OtherEric

Here's a question that doesn't directly relate to the thread, but I suspect the people here would have opinions nonetheless: What do you consider the first Zatanna cover? The Witch on the cover of Detective 336 was retroactively revealed to be Zatanna in JLA 51 We get a large head shot... but only a head shot... on Atom 19. We finally get a full image of Zatanna as Zatanna on Green Lantern 42. I have all 3... but really wish I had a Hawkman 4.

Does anybody know if there was a warehouse find of late 1954 Charltons? When I was at Kayo books in SF last weekend, I got a copy of True Life Secrets #23 (11-12/54). The store owner said he had gotten a lot of about 50 copies at one point, and didn't understand why the book was so valuable. He had sold most of them but still had a handful, for better or worse I grabbed one of the lower grade, cheaper ones. On earlier visits, I've also grabbed copies of Crime & Justice #20 (09/1954) and Space Adventures #13 (10-11/1954). The Crime & Justice seems pretty commonly available, the other two less so... but the other two both have reasons for higher demand, and they don't seem terribly rare as these things go. So was just wondering if anybody knew about the background here? Were other Charltons from this time found in bulk as well? Sorry I don't have scans of the other two issues, not sure what box they're in at the moment...

A few Anniversary numbers... but not actually anniversary cover designs. 50/100/150/200

I take it Ethel wasn't available, then?

Found this in SF this weekend, I didn't realize until I opened it that it had a Moore story. Specifically, it reprints "Cold Snap" from the Food for Thought benefit book:

I could be wrong... or just referring to how people I know use it... but I never have heard 1st wrap being used to mean the cover in describing a cover. I've seen book dealers call the cover "wraps" , but always in the plural, and with no numbering. Also, "wrap" is one of those words that starts to look really weird if you stare at it too long, but that's neither here nor there.

If I had a comic book in the six figure range... I would buy a plane ticket and hand deliver it in most cases, or hire a courier. $1000 to move a $100,000 book seems quite reasonable in the circumstances. Disclaimer: I have never had a book even remotely close to that price range.

I say crack that sucker out!

I find it interesting how the one copy being trimmed higher makes a small but noticeable difference in the impact of the cover.

@wpbooks01, let us know if you decide to sell some of the books... there's definitely some I'm interested in.

As per PM.

On the wall of a sandwich shop. I may have shared this on an earlier SF visit, but who cares? It’s a great Griffin poster.

Mostly illustrated versions of songs.

Found this at KAYO Books yesterday

This weekend’s books, from either KAYO Books or Amoeba Records:

Found at KAYO Books in SF yesterday. I never seem to find this series, and I’ve wanted to see what it was like for a long time now:

The store is actually called Haight & Ashbury. Kinda tourist trap stuff, but that can be fun in small doses. I waited to respond to get pictures, since I was walking up to Amoeba based on your recommendation anyway. I’ll get pictures of what I got there later.

I think the Power Records all count as Bronze, even if a few of the late rereleases are edging towards early copper

I’m on vacation, away from my Warrens. So no post from me until later in the week.

Your choice, is 112 or the 113 from a new publisher the true last issue? Plus a couple other Warren last issues:

Since I never expect to see the original, this is a nice find at KAYO Books today;

One more. Low grade, but how often do you see D-2? No way I wasn’t spending the $3

Making my annual visit to SF to visit my sister, so today was the KAYO Books pilgrimage, along wit a few items from other stores yesterday:

Two from KAYO Books today. The Blue Book has a Damon Runyon story: