Ken Aldred

Frame this...

 

 

Black & white inside, the two "secrets" book have no publisher information, the Tarzans are from 1973 and are small then a comic in height but wider, black and white inside. Any ideas what these are classed as?

 

Can you Name That Picture Frame?

 

3.

 

Marvel Team-Up 4

 

Can you Name That Picture Frame?

 

2.

 

Shanna the She-Devil 1

All right, Wise Guy... what's the deal?

 

Either you are the Ultimate Comic-Book Geek or you're

a member of the UK MI5 Code-Breaking Image Reconstruction Team.

 

In any event, you score again!

 

The image suggests jungle background and tiger stripes, but it's not going to be as easy as being from an actual tiger, which rules out Ka-Zar as an immediate go-to. Then, the most obvious contenders are other picture frame jungle comics, and so I'm directed straight to Shanna 1. To begin with, completely in the dark, for all I knew it could have been an out-of-place section from a super-hero cover.

Okay, Gang:

To accommodate three different time zones

everyone will have an equal crack at naming that frame because...

Just realised something.

 

I can't access the boards at 9am GMT, when the next puzzle is due to be posted. Tend to be locked out 9 am to 10.30 am

 

That's odd.

Well not to fear, I doubt anyone will get this next one straightaway.

Okay, Gang:

To accommodate three different time zones

everyone will have an equal crack at naming that frame because...

I can't access the boards at 9am GMT, when the next puzzle is due to be posted. Tend to be locked out 9 am to 10.30 am

Can we have a set time when the puzzle pieces will be posted? I find a new one was put in the thread after it has already been guessed.

The last one had been posted a while before I got to it. Maybe just lucky this time that the process I used led me to the right answer quickly.

No, I just love figuring out these puzzles. I'm absolutely fascinated by them.

I'm not always on this sort of form, so hopefully I can continue participating?

It does look more like Sal Buscema to me, particularly the faces.

Nice cover.

So MC can play too:

 

Marvel Triple Action 5

That's a great collection of Adams Batman books.

I've still barely started - the only one I've got so far is a very nice Detective Comics 404.

234's cover is very cool, far superior to the 232 IMO. I think it is the color scheme that I have a problem with on the 232.

 

 

Would people like the 232 more or less with a different color scheme?

 

 

 

I don't mind the 232 brilliant green, but I also do like the C-51 Batman Treasury artwork as well. What if the Bats 232 were similarly colored?

 

Thats pretty cool,better than the green. (thumbs u

Thanks for doing this.

The green of the original cover gives me eyestrain. I've always wanted to be able to focus easily on the shading in the background.

Nicely centered meaning no white on the spine at all? I've had 2 copies in 9.6 and seen a few others and this one is the closest I could come to "nicely centered".

 

234's cover is very cool, far superior to the 232 IMO. I think it is the color scheme that I have a problem with on the 232.

I'll definitely get 232, featuring the key first appearance of one of my all-time favourite characters.

Pity that the intense green makes it really difficult for me to look at and appreciate the cover.

It's undoubtedly a book to have. I just focused on my personal top 3 keys from Adams' work on Detective Comics and Batman.

Those first, 234 at a later date, maybe?

I only collect books with Adams interior art, so I don't really think of Batman 227 as much of a key, although I agree that it has a brilliant cover. It simply isn't something I'm that bothered about owning.

I'll be perfectly happy if I eventually manage to acquire the following books in high grade presentation...

Detective Comics 395, 400, 402

Batman 232, 244, 251

I think if you asked 10 people this question, you'd come up with 6 or 7 diferent answers....

 

Pay special attention at around 4:11... Made me laugh....

yep that's the same whiny girly voice that i heard on the other end asking about a return on a over graded book, and the same voice i heard when he said he never rec'd the book when i was a teen.

Guys like him stay in business cause guys like us won't drive him out.

 

(thumbs u

I think he was. I was selling comics locally the last decade, and his name was nothing more than a modern day Boogie-Man equivalent, and then *poof* he suddenly re-appeared about 3 years ago. I'm guessing a new generation is ready to be duped...

 

Lots of my younger friends and customers don't know who he is and do shop at his booth at his cons... Buyer beware folks.

Here's my new Iphone/Droid app - ComicDealercode.

 

Every dealer is assigned a barcode.

 

You scan the barcorde app for dealer reputation.

 

When the Avoid like the plague response comes up you move on to the next table.

 

An opinion that can be trusted.