Surfing Alien

Friday Fun is a few more pretty Ace's I picked up recently. My favorite might be this minty copy of "Backwater Woman" inscribed by the author. Hillbilly fiction is wild, just read that back cover I suspect there aren't too many inscribed copies out there. Art looks like Nappi or Barton but not sure One of the toughest things about collecting Ace doubles if you're condition conscious is that both covers have to be real nice, unlike single pbs where you naturally give the back cover some slack cause it doesn't face forward and there's (usually) not art. Eric recently posted this Zola. I got a copy in with both sides pretty nice. A sweet looking book Love the Marchetti bondage art on this single. You don't want a copy of this Marchetti did this killer noir cover as well Great Whittington yarn on this side makes a great Double This Bloch double is signed on both sides There's just something about a square glossy Ace

All of Lynn's checklists and bios are awesome. Well researched to the source wherever he can. Just a wealth and a great asset to the pb community. His Rader and Ziel checklists are primo. I literally shed a few tears reading his Ziel bio the first time through.

Be careful with that Copeland guy, he's addictive

Okay, I'm going to close it for tonight and give the foggy head some rest. I really appreciate the takes and likes. This is my first cold/flu in a couple years and it bites But I think I'm on the back end of it and have some real killer material to post up over the weekend. Pretty things and things rarely seen

The Vault Of Horror Ballantine U2107 1st Print August 1965 $40 Another classic Ballantine EC collection. Fine Plus. Square tight and glossy copy with a few crease/bends on the back cover. Great colors. Light edgewear, mostly to the corners and page toning.

Okay, I have enough energy for a couple more... Tales of the Incredible Ballantine U2140 2nd Print April 1965 $40 SOLD to N e r v More EC comic goodness. Great alien world cover. Fine Plus/VF minus. Strong color and gloss. Slight lean, some light spine and edgewear, a few light bends. Pretty copy overall.

The Autumn People by Ray Bradbury Ballantine U2141 1st Print 1965 $25 SOLD to N e r v One of Frazetta's best PB covers and a great collection of Bradbury EC comic book stories. VG/VG+ Square, tight and glossy, has one long crease on front cover, a few smaller creases and spine/edge wear. Store sticker inside front cover. Pages toning. That said, still a presentable copy and one that can be read

Conan The Barbarian The Official Movie Adaptation Marvel Illustrated Books 02631 1st Edition 1982 $25 SOLD to goldust40 Near perfect copy. Earl Norem cover, Buscema interiors. Very Fine Square and super glossy, no reader crease or otherwise, tiny edgewear to lower right corner.

Batman vs. The Joker Signet D2969 Book No. 3 in the 1966 Series Stated 1st Printing May 1966 $50 SOLD to mstrange Killer Joker cover - real tough with the pink cover - the edges chip very easily. Tough to grade. Appears unread, spine is square and unbroken. Has some finger bends to the covers, light edgewear. Pages are off white, inside covers are only lightly toned. Much better than usual copy.

Great take, I've sold a couple but not like this one. Tough to decide between this and my keeper

Batman - The Best of the Original Batman Signet D2939 Book No. 1 in the 1966 Series Stated 1st Printing March 1966 $75 SOLD to goldust40 A spectacular copy. Never see it like this Very Fine minus/Very Fine. Square glossy and unread. A hairline to the spine edge, no creases or bends to the cover, almost no wear to the edges. Pages are off white, inside covers are lightly toned.

Blade Runner, Marvel Illustrated Books 02839 1st Edition 1982 $40 SOLD to mstrange Steranko cover, Williamson and others, interiors. Adapted from the Philip K. MR. novel. Very Fine minus - Square and glossy, no reader crease, little crease to corners, tiny edgewear. Nice copy overall.

The X-Men Featuring Giant Size X-Men #1 Marvel Illustrated Books 02835 1st Edition 1982 $25 SOLD to goldust40 Dave Cockrum cover, Cockrum/Wein interiors. Very Fine minus/Very Fine Square and glossy, light crease/dimple to lower spine edge, small bend to lower right corner, pressure line on back. Name and date in pencil inside.

Spider-Man 2 with Thor, Havok and The Man-Thing Marvel Illustrated Books 02858 1st Edition 1982 $25 SOLD to goldust40 Bob Larkin cover, John Byrne/Bob Wiacek interiors. Very Fine Square and glossy, great whites. Minimal wear. Name and date in pencil inside.

The Fantastic Four Featuring The Silver Surfer Marvel Illustrated Books 02838 1st Edition 1982 $18 SOLD to goldust40 Bob Larkin cover, Jack Kirby/Joe Sinnott interiors. Fine Plus - Square and glossy, reader crease, tiny edgewear. Name and date in pencil inside.

The Avengers - The Origin of The Vision Marvel Illustrated Books 02822 1st Edition 1982 $20 SOLD to goldust40 Earl Norem cover, John Buscema/George Klein interiors. Fine Plus/Very Fine minus - Square and glossy, light spider crease near lower spine, corner blunt, tiny edgewear. Name and date in pencil inside.

Captain America Battles Baron Blood Marvel Illustrated Books 02883 1st Edition 1982 $25 SOLD to mstrange Bob Larkin cover, John Byrne/Joe Rubinstein interiors. Very Fine minus - Square and glossy, has a hairline reader crease, tiny edgewear. Name and date in pencil inside.

Star Wars 2 World of Fire Marvel Illustrated Books 02849 1st Edition 1982 $25 SOLD to goldust40 Earl Norem cover, Carmine Infantino/Gene Day interiors Very Fine/Very Fine plus Square and glossy, almost no wear at all. Toning to interior cover is about it. Gorgeous.

Daredevil Marvel Illustrated Books 02041 1st Edition 1982 $25 SOLD to goldust40 Bob Larkin cover, Wally Wood interiors. Very Fine Square and glossy, small bend to lower right corner, tiny edgewear. Name and date in pencil inside. Real nice copy

The Incredible Hulk Marvel Illustrated Books 02832 1st Edition 1982 $25 SOLD to goldust40 Harlan Ellison story, Bob Larkin cover, Buscema/Mooney interiors. Very Fine minus - Square and glossy, has a hairline reader crease, tiny edgewear. Name and date in pencil inside. A very nice copy. There seems to be a bunch of Marvel Illustrateds hit the market in the last few months with a lot of storage wear, bent corners etc. NOT one of those

Tomorrow Midnight by Ray Bradbury Ballantine U2142 1st Print 1965 $50 SOLD to goldust40 Premium copy of a Frazetta cover classic with eight comic book stories by Bradbury VF/VF plus Gorgeous square glossy copy with very little wear. Tiny bindery chips to spine ends. Great pages.

Think I'm feeling good enough to list a few books this evening. Have a stack of comic related pbs that might be of interest. No marathon session but I'll try to list maybe a dozen or so books.

Agree here - his paint was so much heavier in those westerns, great, but totally different - he was so good, he could paint in a variety of styles and as the work changed he could with it. That loose style, used by many artists, evolved heavily in the mid to late 50's and I think most artists were directed to paint that way because it was "in" so it can really be hard to tell who did unsigned work. Here's a few cool ones I posted a while back

I agree that, especially her cheeks and jaw look a little harder than Darcy's soft, elegant lines (could be from the beatings she got on Sin Street ) Bt seriously, as my pal Ruben DaCollector always reminds me, these guys were working under deadlines for small pay and the quality of their work varied widely depending on how much time they had to work on them (or how much the art director overpainted their work to please the publisher) Still this is an uncredited painting for sure - but in a similar somewhat loose brush technique (that I think they pretty much all got from Barye Phillips, the master of making incredible outlines out of a few squiggly lines)