OtherEric

Hmm. I would guess that means I've got about 1/4 of them; I've got all 26 Bugs Bunny giants and about that many assorted others, mostly Disney.

A pair of paperbacks that fit this topic well, I think:

And my pick-ups from the local book store for the day. The Avon 281 will look nice next to my Avon 285 (Earth Man on Venus). The Avon NN (23) is nice on general principles. The Perma P145 is a nice collection of SF with several classics; although I think it may be most notable for having Heinlein's story "Beyond Doubt", which until 2005 was one of only three Heinlein stories not included in a Heinlein collection; it's still tricky to find, although not as much as the other two. And I know almost nothing about the Detective Novel Classic 7; although a glance online suggests it's probably the big win for today.

I remember the trick with the DC holograms... always the top 4 packs in the box. I was able to get a few of those at Toys "R" Us myself...

I'll post on the rare occasions I get something to post, mostly I just pick up the a covers of current issues. And lots of those are posted before I would get a chance.

THUNDER Agents and 1st Elementals/ early Bill Willingham work? It's a book worth having, even if it's not a big ticket item like it briefly was.

I had a friend who had bought out the stock of a dealer who was getting out of the business; if I recall correctly it was a video store that had a comic section for a few years. So he had about 30-40 long boxes of totally random 90's stuff, completely unsorted. I spent two weekends helping him sort out the entire mess; my pay was one copy of every single book that he had two or more copies of from the store. I think I got two long boxes out of it; I really should dig those out of storage and see what I've got one of these years. I remember there were an insane number of Maximum Carnage crossovers and I got a full set of that, at the very least...

Now that I think about it, I paid around $25 for this Legion issue as well. But the fact that we're mostly posting limited variants pretty much proves the point. (Not my copy, I don't feel like digging mine out to scan right now):

As long as we’re on the subject...

I wonder if I got your SLSH 23, then... if so, you can be assured it has a good home now, at least! I think my L.E.G.I.O.N. run was 100% assembled from cheap boxes, actually. I may have paid over a dollar for a few issues; I think I got over half for free at my LCS in the 90's. Rather than a discount on a pull box, they had a bonus buck program. For every $100 you spent, you got $40 credit for the back issue bins (no wall or case books). The highlights from that, in retrospect, were the Marvel Super Heroes #12, #13, and #18; although back then they were less that $20 of the credit anyway. My interest in AH is mostly limited to what I run across cheap or picking up his new issues as they come out as non-limited editions, rather than exclusive or ratio books. Most I've ever paid for something by him is $40...

OK, TWO LSH books that I paid more than $5 for. I actually paid around $20 for my copy a couple years after it came out but before it went insane. Did you sell yours on eBay?

It’s Fox. If he could get paper cheap because it was slightly tinted, he wouldn’t have blinked

It seems to me like fox used super cheap paper that could be any variety of slightly off-white shades. Pink does seem a bit extreme, but far from impossible.

I am as huge a LSH fan as you can get... I've got the whole run from Adventure 247 on... but agreed that nobody seems to care about the bulk of the run. I think part of it is the fact that Legion fans have a real tendency to go big or go home; either people aren't bothering with those runs or they already have the full set. Here's the one 80's LSH issue I recall paying more than 5 bucks for:

I think that's the hardest of the four Astoundings with Lovecraft to find; a great start and very nice pick-up! You'll find Lovecraft pulps to be addictive now that you've had your first taste, though. At least you're half-way to the set of "US pulps with Lovecraft covers under his own name". Just for reference, because I can't resist:

Never even heard about that one before but now I want one. Somewhere I've got a copy of the Watergate coloring book...

Thank you for posting this. My question: Are Venus 17-19 not considered horror comics for some reason?

I don't think either title is terribly rare. I do need to work on my Our Gang run again fairly soon; I've got about 2/3 of the run. I think the challenge on Our Gang is the two March of Comics issues. I have them both but they took some looking.

Not on backwards, but definitely twisted beyond what looks particularly comfortable...

LCS pickup today:

One thing that occasionally irks me about the GCD is the requirement that the scans be completely cropped. I get why from an esthetic position, and because it creates a clear set of guidelines for how to present the issue. But it does mean it's hard not to lose at least slight details.

Another good call. For me, it was get New Funnies 82-85 and I was done. All I care about in that run is the Walt Kelly material. Although, John Stanley did a fair bit of work that might be worth tracking down... Not that your basic point isn't rock solid. The Funnies, before it added "New", is one I need to start looking for again... I only have about half the Scribbly issues.

And now I've only got the one issue to go. This is one of only two Foundation stories that didn't get the cover, although serials only got the cover on the first issue.

Long running but low demand? Try the Dell Looney Tunes series. It ran over 20 years and you can find most issues from 70-246 for less than a new book with fairly little effort. Admittedly not in grade, but still, for books 60-70 years old, and a series that has been published, if not quite continuously, every decade since the 40's?

The August 1944 issue; although it was in between my posting the two books today and you asking that I ordered a copy of the October 1944 issue, so waiting on that. I'm actually trying to put together a complete run of the Campbell Astounding/Analog run; I'm only at about 40% so far. But some of the issues are getting a lot harder to find, fast, right now.