Robot Man

I would say about the same. The #6 is my favorite of the two. Nice Baker girl and I love the green cover.

Is Seven Seas 6 more or less scarce than 4? I've heard opinions on both sides.

 

Nice snags! The Baffaling is one of my favorite covers in the run!

Here are some BIN snags on the cheap off the bay I lucked into.

 

 

 

 

Awsome book, Congrats! My wife likes to tell "civilians" that "my husband likes those scarry horror comics especially ones with a woman tied up to a wheel" I guess she would be refering to this book!

A slight upgrade on my existing copy this morning thanks to Bedrock City.

 

 

Tough book to find in decent shape. Congrats.

 

Very, very tough! Congrats! Definitely a comic that would be among the last to go, in my collection.

Only got a couple in "my bucket" right now. A cool Pep

and this cool Hangman with one of the most graphic beheading splashes I've ever seen.

In my day it was mowing lawns, turning in Pop bottles and my paper route. Once in a while my folks would buy me a couple. My grandpa was a soft touch. I'd go visit him and he would take me to the cigar store. I'd always leave with a stack. He even bought me my first MAD magazine which started me down this dark road...

I mean that Harvey line up alone would break the piggy bank of any kid trying to collect all those titles back in the forties. Not to mention the competition from DC, Timely, Archie and the other small players. I know I would have trouble figuring out where to put my allowance; but I like to think I would still have been a DC guy with some Captain America Comics purchased for a change!!

 

It was tough, with an allowance of 25 cents plus whatever I could make shining shoes in the

warm weather, it was truly a hard decision when making a selection. I too stayed with mostly

DC's as they were the easiest to find...but I couldn't pass up any Number One issues.

 

mm

Not that one and if I did it would probably be a beater...

Thanks Robot Man( though I'm sure in your impeccable collection you must have one too)

I'm sure you are right. I like Fuje a lot too. There is lots of creepy horror stuff in MLJs!

Hey Kids! Comics! Today, I will feature some more obscure horror type comics. Not the usual stuff but some more "fringe" areas of the genre.

 

 

 

Paul Reinman was pretty tame when working for DC but he made some gruesome splash pages for MLJ.

 

Thanks for posting this BB. Many people just care only about the covers and tend to not pay much attention to the inside. Reinman did some cool material for the Hangman and Black Hood for MLJ.

 

I don't see any work on Hangman but did find Reinman art for Bentley of Scotland Yard (Pep 32 above) and Fireball in Pep. George Storm (the creator) did that very odd early work on Hangman and King did some work in the middle. Fuje did a lot of great work on Hangman before Archie chased him away.

Sounds creepy like this. I will have to see if I can find a copy. Thanks for the tip.

My favorite pulp magazine. This is one twisted issue. The guy with the branding iron picks up homeless people off the streets and "disables" them. (not the people in the background). He then makes them go out on the streets and pan handles for him. Very disturbing story. One of the few pulps I have actually read as I collect them mainly for the covers. I have also read some Spiders that are pretty wild. I would love to find a nice copy of this but have no luck in many years of searching...

 

 

There's a cool Tim Powers' novel called Anubis Gates where a terrible clown named Horribin keeps a beggar army that he disfigures for more money in 1800s London. Not to lay down a spoiler on you if you haven't heard of the book, but it turns out Horribin was the child of a beggar king and he was disfigured by his own father! Pretty creepy. But there was a wild sequence where poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge is overdosed with Laudanum and he wakes up early and finds himself down in Horribin's dungeon interacting with all of his "mistakes". Love that novel!

Awsome cover and a very nice copy!

Cover featuring golden age baddie and frequent cover boy, The Skull.

Hi Howard Not a whole lot. There were more people than usual with old comics. Jim brought some as did another guy with some nice (but pricey) GA and SA. The finder of the"Paul" collection was there and a got a few more "Paul" books. 3 early Capt Marvels, 2 Tracys, and a Sensation. He was the guy I got the 3 Shadow books from. He had only 1 pulp left a beautiful copy of the Weird Tales with the bat girl cover. He had an "I don't want to sell it" price on it. But, he was heavily discounting the comics. I got an old Wonder Woman and Kid Colt Outlaw with a Kirby monster story. I got a beat Whiz #29 and Tom Mix Ralston #6 from Vinnie for a song. That is all I got except for an unusual old Popeye pinback. Had fun and made some dough. See you next time!

Bob, any books show up at the Toy Show?

OK, guys, here is my long list. Can anyone help? PM me!

Need covers or incomplete:

Action #15,27,46,49,84 (has cf),

120,122,132,148

Adventure #95,129

All American #54

All Flash #16

All Star #7,45

Amazing Man #7

America’s Greatest #5

Batman #6,8,9 (has cf),17,42,67

Capt. Aero V2#2

Capt. Science #4

Comic Cavalcade #8

Detective Comics #45,48,83,

84(has cf),85,91(has cf),92,94,98,

116,127,128,137,188

Exciting Comics #14

Famous Feature Stories #1 (1937)

Flash Comics #104

Green Hornet #11

Green Lantern #19

Jackpot #1

Journey into Mystery #8

More Fun #94,95,103

Sensation #33,43,96

Shock Suspense Stories #5

Space Detective #1

Speed #12

Spirit #1

Star Spangled #27,129

Strange Tales #6,30

Strange Worlds #2 (Avon)

Strange World of Your Dreams #1

Submariner #8

Superman #27,31,51,61

Surefire #2

Top-Notch #14

Vault of Horror #28

Voodoo #6

War Against Crime #11 (EC)

Weird Comics #10

Whiz #4,12

Wonder Woman #30,42

Young Allies #2

Young Men #28

Need centerfolds:

Action #29,89,159

All American #53,91

Amazing Man #23

Blue Beetle #56

Blonde Phantom #15

Comics Novel #1

Daring Mystery #5

Detective #72,123

Exciting Comics #12 (need 2)

Fantastic #13 (Fox) (need 3)

Flash #69

Golden Arrow #1

Green Hornet #9

Miss Fury #4

Marvel Mystery #33,71,74

More Fun #82

Mystery Men #28

Mystic (Timely) #8

Mystic (Atlas)#2,12

Prize #12,37

Sensation #54,113

Speed #10

Star Spangled #68,107

Superman #38

Super Mystery V3#5

Supersnipe #9

Thrilling Comics #36,61,63,70

Wonder #13

Wonder Woman #22

USA Comics #17

Young Allies #13

Need coverless:

Action Comics #85

Adventure #90

Adventures into Terror #43 (#1)

All American #42,54

Animal #3,7

Blue Beetle #4

Boy Commandos #6

Capt, America #17,34 (Timely)

Daredevil (Quality) #6

Exciting #6

Fight Comics #30

Frontline Combat #11,12

Funny Folks #1

Gem Comics #1

Green Mask #9

Haunt of Fear #8,11,22

Hangman #4

Hit #6

Jackpot #9

Jumbo #11

Lady Luck #86

Marvel Mystery #8,38,55

Master #37

Military #5

Murderous Gangsters #1

Pep #5,31,43 (need 2)

Police Comics #17,56

Rangers #11

Sensation #6,66,69

Shock Suspenstories #5

Speed #30, 33

Star Spangled #25

Vault of Horror #28

WDisney CS #28,31

Whiz Comics #36,58,106

Wonder Woman #23

Wonderworld #19

Young Allies #8

Zip #4

Nice books Howard. Although my first choice would be the Cap, I love that Flash Halloween cover a lot. I guess I will add it to my want list...

A few more for your viewing pleasure. The Cap has printer miss cuts. The Person didn't like that. So it was a nice deal for me.

 

My favorite pulp magazine. This is one twisted issue. The guy with the branding iron picks up homeless people off the streets and "disables" them. (not the people in the background). He then makes them go out on the streets and pan handles for him. Very disturbing story. One of the few pulps I have actually read as I collect them mainly for the covers. I have also read some Spiders that are pretty wild. I would love to find a nice copy of this but have no luck in many years of searching...

My favorite pulp magazine. This is one twisted issue. The guy with the branding iron picks up homeless people off the streets and "disables" them. (not the people in the background). He then makes them go out on the streets and pan handles for him. Very disturbing story. One of the few pulps I have actually read as I collect them mainly for the covers. I have also read some Spiders that are pretty wild. I would love to find a nice copy of this but have no luck in many years of searching...

My first old toy purchase. Bought at the Rose Bowl flea market when I was 12. My mom was with me but made me spend my own money. I have never seen annother one with Flash Gordon markings. I have seen this a few times but without the Flash Gordon markings.

"The Drawer Liner" Many years ago a friend of mine went back to the east coast to visit his dad. His dad was a "picker" long before the TV show. In those pre-ebay days a picker was a middle man. He picked items from the original source and sold wholesale them to antique dealers. While visiting his dad he was given this book with the instructions to "give it to your friend who love funny books" When my friend gave it to me I was shocked.I had never owned a single digit Batman. I said I couldn't just take it because it was worth a lot of money. He called his dad and handed me the phone. His dad said. "I was cleaning out an old house and this was in a drawer in an old dresser". He called it a "drawer liner" with some distain. He said he was going to throw it away but thought of me. He said he didn't care if it had any value and if I wanted it, it was mine. I told him how much I appreciated it and would give it a good home. It has been in my box for years and I will always treasure it!

Hey Kids! Comics! Today, I will feature some more obscure horror type comics. Not the usual stuff but some more "fringe" areas of the genre.

 

 

 

Paul Reinman was pretty tame when working for DC but he made some gruesome splash pages for MLJ.

Thanks for posting this BB. Many people just care only about the covers and tend to not pay much attention to the inside. Reinman did some cool material for the Hangman and Black Hood for MLJ.

Since I showed you the Superman club pins the other day, I thought you might want to see the rest of my Superman pins.

First up are 3 Austrailian pins from the '40/'50's. All the Austrailian Supe pins I know of:

Next are 3 Superman badges from the '40's. The round one in the center is a Canada club pin and pretty un-common. The other 2 die cut ones are US gum badges. Some where, I have the papers for them.

One of my favorites is the Superman in the Pin. It is a newspaper pin from Northern CA I believe. It was given out in 1940 to promote the newspaper strip. It is pretty large at 1-1/2" and real tough to find.

Not real rare but another of my favorites is the Superman Muscle Club button. It came in the Muscle Kit in early 1950's. Wayne Boring art. I love the colors.

Last are the 2 1939 and 1940 Superman Action comics pins, the 2 Superman Tim shoe store pins from the '40's and a Superman Pep Cereal pin.

There are only 3 or 4 other Golden age Superman pins I know of but they are so rare, I doubt I'll ever have them...

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.

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.

Hi Hoarder. I didn't mean to crash your thread. I didn't know you were done. Looks like you saved the best for last! Spectacular run. Those make mine look like junk. Congrats on a beautiful run. Now go for some more. I love this title!

That sci-fi stuff is OK but I have a little more down to earth persuits:

Nighty Nite Boys!

I was asked about these. The Supermen of Great Britian is one of only two I know of. This is an example of each variation of the club pins. The smaller one was a wartime issue for only a few months and is also quite scarce.

I keep getting requests for Felix stuff. Here is one of my favorites: