Arkadin

Not that this is Golden Age, but it's De Carlo work that some may not be familiar with. No showgirls, no models, no Riverdale, just De Carlo and Stan Lee making their mark in the prestigious newspaper strip business.

Willie Lumpkin Sunday strips from 1960:

There's a De Carlo babe in this one, briefly:

Hmm, "Stanley"... 

This time, it's personal: 

All bids overtaken.  So that raises an interesting question.

Do Heritage premium auctions make people automatically OVER bid Guide/GPA/recent prices because they know it's the only way to win a Heritage premium auction...

Or ....?

What does it take to actually win one of these? 

17 hours ago, thehumantorch said:

expose on dealer tricks to separate unsuspecting collectors from their money

 

So, who was the notorious "Dealer A"?

 

On ‎4‎/‎18‎/‎2018 at 10:32 AM, Arkadin said:

Just picked up this Fantasy Book 6 (1950) with the first Cordwainer Smith story, "Scanners Live in Vain."

Just got this in hand - it's a lot smaller than I expected. Not much bigger than a paperback.

Does anyone know if all the issues of Fantasy Book were in the same small format?

Just picked up this Fantasy Book 6 (1950) with the first Cordwainer Smith story, "Scanners Live in Vain."

Looking at the upcoming HA auction, there's a huge number of Mile High's and other pedigrees in every genre - even romance and teen humor. 

Amazing, should be quite an event!

That's a great story, Aslpride8, and it's very cool that you and your friend have gone from climbing trees to being in business together.

That Chip 'n' Dale comic is going to be a great conversation piece for your office. 

  Thanks!

Have to say, I'm curious why anyone on God's green earth would want to know about the first appearance of Chip and Dale.

Oh, sorry... Chip 'n' Dale.

Marwood, thought you might enjoy this vid:

So Astounding was the "thinking man's sci-fi pulp" - science fiction you could proudly bring home to your mom and your teacher - nothing like those trashy Planet or Thrilling Wonder pulps! 

But... then who did buy Planet's with the BEMs and platinum-bra damsels? 

On 2018-03-11 at 12:45 AM, OtherEric said:

The second and final part of "Beyond This Horizon".  Heinlein also has a book review under his own name; he did a couple more during the war but I don't have those issues yet.

More importantly, this one features a little story by Issac Asimov simply titled "Foundation".

Great stuff, OtherEric. 

Astoundings had such restrained covers (compared to most other science fiction pulps). I always wondered what people who bought these at the newsstand felt - were they embarrassed to even buy these pulps? Did "regular" people think Astounding and their ilk were for 13 year olds, essentially?

I'm guessing Astounding's restrained covers were to make older fans feel a little less awkward buying/reading these. 

Older people openly read comics though in these years....

10 hours ago, OtherEric said:

Just a couple Thrilling Wonders that came in today to bump the thread:

Weed College? That's where quite a few people went to college, really.  

OK, not really Golden Age, but they'll do to celebrate Al on his birthday.

41 minutes ago, OtherEric said:

The last professionally published pre-war Heinlein story I needed.  (The qualifiers keep me from going crazy looking for a copy of Futuria Fantasia 4, and I'm still missing a couple book reviews.)  Would rather it wasn't trimmed, but still happy to have it.

Anybody interesting in me sharing the covers of all the pulps with pre-war Heinlein?

That would be great. I love the idea of collecting pulps for first appearances of stories.

Personally, I'd love to pick up a Fantasy Book 6 for Cordwainer Smith's first story - the bizarre and incomparable "Scanners Live in Vain".

1 minute ago, lizards2 said:

$335 was last GPA...., hard to say whether GPA or OSPG is more accurate on this one.  I see a 7.0 went $300 in December, so you probably did OK.

 

Thanks, I don't have GPA - but that explains it anyway.

Even though I know the Guide is often way off, I still use it for bidding. Which explains why I don't win much, I guess. 

My lowball bid snagged this at $100 under guide. Really didn't think that happened these days!

On 2018-02-08 at 4:38 AM, Ricksneatstuff said:

Who is your favorite character? 

Well, it's Dimwitri, the Pie-face Prince of Old Pretzelburg.

The very first golden age comic I ever bought was a Jingle Jangle - I'd been enthralled by Harlan Ellison's tribute to Carlson and the Pie-face Prince in All in Color for a Dime, and reading his surreal adventures in an otherwise innocuous 1940's children's comic was a really memorable trip down the rabbit hole.

As a runner-up, I'll mention Angel.  No, not this one...

but this one:

Simon and Kirby's Boys Ranch was a beautifully-executed, if short-lived, comic book, and Angel, the kid sharpshooter with long blond hair and a chip on his shoulder, was a fascinating and mature creation for a 1950's kid's western comic. Check out the story "Mother Delilah" in Boys Ranch 3 for Angel's most powerful tale.

I'm currently reading City by Clifford Simak. It's naive in that 40's science fiction way, but also charming, dreamlike.

I think this same painting was used for another book, or pulp?  I'm sure you guys know - and will also have the pulps where the original stories appeared.

What classic paperbacks are you guys reading from your collections? Recommendations and reviews would be more than welcome!

Hi and Lois 1957. 

Just wondering if anyone here has any White Mountain paperbacks - that is, paperbacks from the famed White Mountain comic pedigree.

There were some being auctioned on eBay a while back. They looked nice, of course, but were priced on the high side, so I didn't get any.

5 hours ago, gino2paulus2 said:

Sheesh with all these high grade gorgeous FFs that are being posted i’m not sure if I should even post this but this is a book that is near and dear to me. Backstory it was around 1992 (I was 9 yrs old) and aside from sports I loved comics and making things out of clay. If anyone recalls Marvel had a line of cards called Marvel Universe. Me and my buddies had collected the whole 1st set a few years earlier and they had just come out with the 3rd set which I enjoyed very much. There was a card for a character named the Puppet-Master and he had this mystic clay and when I saw it i knew I needed a comic with him in it. We went to this comic/card convention that same year in a mall a few country towns over from us and I had told my parents I really wanted a Fantastic Four #8 which I knew from the card was his first appearance. Anyways I spotted one on the wall of some dealer and was super excited. I remember my folks telling me it was too expensive and to find something else (I ended up with a low grade Tales of Suspense #45 which was the $20 limit i was given and was still excited as that book ROCKS!!!.) That year for my birthday I opened up a present and there it was. Fantastic Four #8!! My parents had spilt off and one of them went back to get it for me!! How awesome is that!!?!! I still count my blessings everyday that I had such cool parents who supported my passion...Not high grade but nice pages and presentation for our pal Mr Masters!!

 

Comics and clay... that's a charming story. And, frankly, it makes your post - and your book - more than worthy.

Thanks for sharing it with us. 

3 hours ago, Brian48 said:

Really well presenting copy.  Congrats.  Loaded an alternate copy of the image just in case the forum owners have issues with the image.

 

Thanks! Never thought of that, so I made the switch.

Finally got a Conan #1. Picked it up in the Sunday Heritage auction - 9.0 White pages, nice centering - and under guide. Works for me!