davidtere

I invite you all to the 'Pool of Peace' (as long as Odin doesn't mind).

I followed this thread without leaving any comments as most of my thoughts were covered by other boardies. The one common denominator that appeared over and over again and I want to comment or add to the discussion is the utmost professionalism that was showed throughout by RMA. His patience and desire to make 'things right' absolutely stunned me. I have to applaud his ethics to set a higher bar when I know personally that I would probably have thrown my hands up in the air long before. He is the kind of eBay seller that you want to do business with and proved it. You are the man, RMA. My hat is off to you.

As always Dr. Love, you made me look again and the girl in the background on the left is clearly Everett. Can I borrow your Ouija board? I always have a thing or two that I would like to confirm.

Just to clarify....since I made an error and then clarified my statement. ..that bidder wasn't bidding against himself but was raising the prices on multiple auctions that the seller had up. Too coincidental for me to believe that something isn't going on. Makes me a bit nervous as well as I have not encountered that to that extreme. Best to be careful. Take care yourself.

Interesting. A further look has that particular seller using that same bidder raising prices on multiple other auctions. In one example he pushed the item from 15 to 50 dollars with over 10 bids within a matter of minutes. Yikes.

Thought I would join the club...my poor photography skills are showing here with some of the lighting glare.

Often overlooked in the Seven Seas run (because the focus is usually on the Matt Baker covers #4 - #6) are the 'South Sea Girl' Splash pages from # 1 and # 3 SSG splash for # 3 (below) was later on revised (argh!) for reprinting and republished in Vooda where she was 'covered up' due to the comics code.

You guys are indeed impressive so I will give this a try. I friend of mine got this at SDCC back in '96 and gifted me with it (he knew I liked the character and OA in general). He didn't get the artists name and I didn't follow up...a gift is a gift. So who knows...maybe one of you might know who the artist is.

I agree that it is a good idea and the artist editions are fun to have signed and totally worth the trouble of carrying around something that big. Below is a pic of one of my personal favorite artist editions that I had signed. The quick backstory on this one is every year for SDCC my wife would make tamales for all of my friends.

Hela

While Jack's artwork often seemed to be drawn as if it were 3D; Stereon, Master of Time and Space "Battle for a Three Dimensional World" was designed as a poster for the 3D market. This (as many of you already know) was a cause for some angst and misunderstanding between Jack and Johnny Carson when the glasses claimed that Jack was 'The King of Comics'...a misunderstanding that was rectified later (He really was and still is 'The King'). Attached is the outside art and the interior inside art. This copy is also signed personally by Jack. I also attached a preliminary of the Stereon artwork which is pure Kirby pencils.

Early Jack Kirby portfolio entitled: Jack Kirby's Gods...with the (well loved) sleeve. These four 'plates' (also well loved) have actual Kirby signatures on them as well. Yes, those images with the pin holes, actually hung from the wall at one time.

In 1971 3rd Eye published several Marvel image posters and puzzles that are for black light (or just to display without the black light). Many of them feature Jack Kirby artwork. This is my personal favorite.

I agree with that. It doesn't look like 'excessively late' Kirby to me at all. It's as good an 80's Kirby pencil piece as I have seen and I have a few 80's Kirby pencil pieces that I absolutely treasure.

Picked this up yesterday at the Southern California Comic Show. From Speed Comics # 37 May 1945. Splash page art by Jill Elgin.

I have enjoyed putting a run or two over the years as well. I started at some point of time in wanting to put together all of the GGA Fox books (I love Jack Kamen and Matt Baker artwork). I finally completed the run(s) by finding a decent copy of the hard to get All Top 16 (the rarest of the run in my opinion...and yes I had a celebratory shot of tequila after I had it in my hands). You might think it was easy to put together these short runs...but not really. Phantom Lady 13 - 23 (I guess a true completionist would go for the Ajax issues, but though rare, the art is a bit off for me). Blue Beetle 47 - 57 (the 47 is really hard to find in a decent grade) Those Jack Kamen covers (the early ones) and then the Kamen interiors are incredible! Jo Jo Comics 7 - 25 All Top 8 - 18 Zoot 7 - 16 Rulah 17 - 27 Dagar (Desert Fox) 14 - 23 All Great 13 (first appearance of Dagar) Zago 1 - 4 Tegra 1 Zegra 2 - 5 Seven Seas 1 - 6 (okay...not a Fox book, but great books. A lot of the focus on these is issues 4 - 6 (rightfully so) which have the Baker covers...but # 1 and # 3 which are more common have incredible Baker interiors including great Alani splash pages by Baker.

Maggie (from 'Love and Rockets')...thank you Jaime Hernandez Calvin (Calvin and Hobbes) Betty Cooper (the girl next door in Archie Comics as rendered by Dan Decarlo) Wonder Woman (I like the H.G. Peters version, but I also like most of the other versions of her as well) Donald Duck (as rendered by Carl Barks and Don Rosa) Honorable mention (Hey!...Ken had one) Starfire (from the Teen Titans as rendered by George Perez and Written by Marv)

I don't believe that it is a worm...more likely termite (after all, paper is wood pulp). I have seen this exact type of 'holes' in hardwood and trees from termite (lots of that in So Cal). I agree with the 1.8. That is a very cool book btw.

Trina Robbins and Catherine Yronwode wrote the book "Women and the Comics" in 1985 in answer to Maurice Horn's book "Women in the Comics" (1977) which 'disappointed' Cat as stated in her introduction to their book. Cat and Trina dedicated their book to Ruth Roche (a great comic book and comic strip writer). Of course Trina Robbins is a comic legend and one of the most pleasant people that you could ever hope to meet. No thread on Women's appreciation in comics would be complete without them.

A lot of discussion which PL cover is the best but this is my favorite which makes it 'my' best (at least today). The BB is my 'runner up' (I love Jack Kamen art).

Hard acts to follow, but I began this new year with a classic Warren Kremer classic Little Lotta cover from 1957. Tough to find with all of the stats intact.

Not rare...but in 1990 / 1991 Kitchen Sink produced the Batman 1943 - 1946 Sundays and Dailies (reprints of the classic Batman newspaper strips). While the regular editions were (and still are) common and affordable; KS also produced them in a signature edition of 500 (with tipped in plates). Hard to believe that this was 30 years ago.

Those of you who have spreadsheets and the like are doing better than I. I have about 90% of my OA on spreadsheets however I get a little lazy about updating it. The smart play for those that want our heirs to benefit from our collection should make sure that we have all of our instructions in place (as some of you already do). Best not to leave any 'hanging chads'. Just finishing my 3rd year of retirement, I don't seem to be slowing down collecting OA or those random comics that still appeal to me. I had convinced my significant other that the OA that I have been buying for the last 20 years, was to help during retirement but I haven't sold a thing and don't plan on selling anything in any near future (it's good that I don't have to either). My oldest daughter is the executor of my living trust and she will have all of my instructions for the expensive OA and the more expensive comics. Like many of you, my grown adult children have no interest in what I have collected. My son told me a number of years ago "Dad, get rid of this .... before you die". I may or may not, but I don't foresee any problem getting 'rid of' the better stuff. What gives me some minor angst is the hundreds of comic related hardcovers (archives, omnibuses, artist editions, etc.) that I have accrued over the years and adorn the multiple bookcases that house them in my personal library. When San Diego Comic Con asked for suggestions for the 'now in progress' museum, I suggested a library. I would love to donate all of my 'cared for' books to the museum for those who would still love to turn a page and read a comic that way. I don't think that the museum will have a library though... I may look for another place to make that donation.

Agreed. In my opinion, this is a direct reflection of the 'Marvel Method' being performed first by Ditko and then by Romita. The common denominator was Lee. I have a nostalgic fondness for the Romita Spider-Man because I grew up with that but early on having a chance to get the Ditko Spidey's from Marvel Tales, I devoured those stories and read and re-read them until they fell apart (or almost) in my hands. About a year ago, I re-read ASM starting from AF # 15 thru the 80 numbers. Outside of some truly stand-out issues and story arcs (#38 - 39 Green Goblin) (# 47 - 49 Kraven / New Vulture) (#50 - 52 Kingpin) the Romita era became that 'soap opera' you mention. You can read through those later issues within minutes of starting while the Ditko issues were 'story strong'.

Published Casper & Hot Stuff # 1 Cover by Mike Wolfer