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A couple cool Fox comics

A couple cool Fox comics

Here's a couple of my favorite Thrilling Mystery pulps. I especially love the cover of the crazy guy on the May issue!

A couple of cool Thrilling Mystery pulps. This was a good run with some great covers. I love the crazy guy on the May issue!

Wow, it must have been fun seeing all those great covers on the newstand (an hard to choose). In those days they really sold books with great covers. Now days, not so much. I have always wondered how cool it would be to EC's on the stands. Especially books like Crime Suspenstories #20 & #21. I know you said you had to "ask" for them under the counter but I imagine in some areas they were just sitting in piles on the stands awaiting kid's dimes.

With such a variety of titles on the newsstand to choose from, it was almost always

difficult to select the book you planned to spend your dime on. As most newsstand

operators did not allow you to flip through the book, your choice was title and what

was on the cover...along with the number of pages. Once in awhile I would stray

away from the known and select by cover alone...sometimes a good choice, other

times maybe not such a good choice. But most of the time I was pleased with my

selections. One of those that contained new characters and stories was TREASURE

COMICS #5 from 1946. It featured MARCO POLO, PAUL BUNYAN, The ARABIAN

KNIGHT and DR. STYX...my favorite, plus The TREASURE KEEPER.

 

PAC #214

 

 

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I will vote for the Mysterious Advs and the Fantastic. The Fantastic has a look to it kind of like the '40's Fox Fantastic #3 but missing the Lou Fine art...

Very nice taste! Love Mysterious Adventures and the Witchcraft especially!

OK, I will conceed that AITI #33 and #38 are pretty good. I have both issues. They just aren't "over the top" as much as their contempories. The first dozen or so issues of both this and Forbidden worlds do have outstanding covers. I pick them up on the cheap when I can. One of these days, I get to posting some cool horror stuff.

I am a big Horror Fan also. Come on Bob, ACG's are cool.

 

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Don't apologize for the condition, I think it looks great. (Check the Strange Detective Mysteries I just posted). That sure seems like the hard way to decapitate some one. I've got one that shows some weird little head drill. If it is in my bucket, I will try to post it later.

here's a fun one 1/39 issue of Thrilling Mystery, beat but happy to own it.

I love that run. Hard to pick a favorite cover. The contents, if I remember correctly, are quite good. Oh, I also love that Hap Hazzard #14 in your sig line. Most people don't realize the Feldstein cover is very similar to Junior and Sunny. Took me forever to find a nice copy.

time for some weird chills

Thanks AJD I thought it was from down under. I believe I got it on eBay.

I don't know who Rocky Starr is. I think an Austrailian comic book.

 

That didn't ring a bell. There was a very good Australian comic called Silver Starr, but Rocky doesn't appear in the index of either standard reference on Australian comics. But I did find this via a Google search on the image:

 

Rocky Starr-Destination Venus (AUS) - All-otr.com

www.all-otr.com/R010a_RockyStarr.htm

250 × 250 - Rocky Starr-Destination Venus (AUS). This is an Australian children's show about the interplanetary adventures of daredevil Rocky Starr and his intrepid team.

 

So I searched the television database at the National Film and Sound Archive, and found this entry:

 

Title No: 714742

Title: ROCKY STAR

Production Date: 1 January 1992

Produced as: Series

Media: Television

Summary: Satirical black and white TV series produced in 1992 which reinterprets the 1950's radio drama series Rocky Starr. Rocky Star (Richard Morsley), Mitch Morgan ( Stephen Fearnley) and Diana Moore ( Kerry Fox) return to earth which is being terrorised by evil alien Zog. Screened on SBS. 20 episodes of 5 minutes duration.

Country of Origin: Australia

Language: English

 

The radio database had more - apparently Rocky ran for over 600 episodes.

 

So now we know.

That is a real nice copy of a very tough book! I've looked for a copy in any shape for years with no luck. I believe Sharon has the Larson copy. "Paging Skypinkblue"

That's funny, I've been searching for a Weird Comics #20 for years and haven't had a decent shot at one. But I do have this:

 

I'll take a look at 'em any time. I especially like the drooling gorilla on this one. I just don't see these much especially in this shape!

Jungle Stories #3 (Fall 1939)

 

 

Cover illo by George Gross

Where you been Rookie? Yeah, it's kinda tough. I think it has Harvey contents if I remember correctly.

Never seen that before.

Don't you just love how a guy posts a book he's been searching for and 'ole Bedrock has to come along and spoil his parade? Hey in any grade that's a COOL book and series. Wish I had one.

Oddball, but fun. Glad to find a copy.

 

cool cult series, and nice copy (thumbs u

 

Thanks. It is one of those series that as soon as I become interested in it, they seem to disappear from dealers' inventories.

 

I believe a boardie owns the 9.4 copy of this issue (the only one on the census).

 

As part of a group buy last year I acquired a VG+ copy of Space Western #44. I had never paid attention to the series before, but it's some wacky stuff! Cowboys and Nazis in outer space are a magical combination.

This big pressed steel car was made by Turner Toys in the late 1920's. Got it at an antique show from a furnature lady who didn't know any better...

An odd group of Comic Book buttons. I love the "Garry Dillion Clean Comics Club" pin. The Tip Top Comics Booster isn't real interesting but it is from the late 1930's and quite scarce. The Air Warden Cadet is from the Bill Barnes comic. Polly Pigtails is kinda lame but I got it cheap and had to have it for my comic book premium collection. I don't know who Rocky Starr is. I think an Austrailian comic book.

Only issue of this Pulp Mag!

Only issue of this Pulp!

All Matt Baker Digest comic!

Rare Fat Digest comic!

Comic book rack name plates. The DC's are very early 1940's. The other two are from a different rack from late 1940's. Wish I had THIS DC rack...

OK, Here is the King of the Robots! His name is Big Loo and he stands about 4 feet tall. Made by Marx toys. He was sold only for a couple monthis in 1962 by Sears at Christmas. Many lucky kids got this from Santa. He has a million actions, talks, eyes light up, walks, arms move, shoots darts and balls from his hands. Has morse cose and sends messages and has a compass in his base. Probably more but that is all I can think at the moment. On a lot of want lists and real hard to find complete and working! I give you Big Loo King of the Robots!

Yes, they state so inside. I don't know which issues but gotta be early,

A cool score at the toy show yesterday. This is all 3 Shadow books from 1931. Not particularly rare but I've never had 'em and got all 3 at one time so I jumped them.

 

Nice pick-ups. Do they reprint the early pulp stories?