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Everything posted by Surfing Alien
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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)
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Yeah, It's not all about GGA As I've expressed before, I don't collect Westerns per se, but man the early Ace westerns are both beautiful and tough to find in any kind of nice shape. With the action packed Saunders (mostly) covers, what's not to love? Showdown at Yellow Butte is also a Louis L'Amour PBO and highly sought after (for a western)