Tri-Color Brian

Wait a darn minute here...that Green Lantern 38 looks familiar. Were you selling books at Terry's show last year and I bought a low grade Baker book from you? The guy I bought it from had one of those GLs and said "This one is for ME".

The G.I. Combat has a little dark stuff on the cover (printing ink error?), a few stress lines along the spine and needs a press (it's a little wavy). What should I call the grade?

 

I also got this at the same time (I know, not a war book) for $35 (has a faint sub-crease). Pretty colors...

 

 

Yes...

 

A little disorganized, don't you think?

Thanks. got a question for all you DC war guys...what's with all the dinosaur covers?

 

During WWII and the Korean War, certain factions of the opposing sides used dinosaurs in battle as a secret weapon. (As a side benefit, the dinosaurs could thus be kept quite well-fed without too much trouble).

 

DC commemorated these epic battles in one of the DC War titles, Star Spangled War Stories. But they did so in a small-ish run within just this one title so as to still keep the secret relatively hush-hush.

 

 

So, what yer sayin' is ya really don't know...

Thanks. got a question for all you DC war guys...what's with all the dinosaur covers?

Oh...OK, here's your Bang Zoom thread (all 1700 pgs...have a blast).

 

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1628473#Post1628473

I don't want to detract from the spirit here, but what the heck does WTTB mean? We need a frickin' glossary of abbreviations...

Picked this up yesterday. Light sub-crease, but really nice colors...

 

I tried 10 years ago but he had died, and his son wouldn't part with the truck. Well, you live and learn...but I'm very happy with the comics and the magazines...I like old magazines, especially Rockwell Posts...

 

I have several other old magazines I've gotten for next to nothing along the way, including the Life issue pictured inside Mad #11.

I just bought the first war comic I've gotten in a long time yesterday. It was $15. Did I do good?

 

Brian Now that's what I'm talking about. A Tec 39??? Wow. Probably shouldda bought that Coke truck instead of the Posts... I love those stories. Come on people, "bring out yer dead"

 

It was in rough shape, but so was the Tec-covers severed, pieces missing, etc., etc....I had it restored. The comic cost X dollars and the restoration was many times X dollars...Here it is now...Oooh...kinda nice...:

 

 

I think the Coke truck was this one...but missing a couple bottles and in need of paint...he wanted $20...I probably should have bought it, but i got a lot of Rockwell Posts and Leyendeckers for $1 each...

 

 

The old man was funny...he would tell me dirty jokes for an hour...

 

 

Wow...I didn't know they had dump trucks in the 1820s...but I'm sure that was just a typo...1920s dump truck...Nice!

 

I've told this before, but one day in 1994 I was driving down a street in the older part of Santa Maria, CA and asked an old man watering his lawn if he saved any old comics. He said he thought he did, and the next day he called me and I bought 4 comics from him. It was all he had. Two Popular's from 1937, 1 Famous Funnies from 1938, and a Detective 39 (Peter will remember that one, he wanted to buy it from me last year). He also had a two foot high stack of old Posts from the 30s, 40s and 50s. AND, a real old Coke truck. It was metal and pretty beat up. I didn't buy it, but I bought all the Posts...

Felix is one a dem instatushin's in L.A. Every lowrider gets his Chevy at Felix...Awright...let's not hijack dis guys thread too much...we wants ta see da funny books and junk...

 

That's nice. Back in the mid-90s Vincent Zurzolololo (rhymes with Tro-lolo) had a bunch of those (a small pile) at the San Diego Comicon. I picked up one of them, but i don't think it's as nice as yours...

Here ya go Jimmers...Felix stuff...from L.A. even...

 

 

 

I was Banned from Collector's Books twice...something about wasting their time... I walked into their Hollywood blvd store 10 years later and Leonard still remembered me. He said, "Didn't we ban you?" It's nice to be remembered.

 

As long as were reminiscing...what was the guy's name that ran Bond St. Books, and then another bookstore that sold comics in Burbank in the 90s? I saw him in 94 and he remembered me too. He was always sarcastic...but funny.

Where do you live Jack? I'd love to come by and rob visit with you and steal look at your books...

This one is evidently tough in high grade (I know...I posted this before)...gotta love the 70s and the abundance of available comics therein...

 

Give him a day or maybe two

 

Yeah, well...my birthday is coming up, but your Punch 12 would sure look nice in my collection too...

Brian he just came on the boards don't attack him yet

 

Oh...OK...I edited my reply a little...

JoJo... Welcome to the boards. The Superman 23 and 17 in my Sig Line below came from Cherokee in 1966. Nice to have another old-timer on here. See you at Terry's show on the 25th...Bring the JoJo...

I had a copy in the 90s (back before the Internet and all the info we now have). I didn't really like the cover...so I sold it to some nice person from the CBG. He seemed to really want it... I think I charged him $35...

I think Jimbo is confused...