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Robot Man

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  1. Hi Howard. Cool books especially the Cap. I didn't know you collected GA. Keep 'em coming. You need to get a "Paul" book for your "name" collection. Are you going to be at the Toy Show tomorrow? Or Terry's the week after?

     

    A few More from my Collection. Bill talked about writing. I decided it would be a good time to show a couple of my writers. Cap 30 has writing. Who Cares. lol The Cavalcade #4 was from the RJD Collection. He was a collector that bought them off the rack. He documented, where, time, date and sometime a reason he bought them. A lot of times it is done on a coupon inside the book. When my buddy was buying them from his sister, RJD had passed away, she teared up and said he loved those comics. She was surprised they had survived at all, as much as he read them. The Flash 14, just a cool Flash cover. The Boy 19 is one of my favorite Boys. Not the favorite but up there. p><p> <a  href=SCAN0043_zps0f0e03b9.jpg' alt='SCAN0043_

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  2. Great run fifties. This is one of my favorite PCH titles. Hey #1 and 2 have Woody covers. I couldn't pick so I just got'em all! My favorite is #13. Totally creepy! #19 gets all the love though. Guess I don't have to post my stuff...

     

    I don't have issues 1, 2, or 23.

     

    I had 23, but it was so lousy, including the cover artwork, that I sold it. I didn't figure 1 & 2 had gory enough stories, which is why I never got them.

     

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    Shameless plug; I have another copy of Dark Mysteries 5 listed on The Bay right now, along with issue 9 of The Thing...:wink:

     

     

    LOVE your run, fifties! Congrats on it! I'm about 5 of these issues away from having the same. When I complete it one day, I'll post a group shot as well! :)

  3. Wow, what a load for a buck each! Good job. It amazes me that they would sell 'em so cheap but I guess their focus is records.

    I will share some flea market scores with you guys in the future. I got a big pile of lower grade DC 10 centers a couple of weeks ago at one of our local fleas. Part of the fun is getting them cheap like this. I won't tell what I paid because I've seen what happens to people who do over here...

     

    There is music store in my town that also sells comics and cards (weird combo...lol).

     

    Stopped there for the first time in forever and here are some $1 books I picked up today.

     

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    Amazing what you can find on the cheap sometimes... :banana:

  4. Nice rack Bevis! Good way to see books. Good Luck! I'm sure you will do well. I have the same rack and I take it to flea markets. I usually sell a ton of cheap books. Many for free to kids with their parents. Love that propeller! Is it a old/vintage one?

     

    Here is my stand at the Saugatuck, MI antique mall.

     

    All books are $3, we'll see how it goes.

     

    Every other comic in the mall is $8 and up, a lot of it is drek too.

     

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  5. Awsome pulps. I like that Oct issue a lot too. I had a chance to pick up a huge load of Magic Carpet and Oriental Stories once but passed because I was stupid and didn't know any better. I did get all the horror and crime ones though.

     

    Here are some of the Weird Tales family of pulps that I've picked up in the past few months.

     

    Magic Carpet, Apr 33, Oct 33

    The Oct issue may be my favorite Brundage cover of all.

     

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  6. If I had a few of those I wouldn't let you in my house! Just kidding Richard, you are welcome anytime. That is simply incredible. It's one thing to see the pulp but I think the OA would take my breath away...

     

    I like Burroughs and I like covers by J. Allen St John, too.

     

    Was fortunate enough to visit a collector friend who let me gaze upon the St. John's original art for the cover of ERB's At The Earth's Core...

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    ...simply magnificent!

  7. Gore, man gore! The tame ones just don't float my boat. I have what I like in St John. (Annuals, great covers and good artists). But, I see no need anymore to "complete" those titles. ACG, I like the early ones (great covers and art by Williamson ect). The rest just don't jazz me enough. I will make an exception with ACG though. The Clutching Hand one shot is FULL of gore. Very unlike this publisher. Any body have a copy handy to post? Maybe some of the good panels inside? Mine is buried deep...

     

    About the only ones I don't have near full runs of would be ACG and St. John (not lurid enough for me I guess). Since, you have probably seen most of the usual suspects, I thought I might start out with a few more obscure fringe titles.

    Thanks for showing those, very interesting! I too have the Roly.Poly bleedin' 'ead issue.

     

    AFA ACG, I have fairly complete runs of the later issues of Adventures Into The Unknown, and Forbidden Worlds. I would say that each of the '53 and later books all had at least one good story, although generally not on the gore level as The Thing or Mister Mystery.

    St. John, agreed, pretty antiseptic AFA gore, but they also had some interesting stories.

  8. Here are two western/horror crossover titles usually overlooked by most horror collectors. Both are pretty good with decent content. Both are published by Youthful just before they changed over to Beware and the like. The surrounding issues are worth a look as well.

     

    Not that anyone probably cares but the first one is the Crippen copy...

     

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  9. Hi Guys. I've been wanting to get in on the fun over here for a long time. Pre-code horror is probably my favorite era. Like fifties, I've got pretty complete runs of them. I am missing a few spotty issues mostly Atlas. About the only ones I don't have near full runs of would be ACG and St. John (not lurid enough for me I guess). Since, you have probably seen most of the usual suspects, I thought I might start out with a few more obscure fringe titles.

     

    Here are 3 books not really straight horror but very horror related. They pre-date the onslaught of horror books of the 1950's.

     

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