Randall Dowling

Eerie 41, VF 8.0, Classic Sanjulian cover and one of my favorites of all the Warren covers.  Nice solid copy with a little bit of distributor overspray on the back cover.  $35  Sold to Arkham Castle

Eerie 54, VF+ 8.5, Another very cool Sanjulian cover with a tough black border.  These issues in the 50s are a lull in the run for availability (perhaps due to poor sales) and are exceptionally tough in high grade due to the black covers.  This copy comes from the "Plus Tax" collection (although it doesn't have the stamp) that I purchased years ago, all of which were very clean and fresh.  $50  Sold to JustJimN

Eerie 55, VF+ 8.5, Another tough black cover, very difficult in high grade.  This copy comes from another collection that was very pretty, of which I only snagged a few dozen issues.  My personal copy is only slightly better than this.  Who doesn't love Ken Kelly for the cover art?  $50  Sold to JustJimN

I'm going to list a few books that didn't sell before with substantial discounts.  I need to get caught up on a few things so my loss is your gain.

On 1/31/2023 at 4:58 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Mail call today contained the second Cardwell Higgins covered True Crime Mag I found. Amazing Detective Cases, November 1942. I could just stare at this cover all day. It has everything -  great composition, bright colors, bondage, nylons & headlights. I guess the only thing lacking might be a devil or a gorilla but seriously, this is the goods.

 

That's a great book, SA! 

On 1/25/2023 at 10:23 AM, comix4fun said:

For my nostalgia-driven-dollars....I'll take Trampier, Otus, Easley, Willingham, Roslof and Dee all day long. 

Jeff Dee's work is my favorite of the bunch.  The linework was just more refined, reminded me of Neal Adams and John Byrne in comics at the time.  The story about what happened to all his original art drives me crazy.  Kind of wish I'd participated in his recreations on kickstarter a few years back. 

The trouble for me was that his recreations had lost something from the originals.  As an artist, I've experienced the same phenomena.  It's ridiculously difficult to draw something exactly the same way twice, even if it's minutes apart, let alone years.  It changes each time you draw it- usually, not for the better.  There's often something special that the original idea had that is lost in successive iterations.

Some great magazines in this thread and @lizards2 is one of the best on the boards.

On 1/25/2023 at 11:14 PM, OtherEric said:

Only one paperback in today... but it is, if not a huge pickup, at least a fairly big one. 

Awesome book with a classic cover.  Great pickup, OE!!  

On 1/19/2023 at 8:10 AM, dover said:

From Andrews - GA Collectibles sales thread.

 

Nice bunch of books!  This is one of my absolute favorite covers of all comic mags.  And a great copy as well! 

On 1/18/2023 at 2:21 PM, wombat said:

So really nice magazines. I highly recommend @jimjum12. 

Yep, Jimbo is one of the board's best and there's some great stuff in that thread.  Buy with confidence. 

On 1/18/2023 at 6:15 PM, szav said:

Looks amazing… and it better be if Bethesda wants me to ever forgive them for still not giving us a follow up to Skyrim.

I completely agree.  They say they're going to go full steam on the next Elder Scrolls after this release but 11 years is a very long time between games.

On 1/14/2023 at 11:24 PM, jimjum12 said:

This is a very tough book in this condition.  And a great price as well.

On 1/15/2023 at 2:14 PM, batmiesta said:

Yeah! But imagine being the poor schmuck who paid $37k for it.

I'm guessing the underbidder feels pretty good right now.

On 1/15/2023 at 5:58 PM, Ken Aldred said:

I'm ready to wait a while as I only have a PS5.

Can't see it remaining Xbox exclusive forever.

Hope not.

I'll have to buy a new console as I haven't bought one since the Xbox 360! 

On 1/11/2023 at 12:12 PM, Surfing Alien said:

In penance for my shame in not posting any Vampi's since August  I just rewound the thread and hit the button on all of your excellent pickups.

I've spent a lot of dough since then on portions of a high grade vintage paperback collection the likes of which I might not see again so had to put the mags on the back burner but just got in a nice group of 30 or so Vampi's that were quite undergraded and filled in a bunch of holes in the #60-80's slots.   I'm only missing 15 of the first 80 now and a couple of dozen for the run.

 

 

 

Nice work, SA!  You've put together a very nice collection of those books in a relatively short period of time.  

When Starfield comes out, it's going to cause a sizable drop in global productivity for days if not weeks.  Brace yourselves.  

On 1/7/2023 at 2:33 PM, Pulpvault said:

Adventure House is great, as is Heartwood Books.  And of course, conventions like Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention and PulpFest.

By far, my favorite convention.  Highly recommended! 

On 1/7/2023 at 1:51 PM, Kramerica said:

That does. Once again you've come through with super helpful info. Thanks!

Glad to help.  Incidentally, the MA mags are where a lot of artists landed because they were more steady work and paid better than comics.  I'm sure you noticed the name on the Escape to Adventure.  He did a lot of work for those magazines.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syd_Shores

The most valuable of the bunch is probably the Wildcat.  While some of the MAM mags are particularly scarce, I've never seen one (even very high grade books) sell for more than $1k.  While I don't recall seeing that Escape to Adventure for sale before, the Wildcat comes up fairly often and is usually in the $100-$300 range at auction.  The 1969 issue of Male is common and usually sells for $20-$50.

Hope that helps.  

On 12/29/2022 at 11:58 AM, MrBedrock said:

There aren't many books that I covet ... this is one.

Is that the first appearance of Thor??    

On 12/29/2022 at 11:21 AM, lou_fine said:

Of course, apparently most people then referred to it as the Overprice Guide since the feeling was that nobody in their right mind would ever pay that kind of price for an old used comic book.    

We always called it "The Overpriced Street Guide" growing up.  Which was cute for a little while but by the 80s, had lost it's novelty as comics were going for more and more money.  It also had become an invaluable reference both for the color picture section but also for the dealer listings and notes for significant books.  We would take car trips across the US in the summers and if we were lucky, we managed to talk our parents into letting us visit the LCS when we were close by.  

Without Overstreet, that would have been nearly impossible.

Let's do 10% off what is left in this thread.  I'm open to reasonable package offers.  

On 12/27/2022 at 12:40 PM, Jack Linguini said:

Peril 6/61, F/VF- 7.0-7.5
Man's Adventure 5/62, VG/F 5.0
Man's Epic May 1967, VG/F 5.0
All Man September 1961, VG/F 5.0
Action for Men September 1964, F/VF 7.0

Take per PM

A man with excellent taste!  They're yours, sir!