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Nice! I saw the OotW in person a few weeks ago---gotta love Crom the Barbarian!.

Imagine if it were a Conan cover with the art still by St. John---how cool would that have been. Congrats on the pick up!

I got these two. Worms of the Earth is my favorite REH story so I'd been holding out for a nice copy of the 11/32. And the Slithering Shadow issue is one the last Conan covers I need. The seller is Jerry Corder from Jacksonville. He's the same guy I got the Fantasy Fans from. He has a great bookstore over there and i highly recommend checking it out if you're in the area. I was there a couple of years ago and spent a couple of hours talking pulps and books. Cool guy.

That's like the best comic ever. Agreed! No doubt!

This week I acquired a long sought after grail. First comic book appearance of Tarzan from 1936.

And I'm also pretty excited to have picked up a long sought after grail. First Tarzan in comics.

How about some pulp adventure from the Dark Continent? First some H. Rider Haggard courtesy of Straw Man. Thanks Billy!

That is a great cover!

Awesome books Jeff! And Happy Birthday!

Jack Torrance. heavyweight. fights between Dec 1936 and August 1937. Thanks in advance Jack Torrance is also the father's name in King's The Shining. I apologize for the intrusion. No wonder it seemed familiar. And Bill, you're always welcome. We're all friendly and stuff here in the GA forum. Found out a little about Jack Torrance the boxer. He did have a short but interesting career. He was a big guy---6'5" and 260lb. Started out fighting in New Orleans, went 3-0---all first round KOs---before losing to an up-and-coming Abe Simon in NY. Simon went on to challenger Jou Louis for the title twice (KO'd both times). Jack continued to fight in the NY/NJ area. He won three more fights but lost again in a fight in DC and then he gave up boxing. According to his bio page on the Louisianna Sports Hall of fame page he also held the world record for the shotput prior to becoming a boxer and competed in the 1936 Olympics. He then went on to play for the Chicago Bears after his boxing career ended. Very cool story sounds like he was an amazing athlete. Here's a pic of him in action:

That's great! I'm sure REH probably submitted stories to the Ring. His first few successful sales in the 20's outside of Weird Tales were all boxing stories. Here is the poem he had published in the June 1928 issue of The Ring. Kid Lavigne is Dead Hang up the battered gloves; Lavigne is dead. Bold and erect he went into the dark. The crown is withered and the crowds are fled, The empty ring stands bare and lone—yet hark: The ghostly roar of many a phantom throng Floats down the dusty years, forgotten long. Hot blazed the lights above the crimson ring Where there he reigned in his full prime, a king. The throngs’ acclaim roared up beneath their sheen And whispered down the night: "Lavigne! Lavigne!" Red splashed the blood and fierce the crashing blows. Men staggered to the mat and reeling rose. Crowns glittered there in splendour, won or lost, And bones were shattered as the sledges crossed. Swift as a leopard, strong and fiercely lean, Champions knew the prowess of Lavigne. The giant dwarf Joe Walcott saw him loom And broken, bloody, reeled before his doom. Handler and Everhardt and rugged Burge Saw at the last his snarling face emerge From bloody mists that veiled their dimming sight Ere they sank down into unlighted night. Strong men and bold, lay vanquished at his feet. Mighty was he in triumph and defeat. Far fade the echoes of the ringside’s cheers And all is lost in mists of dust-dead years. Cold breaks the dawn; the East is ghastly red. Hand up the broken gloves; Lavigne is dead.

not to go off on a tangent here, but does anyone have issues of Ring or other boxing mags from late 1936 or early 1937? my grandfather had a short-lived but lively boxing career and I'd like to see if he was featured anywhere. I have a bunch of Ring Record Books from various years--not sure if I have any from the late 30's though. What was your grandfather's name? I'll see what I can find.

It even shows up on his Wikipedia page. It looks the Wikipedia page may be the source of the rumor. I did find this, but the blog it was posted at says that it's from a 1939 issue of Tip Top (number 9 is Dec 1936). So there is another Davis strip in Tip Top, but it's not in #9. I just went through my copy again just to make sure there wasn't another contest page that I missed. The font of the submitters names is very different than the early issues which has the names left justified and in a much smaller size.

That's the only letter that is known, but he had a poem published in a 1928 issue. If you find another one that would be a very big deal, inded and I know a lot of REH scholars that would be very excited about it. Sweet bound volume!

I'll throw in my Nostalgia Prince Valiants too! Don't need those anymore either

Pre-Ordered the IDW Flash Gordon. Okay, who wants my Nostalgia ones for cheap? :shrug:

Okay here's a somewhat random ebay pick up. This old Ring magazine has a familiar name in the letter column.

Thanks for the scan. GA comics have lots of neat stuff tucked inside them. I found this ad in Tip Top #40. I wonder if they really had cartoonists doing chalk talks at the the Fair? That's cool. I wonder if they really had Foster there.

Those are cool. I've posted them somewhere but I forget where. Maybe my Tip Top Thread? I've heard about this supposed strip in Tip Top 9 as well, but I can't find it. None of the strips on the contest page are by Davis. :shrug:

Does anyone no anything about this upcoming Flash Gordon collection? Or Titan Books? I just have the old Nostalgia press volumes and I'd been thinking about getting the Checker ones, but maybe I'll hold out for this new collection if it's going to be in a better format. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0857681540/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d5_g14_i6?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1N70EWC4B41264S6V7PS&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846

Cool, I've never seen that. Thanks for sharing it.

I haven't been able to locate a easy definition of the difference between "edition" and "state". A new edition of a book generally has substanitive changes. A different state is just a minor change. In the case of TotA the first edition has three known states. The second state has a gilt acorn added to the spine. The third state has a font change for the printer's name on the copyright page. Does the publisher go back to the presses for each state? A different state is usually a change made during the same print run, often to correct a mistake. Here are some definitions from the ABAA website:| Edition & Printing edition includes the copies of a book or other printed material which originate from the same plates or setting of type. If 500 copies of a book are printed on Oct. 5 and 300 copies are printed from the same substantially unchanged plates on Dec. 10, all 800 copies are part of the same edition. Printing: the copies of a book or other printed material which originate from the same press run or from the same plates or setting of type at one time. In the example given for "Edition" above, the 500 copies would be the first printing and the 300 copies comprise the second printing. In the 19th century some publishers labeled later printings as if they were later editions, i.e. a second printing would be called a "second edition" on the copyright page. State: a portion of a printing with changes such as minor alterations to the text either intentional or accidental; insertion of cancels, advertisements, or insertions; copies on different paper without intention of creating a searate issue; and other changes other than folding or collating or binding. An example would be when a pressman discovers battered or broken type, stops the presses and resets that portion of the page by replacing the broken type and then resumes the printing. (see also first edition, cancel, issue, and variant).

You won't be disappointed.

Those are both nice scans. The AIO is tempting because my current printer is crappy too. I've been meaning to break bown and pick up a legal scanner for years now so I think it's time to bite the bullet and do it.