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On 12/21/2022 at 4:37 PM, comicartfan said:

I have been dabbling in PCH as of late. The whole super hero thing just seems to be a little "boring" for me at the moment. I figured I would add some cool covers but I admit my knowledge is limited. I just grab what grabs me. 

Here's a few new ones 

PCH can certainly be addictive! I love superhero books just fine, but always default to PCH generally and only dabble in wearers of capes. The Tormented #1 is a long time favorite!

It's an unusual book in that I imagine it's a keeper for the forseeable future, so doesn't hurt to unslab it if it'll help you enjoy it more. Keep the label anyway and if it ever needs to be sold again, likely the label with it is more than enough, or it can always be slabbed at that time. :-)

On 12/30/2022 at 11:40 PM, fifties said:

My last (and biggest of the year) H.A. score; 29 EC's. Since I already have full runs of Weird Sci and Weird Fan, will be offering a few duplicates here soon.

That is a heck of a grouping to land all at once!!!

On 12/28/2022 at 4:24 PM, szav said:

I’m not as picky about miscuts as I used to be, especially in harder to find in nice shape GA (although 5 doesn’t seem rare despite the low distribution) but this one’s close to the limit.  

Anyway, love how much is going on on the cover without it looking too busy.  Above and beyond my favorite Mad cover, hope to pick up a nicer copy some day, and since the value hasn’t changed in about 20 years, and the presence of the Gaines copies suppresses the high grade prices a bit, who knows … might land a prettier one some day.

It's a great cover indeed, by Elder -- hope you don't take my miscut comment as a slam on your book, it's perfectly acceptable. I have a few books similar, nature of the GA beast. It would take a pretty severe miscut to turn me away. As to fave early MAD cover, mine is #2 by Mr. Davis. :-)

Oh and by kid I mean your typical 12-14 year old. But even a young worker of 16-18 would be hard pressed to find $300 to spend in 1968 for a "comic" vs. say, their hot new used dream car to drive around in. ;-)

On 12/28/2022 at 9:56 AM, Robot Man said:

I remember Burt Blum at Cherokee books offering me a pretty nice copy of Action #1 for $300 around 1968. It felt like a million bucks at the time. I had to be content to buy small piles of PCH, GGA and other Atomic Age books for $1-3 each out of his boxes in the hall. 

Well, well before my time, but what kid would generally have had access to $300 in 1968, and even if they did, parents indulgent enough to let them spend that "on a comic book" (even if they appreciated Action #1) without blowing a gasket!  

No particular goals except to pick up PCH that appeals to me when funds and availability meet. It's a timing thing! I don't worry too much about winning any auctions these days, rather just enjoying what I have since a good part of it I couldn't currently afford, if I were to have to buy it again today. :-)

The joke being (as I understand it) that the selling of cartoon picture books (you know the kind!) -- i.e., pornographic tracts better known as tijuana bibles, were the stock that one of the well-known distributors had gotten his (cheerfully illegal) start in in the publishing world. Pretty much was annoyed with Gaines and company for highlighting the less-than-desirable (albeit true) seediness origins of the industry.

On 12/22/2022 at 10:40 PM, grendelbo said:

 

Yeah, exactly.

Heck of GFC to get! Never had a copy of this issue, but hope to one day!

"Dylan Universe Comics" certainly has some... interesting advice. To be sure.

On 4/26/2022 at 8:41 PM, Jayman said:

That’s a beauty! 

It is indeed. My #12 is a comparative rag, BUT I'm very happy to have one!

On 4/23/2022 at 8:33 AM, DocHoppus182 said:

If I didn’t have comic books in my life, I really don’t know how I’d make it through my work day.  Hours upon hours spent doing the same thing over and over again on the computer.  It’s not such a bad job, but looking forward to books arriving in the mail, going to shows and working deals is what gets me through a lot of days.  Well, comic books and my cat.

DocHoppus182, your sigline is short but very impressive! Wish I had examples of the two items you show. Working on my sigline lately, deciding what should make the cut.

On 4/24/2022 at 11:47 AM, BitterOldMan said:

Not me, but somebody once said, “if God wanted man to go from zero to sixty in less than four seconds, he would have given him a 427 Cobra.”  I consider this car, one of the greatest of all time.

Found this on top of a metal cabinet.

 

The real riders Cobra in blue is a nice one! Very popular to collect, right from when I was a kid -- not as vintage as some Hot Wheels, but as time marches on, all the '80s issues are in the vintage realm in my eyes. The gray hubs are typical, if this was one with white plastic wheels to go with the rubber tires, it'd fetch a strong premium.

My one '50's White Mountain, a keeper.

On 4/22/2022 at 9:38 PM, Robot Man said:

Very nice! Did you score them off the pegs? 

That's the thrill of the Treasure Hunts for sure. I've never been lucky enough to get one off the pegs yet myself!

On 4/22/2022 at 9:37 PM, Robot Man said:

Man, those are purty! And nice photos. 

Thank you RM! It's no lie to say I aspire to be a complete collector like yourself, I appreciate your thinking so! I really did like how they turned out -- it's a tan-colored chipboard clipboard from Walmart as the surface, resting on my desk, with an across-the-street view (through the window screen) for the just-fuzzy enough background. Then getting eye level with the car and taking the pics with trusty iphone camera. I forget how many generations old my phone is, I guess five at least?