Yellow Kid

These are great books, with #2 probably being the rarest issue in the entire run!

Bob, your collection never ceases to amaze me. The scope is just fantastic. You should buy the house next door to you so you can use it for display and storage--I know two guys who have done that. You really do seem to have some examples of every category. Congratulations!

Please keep the updates coming, I think we all need them. And we especially look forward to hearing from Glenn when he is ready. Keep working, my friend.

That is a very nice group of books, especially the FC #282, which is hard to find with good color. Congratulations!

Rich is right, BLB prices have hardly changed over the years except for the truly pristine mint copies, and I have been amazed by the prices some of them have brought in the recent Hake auctions. 50 years ago, Collectors Bookstore had three mint sets of the Whitman books and couldn't sell them at any price. Finally a library bought one set and collectors bought the other two sets. This is also reflected in the dwindling membership of the Big Little Club, which gets smaller each year. This may ultimately be the future of comics--fewer and fewer collectors which would have to lead to decreasing prices.

I was the under bidder on FC 275 and FC 300. Every time I raised my bid, I was immediately outbid by someone's reserve so there is no telling what they might have sold for if a second serious bidder had been involved. I expected the 9.4 single highest graded copies to do well, and from what tb wrote, it sounds like the FC 263 might have done even better in a regular auction that didn't stop active bidding.

The front covers and spines are nice, but the art on the back cover of the early ones is what I like best.

Truly a fantastic collection--the work of a lifetime! Congratulations!

It's great your kid will be growing up with Bugs. He is a great philosopher and role model for young people. Here are a couple early appearances: Bugs Bunny All Pictures Comics - A Tall Comic Book. All B+W comics. Supposedly reprints Bugs first appearance from LT 1. Easy to find cheap, for now! Famous Gang Book of Comics - Not first appearances but pretty tough to find early giveaway with an all star cover The Famous Gang comic was the first of the Firestone giveaways that began featuring Mickey and Donald the following year.

Bob, You should send all of the Disney pinbacks to me for safe keeping! That's a great assortment of the early pins.

What an wonderful, iconic comic book! Congratulations, Bill! Great book, Bill, it's one of the true classics!

Another fantastic book from one of the nicest guys in the hobby!

Thanks, Bill! It isn't as nice as the copy I got from Leonard, but as Nero Wolfe would say, It is satisfactory.

Thanks Sagii. This is the eBay picture and I am hoping that my scan will be better looking. It also completes my BB set so I was happy to get it.

I was lucky to just get this nice copy of LFC #8 at less than half of guide due to some restoration. I traded my original copy and have been looking for a replacement ever since. With the b+w interior, it almost looks like a paint book.

Bob, You really do have a fantastic collection!

That is a beautiful run of Weird Science, one of my favorite non-Disney titles. Congratulations on assembling a great set!

I agree, some fantastic books! And I must admit, I am quite pleased to see so many great books in so many different collections as I personally always liked the early stuff,

I realize that this duck looks a lot like a dragon, but it is a page from an early Disney comic book, The Reluctant Dragon (Four Color Series I, #13, p.5), that I thought was so interesting that I wanted to share it. I hadn't read the book in years, and when I turned the second page and saw a full page panel, I was amazed. Reading the story, I found several more, although the others did have some text at the bottom. I hoped because all duck collectors ultimately liked almost all early Disney comics, that you would find it interesting as well. All of the panels throughout the book are large, and there is no doubt that you are reading an early book that emphasized the art.

I don't know for sure, it was a long time ago and all I remember for sure is that it was an electric background that none of us had ever seen, or even heard of, before that time. Any chance of getting a copy?

My first concert was very different. I went to see Bob Dylan at UCLA in1963 or 1964. All of a sudden, the house lights dimmed, all talking stopped, and he walked out on stage by himself in his denims carrying his guitar with his harmonica wired around his neck. He walked over to the spot and began singing. There was no opening act, no introduction. If you were there that night early in his career, you were there because you knew who he was. It was a fantastic night. I was also at the Hollywood Bowl a few years later where things started out the same way. However, when he came out after intermission and the drapes opened, there was an orchestra on stage with him. He started singing, the orchestra started playing, and the crowd started booing! I would guestimate that about 25% of the audience got up and left by the end of the second song. Our prophet had forsaken us.

Those Disney subscription notices are wonderful! New Funnies and Looney Tunes sent them out also. Great stuff, Bob!

Here is one last rarity for you. Everyone who collects premiums has seen a Little Orphan Annie cup or shake-up mug. They were published in several colors, with some more difficult to find than others. For some reason there was a very limited production of the orange LOA cup and most collectors have not seen it, but it really does exist.

My research indicates that there were six different varieties published of the first Yellow Kid pinback. If you look carefully, you will see that the button in the upper left has blue writing about the printer on the bottom center of the face of the button. Pair it with the reverse in the upper left and you can see that it had a paper insert in the back, as was typical of most pinbacks, and that pairing is the first variety. If you look at each pairing carefully, you will be able to see a difference between the six pairs. I believe that this is the only collection of all six varieties in existence..

Thanks, guys, it's been a lot of fun!