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On 11/5/2023 at 12:56 PM, Professor K said:

You're right, not a forgery unless it was written as a goof. Very unlikely. Probably is a coincidence but I still wonder if there is a connection, I mean the writing is just really similar. 

Yeah, it's highly unlikely there's any connection with a lower grade '49 Jungle Comics. The post-war date, the condition, the lack of any similarity to either the stamps on the back or penciled notation on the front of other SF/Reilly pedigree books pretty much precludes any connection with the books which surfaced in the early 70's.  Just taken as a one-off penciled name, "Reilly" probably isn't that uncommon.

Having a serious falling out to having a serious falling out...

On 11/5/2023 at 12:20 AM, AJD said:

I agree with the majority here - it's a 3.0/3.5, but one that presents pretty nicely. If you didn't pay too much, I'd suggest keeping it until a better one comes along - especially if a partial refund is possible.

That's the issue since the grading error appears substantial. It depends on how much he overpaid and whether he feels that it's in his own best interest to return the book for a refund or request compensation/credit from the Auction House. 

I'm still planning on attending the Sundae Summit, but it's a tougher climb this year with glacial melting.  Keep your camera's powder dry for this rare sighting, ...my daguerrotypes are investment quality!!!

If arriving, I'll be traveling with my buddy Clark (GreatCaesar'sGhost)  and show up on the scene around noon give or take, Daylight Saving Time notwithstanding... 

On 11/2/2023 at 9:44 PM, tth2 said:

Yes, but mostly mid-run, non-keys.  Weird places for newbies to put their money, particularly if they're going to overpay.

To use the sports card analogy again, it'd be like me, knowing only enough about sports cards to know that rookie cards command the big money and attention, deciding to spend aggressively on a Mickey Mantle card from the middle of his career.

I perceive aggressive Promise Collection spending and subsequent losses without benefit of lubrication as a perfect storm of misguided judgment.  Yes, newbies dropping lots of bitcoin capitol into the market without analyzing anything besides top grade status and well publicized pedigree story is an ideal set-up for a rube fiasco, but there's never been a pedigree marketing strategy as efficiently spun as the one for these books.  That isn't a criticism of any aspect of it, but the end result contributes to anxiety in the marketplace when there's as precipitous a drop in values as incurred by many examples from this collection.

My two cents and change, not adjusted for inflation.

On 11/3/2023 at 11:06 AM, aardvark88 said:

Looks like a colorized pic of 1950s DC Simon and Kirby. Courtesy of Bob Beerbohm's fb page:

Colorized, probably or the color balance was corrected badly, but my guess would be sometime in '42 or early '43.  

You could almost estimate the month by backdating the Boy Commandos by the splash page of that story. 

love story to the going rate...

no eyes to almost no eyes and lots of noise... 

Normally, I refer to all 10 cent or more comics produced before the CCA as the golden age. But just for the sake of all my fellow obsessive folks ...a category in which many collectors find or lose themselves... just for the sake of ridiculousness, I've broken the GA into smaller groups that are about as anally retentive in the extremis as I can make them: 

Funny Book or Platinum era: Comics produced between 1934 and 1938 (before Action #1 changed the trajectory of comics; Sunday comic reprints and variety short subjects ruled)

Gen-U-wine GA (pre U.S. entry into WWII; nice meaty sized books; costumed heroes introduced and flourished; with rare exception variety acts were the filler): 1938-1942 (early)

Men in Tights Age (WWII era, economic tightening, dimensions and page count downsized as paper rationing occurred; colorful costumed heroes ruled): 1942-1945 (mid/late)

Nuclear Nookie Age (atom bomb and bombshell era; decline of the superhero, blossoming of teen romance, western, crime and GGA ruled): 1946-1949

Wertham Age: 1950-1954 (aka Pre-code Horror...vampires, ghouls, skeletons and crazed psychiatrists ruled with cold war and juvenile delinquency fears and rampant paranoia)

On 11/1/2023 at 3:52 AM, Primetime said:

I have a few “double trouble” books. 

My doubles (I probably should take more photos for a better group presentation where possible)...

Signature authenticated copy (7.0)...

8.5 copy (not CGC)

 Raw under-copy...

graded copy...

man holding a rat to evil femme fatale with a cat and bats...

Duet performance with a coffin to Bucky hitting sharp notes in a popular tomb...

On 10/28/2023 at 12:56 PM, MrBedrock said:

By extension...

 

Beautiful books, ...color pops, tight registration, sharp edges & spines! These look better than grade, the non-ped HT every bit as nice as the SF pedigree!  

And this, an original composition so scary that I had to hide it in a spoiler!!! 

woman in fright to woman in freight (sarcophagus)...

Several more Church copies...

...provided for those more interested in visuals than our verbose text stories (to meet 1940's postal regulations)! 

On 10/23/2023 at 7:30 PM, Jayman said:

Reminds me of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery! 

Yep, one of Rowena Morrill's creepiest horror paintings, commissioned for Theodore Sturgeon's The Dreaming Jewels (Dell PB)...