The Black Hand ®

On 1/9/2022 at 10:27 PM, Cat-Man_America said:

big in perspective to big out of perspective...

Note: Follow-up to Sagii & Black Hand's posts: Bonus points oughta be given to whoever guesses the clown sitting next to Mickey Dolenz as he's not mentioned on the label (hint: think Rockford pedigree)

 

Joey the Clown = Noah Beery Jr. I think.

On 1/9/2022 at 6:34 PM, sagii said:

..to Stripes

That's Mickey Dolenz!

I like Hotsy a lot.

Harry Harrison and Ernie Bache

On 1/6/2022 at 8:08 AM, gino2paulus2 said:

Have no fear there was a buyer out there brother and it was me hehehe!! I have made literally multiple wtb threads for this book over the years and never even got a lead so was elated to finally nab a copy!! I NEEDED this one for my hero/horror mashup collection and I’m highly considering having Kenny the Wizard Sanderson conserving this one since the presentation is nice enough and once he gets his paws on them you can kiss that brittleness goodbye. Not many sought after books 10 and under on the census anymore these days but this remains one of them for now. Let us see if it can survive the trip from Texas to nippy Cleveland Ohio in only a few separated pieces 🤣 

Why do they have to make The Black Hand appear so evil. He's just trying to give the nice lady a neck massage.

On 1/4/2022 at 10:56 AM, buttock said:

I hate when someone creams on my label. 

I once owned a 9.6 AF 15 with white pages. An hour after I got home from the Rexall Drug store it had Butterfinger and Coke stains on it. If only I had known better.

On 1/3/2022 at 8:00 PM, tth2 said:

It's a good thing I sold this already, otherwise I'd now feel compelled to burn it.

I think I used that to light my Arturo Fuente Opus X Ltd.

On 1/3/2022 at 7:09 PM, RareHighGrade said:

The Top Notches in today's auction also got a lot of love, with prices ranging from 3X to 10X Overstreet Guide, even with restoration.

Top Notch was one of the MLJ runs I was able to complete around 15 years ago. Along with Top Notch Laugh, Laugh Comix and then Suzie. I had a lot of fun doing that. One of my more enjoyable periods of comic acquisition.

On 12/31/2021 at 4:35 PM, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said:

Happy New Year to all my good duck friends!

Gorgeous copy!

On 12/31/2021 at 1:15 PM, MrBedrock said:

How is that even possible?

There can be only one.

On 12/31/2021 at 7:12 AM, buttock said:

No.  I just tear pages off of the stack of Action 1s by the toilet and wipe with those.  

Unfortunately I'm allergic to Action 1 ink and paper. Pep 22 works OK, though.

I remember the second floor having a lot of goodies.

On 12/30/2021 at 6:25 PM, G-G © ® ™ said:

That should have been your first clue. 

What can I say. I'm a dummy. Oddly enough, one of the books I got in the trade and later sold, I required 20 years ago. A pep 34. It was a fluke getting it back, so it's been a keeper. 

On 12/30/2021 at 5:56 PM, Robot Man said:

Thanks for the tip. I will have to pull it out and reread it again. Here is my copy. Picked out of the $2.00 boxes at Cherokee Books in the late 1960's. @Tri-ColorBrian. I got lots of my PCH there back in the day. 

I bought an Action 3 at Cherokee Books in the 60's for full retail. $25.00. Around a vg/fine. Traded it for a bunch of stupid books to an older, savvier collector who hounded me day and night to get it.

On 12/30/2021 at 12:26 PM, buttock said:

I have a nice guest room with its own bathroom and kitchenette.  

Does your bathroom have this?

If I could only have one collection of comics while being stranded on a desert island it would be between every Carl Barks Duck books and Archie up to 1962. As much as I love Archie, I lean more toward Barks, though. Every panel is a masterpiece. The work Harry Lucey did on Archie as well as his MLJ superhero stuff, comes close.

The rocket is a blemish.

These are a couple of 'Keepers' that like a fool I didn't keep.

On 12/21/2021 at 10:20 AM, lou_fine said:

As another boardie had posted on the other thread here in Comics General, this move not surprisingly looks to be another huge cash grab by CGC:  

Especially since you have to have a PAID MEMBERSHIP in order to access these free Graders Notes which will no longer be for sale on an individual basis.  If I remember correctly, I believe I've paid no more than $20 so far after some 20 odd years for Graders Notes and now they want me to pay $25 per year to access these so-called free notes.  I wonder how many other boardies and collectors in general are in this same situation.  

Any bets that this $25 initial membership offer is just to draw you into the big hungry jaws of this money beast and before you know it, the annual fees will be rising up substantially.  

Probably, but I have the membership because I've used the boards a lot and felt that it was only right for me to pay.

On 11/15/2021 at 4:04 PM, Grottu said:

Found this at a flea market 30 yrs ago, just recently sent it in. I clearly remember picking it up along with a Tales From the Crypt, some Conan mags and a couple Sgt. Rocks. Whole thing set me back, like, ten bucks.

That's a nice looking 3.0!

On 12/4/2021 at 3:14 PM, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

I’m no detective, but looks like it to me. Tape removed from the spine?

Large, heavy tape stain spine
 

On 12/18/2021 at 7:52 PM, Surfing Alien said:

One of the best Fantasy Reader covers. Has everything... nekkid wimmen in test tubes with Golden Lasso bra's and chastity belts 

I adore women in tubes. Always have and always will.