Robot Man

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?

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.

 

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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...