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But then there was a large booth with a long line and we went in and were simply astounded at what we saw. Incredible figures. I'm not a figure guy but this stuff was amazing and the range of subjects fascinating.
Wow this one blew my mind!
Batman's lair!
A LOTR lineup
Just some crazy pieces.
And of course Godzilla!
And if you want to buy one just bring some serious yen. That's a bit over $1100 for the Poison Ivy piece.
- Professor K and Yorick
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There were some interesting prop displays from our US movies that the fans seemed to like.
- dover and Professor K
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But hey it's Tokyo so we really came to see the Cosplayers and we weren't disappointed. They were pretty much everywhere. The quality of the costumes is really phenomenal and most folks are quite happy to be photographed. I don't know who all these characters are but it was still fun.
I liked how this guy did this Marvel mashup in his wheelchair!
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As for the dealers; boy it was light. And there were practically no comics. There was one English dealer with comics but that was it; I wasn't expecting comics but had hoped to find some vintage manga dealers. No such luck though.
Hey kids Comics!
More typical booths looked like this; lots of toys and figures.
And of course you have to have T-shirts.
And this booth was sort of fascinating but I couldn't figure out what it really was.
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OK, this won't really have much to do with Golden Age comics and probably would be better suited for Comics General or something. But I don't post there and thought the gang here might appreciate a little bit of a look at Tokyo's version of Comic Con. Finding myself in Tokyo during what I think is a licensed version of Comic Con from the folks in San Diego I made arrangements to get tickets for my wife and myself. For starters the venue is not actually in Tokyo but about a 30 minute train ride from Tokyo station on the JR (Japan Railways) Keiyo line at the Makuhari Event Hall out close to Chiba Japan. I didn't know what to expect so after a little detour getting on the wrong train we made it out to the station servicing the show in about 45 minutes. We headed out a little later in the day not wanting to deal with what we thought might be big crowds. I don't know if the lines were long in the morning or not but when we got there about 2 PM or so it was fairly quiet but the queue line itself went on and on!! Let's head in now.
OK we must be heading to the right place!
The walkway to the venue itself was quite long.
But finally it comes into view!
On the way in we passed by the present boxes for the quests right out in the open; wish I'd seen Andy Serkis as I'd met him years ago but we didn't run into him.
Then we got in the queue which was empty and starting walking.
And walking...
And walking.... if you look ahead you will see Iron Man slowly making his way through the line.
We overtook Iron Man and took some photos; he seemed glad of the break.
The finally after twenty minutes we made it into the show!
Finally in the show at the Con Merchandise booth.
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On 11/30/2022 at 6:58 AM, Tri-ColorBrian said:
@OtherEric I think you did. And I think mine were a good buy too...but I doubt I will ever want to sell them...
Two of the best stories right there! I loved Barks’ fake Latin in Golden Helmet and on occasion will still quote it today!
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I'm stoked to see the Raboy covers coming!!
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On 11/25/2022 at 4:59 AM, Tri-ColorBrian said:
Happy Turkey Day!
Happy Thanksgiving Duck Fans! Every time I see a copy of this book I remember running across a completely tattered copy at an antique store up in New England on a family vacation in the mid-seventies. The proprietors had the nerve to ask $10 for it! I passed but have still never got a copy!!
- Tri-Color Brian and AJD
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A bit off topic but I was perusing the cover gallery of Golden Comics Digest on GCD and noticed something interesting. The earliest issues feature compilations of characters from competing studios on the covers with no copyright notice. Only the Tarzan issues (which don't really work with anything else anyway except perhaps Turok) were dedicated books. Then at some point the compilation stops and the books are segregated by studio with appropriate copyright. It looks like it took a couple of years before anyone noticed!
This is something that would likely not happen today.
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On 11/20/2022 at 3:13 PM, Tri-ColorBrian said:
I went to a local show today that featured Harley Yee, Terry Oneil, and 15 other dealers...and nobody had any Looney Tunes...
This LTMM collecting might be harder than I thought...
Not surprised; nothing has changed since the 70's!
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Bugs is pretty different looking!
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Oh and my earliest LTMM! A little rough but these are hard to come by in any shape.
- sagii, Scrooge, PopKulture and 3 others
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On 11/19/2022 at 12:22 PM, Tri-ColorBrian said:
Here's my entire Looney Tunes collection...LOL
Well lots of room to add books on a budget!
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On 11/19/2022 at 12:25 PM, sagii said:
...and a stunner of a cover on that one.
Yes one of the best of the Dell forties covers.
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On 11/19/2022 at 12:14 PM, sagii said:Glad to see you posting here. Cool issues.
There was an old time dealer and I wished I saved his catalogs who touted the FC Bugs issue 'The Frozen Kingdom' was a great work 'As good as any Barks story' he'd note in the listings.
There's another one FC 33 I believe where the story is loosely based on 'The Most Dangerous Game'. Perhaps their FC appearances contained better stories than their LTMM ones
But yes, given how still recognizable these characters still are, all the cartoons, feature films and countless cross merchandising toys, coloring books, posters, food products, fast food collaborations etc, the comics have been long underappreciated.
It seems to be changing
Yes those early Four Color Bugs are quite nice. I keep an eye out for those but so far have only found one to add to the comic closet. The story is certainly a cut above the LTMM fare; I'm still on the hunt for some of the others.
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I'm not a big fan of Bugs and the gang but I've always loved Dell comics and oddly as a kid you just didn't see the "Looney Tunes" comics at the flea markets and garage sales where we would dig up old Disneys and Turoks and other Dell books. So on arriving at my first New York Seuling comic show in 1972 one of the first books I bought was an early sixties Looney Tunes just because I wanted to see what it was like. Cost me all of fifty cents as I recall which was a bit of my budget for that show (I think I had five bucks or something.) Anyway compared to the Barks WDCS I picked up at the same show (those cost a buck each) I wasn't too impressed and it would be many years before I picked up any more. I've picked up some nice copies in the meantime; not too many but a few that have struck my fancy. I find it an interesting and probably under appreciated title. Here's the few I've picked up over the last decade or so usually because the price was so low I couldn't walk away.
- Tri-Color Brian, OtherEric and Jayman
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There's been a bunch of early Looney Tunes on sale on Heritage recently. Anyone pick any up? I was close on a couple but couldn't watch the auction to bid further.
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On 11/18/2022 at 10:44 AM, dikran said:
He paid 90k to buy it. Sold it for 90k. HA took 15k buyers premium plus 10% of the 75k so 15k + 7.5k so in all he lost a regular human’s yearly salary with very little effort
Does Heritage do reserve auctions? Seems like that would be a good way to get more books on the blocks.
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I'm not a Western guy but any book with the Vigilante can't be all bad! One of only 1 or 2 Western books I own.
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On 11/15/2022 at 5:57 AM, ttecwaf said:
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Ha Ha! Check out the pirate hat!
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On 11/9/2022 at 12:09 AM, Badger said:
I think very few people buy Duck books for investment. There might be a few like WDC&S #1 and FC #386 which. over a long time, have a good return but the rest are too market/buyer sensitive. I remember Overstreet's notations saying, "Prices vary widely on this book." Really that should be on all the Disney GA. Some dealers swear you cannot move them for guide and I know another one that will take every duck book you have, in nice shape, and swears he can sell them for a tidy profit. Many, most?, dealers do not bother bringing Duck books to shows because they just do not sell regardless of grade. However, the last Duck book I bought was from a major dealer at a small show.
Figuring out Duck prices and sales trends is confusing.
Although if you go box hunting you might be surprised on what you can turn up and often at a decent price!
Figuring out Duck prices and sales trends is confusing.
Tokyo Comic Con 2022
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We sort of thought we'd seen it all but then realized hiding in another part of the venue were three more attractions. To get there you had to go by what amounts to Hall H here. It seemed to mostly be sort of teen idols singing when we were there. We didn't linger or go in but access was certainly available.
Here's the program; Google Translate on your phone is your friend in Japan.
Rules are ubiquitous here and you'll note English is usually provided with the rules; not they think English speakers will break them or anything.