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Unless it’s just a major coincidence that two scammers cross paths inadvertently…

But the book is being offered raw currently, so it’s quite likely it was cracked out of the 7.5 blue holder and manipulated.

That’s a pretty apropos analogy: they do remind me somewhat of single panel gags like Marmaduke or The Far Side.

This is spot on. Eventually, it’s just a matter of demographics.

One would hope!

BCW did that with their golden age bags. The new bags are 7 and 5/8 inches instead of 7 and 3/4 inches and will not accommodate a simple 1950s Dell comic with the combo (7 and 1/2 inch backing boards). This is just further confirmation that these companies don’t have collectors making these decisions.

That, and the location of a few spine ticks.

Oh, this is just horrible news. I will miss dearly chatting with Roger yearly at the Windy City show. He was the nicest guy you could imagine, and a wealth of information about comics and fandom. At some of the dinners and get-togethers, he would bring out fantastic pieces of original art during the show-and-tells that seem always to follow. It was just amazing to watch and listen as various people pulled fantastic pieces out of their portfolios and Roger and George Heganauer would be calling out obscure Iger shop pencillers and inkers from across the table before the art even cleared the folders. I’ll forever cherish the memories as well as some of the artifacts I bought from him over the years, such as an otherwise non-descript issue of Bats 3 with the alien-landing cover, which I believe is the last comic I bought from him. Rest in peace, friend.

That Thumper is an insane deal for $10!!

Wow, how awesome is that Pocket Books rack??

One of the things that hurts Graphic in my opinion is the horrible practice of numbering reissues or subsequent printings as a new number. I mean, how many numbers of Tough Cop alone are there?? That, and the lack of a number one to kick off the run…

I’ve peeked in several times over the course of the thread. Tempting as some of these cool items are, I’ve been buying much less these days as I already have too much stuff.There’s definitely a lot of history with some of these premiums though.

Now you need the paperback...

They’re sensibly-priced at least, if you took the plunge. Both the Untamed Darling and Dangerous Love have Peter Driben covers (he did numerous covers for the Harrison mags like Wink, Titter, Eyeful and Beauty Parade) and I’ll Kill You Next has a nice McGuire cover. You can’t go wrong with those!

I’ve never seen one, and I’ve dabbled in coin-operated machines for many years. I would guess a few exist, however, just based on the law of averages. I have cigarette and candy vending machines from this era - and roughly that size - as well as many countertop vendors for things like postage stamps, aspirin, and ballpoint pens.

Do it! It’s a very cool run. Lots of great art by Gulacy, Zeck and Day in those mid to late issues, and consistently good writing.

How predictable and mundane that people moving from comics into pulps are going to chase skulls.

Top row: best cover - Shield 7; best story - FF 51. Bottom row: best cover (tough) JIM 89; best story - Action 300.

Who is that on your profile pic?

It’s rare and esoteric, but that sort of price defies my logic.

He was smart to cash in. The bubble the Promise collection was auctioned off in has moved into pulps. It won’t last.

These are great presenters for the grades assigned!

With all the new interest in pulps, I started to convince myself I’d find less and less, and while that may prove true in the long run, I was happy to find these reasonably priced at an antique mall in Ohio. The romance pulps are from the mid to late-50s, and I’ve seen many more from the 30s and 40s over the years leading me to believe the print runs were but a fraction of decades earlier.

For more common bronze or early copper, I’ll put a book facing cover out on either side of the board, two to a bag. It saves money as well as space and weight in the boxes.

There have been many threads or posts over the years that cite cover price, gimmick covers, constant reboots, gratuitous crossovers, poor storytelling, etc. as as well as the fact that a comic might take under five minutes to read these days versus twenty minutes or more years ago. No one reason can be entirely dismissed as the reason comics seem to be in decline (at least non-manga comics).