Black_Adam

I think this is my only Suscha MPF

2 minutes ago, namisgr said:

Donde esta muy macho?  Ricardo Montelban o Sean Connery?

20 minutes ago, jzeze said:

Aww man is this for real?  hope its photoshop

It's real - real awesome!

13 minutes ago, seanfingh said:

That dude had to be inspired by Sean Connery in Zardoz.

They both came out in 1974 (the comic and movie that is - not Vartox or Mr. Connery).

3 hours ago, nochips said:

  Is this a new key issue?

Maybe it's one of those DC romance comics Lichtenstein swiped from? 

32 minutes ago, aszumilo said:

Got links?

Just search on Ebay for Hilltop Pedigree, Hilltop Ped etc...

4 hours ago, 01TheDude said:

so true

 

and here is their superior dog food product - equally impressive!

The one thing that stands out to me when they were responding to our initial back and forth discussion is they would switch gears from this being about them personally and using the term "our" as if they were representing a company or something. It could mean the royal "we" I suppose but if this is more than a one person operation, how did any of this ever happen in the first place. For whatever reason, that use of the term "our" has been bugging me since the first time I read their posts.

You would think people would understand that the folks on this board are intelligent and highly observant-- very little escapes our collective eyes. Making any claims here that are not 100% truthful will always bite them on the arse.

Funny you should mention the term "our" as I noticed there are multiple Ebay sellers hawking comics from the Hilltop Pedigree collection, all with very similar looking titles and descriptions... 

On 7/29/2018 at 6:10 PM, thehumantorch said:

On an imaginary pedigree collection that's apparently only recognized as a pedigree collection by the seller.

Imaginary? But it has the official embossed gold pedigree seal of approval...

2 hours ago, jimjum12 said:

William was pretty cool.... and he pulled a stint at almost every LCS in the region. He would go to EVERY show within driving distance to get books signed. When he passed away (R.I.P.) he had 7 short boxes full of signed books.... many of the creators are still alive, but some, like Gil Kane, had passed before Signature Series options were even available. He had E.C.'s with the signature on each splash of the book with at least one of the creators on it. Some of those it took years to get together. GOD BLESS...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

That's a great story, Jim. Your friend sounds like he was very cool. Whatever happened to those ECs?

20 hours ago, Ghost Town said:

Here's what I have from the Twin Cities pedigree:

The Twin Cities Pedigree

 

Perfect pedigrees, Barton! And this Howler is perfect in every way, looks like a ten to me! 

On 7/29/2018 at 2:05 PM, catman76 said:

first one that came to mind.....

 

I wonder if Stephen King stumbled across this comic as a kid and it planted the seed for Pennywise...terrifying.

William is my middle name... 

23 minutes ago, Ghost Town said:

Here's what I have from the Don Rosa Pedigree with the description cribbed from comicbookpedigrees.com: 

Accumulated by world-renowned and Eisner award winning comic book artist, writer, and historian, Keno Don Rosa, this collection contained every comic book and magazine issued from every publisher from 1966 to the late 1980's. Rosa began collecting in earnest in 1962, as he purchased each comic from the newsstands, read them only once, and carefully tucked them away in optimum storage conditions, using archival boxes and a climate controlled "vault." Because they were stored in such an environment with no use of polybags, each book exhibits a brilliant sheen, deep ink reflectivity, sharp corners and a fresh newsstand appearance.

And I've been told by Greggy that this book is a Don Rosa copy as well:

 

I agree with @namisgr that Astonishing Tales is ASTONISHING, and the rest ain't too shabby either. NIce stuff Barton! 

Found this beauty on Clink last night. My first Fawcett. 

1 hour ago, drbanner said:

House of Mystery 236 VF/NM Classic Wrightson cover $45.00

Just added this gem - from the @oakman29 collection.

Had to drop across the border after work today to pick up a Batman 232 coming my way courtesy of @oakman29

The young Canadian border guard was friendly and quite surprised to discover the entire $550 value I was declaring was one comic book. Curious to know more about it, he asked, "Is it worth so much because it's never been taken out of the package?" 

4 hours ago, Carl Elvis said:

 

 

 

 

 

I have a print from the Tate of this on my living room wall (I think it's called a diptych - two panels). The original is amazing to see in person and well worth a trip to the Tate if you're ever in London!

3 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

I almost don't even think of Canada as a foreign country...

I was in California once and a cute salesgirl, surprised to find out I was Canadian, smiled and said, "Wow...you hide it so well." 

27 minutes ago, comicdonna said:

I find the US customs to be more strict than the Canadian customs.  

I imagine it depends on whether the respective agents are having to deal with visitors or citizens returning home. I find crossing back into Canada to be far more of a pain than heading into the US. One agent asked me if I'd been away from my vehicle at any time while visiting the US. Naturally, I had. She then asked me how I could be sure no one had hidden drugs underneath and was following me home, ready to retrieve their hidden stash as soon as I crossed the border. Alarmed, I told her she was right - I didn't have any way of knowing and asked her if I should get out so the two of us could check underneath my car. She said, "Naw, don't worry about it," and waved me through. 

22 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

Shouldn't be a problem for long. I hear we are going to "build a wall"...

I believe we've already completed ours.