker. And I asked everyone to guess which cover these knees came from. They were recognized quickly.

I have a few more Baker romance covers but they are spread out in different boxes. The Authentic Police Cases are all in the A-box. These are some of my favorites. Issue 6 is still on my want list. Someone did like the color red. bb

Barker cover by Jack Cole from National 49 (part of the Wally collection). Barker 3. and a couple more from the B box This was actually 196 pages if you count the front cover. I don't think the Green Turtle was very scary but I liked his cape. bb

Jack, I think you got the Teen-age Comic Slaves image right (although it happened 40-50 years ago for me. For everyone else who wants to join in on the circus analogy, perhaps we should assign required reading...you can start with issue below or any of the later issues. bb Scan was posted by someone else a while ago. I am too lazy to scan my own Barker issues.

And a few more scans. I am pretty sure that the classic Teen-age Romance cover scan was posted on the good girl thread. I am not sure where the other one came from. bb

A few more scans that I found on line. bb These scans were all made by someone else. My apologies if they have all been shown before.

BZ, My apologies for discussing my addiction on the thread. I have been posting too many romance comics and started thinking like True Confessions. bb

Ed, I don't know about the other people but spending $10K on comics and a motorcycle was a lot of money to me. I think I should have purchased only one of those items but what the heck. I rode the motorcycle a lot to justify the expense. If you work near the Harley plant in York, PA, you would find a parking lot filled with motorcycles. I have posted a lot of covers and helped with Alter Ego and the GCD to justify the purchase of the comics. Collecting started as an investment but it became a passion. This Harvey Library issue always explains collecting as it applied to me anyway. Switch a Marvel Mystery for the syringe and you got me. By the way, the 1,100+ items that I purchase in one lot consisted of regular size golden age comics, platinum comics, treasury size issues and Overstreet price guides. The pulps and Sunday funnies were all purchased separately at flea markets and antique shops. Some comic stores also sold pulps. The condition of my collection is no where near as good as BZ's collection. I am only a side-show geek and BZ is the ring master (who owns the circus). bb

Jack, You got it right now I think. There are so many different Diary Secrets. The first three issues were Blue Ribbon 2, 4 and 5 and then there were some oversized magazine issues. Regular size issues and pocket size issues were published for a while and they changed from Teen-age Diary Secrets to Diary Secrets. They also published Giant Size with remainder issues. I don't recall another title with such a complex numbering system and variety of formats. It isn't easy to keep it straight but I would just like to see the entire run so I can enjoy the Baker art. Can we do a run of Authentic Police cases and Phantom Lady after we finish all of the Romance issues. bb

The seller kept me on pins and needles for over a year when he didn't accept my offer, but instead said he'd have to think about it. I called periodically asking if he'd decided. And as you can imagine, my offer grew and grew. I think I eventually paid about $7500. I noticed in this early contribution to the thread that you paid $7.50 for each book in the Campbell Bros. Collection. After waiting a year, he finally sold (a collection that he found on the curb). Someone else mentioned that he bought a collection 8 years after the original offer. When I bought Wally's collection (not nearly as valuable as the CBC) I paid, about $10 each for 1100-1200 books total. He gave me the entire collection, and asked me to look it over before I finalized the offer. What a trusting person! But he said he knew where I lived. bb

Is that #9? OK for me to upload to GCD? Thanks, Jack Jack, The cover above is for Blue Ribbon #4. I posted the cover on the GCD website today as requested. There seemed to be some confusion about which issue this was and I hope that it is clear now. For confirmation, check the Gerber guide. bb

I don't think we need to start a "Best Deal Ever" thread. BZ has been posting his collection for over a year now which probably was the best deal other than the original purchase of the Mile Highs and Larsons. bb

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The Teen-Age Romances was purchased off the back of a truck with a bunch of other romance comics at $3 each in 95. It has a little damage on the bottom right hand corner that was cropped out. The Blue Ribbon book was purchased as part of a large collection accumulated by Wally who sold all the books he had for $10 each (including Captain America 4, Suspense 3 and 4, and Looney Tunes 121, 122 and Woody Woodpecker and etc.) It seems cheap but I had to buy them all. The Diary Secrets is Fn-VFN I think but I haven't looked recently. Check my previous posts for other books purchased from Wally at the flea market. bb I especially like the Cinderella Love cover and the Wartime Romances. The messages in the Wartime comics are sometimes pretty cynical I think. The first time I saw the little hearts in the R of Romance, I thought the owner had defaced the cover. I noticed that early Lulu issues have similar decorations. The editors must have thought that girls need a more ornate design on the cover to attract their attention.

I think these are pretty good Baker covers. I posted them before but they are worth seeing again and again. bb

BZ, Those early issues of Jungle that you posted are beautiful. The later issues are more common but still collectible. I think the covers were sometimes swiped for the comic but the comic covers were pretty good too. Although I have a preference for Jumbo, Jungle was a pretty good read. And I think Jumbo 137 qualifies as a Duck Book. bb

Could be higher grade but still good Baker. bb

Another premium below. I like the early issues of March of Comics because of their full size format. bb

Son of a bi... THAT'S IT!!! CONGRATULATIONS Wow! Good job! I wasn't even close yet. bb

I thought that it looked like a logo from a Chesler comic but that didn't seem to be the case. At least I didn't find one with the other clue. Hopefully there will be another clue tomorrow. bb

And this should have been in the premiums box. There are a lot of ads for toys and premiums associated with the LOA comic but no mention of Ovaltine. Maybe that was just radio. I think I remember that Capt. Midnight advertised Ovaltine on TV. bb

BZ, All the strips in King and Ace were quality items. Fawcett and DC comics were pretty close but the art was never as good as the Sunday reprints. But perhaps they could be more creative with more pages to work with and less format. Double page spreads, forty page stories, half page splashes and a lot of other tricks kind of made the original comic book art unique. My collection is only a pale reflection of yours. I only have a few items of quality and a lot (lots and lots) of odds and ends. Speaking of odds and ends, Ace had Jungle Jim, Krazy Kat, Tim Tyler, Barnie Google and others. bb Those ducks don't look like Donald.

I think the linen book is 1935 and the hardcover is 1936. I have copies with and without the dust jacket. bb