Tri-Color Brian

Not sure if these are scarce or not, but I liked the covers, condition and low prices, so I grabbed them off the Bay recently. I couldn't find any major dealers that had them in stock. Are they scarce?

Which one?

In case you didn't see my edit...

I think MM said he was only keeping a list of the "camp" books...

wow, I feel like a real Okajima person now...I wonder what that's worth?

The list I posted is yours, but I've updated it a little. Just copy mine and add more books if you haven't already noted the ones I added.

I think MM said he was only keeping a list of the "camp" books...

Moving on from romance books (yuk)...

Who's Baker?

I would say it is, since his signature is on the cover. Of course, it might have been Kirby playing a joke...

You should crack that book out Sqeggs, so the butterflies can fly away...

tricolor - stunning LB books you have! (thumbs u

Thanks. It was an intense focus for a number of years in the 90s.

This was my first LB Cole book I ever bought:

I was going to congratulate on you on finding a nice copy of that Love book, but then I saw the My comic shop logo... That's a tough book to find...I tried for 20 years and finally gave up... Maybe I just didn't look hard enough...

I pulled both my Okajima books. The rulah has a date stamp on the upper margin of the back cover. It says "November 20 1948". I bought it from Ron Murray in Aug 1998. He graded it Fine.

I have a habit of putting a piece of magic tape on the back of all my mylars and comic bags and I write the date of purchase, place of purchase, grade and cost of the book on the tape. The All-New 11 says "8/98, Heroes (fresno), Okajima, G, and the price $30. I think since I got both books the same month and both from Fresno area people who both said they were Okajimas, that it's probably a sure bet that the All New is an Okajima, albeit one of the worst examples...

And while you were doing your job, I added two more books to the list...

Well, you're on the list anyway...now go look thru pgs. 14-25 and find some books that aren't on the list. Geez...do something useful around here...

OK, I found the last updated list in the thread and updated it a little more. Feel free to add to it from the scans that have been posted in the thread. I didn't check them all.

Confirmed Okajima Books

Air Fighters Comics v2n7 Date 2/44

Big Shot Comics 82 Date 10/47

Black Terror 6 Date 5/44

Blazing West 11 "in Alan's possession"

Boy Comics #16 Date 6/44

Blue Beetle 56 Date 5/48

Captain Aero 15 Date 6/44

Captain America 39 Date 6/44

Captain America 40 Date 7/44

Captain America 41 Date 8/44

Captain Marvel jr 19 Date 5/44

Captain Marvel jr 20 Date 6/44

Captain Marvel jr 23 Not CGC but is Okajima

Captain Midnight 21 Date 6/44

Captain Midnight 22 Date 6/44 "in Alans possession"

Contact Comics 12 Date 7/46

Exciting Comics 65 Date 1/49

Fight Comics 33 Date 8/44

Fight Comics 50 Date 6/47

Fight Comics 52 Date 10/47

Fight Comics 65 Date 10/49

Fight Comics 66 Date 1/50

Fighting yank 8 Date 6/44

Fighting Yank 23 "not CGC"

Flash Comics 54 Date 6/44

Green lantern 15 Date spring 45

Hooded Horseman 21 "in Alan's possession"

Human Torch 14 Raw

Human Torch 15 Sp ’44 CGC

Indians 9 Not CGC but is Okajima

Indians 11 CGC

Jumbo 104 Date 10/47

Jumbo 105 "not CGC"

Jumbo 123 "in Alan's possession"

Jumbo 157 Date 3/53

Jungle 54 Date 6/44

Jungle 100 Date 4//48

Jungle 105 Date 9/48

Jungle 106 Date 10/48

Jungle 107 Date 11/48

Jungle 110 Date 2/49

Jungle 113 "not CGC"

Jungle 119 Date 11/49

Jungle 131 Date 10/50

Jungle 136 "Not CGC"

Jungle 154 Date 10/52

Marvel Family 35 Date 5/49

Marvel Mystery 55 Date 5/44

Marvel Mystery 57 Date 7/44

Master Comics 51 "not CGC but is an Okajima"

Master Comics 82

Master Comics 83 Date 9/47

Master Comics 85 Date 11/47

Military Comics 31 Date 8/44

More Fun 98 "not CGC but is an Okajima"

Movie Comics 1 "not cgc and I don't see a code"

Mystery Comics 2 Date 1944

Mystery Comics 4 Date 1944

Mystery in space 8 "not CGC "

Police 31 Date 6/44

Rangers Comics 18 Date 8/44

Rangers Comics 39 Date 2/48

Rangers Comics 43.jpg "not CGC"

Ranger Comics 44 Date CGC 9.0 11/48

Red Dragon 7 Date 7/43 "earliest camp Okajima?"

Rulah 22

Sensation Comics 35 Date 11/44

Sensation Mystery 111

Shadow Comics v4n3 Date 6/44

Shadow Comics v4 #9 Date 12/44 CGC

Shadow Comics v9n4 Date 7/49

Space Squadron 5 Date 2/52

Sparkling Stars 30 "in Alan's possession"

Startling Comics 24 Date 11/43

Startling Comics 28 Date 7/44

Startling Comics 46 Date 7/47

Startling Comics 51 Date 5/48

Strange Worlds 5 Date 11/51

Sub-Mariner 32 Date 6/49

Super Magician Comics v3n1 5/44

Super Magician Comics v3n11 Date 3/45

Tarzan 2 Date 4/48

Thrilling Comics 42 "in Alan's possession"

Thrilling Comics 68 Date 10/48

Thun'da Comics 70 Date 1952

Tomahawk 3 Date 2/51

Tomahawk 7 Date 10/51

Venus 5 Date 6/49

Venus 9 Date 5/50

Western Comics 14 Raw

Whiz Comics 56 "in Alan's possession"

Whiz Comics 58

Whiz Comics 81 "in Alan's possession"

Wings 87 Date 11/47

Wings 98 Date 10/48

Wings 111 Date 1950

Wings 115 Date 1950

Wonder Comics 13 Date 8/47

Wow Comics 34 Date 3/45

Zegra Jungle Empress 3 Date 12/48

Zip 46 Date 5/44

Zoot 12 Date 1/48

Below is the probable Okajimas "but not confirmed" books. "either we do not have a scan of the book or have been unable to verify 100% the book. these books are still more than likely true Okajima's"

Probable Okajima Books

Candy 10 "on Alan's Master list"

Candy 17 "on Alan's Master list"

Candy 35 "on Alan's Master list"

Jungle 113 Raw "on Alan's Master list"

Kaanga Comics 5 CGC 6.0 "on Alan's Master list"

Jumbo Comics 136 136 CGC 7.5 "on Alan's Master list"

Jungle Comics 140 CGC 6.5 "on Alan's Master list"

Mary Marvel 5 "not on Alan's List"

National Comics 45 "on Alan's Master list"

National Comics 46 "on Alan's Master list"

Nyoka, The Jungle Girl #14 (CGC 9.4) "on Alan's Master list"

Nyoka, The Jungle Girl #18 (CGC 9.0) "on Alan's Master list"

Nyoka, The Jungle Girl #26 (CGC 9.0) on Alan's Master list"

Teen Comics 35 Raw "on Alan's Master list"

Thrilling 61 CGC 9.2 Okajima "on Alan's Master list"

Thrilling 63 "on Alan's Master list"

Thrilling 66 "on Alan's Master list"

Wow Comics #32 CGC 8.0 "on Alan's Master list"

Possible Okajima's

Air Fighter Comics V2N9 "not on Alan's List"

All new comics 11 raw "not on Alan's List"

Captain Marvel Adventures 36 CGC 6.0 "not on Alan's List"

Jo-Jo (8)(9) CGC'ed but not labled as Okajima CGC 9.2 "not on Alan's List"

Mystery Comics 1 CGC 9.0 "not on Alan's List"

Shadow Comics v4n9 CGC 7.0 "not on Alan's List"

Star Spangled Comics 33 CGC 7.0 "not on Alan's List"

Thrilling 60 "not on Alan's List"

Venus 15 Raw "not on Alan's List"

Wings Comics 100 CGC 9.2 "not on Alan's List"

Wings Comics 105 "not on Alan's List"

Wow Comics #29 CGC 6.0 "not on Alan's List"

I thought someone was maintaining an updated list in this thread...if not, I have no idea who to pass the info on to...

I'll dig it out today and look at the back cover. Also the All-New...that's the 3rd time I've posted that book in this thread... Update the list already...

I posted it a couple pages back when I resurrected this thread, but everyone seemed to miss it...here it is again:

Hmmm....I have that too:

I'll check, but my Rulah 22 isn't on your list either...and it's definitely an Okajima...and I bought it from Ron Murray, who I don't think made a list. He bought a lot of the books and sold them at shows. He might have even bought the low grade All-New 11.

No, not making it up. I bought it from Dave at Heroes Comics in Fresno and he said it was from "that Okajima group". I didn't know what he was talking about (I was kinda out of the loop), so I asked him what the group was. He explained the find briefly, but didn't mention the camp or anything, just that the books were owned by a Japanese lady. I can think of many books in better condition that i could pass off as Okajimas if I wanted to be a scumbag...

As the owner of only 2 Okajima books I'm not really an Okajima groupie...and one of the books is questionable...so I want to show a scan of it and see if anyone can tell me how I can prove this is a real Okajima. It was sold to me as an Okajima (abeit very cheap) from a comic shop in Fresno. It has no markings, however it is strange that the shop (not known for it's GA books) would have a book from this era at the same time as the Okajima purchases...any thoughts? I guess i should go look at the back cover too...

Looks like I killed another good thread...YAY! Oh dang.I just bumped it...

The pic of this book got removed for some reason, so I'm not sure if it made the list or not. Here it is again. Bought from Ron Murray...Rulah 22

Tank yew veddy much...

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