Robot Man

Cool book and pretty hard to find. I'm not a huge fan of Friction House superhero stuff though. Stories are a little weak. I'm much more into the very slightly later GGA bondage ect stuff...

Got a big pile of 'em but you will really have to wave your guide hard and whine loud to get any.

Do you have any Guy Holcombe copies? Nope

Hey Stephen where are all your Caps and Bats?

One more I found in my bucket. Like the Cookvilles and the "Pauls", Eldon is just another well marked collection. Only one I think I have. I don't see too many of them and don't have any huge love. Just like to have an example of all the known pedigrees and well known "collections"

Is that Stephen Fishler?

Love the typo (Wasn't a typo...)

I picked this up at Terry's show a couple of years ago. Was thrilled to find an affordable copy and even more thrilled that the seller had no idea it was a Cookville!

This is a cool book in itself. I didn't realize until years later that it had the SN erased by a later purchaser. You can see the faint S in the R on the title.

OK, I know you want the other stuff but because comics are my first love I gotta put up some more today. Here are 3 "Cookvilles". I like this collection. Kind of like "Pauls". Was a large collection and well marked. Not recognized by CGC. I have maybe a dozen or so only. Maybe I like the "Pauls" so much because I was there when it was found and got in to pick up a lot of good ones. I got to see most of them and got the back story first hand from the buyer. I do like "Cookviles" too. I like this one because it is one of only a few that has Leroy Mackie (the original purchaser's name) on it.

Yeah, and where is that money now? Blown long ago on wine, women & song probably...

Yeah, and a Baffaling and looks like a Ghost. But most of them are Bozo the Clown or Henry Aldrich or Beetle Baily. How many people collect those any more and how often to you see copies for sale? So I'd have to wake the guy up to give him my 30 cents for 3 bent up comics.

I've never seen this either. Those doll shows have been lucrative for you! Hey as a married man it was a win win. Made the little woman happy and went home with a score for myself... There's a lot of other ways to get good stuff than just HA auctions... My wife is an antique dealer. Like most antique dealers, she considers my "collectibles" swill. But she often comes home from an estate sale with some pretty cool swill for me. A few months ago I came home to find about 30 nice Friction House comics on the dining room table that she picked up for me cheap. She's a keeper even if she doesn't appreciate the "cool stuff"!

Harry Matesky also comes to mind...

Great photo, thanks for posting it! Look at the books on the rack. Not much I would buy. Seems there were a ton of crappy books published back then. It is no wonder we still see so many of these today. Also books like most of these escaped the burning in the fifties.

I believe this is the first copy I've ever seen. I've got one too... Great to see another copy. In the last 20 years, I can't recall seeing too many of these. Kinda funny. Until recently, I thought this was Shirley Temple on the cover.

And quite the collection to write his name on...

A couple guys come to mind. Gary Coddington had a massive collection of Superman stuff. He actually let me read his Action #1 as well as many other key issues. He died in his early 30's of kidney failure. The other guy that comes to mind is Danny Fuchs from New York. He also had a massive collection of every Superman item you could think of new or old. He is still around I believe but kind of slowed down (probably got everything)!

Great question. It is something I have always been curious about as well, and I feel like I have been collecting for quite a while. Heck, I didn't know there were three planes until Bob's post. I do know there are two different size roll-over tanks. Had a chance to get a small one years ago, and saw a large one in someone's collection. Back in the pre Internet days. I would find a lot of stuff at flea markets, garage sales, toy and comic shows. Although the internet did not exist I got a lot of mail order and auction catalogues. Hakes Americana was a very valuable resource. I also corresponded with a lot of collectors who for the most part were pretty willing to share their knowledge and collections. Ego has always and still does come into play. Collectors like to brag and I would just suck up the info. Early on, everything was unknown and new. A great time to be a collector!

Great Chessler! I have a Canada copy of that with a green background and slightly oversize. I'll try to dig it out and post it when I get the chance.

Wow, thanks Sharon! I'd be happy to wear a wrinkled shirt to see those. I've never seen those two Banners outside of Gerber. The last Super Mystery is also a classic that is on my want list now!

You know, these boards have given me a new appreciation of my collection. I have obviously spent years chasing down this stuff but spent very little time it seems just enjoying what I have. Going through my collection to share it with you has been fun. So busy doing this that I haven't felt the need as strong to aquire more. (Not that that will ever happen), I'm just taking the time to "smell the roses" and re-read a lot of comics and look through stuff I haven't looked at in ages. (Saving some money too). Hopefully, I'm putting a slightly different slant on just collection comic books.

And while I am doing Superman, here is the incredibly rare 1942 Superman sheet music. I was dragged to a doll show with my wife a few years ago. A lady had a pile of sheet music and I was bored so I looked in the pile where I found this. Needless to say, I jumped all over it. I have only seen one other since I got this.

OK, the people have spoken. I guess no more comics just the "other stuff" from now on. How about this cool grouping of Superman tin toys? They were all made by Marx Toys in 1940. This is both of the tin wind-up tanks and two of the 3 Superman wind-up ariplanes. I have the read and blue planes but not the silver one. These are very cool when wound up Supes flys over the plane until it catches up then he does it again until he runs "out of juice"

Aw comon Hap. If you guys keep posting all my favorite books, I won't have anything else to show you guys exept crappy pinbacks and toys...