Robot Man

Very nice one! I still need a copy. Probably better hurry before those get out of hand as well...

That 1927 issue is very cool. I love the alien on it. I have never seen a copy in person. Maybe one of these days...

Love that Bat #40. Still on my want list. I'm sure I'll have to pay more than 10 cents when I find it...

Even nicer! One of the few precode horror books on my want list. This one is so nice it almost looks like a reprint!

Nice! Nice! VERY Nice!

And yes, I do have a ton more lurid crime books in my collection. Anyone want to see more?

I'm sure you have seen both of these a million times but my two favorite covers from this title. I remember the day I got #20. I pulled it out of a box for $2.00 about 35 years ago! It was at the Casual Con in Buena Park. This was the con that Chuck debuted the Church collection. He has written about it. He walked in and was swarmed. Everyone in the place was at his booth. Most people were hitting the superhero boxes but I went for the more odd stuff like horror, crime, sci-fi and SOTI books. I bought about 30 books and should have bought more... (but I did get this wild crime book before Chuck showed up).

How about a couple of Hillman pubs? The Clue is especially gruesome. Terry O'neil put it aside for me knowing if I didn't have it, I'd want it. He was right on both accounts.

OK, how about some Crime books today? I think crime books get a bad rap behind horror. Some of these cross over to horror pretty well. Here are a few of my favorite Fawcett crime covers: I LOVE this one. One of only about a dozen graded/slabbed books. I got a vg reader and liked it so much I sought out a high grade one. The colors, the babe and the DC Sandman guy coming through the window are just killer!

Glad you got those Bill. That Comic Cavalcade is a tough one for that title. I have two that he filled out a coupon in. Nice to know where they came from. I guess when he moved to the west coast he brought them with him. But what I heard, he was a very strange "horder" type of guy. Joe showed me some books he had where Paul wrote when and where he got them, and how much he paid. A couple said that he "purloined" (stole) them. There were a ton of pulps, other magazines and loads of books and sci-fi fanzines. The collection ran up untill about 8 years ago. Like the Church collection, the family "wanted them gone". I think Jim has a nice Wacky Duck #4 (infinity cover) that has his full name on the cover.

That's 'cause you just collect that old superhero junk!

Woohoo! Marty with a superhero Timely! Very nice, Marty. I might find some more if I keep digging! (PAC #56) mm I can only dream of what it was like to buy Timely's off the newstand Marty! Just think, a whole stack to pick through at once. Were you a "condition" guy then or did you just grab the one in front?

Thought I'd bump this thread. Got a few Okajima Camp Books for you guys today. I've got a couple more I think but they aren't camp books so a little less interest to you guys. Steve Ritter told me that the Capt. Marvel Advs #28 was the earliest Okajima he had seen. It has no other markings other than the signature. Might even be in his book if it ever comes out...

When filing away the Manhunts I got last week, #4 made me think. I really like "Surealistic" covers and pick them up when I see them. Here are a few that I could remember off the top of my head. I know I have more but they just don't come to mind. Feel free to post any not shown. I'd love to find more if I knew about them.

Sorry Mitch, no sci-fi digests that I know of. I have a friend that collects them so when I turn up any in the "wild" I flip them to him.

Ever go to Geoffrey's in Gardena? Had everything from GA on up. Kinds crazy prices but I always seemed to find a few "mistakes". He passed away about a year ago. I ought to check to see if they are still open. Way back in the day Nick Scotto had a store. Crazy guy and prices but I would go on Saturday when he wasn't there and got some nice stuff real reasonable from an employee. John Verzyl had a shop in Alhambra called Comic Heaven. Lot of pricey old stuff.

If West says it isn't that's good enough for me. I didn't want to ask Beerbong I might not live long enough to find out. Now, what con is Harley at this weekend? He's got some 'splaining to do!

Bought this from Harley a few years back. He sold it to me as such. Has no Riley stamp on back. I have a few others with the stamp but the others have numbers with the "G". The "G" looks the same on all of them but no numbers or stamp on this one. Whaddya think?

Got a few Okajima Camp Books for you guys today. I hear they are popular here. Was digging through the pedigree boxes today and will show some other ones when I get the time. Steve Ritter told me that the Capt. Marvel Advs #28 was the earliest Okajima he had seen. Might even be in his book if it ever comes out...

OK, come on, don't ANY of you guys have a Great Comics with an ad for this club? They can't ALL be entombed in plastic...

Thanks so much! Now I know what to look for. When I turn one up, I'll post it here!

Comicjack Could you possibly do me a favor? Somewhere in this book is an ad for the Phantom Creeps pinback button. If you could carefully take a picture of the page, I would love to see what it looks like. I love this book but have never owned a copy.

1930's Betty Boop uklele. I mean who doesn't love Betty Boop? So cute, yet so saucy. Check out the "Old Man of the Mountain" cartoon with Cab Calloway if you get the chance. Worth the search on utube! Enjoy!

My two most favorite Spider Pulp covers! The Spider is one of only a few pulps I actually read. The stories are as sick as the covers. (I mostly collect pulps just for the covers) And these two are dooseys!