OtherEric

The second set of staples make it almost certain that the interiors are remaindered; there's no reason for two sets if the cover was always with the book. So the fact that there were two Sub-Mariner issues in order is probably just a fluke.

Early Warren title, edited by Harvey Kurtzman, in case anybody isn't familiar with it because it isn't in Overstreet for some weird reason:

Don't instantly discount Looney Tunes or other Whitman books from around then. Quite a few of the Whitman's from late 1980 are notoriously scarce and may be worth more than you expect. The tricky Looney Tunes are specifically issues 33, 34, and 35, for example. The catch being you need to look for specific issues. I find the quick first glance check is to see if it's priced at 40 cents but does not have a UPC code in the corner; those are probably worth at least a little research.

I think you are correct. I don't have any of the originals but I have reprints of all of them... the first 8 in those two Doctor Who issues I showed, and the last 3 were reprinted in Daredevils.

Nice! I've got the Devilworlds mini-series from Dark Horse that reprints the Moore stories, but have never tracked down the originals.

This title only ran 8 issues. I would almost bet it has the best survival rate (by percentage) of any pulp from the 40's... but the print run was only 1200 copies for 7 of the 8 issues. For some reason the 5th issue got a "huge" print run of 2000:

I've always found that cover highly disturbing... I don't think anybody feels this thread is just for you; but some of us still using the "I'll Pound You to a Pulp" thread for new books now that they've moved it over here, out of a sense of tradition. You just happened to start this thread in the window between them creating the pulp forum and them moving the original thread over here.

And the other, which I mentioned a page or so ago: Rip off Comix #8, from April 1981. This is the first US publication of anything by Moore, reprinting four pages of Three Eyes McGurk. I find it amusing that Moore's first work published in the US was actually his art, not his writing (Steve Moore wrote it.) I included the first page of the story as well so people can see it.

So, a couple of Moore oddities today. First off, Doctor Who #14 and #15, which reprint Moore's "Black Legacy" and "Business as Usual" from Doctor Who Weekly. I've heard that Moore was annoyed at Marvel US reprinting the stories without permission, which was one of the factors leading to him not working for Marvel US. But it's only one of several complaints he had, of course. I think it's not particularly well known that these have the Moore reprints:

Nice! As far as I know that's one of only three things Moore ever did for Marvel US, rather than Marvel UK. (The other two would be his contributions to the charity books Heroes for Hope in 1985 and Heroes in 2001.)

This thread is due a bump. I've posted this elsewhere but I don't think I've actually shown it in this thread:

Half Price can be very hit or miss, to put it mildly. But sometimes you can get crazy lucky there. The best actual dollar pulls I can remember from there specifically were the Adam Hughes Zatanna covers; but I've also gotten some more expensive items that were still dirt cheap in relative terms; such as a Incredible Hulk #271 around 8.0 for $10; Exotic Romances #28 (with Matt Baker art) around 5.0 for $10; and Action Comics #50 around 2.0 for $60. (I got lucky and snagged that last one during a one item half list price sale.) Here are the Zatannas, since they were the actual dollar pickups. I showed them in the Hughes thread when I got them but I don't think I showed them here:

So, they've released the souvenir book for Comic-Con 2020 as a free digital download, since the show is entirely virtual this year. I mention it here because there are several articles on EC in it, and a complete reprint of one story; "There Will Come Soft Rains" from Weird Fantasy #17. I think I've mentioned this before, but if I had to pick one, single EC story as my all-time favorite, that would be it. The Weird Fantasy #17 was one of only 3 EC's I kept when I had to sell a lot of books to pay rent. https://www.comic-con.org/cciathome/comic-con-2020-souvenir-book

Now I'm less sure about these being remaindered books, because this issue is one month earlier than the Jet Comics in the original post, and according to the GCD, the contents match Sub-Mariner #27. So maybe they are specifically reprints (or simultaneous printings) of Sub-Mariner. https://www.comics.org/issue/529440/ The New York Star went out of business in January of 1949; so it's possible that the issue you had had less distribution than the Force Comics issue. The newspaper is mostly remembered (if at all) for being the first paper to feature Walt Kelly's Pogo as a comic strip.

My collection is devoid of Spicy pulps so far. Closest I get is the 1st issue of Speed Western after the name change:

Welcome to the boards! Let's see how much I can answer, I'm sure others will be able to chime in. First of all, I was not able to locate your book at the Grand Comics Database, which suggests the book is not well documented at all. So calling it a rare item is probably not wrong. From your description, my first guess is that it's a remaindered book with a new cover. You mention two ads seem to be the only difference between this and the Sub-Mariner #28. If those missing ads were on the cover (inside or out), that points towards it being remaindered. Does the book have an indicia at the bottom of either the inside cover or the first page, or both? That could help identify the book. The one question I can answer definitively: do NOT trim the overhang. Restoration like that would dramatically drop the value of the book in pretty much every case. My best guess: The Star, as a promotional item, bought a bunch of unsold comics, removed the original cover and put their own cover on them if the original wasn't already missing, and included them with the European edition of their paper to increase sales. This could have been done either in the US before shipping the papers over, or if the issues were printed in Europe they could have bought some books sent over as ballast. I couldn't even begin to guess at the value of the book; generally a good starting point for a remaindered book with a new cover like this is about 1/2 what a normal copy of the book would go for. But the previously undocumented nature of this version could drive that up; I have no idea how much. Hope this at least gives you a starting point!

That's one you just never see, in my experience. I'm old enough I got it when it first came out...

This cover was printed a bit out of register...

The first couple years are definitely public domain; anything from 1924 or earlier. As to the rest of the issues, I believe MOST of them are. I do not think the magazine ever renewed itself, and many of the authors did not. There could easily be individual stories or pieces of art that were renewed separately, however. Certainly most if not all the issues are available for download at the internet archive. But I am absolutely not an expert, and if you're doing anything for commercial use I would be very careful. Personal use should be fine, even if the items are not public domain. Also, if you want, I would be happy to get you higher resolution scans of any of the stuff I've posted, if that will help you blow them up.

I would say a dollar or less is acceptable. You can always tip the store any change you might get. It's the "over a dollar but still a good deal" that seems to be missing the spirit of the thing.

Always wonder why they flipped this one for the UK version...

I will just need to console myself with knowing I have these, at least. I think the $100 I spent on the 17 about 3 years ago may be my best timed pickup ever...

Not sure where "Moonpool" came from... That's a book I'll post at the slightest provocation. Got it about a year ago and I'm STILL stunned I ever found a copy...

The D & S-series Ace books have always been one of the most desirable runs, which actually makes them slightly easier to find these days, I think. They had a better survival rate, I think. I love them. I've show these before, but you had to make a comment about them: