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1 hour ago, catrick339 said:

Exploits of Daniel  Boone 2

Bit of stacking roll,   touch of general wear, touch of light soiling BC, some dogears inside.
Glossy,  tight spine and CF,  white pages. 

Asking $20

I'll take it.

10 minutes ago, catrick339 said:

Western Outlaws 17

Nice  John Severin  cover on  a  pretty  copy.  Bit of general wear,  small  light  dust shadows BC, 
a few  teensy tears. Flat,  clean,  glossy,  tight spine and CF, white pages. 

Asking  $40,  FIRM

I'll take it.

6 minutes ago, catrick339 said:

Western  Tales of  Black  Rider 31, last issue. 

Killer Syd Shores  cover  on  a  sharp  copy. 
Whiff of stacking  roll, bit of general wear,  otherwise  tight,   glossy,   clean,  white pages. 

Asking  $40



 

I'll take it.

1 hour ago, Pat Calhoun said:

I agree that earlier JD is hard to beat: I'm an April Evil fan. & am wondering if 'Werewolf of Paris' cov could be another RSJ...

It would be hard for me to pick a favorite MacDonald, but April Evil would definitely be on the short list. Love the Maguire cover too.

On 12/16/2020 at 12:18 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Some recent higher grade arrivals

The Frazetta Ace's were too new for me to collect in the 80's but i'll pick them up now. The Damon Knight is signed. I've always loved the vintage naughties on that Pop. I'll take Maguire on a Lion  Really liking Day Keene, I read "Homicidal Lady" in one sitting. Guess who drew "Charlie Chan"? 

You should re-post these. I can't remember what the "vintage naughties" look like. 

Also, it's good to have another Keene to look forward to.

A few more.

Has anyone seen a copy of this book with the tongue and the lip reversed like this before? I cracked this out a year or so ago and always thought it was some odd attempt to show a wound until I just noticed the other pics I found on the internet have a regular looking mouth. Looks weird.

Some random war comics.

These covers aren't completely false advertising, but it would have matched the story better if the guys were staring at a bowl of soup instead of a hot babe. I'm sure it was just an oversight.

50 minutes ago, Scrooge said:

Tarzan # 27 - Cover and panels

Tarzan steps into his role and landlord of the jungle when a harvesting / logging party works outside of its authorized boundaries. This irks the apes who go on a rampage so to add insult to injury, now Tarzan has to rescue them on top of their transgression. Needless to say, no long-term relationship comes out of this encounter.

Cover -

Here's Tarzan, landlord of the jungle, requesting paperwork. This jungle is very organized! -

I never cease to be impressed with the background Marsh is producing. They don't have to be very realistic but he manages to make us feel we are there in the thick of a forest, here when the apes hurry to the logging camp. I really like the blues that the Dell colorists applied to the night scenes in these comics -

In these early issues, unlike later on IIRC, Marsh uses a lot of shading on the characters themselves, in a "old" style that he will drop off and that artists drop off as well -

I also look fondly at how March depicts children. He gets a chance one in a while with Boy and in this story with the child of the logging foreman -

Here are a couple of panels from Brothers of the Spear. Notice the texture of the forest in the background and how the figure works pops out in this panel, very nice contrast -

And I'll leave off with a page-wide panel from Brothers of the Spear -

 

"Tarzan, landlord of the jungle".  

44 minutes ago, Surfing Alien said:

This just in... with all due respect to the Pocket 1st paperback edition, i'll take this Pyramid edition with the Clarence Doore blonde with stogie and opera gloves all day long  Just a killer cover and it's tough to find in any condition.

 

I haven't seen that one before. What a beaut. 

38 minutes ago, PopKulture said:

Pockets get a little overshadowed by the competition, I believe, but there's something so old, so visually appealing about them to me. 

Even though the Pocket "frames" show less artwork, I'm still a fan of the style. Changing the frame colors to compliment each book works well. 

Much better than that grey bar on the left side of the book they used in later years.

Good catches Electro. Avon did a lot of that with the Romance books too.

29 minutes ago, Dr. Love said:

But who do you have to thank for the cool Sherman, that's what I want to know 

 Another boardie, but he has a Do Not Disturb sign up.