Arkadin

I'm reading my first John D. MacDonald book at the moment - Death Trap (1956).

So far, so good. Those other MacDonald's posted look interesting too.

Gold Medal noirs on my reading list:

Make My Bed in Hell  - now that's a hardboiled title! 

Wow, I seem to be on a roll!

I bid on FF's all the time, and never win any - that is, until this one.

9 hours ago, TheSurgeon said:

The 3.0 has a married wrap, though.

Good point, I didn't notice that. 

I looked around and found a thread that stated that latest GPA on a 3.0 was $18,000+. So it looks like the Alibaba is still ahead, but not by much!

On 2014-09-19 at 7:18 PM, Arkadin said:

So, 110 shares of Alibaba would be about a $10,000 investment. That is, if you pulled the trigger right now.

 

On the other hand, there's a 3.0 Amazing Fantasy 15 on Metropolis at $10,000 (that seems high since one sold on Comiclink last month for $9100, but still, it's there for the taking right now).

 

All it takes to buy either is a mouse click - but which would be smarter? Short term, I have to think the Alibaba would be a better investment. Long-term, who knows?

 

edit: And yes, any single comic costing $10,000 would serve the same purpose for this discussion. I just chose AF 15 since most think of it as a "blue chip" comic investment.

Update, some three years on

Those 110 shares of Alibaba would now be worth just over $20,000 (doubling your initial investment).

And there's still a 3.0 Amazing Fantasy 15 on Metro's site, now priced at $14,500.

Just picked up these beautiful Sky Masters half pages from 1959.  

15 hours ago, ThothAmon said:

That's a familiar face to every kid who scanned the back pages of old Warren magazines, looking at all the cool books for sale. (Used on the cover of The Pulps, edited by Tony Goodstone).

Well done, those are great!

Your friend is right - the early Peanuts have a wonderful look to them.

Here are a few Sunday strips I have from 1952 (first year).

Very cool!

17 hours ago, Sqeggs said:

Sensational poster ... krappy film! 

Well, I guess it had to happen.

For the first time ever, I'll have to disagree with one of Sqeggs' posts.

Jamaica Inn is a beautiful film, and Laughton's overblown, grandly entertaining performance is a wonder to behold.  

21 hours ago, SECollector said:

Hello neighbour. Some really nice books in your gallery there. Are all of your books purchased from the US?

 

Yes, I buy almost everything from Heritage, occasionally Clink and eBay.

Shipping costs have certainly influenced my collecting. I used to collect magazines like Saturday Evening Post on eBay, but shipping for those became ridiculous a couple of years ago. 

Hey SECollector,

Denmark here. I collect mostly comic strips these days, but dabble in Silver Age a bit too.

On 2017-09-10 at 1:51 AM, 143ksk said:

New GI Janes

 

 

 

Wonderful books.

There are some Stanhall's going bonkers on Clink at the moment.

As far as science fiction comics go, Beyond Mars comes with quite a pedigree - it was written by one of the genre's most popular authors, Jack Williamson. The strip is pure pulp space opera,  nicely drawn by co-creator Lee Elias. 

Mars was exclusive to a single newspaper, the New York Daily News, running from 1952 to 1955. 

I love that the strip's logo has a different look each week - that's showmanship!

Guess I should help out more with this thread, so here's a couple of Bobby Sox Sundays from the late 40's (the strip was renamed Emmy Lou in the early 50's and continued until 1979 - quite an impressive run).

The strip's creator, Marty Links, was one of the first female members of the National Cartoonists Society. 

Emmy Lou's boyfriend Alvin must have had the patience of a saint.

On 2017-07-15 at 6:21 PM, gadzukes said:

What about other strips you collect?  How many 1st strips do you have?

You've got to nab first strips whenever you find 'em. They're elusive little critters.

I just have a few:

Terry #1 (1934)

Hejji #1 (1935)

Yogi #1 (1961)

On 2017-07-23 at 7:18 PM, BB-Gun said:

Gus should also be remembered for his work with Irwin Hasen on Dondi.

Yes, he certainly should. Dondi was a great strip, especially in it's early years. 

Edson and Hasen were absolute masters of sentimentality. This one should melt even the most cynical pre-code collector's heart!

Arkadin

When I was a kid, I thought Steve Canyon was the most boring comic strip in the paper. But these early strips are great actually, steeped in that late 40's two-fisted adventure/noir feel. "Gilda" on the half page. 

I assume the Harvey comics are reprints of the early daily strips - yours looks like it might be a file copy. Geppi's used to sell those back in the day. 

You should definitely check out the reprint volumes.  I picked up the entire first year of Sunday strips, but I haven't had time to read through them all yet. But based on what I've read so far, it looks like a lot of fun.

"Why, it's Stevie Canyon!" First three Steve Canyon Sundays from 1947. Tough guys, big fists and femme fatales.

On 2017-06-27 at 4:25 AM, catman76 said:

They are full of animators I recognize, a lot of Fleischer/Famous and Terrytoons animators. Jim Tyer, Ray Patin, Lynn karp, Jack Bradbury, Dan Gordon, Dave Tendlar, Manny Perez, Gil Turner, there;s a million of them. Goofy, Coo Coo, Banyard and Happy are full of them from the very first issues. Fleischer studios was right down the street from Nedor's offices and all the animation studios and comic publisher offices were all pretty close together in New York so lots of New York animators made some extra money doing funny animal and humor comics on the side. Most are unsigned or under some made up name, probably cause they did so much for multiple publishers at the same time and to hide it from the animation studios they worked for. I know Jim Tyer did, he was doing funny animal stuff at nedor, fawcett, Timely, ACG, Fox, all at the same time all through out the 40s and 50s. Ellis Chambers was another guy that did an insane amount of stuff for everyone, he created Cosmo Cat and did tons of Fox comics and pretty much every other publisher. His style varies widely, depending on if he was whacked out on heroin or smoking pot at the time. He taught L.B. Cole how to draw in that comic animation cartoony style. Most funny animal covers credited to Cole were really only inked by him, Ellis Chambers drew them.

Tyer, Gordon, Bradbury and the others... well, that's the pantheon right there, isn't it? 

Thanks for a great post on the amazing artists and sublime cartooning to be found in these books. 

There are a lot of blogs out there where you can find this stuff.  Here's a few links if anyone's interested:

John K on Tyer

Coo Coo for Bradbury

Cartoon Snap: Ellis Chambers

There are a lot of Terry comic books, so it might have been. Not sure though, as I don't collect those.

These have been collected in hardcover by IDW as half pages - yet I have never seen an early Terry strip as a half, only as tabs like the one above. 

Anyone here ever see one as a half?