AJD

I love this cover! Congratulations and a beautiful copy to boot!! Do you read your books? I always read mine and I was always bummed about having to read all the Mickey Mouse serials out of order.when I would get back issue Comics and Stories.

I love reading my books. I tend not to read the serials out of order. I have a spreadsheet page with the MM serials so that I can keep track of what parts I have. I go and read then when I have all of the story. Between the US and Australian editions, I have quite a few complete ones now.

New pickup, crossposted from the grading forum. (Andrew/AJD, I blame you for this one!....)

 

Ha ha - I'm happy to accept responsibility for that Jon. Lovely copy of a great comic book. Walt Kelly's letter to the readers inside the front cover is worth the price of admission by itself. One day I'll get around to transcribing it for the boards.

And I bought these two nice ones from the same dealer. I remain very pleased.

 

You should be. Those are really nice copies.

 

Too bad I didn't think of it earlier but I should have suggested a swap for the Little Rascals FC for this one Duck I don't need but have kicking around. Oh well.

 

Nice thought, but as it happens I have that one. It has my favourite ever Barks story in it - the beautiful economics parable that starts with a tornado picking up Scrooges money. When friends make the make mistake of asking me why I like Disney comics, they usually end up with the volume of the Barks library open to that story. Mostly there are no further questions. I like to think that's because they have seen the light...

This is me after going to the post office yesterday:

Here's why. Exhibit A is the initial item in the southern hemisphere chapter of the beak abuse appreciation society:

Those of you with longish memories might remember my bizarre rant in defence of the cover of #108 when you were talking about it. You were very polite when pointing out that you were all talking about FC108 and I was ranting about WDCS108. Anyhoo... I decided that I really needed a 108 for myself. I found this nice one:

And I bought these two nice ones from the same dealer. I remain very pleased.

Thanks and kudos to

 

shiverbones

icouldbe

AJD

JZrarities

jpepx78

 

for recent purchases from me. Good folks to deal with. (thumbs u

 

Right back at ya Jon - great service. (thumbs u

I have a copy of FC 1137 (Little Rascals) that came with a lot of comics I bought. It's probably 3.0 ish (no killer flaws, but spine roll). I don't want it, and I'll send it free to any of you FC collectors who does. (Postage $4)

 

Err, how do you feel about sending it locally?

Done - PM me and we'll organise it.

Kudos to

skypinkyblu for a cool Action and

to AJD for a nice batch of Pogos.

Glad you liked them. Great Walt Kelly comics - every home should have some.

I have a copy of FC 1137 (Little Rascals) that came with a lot of comics I bought. It's probably 3.0 ish (no killer flaws, but spine roll). I don't want it, and I'll send it free to any of you FC collectors who does. (Postage $4)

The book below belongs to a friend of mine. I've been comparing it to my own 9.2 copy since I have something that he wants and know he would agree to a trade. Both books are gorgous with almost identical eye appeal. The biggest difference is that the 9.2 has very minor technical flaws, including a stress line at the spine.

 

The conclusion I've come to has surprised me somewhat: I just don't think there's enough difference to justify the price difference (FMV is probably 2x, I would think). Yes, when I look at the two books next to each other I can tell the difference, but if I were to look at either of them in isolation (and without the CGC label) I don't think there would any measurable difference in how I would perceive them. It's a tough call, of course, and I might still change my mind.

 

In any case, I love this cover - it's really something to see it in such a nice condition.

 

Wow - that 9.6 is certainly a beautiful book. But what you are describing is simply the law of diminishing returns. Of course there is not much difference between a 9.2 and a 9.6 and of course the 9.6 is a little bit nicer. The question we all have to answer (well, those of us with limited comics budgets anyway) is where we sit on the grade/$ curve. For me, if I could have every book in my collection at 8.5 I'd be a happy camper. I love the really high grade stuff, but the bucks required to own them usually put me off. Only you can answer the question-and only for you.

I'm sure that answer helped no-one.

14 of 24 and coincidentally my 14th as well. It's not a FC 178 in 9.6, but I like it!

That's not spine roll, it's printed a bit off-centre. I've mentioned that the production quality wasn't done by the A team on these...

For the shooters among you, Donald is shown shooting left-handed* - as all sensible people do - in the big picture drawn by an unknown artist, and right-handed by Barks. Question: did Barks always draw DD right-handed? (I've never thought about this before and now I have to check some other stories to see!)

*Strictly speaking, left-eyed.

Wow - Hank, that is a thing of true beauty.

Thanks, Andrew!

 

I have fallen for these war-era duck books in a big way. More to come!

I know what you mean - these books have real appeal. If the local post office hadn't returned a parcel to the US for no good reason, I'd have some of my own to post here. Maybe in another couple of weeks.

Just picked up this Walt Disney Comics #31... First Barks WDCS story.

 

Allow me to be the first...

Oooo - and nice PQ too.

A few ducks came in the past few days.

 

 

 

That's Scrooge returning from a trip to Australia - I'm glad the books made it over safe and sound!

As I mentioned earlier it was claimed to be a file copy. This would have been about '75 or '76 in New York. I didn't even know what a file copy was but I remember the guy telling me that not that it mattered, I just thought it was a very cool book. In this condition I would have to believe it was a file copy or a book that someone had somehow put aside and took care of over the years. We'll never know but it has been in my care for over thirty years now!

 

I cut my finger on those edges once!

 

 

Color touch! Bondage cover too.

 

Great copy of a great book that I've never heard of. OS price is over the top but probably realistic given the scarcity and chances of finding one in nice condition. It looks like there was a partial reprint (68 out of 212 pages) in 1991. Anyone have one to compare?

 

Jack

As it happens, I think one of those reprints is on Australian ebay today.

Yes, thanks AJD. I remember reading in Michael Barrier's biography about this being the first printing of the "bridle gag" worldwide, but I have never seen the comic before. If US and European collectors were to become aware of its importance and, not least, existence, I could see this becoming a popular curiosity kind of like the 1949 WDCS mailer with the unpublished cover. I wish I had not seen it, though, because now I really want one myself.

My apologies. But if I see another one I'll let you guys know. This is either the second one I've owned, or one I've owned twice. (If that makes sense.) I'm keeping it this time though.

With the Aussie dollar bumping around in the low 60s against the USD lately, I've revisited my collection of Australian Disneys. Here's a couple of recent arrivals that I think have no US counterpart. There were 11 Fethry Duck issues in the G series (a bit like the FC series) and I now have 9 of them. I've never seen O. O. Duck anywhere else (this is certainly his only cover title in the Australian run).

And then there's this one. At first look it may seem out of place in the duck thread, but it was the back cover I was after. This is (as far as I know) the only Barks work that made its debut in Australian comic. (The gag got bumped for an ad in the US edtition.) There were more Australian issues of Lil Bad Wolf than ran in the US, so they were cobbled together with various odds and ends, and this one-pager somehow ended up in this 1961 comic.

Cheers,

Andrew

This came in today. While not GA, it's likely no one else will appreciate this. There are only 2 genuinely hard to find US issues in any shape. #179 & this one. Since the #179 really doesn't do anything for me, this was always the Scrooge I had to have. I just picked one up Last week after not seeing a copy for sale in a LONG time. I think at this point the print run was about 10,000 and the fact that it has an un-reprinted Rosa story has made this issue dry up completely. I think most of them have ended up in permanent European collections because it truly is baffling how rarely this comes up for sale, even with people knowing it sells for a high premium.

 

Nice one. I bought one of these a while ago from Todd Klein (which is kind of nice given his association with Don Rosa's work), but they routinely go for over $100 on eBay. In time I think this will be a hard to find issue. I wrote to the Overstreet folk and pointed out the scarcity and price of this one - which is not reflected in any price guide - and mentioned that even Bruce Hamilton was buying them back for $50 in 2004. I don't suppose the new guide will be changed, but this is an issue you won't find at guide!

A couple new arrivals below. As much as I would love to keep all (especially the FC #348) I think these are all destimed for a FS thread here tomorrow. Need to fund some new purchases!

 

 

 

 

 

Excellent books! I need the WDC&S in case you do decide to sell

 

So do I if you decide to auction...

 

Excellent books indeed.

 

Well, Ciorac gets first dibs on the WDC & S but the other two are listed in the Forum Selling area right now with nice discounts off of 2007 OSPG prices. If Ciorac passes I'll offer the book to you! (thumbs u

Fair enough too - my comment was intended as a little joke. Go for it Bill. (thumbs u

A couple new arrivals below. As much as I would love to keep all (especially the FC #348) I think these are all destimed for a FS thread here tomorrow. Need to fund some new purchases!

 

 

 

 

 

Excellent books! I need the WDC&S in case you do decide to sell

So do I if you decide to auction...

Excellent books indeed.

Do any of you have INDUCKS.org collections compiled? It's such a great resource! As of the current update, it tells me I have 31.2 percent of all of Carl Barks' stories in my collection!

 

Of course, only 8.6 percent of the Dells that were printed.

I don't - yet. But this is a great resource. Next rainy weekend...

Just picked up a couple of nice Australian WDC&S. No31 is April 1949 and No 243 is 1966. (We changed from the British pounds, shillings and pence to dollars and cents in early '66.) The sixpence (6d) issue has only four colour pages internally. All of the rest are B&W.

Both Walt Kelly covers, I believe. (Shameless plug time: I have Pogo and duck books for sale over on the selling thread.)

Cheers, Andrew.

I just got two absolutely smoking Pogo books from 143ksk.

Thanks Steve!

Here's one from me. Was anyone better at funny animal covers than Walt Kelly?

This was a cgc 6.0 OW I just tore open

 

Nice get Matthew. That is one sweet book and one high on my must buy list. I'm waiting on acouple of nice ducks myself - I have joined the beak abuse appreciation society!