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On 3/20/2016 at 8:50 PM, BOOT said:
Rare World War II-era Anti-U.S. Intervention Comic Book
This unusual comic book is a collection of cartoons opposing American intervention in the wars in Europe, Asia, and Africa – what we now call World War II. Its title "To enter the wars now reaching in Europe, Asia and Africa would be an act of national folly from which country must be spared!"
This was produced by the America First Committee of Chicago. On their national committee sat Henry Ford and Capt. Edward Rickenbacker.
Very interesting book I've never seen before. Terrible cover. Wonder what the isolationists had against art? Maybe because the best comic artists came from immigrant families?
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On 3/20/2016 at 8:37 PM, BOOT said:
Oregon's Balanced Tax Plan - Ballot Measure Number One
This was published by People for a Better Oregon. This hopeful hippie comic book promotes the idea of taxing tourists instead of residents. When was the last time you visited Oregon?
Crater Lake N.P.?
Oregon Cave N.M?
Timberline Lodge?
Numerous Lewis & Clark sites?
Cascade Volcanos?
Beautiful Pacific frontage and lighthouses?
Wild and scenic rivers for rafting and flyfishing?
Columbia River?
Willamette Valley wine country?
Etc.
The right question is: "Why haven't you visited Oregon?" You are missing out.
Oregon, by the way, has no sales tax. Which is a foundational fact for all Oregon tax discussions.
I do note the Sen. Wayne Morse (of Oregon) comic is cool though. He was an Eisenhower (e.g. cared more about Peace than War - notable that Ike lambasted Truman who made key decisions that ended WWII with a definitive US victory as a "War" president whereas Ike, the WWII general, saw himself as a "Peace" president because he was running on ending the War in Korea (which he eventually did do, but only after leaving a lot of POWs behind). Sen. Morse is most notable for voting against the Tonkin Gulf Resolution and opposing entry into Viet Nam. An Ike-ish thing to do.
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If anyone is interested, I do have some C&H foreign comic books and some US non-comic publication fanzine type periodicals (Honks etc.) with C&H covers.
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This is being sold as one package lot with two aspects:
(1) CGC 9.8 ow-w Collectible Comics v. 1 no. 4 Calvin & Hobbes cover (first US C&H original issue comic book publication cover, not fanzine or reprint book, during the run) - $450 (value - not separately for sale). ONLY ONE ON CENSUS.
(2) Almost the entire full 53 issue run of v. 1, including the other six C&H covers and the Phantom cover, in ow-w page quality (based on cgc experience with submitted issue) or better. Missing only 3 issues (maybe 4 if my counting got screwed up). PLUS lesser page quality dupes of 25 or so of the issues. PLUS another 15+ or so issues from vol. 2. In short, around 90 issues in total. $350 (value not separately for sale - remember there are six other Calvin covers in this lot - per issue price is less that $4 each)
SOLD AS A GROUP FOR $800 (includes USPS medium box mail and insurance) but will consider offers. When will you ever has a shot at these six Calvin & Hobbes covers?
These issues contains time of issuance, not reprint, of Sunday strips from a variety of comics, including Spiderman, Phantom, C&H, etc. with the line-ups changing at times. The formats is a magazine sized comic with the Sundays one to a page (e.g. full page format - which means I don't think panels are cut out). The final issue of vol. 1 on 12/31/1995 concludes with the final Calvin & Hobbs strip. Some of these I didn't know had Sundays. Examples of strips:
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General Rules:
- I reserve the right to not sell to anyone I deem shady.
- First "take" in the thread wins.
- A "take" in the thread trumps any and all PM negotiations until the post has been updated as sold in the thread.
Payment:
- I prefer checks, mo, and Zelle.
- I will consider other payment options.
Shipping:
- Shipping is included. Domestic goes by USPS Priority Flat Rate envelope or medium box.
- International shipping unavailable unless you convince me otherwise.
Returns:
- No return on CGC graded books - sales are final.
- I will consider return on non-CGC graded books.
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See first post for recap and more discounts.
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On 5/30/2024 at 5:59 PM, Ghastly542454 said:
Sold. PM your address and we'll work out the payment details, thanks!
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Early Comic Code Authority Pamphlet propaganda regarding the 1954 version of the Code (probably dates to 1960-1961). This thing is big. While it folds into a tri-fold, when unfolded, as I store it, it is bigger than a GA comic - it is magazine sized. These things are super-cool items to have in a collection that includes pre-Code, SOTI, or comic history material. This is probably the best of the CCA pamphlets I've seen. Early CCA pamphlets get strong prices when they pop-up. Later pamphlets are smaller and less interesting.
Price:
$100$90 and I will consider offers.
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Speaking of teenagers and sex, here's a classic but little known gem: Army & Navy Fun Parade 54 (Harvey, April 1952) featuring the most outrageous story that Dr. Wertham never mentioned: "I Joined a Teen-Age Sex Club!" (reprinted from First Love #13 (Harvey, July 1949). Also includes pin-ups of Ruth Roman and Virginia Gibson as well as many racy cartoons. Great cheaper way to get a classic story. Price:
$90$70$60 but will consider offers.
- SOTIcollector and Corvonie
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SOLD! Pep 132 - An entry level beater copy of an issue you rarely see cheap. What can you say about the innuendo on that cover? Well, Archie's lying to his GF is one thought. Whose snake and whose hills? Price: $30 and will consider offers. No returns on this one. Its an entry level beater. But a great way to get the cover cheaply.
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Stalmmannen no. 23 (Oct. 1950) - Swedish comic with <cough> unique cover that greatly implies that Wertham was right about Bruce/Batman. Reprints Superman (Prankster), Pow Wow Smith, and Batman & Robin stories in Swedish. You buy it for the awesome innuendo cover. Presents really well, but staples have been removed because they were rusted with transfer near the staple holes top and bottom. No effort has been made to clean off the oxidation or to replace the staples. This is entry level innuendo at a discounted price of
$90$80$70 but will consider offers.
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Our Navy (Mid-April 1945) one of the earliest, if not the earliest, photo covers showing someone reading a comic - albeit not necessarily in the most flattering context. The "Gyp Joint" is the ship's store. Great Shadow skull cover, Young Allies, Startling, Three Ring Comics, Camp Comics, Comic Capers, etc. on cover. I'd grade this a G which presents better. But these are hard to find. Price:
$40$35$30 but will consider offers.
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Frederic Wertham, M.D., "Psychiatry and Censorship" separately bound journal editorial with his handwritten correction on last page (SOTIcollector's inscribed copy has the same handmade correction. Ironically, this is an anti-censorship piece from the American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. XI, No. 3 (April 1957). A cool bit of SOTI related history for only
$150$120$100 but will consider offers.Pics:
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SOLD! The famous/imfamous SOTI related book "Youth in Danger" by Sen. Robert C. Hendrickson of N.J., the Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency. The book features his thoughts on Horror Comics and the famous Senate testimony of William Gaines and Frederick Wertham. It's a must have for SOTI collectors but few can find them. The last copy I sold went to SOTIcollector. This is a more affordable copy due to its condition. Check out the pics: Price:
$250$200 but will consider offers.Back Cover (the money shot):
Spine:
Front Cover:
Inside front cover:
Interior:
Inside back cover:
Surface foxing to page edges:
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SOTI related book "Youth in Danger" by Sen. Robert C. Hendrickson of N.J., the Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency -
Frederic Wertham, M.D., "Psychiatry and Censorship" separately bound journal editorial with his handwritten correction on last page from the American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. XI, No. 3 (April 1957)
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Our Navy (Mid-April 1945) one of the earliest, if not the earliest, photo covers showing someone reading a comic
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Stalmmannen no. 23 (Oct. 1950) - Swedish comic with <cough> unique cover that greatly implies that Wertham was right about Bruce/Batman
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Pep 132 infamous "snake hills" innuendo cover -
Army & Navy Fun Parade 54 (Harvey, April 1952) featuring the most outrageous story that Dr. Wertham never mentioned: "I Joined a Teen-Age Sex Club!"
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Comic Code Authority Pamphlet propaganda regarding the 1954 version of the Code (probably dates to 1960-1961)
$100$90!
General Rules:
- I reserve the right to not sell to anyone I deem shady.
- First "take" in the thread wins.
- A "take" in the thread trumps any and all PM negotiations until the post has been updated as sold in the thread.
Payment:
- I prefer checks, mo, and Zelle.
- I will consider other payment options.
Shipping:
- Shipping is included. Domestic goes by USPS Priority Flat Rate envelope or medium box.
- International shipping unavailable unless you convince me otherwise.
Returns:
- I take them upon notification within 3 days of receipt.
- EXCEPT, all sales on CGC graded books are final.
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On 5/26/2024 at 1:19 PM, Darwination said:
If I can't have the original, I personally prefer the look of scans or prints of scans to most "archives" or "reprints." And some companies have gotten much better at this. Theakstonization, etc. just does not do it for me. Line work often gets reduced or enlarged in the process. New colors might be done by the lowest on the company totem pole and might not be at all faithful to the originals. It's been mentioned here that some of the remastering likely has to do with qualifying new copyrights. Even when working from scans, colors like yellow that pick up a bunch of grunge or age towards magenta can be tricky to work with. That said, there's people out there clamoring for reprint style renderings of books that haven't been done yet, so who am I to judge -
The hallmarks of a great archive are mat paper and more muted colors than we see on a lot of efforts. For example, look at the mat paper section of the Shazam Archives vol. 1 wherein they reprint the Flash ashcan on cream mat paper. It's a thing of beauty. The Barks library is superior to almost all Archives because they print it on mat paper and use flat, somewhat more muted, color to simulate reading on newsprint. The Nelvana and Jonny Canuck archives have both beautiful color and B&W reproduction on mat paper.
Yet, many archives are printed on overly slick and white paper with garish coloring ala the Marvel Masterworks. Or archives where they use modern coloring techniques which look unnatural for material that was printed using flat color.
There are some examples of high quality scans, but most scanned material is total over yellow dreck (looking at you PS Artbooks).
The strips have made out much better with LOAC's Terry and Fantagraphics' Prince Valiant and Peanuts setting the standards.
Plenty of other very worthwhile reprint material.
We are in the Golden Age of classic reprints.
My big next up is the Sky Masters of the Space Force Complete Sundays coming out via Zoop.
- Happyfarm and Darwination
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On 5/22/2024 at 8:33 AM, Robot Man said:
My wife doesn’t really care or has given up. As long as I don’t clutter up the house or put out anything to weird or objectionable to her. The gloves come off in my room though.
She has been a rather high end antique dealer for years so she gets the concept. She, for the most part, isn’t a collector though. Everything is merchandise to her. I hate to think of the beautiful Tiffany lamps, art pottery and paintings that have passed through her hands.
She has rarely given me a hard time as long as I don’t mess up her house or use community property funds to purchase “junk”…
Does she have any Rice or Gearhart or other California arts and crafts woodblocks hanging around waiting for buyers?
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On 5/22/2024 at 8:48 AM, ExEPC said:
No Chris never sold EPC. She just stopped physically going into her stores in the 2000s. She didn't care about selling old comics to customer just for her collection so that's why the store was only new stuff.
Do you have any idea what will happen to her collection? I assume she had some sort of plan for the collection for when she died. It will be interesting to find out what it was.
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On 5/17/2024 at 12:34 PM, Hepcat said:
I think there are probably quite a few non-publicized collections belonging to private individuals out there. Keeping things secret to avoid theft would seem to be very prudent behaviour.
It was also the culture of early collectors. Bangzoom and Farrell are two known examples now. But my own LCS owner was always closed mouth about his collection when I was a kid.
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Here’s the Scoop article linked above. There is no doubt she was very savvy in her collecting. As a collector all she deserves from us is
SearchA private collector in the northeastern United States has accomplished the astounding and unprecedented feat of assembling a complete collection of every comic book ever published by DC Comics.
For those of you who have trouble visualizing the enormity of the task, that’s over 30,000 individual comic books!
Amazingly, with the exception of a small handful of items toward the end of the quest, this collection was achieved the old-fashioned way with a lot of legwork and mileage, scouring comic shows and stores large and small from coast to coast. Almost no Internet usage was involved in assembling this amazing collection.
The collector, who has chosen to remain anonymous at this time, started on the road to this accomplishment in 1970, when it was decided on whim, to accumulate all the back issues of all the DC superhero comics. Subsequently at the San Diego ComiCon (as it was then known) in 1987, with the superhero titles virtually completed, the collector had reached a crossroads.
“What do I do once my primary collecting goal has been achieved?” was the basic gist of the discussion, a situation many collectors have faced.
At the urging of the staff of the now-defunct Sparkle City Comics, the collector chose to expand the parameters of the collection to include all of the comic books ever published by DC.
For 5 years, until its dissolution in 1992, Sparkle City served as the main conduit, funneling vintage DC Comics into the collector’s hands. With their heavy annual show schedule, the company was able to easily connect with other dealers and private collectors throughout the country in order acquire needed items.
A dedicated band of fellow collectors and other supportive dealers also actively participated in the hunt over the years. It was common practice at the beginning of a major convention for the hunters to congregate at the Sparkle City table for copies of the latest want list update, before fanning out into the dealers room.
In early 1992, Mike Wilbur of Diamond International Galleries and Alan Grobman (both then of Sparkle City) entered the ranks of the select few who have personally seen the collection. They spent three weeks that winter at the collector's house. Day after day, from morning until after midnight, they flipped through a seemingly endless succession of boxes, as they checked, verified and toke notes.
Complete runs of Action, Adventure, All Star, Batman, Detective, More Fun, Sensation, Superman, and other titles both well-known and obscure passed through their hands as the weeks progressed. From early rarities like Big Book of Fun Comics and New Fun Comics up through the Golden and Silver Ages to then-current titles, the main core of the DC collection was there. All that remained at that point was to finish filling in the fringes with the rest of the war, western, romance, mystery, and humor titles. Ongoing new releases were covered through a long-standing arrangement with a local comic shop.
“It was an almost surreal experience,” Wilbur said, “just box after box of books that most collectors can only dream of seeing.”
Among the more esoteric items in the collection is the two-volume set of Cancelled Comics Cavalcade, published by DC in 1978. With a print run of only 35 copies, these books contain stories left over following the infamous “DC Implosion.” Printed for copyright purposes, these were distributed internally to creators whose work it featured. The collector’s copy was acquired from The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide’s publisher Bob Overstreet. Included with the books is a cover letter to Overstreet from then-DC Editor Mike Gold, detailing the information for the Guide.
“I remember [the collector] spent a lot of time visiting when we were still down in Tennessee,” recalled Overstreet, “I sold [the collector] an Action Comics #1 and a few other things.”
The almost final book in the collection was the romance title Girls’ Love Stories #56, a nothing-in-particular issue of a nothing-special title that was simply frustratingly difficult to locate. Acquired in late 2002, this was thought to be the end of the long road, until the discovery of the obscure Golden Age DC comic, the Fat and Slat Joke Book. Once this additional piece became known, a copy was acquired within a couple of months, in early 2003.
Since the assembly of the collection was primarily a labor of love and not a search for glory, the collector had chosen to avoid the limelight. However, in light of the historical importance of the achievement, the collector did acknowledge to Scoop that “The First Complete DC Collection” was a reality.
The collector would like to extend personal thanks to Joe Vereneault of JHV Associates, Alan Grobman, Gene Carpenter of All-American Comics, fellow collector Mike D’Alessandro and Wilbur, with special mentions also going to Joe Mannarino, John Verzyl of Comic Heaven, Mike Goldman of Motor City Comics, Ron Pussell of Redbeard’s Book Den, Harley Yee, Richard Evans of Bedrock City Comics, Rob Ronin, Michelle Nolan, and Nostalgia Zone of Minnesota for their assistance, support, and encouragement.
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On 5/16/2024 at 8:43 AM, vheflin said:
Well, if it gets slabbed up and sold it's certainly deserving of a 'collection of' label. Shame it can't be a pedigree because 'Earth Prime' would be perhaps coolest pedigree name of all.
it could be 'Earth Prime collection' on the label
Ian's is labeled the "The DC Universe Collection." So "The Earth Prime Collection" would be a cool related name.
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it could be 'Earth Prime collection' on the label
Golden Age Political Comic Books - NO MODERN POLITICS!
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Here's another of the DC Giveaways. The only GA (maybe all ages) comic I know of inspired and jointly published by a Nobel Prize winner for literature - Pearl Buck, and it concerns the topic which made her famous - life in China.
She was on the DC Advisory Board at that time.
Here's an article on the collaboration:
The comic was a reprint of a story in Comic Calvacade. Johnny Everyman as a DC backup was very political including a mind-blowing anti-Segregation story. DC was always a liberal publisher, but to publish an anti-segregation comic story in 1948 was a bold choice that most comic publishers were not making back then for fear of offending their audience in the South.