Robot Man

As a matter of fact I do, my good man! I'd be thrilled to show it to you. It ain't purty but it's all mine.

While we are on the Avon subject, do you have one of these?

I believe I have the Western ones as well.

And, while you are at it, how about a look at your copy of the Magna Carta?

Here are a few Spirit items. His first newspaper intert appearance was in 1940. This stuff is from that era. This is all the GA Spirit (non-comic) stuff I know of. The buttons are pretty large for the era, about 1-1/2" in diameter. The mask is pretty rare as not many probably survived.

The mailbox was kind today!

Wow, what a load!!! Some very killer books there. My mail box has NEVER looked that good in one day! Congrats!

My newest acquisition. Traded an X-Men 1 cgc 1.5 for this and some cash.

SCORE!!! What fool would trade that for an low grade X-Men #1? Probably the cash part talked to him. That is a keeper!

Totally awsome! A real labor of Love!

Ignoring me, huh?

No Brian, Me love you long time. Just for you!

This one is another one of my favorites. Best Capt. Marvel Jr cover in my opinion. Almost humorous... "An eye opener" Indeed!

Oh man, this sucks. A real nightmare probably caused by reading too many of these comics!

What did this dude do to get this happening to him?

A very popular one!

"You'll shoot yer eye out" or even worse have some monsters do it for you. Todays offering is a real "eye opener" as it says on one of these. I love these "injury to the eye" books. I know the interiors have some good ones as well. True Crime #2 and the Thing #16 come to mind right away. Probably have a few more I overlooked but would love to see any you might have that I haven't posted.

This one is probably my favorite of the bunch. It would have had my dime in a heartbeat back when it came out. Great color and image!

I feel like some of the digests don't get much love, but they are pretty scarce in my humble opinion.

 

 

Oh, They get the love and the big bucks when and if they are ever for sale. I have never owned either of those. (or seen either in person) I've got a few more digests in my girl art boxes I believe. I think I already posted my It Rhymes with Lust.

This one was probably already posted but I cannot remember seeing too many copies of this giant.

 

 

I believe this is the first copy I've ever seen.

I've got one too...

Jay, the interiors aren't over the top gory but they are fairly grim and of course violent war stuff. Bob, The May 52 issue is #1. Dig into your war boxes and see if you have any of the others. Seems like about half the run is available out there in low grade, some of the others not so much. High grade is impossible. What drew me to them is the Stanmore/Gilmor connection because that's my best-loved PCH. But they are cool, and cheap. So even though hunting them down in nice shape is a real hunt, finding them nice is twice as good because they're so affordable.

I'll post some in my thread when I get to the War boxes. These are pretty good as is War Fury and some of the Farrell titles. I rarely find any in high grade but as you say, they are way affordable and fun to find.

Stay warm back there Jayman! I wish I could bring you guys out here for a little Feb junking CA style. On second thought ferget about it. I don't need any more competition!

How about some Pre-Code war? 2 flame-thrower covers and 1 Bernard Bailey from the Battle Cry series. Incredibly hard to find this title in Fine or better. This series was published by Stanmore (aka Gilmore, Aragon etc, publishers of Mr Mystery, Weird Mysteries, WTOF, Weird Chills etc.)

You're not kidding. These books just did not hold up well. Is the May 1952 issue #1? I have the other one but have never seen #12. Now look what you've done, I'm going to have to go look in my war boxes...

Supposedly the model's father was ashamed of her for doing it. Her name was published on these pages. I think somehow he got the publisher to tear out this page before distribution. (probably threat of a lawsuit because she might have been underage or had not signed a model release). Someone else here might be able to back this up. Kind of like why the bibliography page is missing from most copies of Seduction of the Innocent.

#4 has un-credited Frazetta art as well...

Then later I spotted this sitting the gound next to a guy's table. It is a counter top rack. It spins with 8 pockets and has a two sided sign on top. I confired with a couple comic guys at the show and we all agreed that it was probably late 1950's.

Made my day!

Had a great flea market day out here on the west coast. I feel for you boardies on the east coast. I know you love the "change of seasons" but I bet some of you wish it would change soon...

Got the two romance comics from one lady and the rest from another. She had more funny animals but they were marginal titles like CooCoo and Tick Tock Tales in lower grade.

I know. Those real short runs are just impossible some times. I've been looking for Starlet O'Hara #2 forever and there is only 4 issues in that run. But that is the challenge that makes this fun. I will have to keep my eyes peeled for those last two Forbidden Loves...

But find of the day was this! It was later in the day and I was coming back from a rest room break when I spotted this sitting on the ground next to a guy's table. It is a real cool size and was probably ment to be on a counter top. It's a mini spinner with 8 slots and a double sided top sign. I have never seen one like this. I asked a few comic guys out there and we all came to the agreement that we think it's from the late 1950's. I grabbed a couple proper era comics to put in it and took this fast photo for you. Buy of the Day! (and sales were strong all day too)...

The finder of the "Paul" collection came by my booth with a surprise too. I guess he is still going through boxes and finds a few stray comics mixed in with other books and magazines. Got a real good deal on these 3:

OK, it's Monday so time for the Sunday flea market report. I did really well. I had a booth but was able to walk around for a while early. It was a perfect day weatherwise. I feel for you back east guys but you all seem to enjoy that "change of seasons" bet you wish you were the guy that came into my booth yesterday. He was from Addamstown, PA. We had a good talk about the good places to find stuff. He was wearing a tank top and shorts and was just giddy!

Anyway, first up came from two sellers. The two romance books from one lady ($2. each) and the Dells from another. She had a lot more but they were all titles like CooCoo, Tip Top Tales and other marginal funny animal titles and lower grade. She wanted $4. each for these. I particularly like the Nellie the Nurse #4 and had never seen the Famous Fairy Tales giveaway. Nice Kelly art in most of the rest. Was so tired I just had time for the photo so I won't get to really look at them until tonight. How did I do?