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On 9/29/2021 at 3:48 PM, oakman29 said:

You know, once you start Vampirella mags it's hard to stop. 

It's a sickness. 🤪

You know, I've heard that, before, but right now, Turoks are my main focus. At least that's what I keep telling myself. hah!

TARZAN 176 9.0 10
UNEXPECTED 202 9.2+ $ 30

HOM 287  9.2  $ 25

Would like to have per PM?

Thanks!

On 9/12/2021 at 7:30 PM, Badger said:

Thanks for posting! Some covers I'd never seen!

I appreciate it, Badger. 

On 9/12/2021 at 10:35 AM, Robot Man said:

Large groups of Dell’s usually have a distinct smell anyway. Must be the ink or paper used. I once bought a large pile at a flea market and just put them on the passenger seat for the ride home. My car was permeated we thin 10 minutes. Books had no water damage, mold or other damage. 

Back to your problem. Try this. Lay them in a large box and sprinkle baking soda around them and close up the box. Let them sit for a week. Should mitigate the smell. Or spread them out opened up in the garage for a while. Has helped for me. 

And, although, I rarely buy most of those books anymore, $50. was a great deal on those. 

Robot Man, thanks for the tip. I'll have to try the baking soda treatment.

Interesting what you mentioned about the smell of the Dells.

Finally, the moment you all have been waiting for... The last installment of "The Old, Musty Trailer Hoard"!

I had run out of mylars, so I just stuck these comics into page protectors. Please excuse the funky glares in the scans. I was too damn lazy to take the books out of the protectors.

Thanks for looking, and a big THANKS to those that participated.

Happy hunting to all! 

On 9/11/2021 at 6:57 PM, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said:

The fate of many comics was to wind up as musty old paper! As young kids we found some very early Wonder Womans at the local flea market that were falling apart and reeked of mold and mildew. They must have literally cost pennies because we had no money then. Somehow they ended up at the bottom of the attic steps disintegrating further. I remember looking at the pictures of the old Wonder Woman drawings sometimes and thinking, "well this is different!" Yes Dr. Marston it was quite different!

Into a pulpy oblivion they went; I'm sure Mom tossed in the rubbish bin the next time she went into the attic.

 

If only we knew what we know, now. 

"Pulpy oblivion" 

On 9/11/2021 at 5:06 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Nice find. I live about a 1/2 hour from Chiefland and I gotta say, there will not be any white paged hoards being unearthed around here

I lived in Chiefland for about seven years. Also lived in Bradenton, Sarasota, Ocala, Eureka and Panama City. Oh, and Apollo Beach. 

On 9/11/2021 at 2:25 PM, waaaghboss said:

These look great.  I wonder if you could pack them with dryer sheets to help get out the smell, like they do with old trading cards that smell like smoke.

Thanks. Yeah, I did exactly that with them. They don't smell as bad as they did when I first got them. I think the main problem is that they are all stored in one box. I think they need to get out to breathe.

"Since I recently finished off a run of the two EC sci-fi fi big two, I've been able to spread them out as runs. Some killer Feldstein and Wood covers on these. Contents wise a wash. Both are classic stuff. But cover wise, does anyone have a favorite of the two titles as a whole?"

It's hard to pick a favorite when they're all awesome.

That's 2,500 weeks at $100 per.. I don't think I've got that many weeks left. So, no offer from me. 

On 9/3/2021 at 1:12 PM, valiantman said:

Graded January 23, 2001 

 

This one ended up being nicer than I had anticipated.

Sheesh, you bunch of Turok hogs. 

Awesome cover on that #15!

Only two to worry about. Going to cut a side off of each of the mylars to relieve some pressure. Should work until I get what I need.

On 8/21/2021 at 10:17 PM, tth2 said:

I'm cringing just reading this.

GA books should go into GA mylars.

Had the same problem with silver age books. My record/LP mylars are the same, tight fitting. They're all Gerber mylars. I've never experienced the issue when using Mylites so I think I'll stick with using them.

Thanks, jimjum 

As far as mylars go, I like E Gerber products, and I'm wondering what size bags and boards I should get to house these Dell Turoks? I hate when the fit is so tight that I have to bounce the bag on a table to get the book and board into it. Any recommendations on sizes? Maybe go with an 8X10 1/2 Mylite-4 with full back? 8 3/4X11 1/2? 

Just arrived, today. It's an ebay purchase, and it actually looks a little better than I had expected! I know one thing, I need to get some larger mylars and backing boards. It's a little scary trying to stuff these bad boys into a SA sized.

On 8/15/2021 at 11:02 PM, Robot Man said:

Picked this up at a toy show yesterday. Felt sorry for it. Was alone and un-bagged on some lady’s table. Also happened to be only one of 3 issues I need for my run...

Can't believe that you found it in the wild!

On 8/12/2021 at 5:27 PM, Rickless said:

I  sent  some (23)  books  back in jan ... they  are  still  to  be press ... then how  many  more months  for  grading ... 7 months  down ... I  am  hoping  to  get  them  within  the  year .. when I  read the  turnaround  times it makes me laugh ..  they  take  nearly 2 months (  for  the  books  i  sent  in may )   to  acknowledge  they  received them  ... 

If you're lucky, it's likely to take a month just for the post office to get the books there.

8.5

CP 9.0

On 7/18/2021 at 6:21 PM, jimjum12 said:

As this was the first title I ever purchased and took home, I want a few of them around. Here's a new one, and it was a little pricey, but man is it a pretty copy. GOD BLESS...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

Beautiful. Looks like the copy that I had. 

On 7/19/2021 at 10:23 AM, tth2 said:

The good news is most aren't expensive, so shouldn't be too hard for you to reassemble a collection.

Problem is that they have to grade 9.4 or higher. 9.2 or possibly 8.5 for the Dell and Four Color issues.