Surfing Alien

Pat, I think you posted this many years ago. I looked very carefully at it back then and slowly realized how important it was, and then found out how tough it is in higher grades. I got a great copy after a few years but hey, what do I know about WWII books without a Good Girl on the cover

I had second thoughts myself later about how you worded that post. Is there such a thing as "finishing" the Heades? Are they even all known?

Captain Blood to Drinker of Blood

One Future History to All Future History

Junkie to Junkies Victor Seach cover art... I have about enough for a short artist bio about him.

Still filling in the Falcons. Colorful lot they are...

It's been pretty clear to me from the first slab to hit the market that, the slabs have a value, a great value maybe, for top line material and very high grade lower value books. This is not a time, though, like free Covid money days, that newbs are rushing into the market, uneducated and willing to throw easy money at the "hot thing" I think many potential pulp buyers right now are collectors who have been around the block and are not gonna open up their wallets to clear money hustle pricing at "everything is 10x what it was last summer" and are bidding accordingly.

One of the great cautionary tales of the last half of the 20th century

Congratulations Those "other British books" can be a challenge lol, there's so many hard boileds, Darcy Glinto etc. etc.

Torment to Torture

Destiny to Destiny

Joy Stories to Wonder Stories

Skid Row to Hobo Jungle

"All The Way" by Mike Avallone. Midwood Books No. 60. PBO 1960. Gorgeous Rader cover art. Signed by Avallone She's got the kind of back that makes a man make sure he checks in at the house before he go out drinking...

Vice Rackets to Vice Rackets

Sins to Sin Pit The most well paced, twisted noir one-shot-wonder ever. And that cover art...

Great cover, close second to Leg Artist

House to Mansion

Hitt to Hitt

Maybe I need to get this slabbed

#2 & 7 both look like the same hand as 12. Harry Schaare signed #8. Leg Artist is Top of the Bill

The numbering is a bit of mystery that will probably never be solved. Here's a few more cool ones. #2 is the first fiction title... #7 is the last Red Circle before it changed to Lion Books... #8 is the first Lion and one of four Lions before they changed the imprint back to Red Circle for #12 & 13 ("Carnival of Love", above is the last Red Circle) With #14, Shirley Jackson's classic horror collection "The Lottery", Goodman changed it back to Lion for the rest of the run. I love my Avons, Pops and Pyramids, but if there's one manageable run I'd try to complete, it would be the Lions. All the great 1st editions of Thompson, Matheson, Bloch etc and great covers by the entirety of Goodmans Mens Adventure Mag artist stable

The Boni's are really pretty Art Deco productions. The early pb history books tried to highlight them but I think they were too conservative looking to catch on with folks who wanted bright colored covers. I had a few but not sure where they are now. I know I didn't sell them.

The giants are beautiful books and often are true 1sts that later appeared as Beacons. Sadly underappreciated. I think the split covers on the doubles are great but Ace probably did better with the dos a dos approach, giving full cover to each painting

I believe it was johnenock wanted garters, you giving him garters