Robot Man

If anyone is interested, I posted a little thread with pictures over in the GA section in my “50 year junk Obsecession”..

On 3/17/2024 at 4:36 PM, Darwination said:

He's gotta a girlie pulp surfing cover in there for you, Bob -

 

Well, how about that! I didn’t even notice. I had a little “sticker shock” there. I will have to tell him to bring it to WonderCon…

All in all, a very fun way to spend a day! And, unlike comics, nothing that broke the bank!

Now, if you will excuse me, I have some old paper to sniff!

A little pile of cheap comics and a $5. EC Picto Fiction with the title cut off.

So what did I grab? Some cool pulps including a weird British Planet Stories 4. And another cool Film Fun.

And more spines than I had the patience to look through…

A very fun pretty girl who looked like a lot of the covers on the books in the room!

My buddy Kookie always brings the goods including this nice Superman book in the DJ.

Terry O’Neil had some heavy duty pulps and PBs.

Not a whole lot of my focus, (comics and pulps) but enough fun stuff to suck money out of my wallet.one table had some fun comics. Nothing over $10. 

Hit up the yearly LA Paperback show today. Always look forward to it. Can’t think of any other show quite like it.

Good to see boardies @Hap Hazard, @Dreamtoreal1 and another member I can’t remember.  I didn’t see @Surfing Alien but I have never met him. He was probably as “junk drunk”as I was 

Quite a room full.

Seems like I have seen a LOT of pulps come back purple from CGC. I suspect that most folks did some work to “conserve” them rather than resto for profit like comics. Has always been a different market. 

On 3/16/2024 at 7:58 AM, jimjum12 said:

One thing to be aware of, before one decides to "bet the farm", on paperbacks, is that saving paperbacks was MUCH more common during the "golden age" of paperbacks, which is usually assigned to '40's through '60's. Comics were usually tossed by Moms everywhere, as they were "kiddie stuff", and PB's were a welcome change. While some PB's will invariably enjoy a surge in demand, it will likely be less meteoric than comics. Because of the aforementioned, it is even more important to perform your due diligence and to focus on what you like, so you aren't caught holding the bag, with stuff that was merely flip fodder.  Despite the cautions, book collecting can be a fun and profitable hobby, as it has for centuries. GOD BLESS ...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

About the only thing that was saved more than PBs, are Playboys. They are still everywhere all the way back to the late ‘50’s. Every guy had a stash and they were never thrown away.

I used to visit my grandparents house in the summer when I was young. I slept in my grandpa’s study. He was a voracious reader of mystery and detective PBs. He had hundreds of them. I used to check them out when he wasn’t there. Those hot girly covers really got my interest even though I really didn’t know why.  Have always wondered what happened to them. I would kill to have them now. To this day, everytime I hear the name Perry Mason, I think fondly of him. 

Cool guy. He raced motorcycles in the teens, drove a ‘62 Lincoln Contental and smoked fat cigars. He also bought me all the comics I wanted off the racks in the cigar store. 

On 3/16/2024 at 5:42 AM, EC ed said:

So now let me share what has happened in 2024 that has reinvigorated my quest to obtain all 478 books on my completist checklist. Some of you who have been paying attention to stuff that goes on around here may have already guessed...

There's so much I want to say, but I'll try to keep it brief. You know how there are often really cool stories associated with the acquisition of a rare book? Well, this one ranks right up there...

About one month ago to the day, I see a post here in the "Newbie Collecting" forum by @flip25 that basically says "I just found this book in some old stuff I inherited from my Grandparents/Dad...does anyone know anything about this?" It was a copy of KO Punch  . This makes 7 copies I know of in existence, but who's counting  ? (there are 4 CGC slabbed copies + 1 raw copy that sold on eBay about 10 years ago + 1 hole-punched raw copy that sold on Heritage about 15 years ago...+ this copy that Flip just uncovered)

I reached out to Flip and explained my collecting quest, and it resonated. In the end, Flip decided that he could do a lot worse than doing a deal with me. I understand that Flip was getting advice from some other boardies as well, and apparently the general consensus was that I'm not too much of a jerk, and that he could indeed do worse than allowing me to be the next custodian of this treasure. To those of you who helped in this way, thank you! And to Flip, I SALUTE YOU - really, really cool of you - not everyone would have done this 

Here she is now, resting comfortably in mylar + microchamber paper: 

Notice the distribution stamp from the Iowa Department of Health...the raw copy that sold on eBay years ago also had this stamp...go Iowa!!! 

Here she is alongside my other (non-Reddy Kilowatt) EC promos:

Now, the only things missing from this picture are Out of the Past a Clue to the Future, and Church that was Built with Bread. If anyone finds a copy of those laying around in an old box somewhere please let me know  

Good to hear Ed. Sometimes, things end up where they should be. 

On 3/15/2024 at 8:30 PM, sfcityduck said:

But the Superior-EC's are! 

WAAAAAHAAAAAHAAAAAHAAAAAA!

 (but they are foreign editions - just pull an Ian and define your quest as only US comics)

There are also a few British, Australian and Mexican ECs if you truly want to be a completist…

Spa Fon! 

The swastica was also used by American “Indigious People” as a good luck symbol. I have seen it portrayed on old blankets, beadwork and jewelry.

Haven’t seen much if any buzz on this one. I know it is Easter weekend again. As of yesterday, I saw no list of exhibitors or programming. A pretty minimal list of guests.

I’ll be going with hope and a full wallet. Hard not to. A 20 minute drive and a nice Veteran/Senior ticket discount although they add in a $15. “Service charge”…

Hope some other vintage comic buyers and sellers show up. 

On 3/14/2024 at 1:36 PM, Ricksneatstuff said:

Happy to have this one in the collection before the Heritage romance auction

 

 

You should have come by my booth at CalCon earlier Rick. You know my price would have been a steal compared to a HA auction… Great to see you either way! 

On 3/14/2024 at 2:01 PM, Hepcat said:

I have both of the Deputy Dawg Four Colors:

I mean how can somebody not like Deputy Dawg?

You got to be the right age. I am in that group and I barely remember him. Then, being that age, I was in high school in the very late ‘60’s. That might have something to do with it…

That is crazy. I only know of 3 boxed examples. Even super collector Harry Matesky didn’t have a boxed example.

Numerous examples of Action #1 and Superman #1 have sold in the millions.

Now, this is of course is not a comic book. But it is the first item created for Superman. It is a must have for Superman toy collectors. The first action figure toy. The box is rather plain but it is original and reasonable shape. Much harder to find in this shape than copies of his first comics.

I would have thought that this would have gone double the final hammer price. It really should have. It will be a very long time until a comparable example will be offered again. The high bidder got a great deal.

But, I know, it isn’t a comic book…

Classic books!

Cat’s advice is spot on. In 50 active years in the hobby, I am constantly surprised at what books like this sell for. Shocked sometimes. Therefore, I have a very hard time pricing books to sell out right.

My advice on books like this is to send them to a large auction house. Let the market set the price. Sure, you will have to negotiate the fees but you will get the most serious people looking. They will go for what they should and I suspect you will be very happy with the result.