Robot Man

This thread has been dead far too long... Biggest AEN Bust ever?

Or, SDCC part one...

Here are a few of them. I have a lot more buried in their respected boxes. They were very cool and very cheap at the time so, I bought a lot of them.

Probably 30 years ago, Ray Storch in the Bay Area had a ton of late GA early SA printers in-trimmed file copy covers. I don't remember how he said he got them. He had tons of them. He married them to low grade or coverless copies (and sold them as such). He did a real good job and they were beautiful. I bought a bunch of them as well as some of the covers themselves. I still have some of them. The PCH covers were a sight to behold!

So how would I be able to purchase that wonderful Hello Pal? Is the store opening again? I just know you can’t keep a good man down! Hope things are going good for you again.

This is rather cryptic. Is this ment to inform us that Rick is now posting his sub standard, overpriced inventory to one of those new fangled “web site” things?

I get the cover parodys of magazines of the era. The #20 was quite clever too but they really lack the great art that was available to them at the time. Covers were designed to stand out and make you want to buy it. In this respect, the cover to a book like Panic #6 was all white. Probably a stark contrast to all the other books on the rack at the time. I'm sure it stood out in that respect but falls real short on it's own. Now once you get past the covers...

The GI Jane is killer!

Thanks for the info. I kind of thought so. I hate wasting time and gas for nothing. I don't know of any local LA or OC shops that carry any amount of GA. Too bad. I was down in the city of Orange last week and dropped into the new Torpedo shop. Two beater Crime books pretty pricey. A few OK SA books but also very pricey. I asked the girl working there and kind of got a blank look. She handed me a flyer for the Torpedo show...

Picked this up from a local flea market seller I know last night. She said she was working on a house full of stuff and the lady she bought it from mentioned a box full of Kid's Books, Big Little Books and...Comic Books. Keep your fingers crossed!

One could argue that Atomic #2 could make it a trifecta...

LOVE the Panic #4! The MAD #20, not so much. There were a lot of real crappy early MAD covers #13,12,17 and this come to mind. And then there were #2,5,11,14 that I just love. I think a lot of the early magazine covers are even better.

I'm talking about Stan Funsten, not Stanard Ridgeway. Was a long time ago but I can remember a couple... There were a lot of garage bands in the area. We would play back yard parties and high school dances in gymns. Whenever some band needed an extra member or some equipment, we would all help each other out. One night Stan was doing vocals for the Van Halens. Yes, those Van Halens... They were just high school rock gods like us back then. He needed an amp so I lent him my Fender Super Reverb. He brought it back the next day with a couple of blown speakers. It seems they ran a Farfesia organ through it and blew them. He of course "fixed" it with a couple of cheap speakers. Never did sound the same again. He was a hard guy to stay mad at. As you might guess by his later work, Stan was a bit sarcastic and a bit of a rebel. Our school had abolished the dress code in my junior year. Long hair, facial hair, ripped jeans (within the laws of "decency") were pretty much OK. Our principal hated rock 'n roll music though. She was forced to put up with some of it due to student pressure at dances. She, however forbade the wearing of "offensive" T Shirts. She especially hated the ones that pictured things like skulls with knives or swords through them. It pizzed us off. Stan came up with an idea. A bunch of us met at a guy's house each with a white T Shirt. Stan made a stencil with the words "Question Authority" and we all made one. Next day, we all strode into the lunch court and were promptly suspended because we wouldn't change. We were all sent home. Did we go home? No, went went over to a guy's house where his parents wern't home. We went down in the basement and smoked a few funny cigs while listening to some jazz. Well, the kid's mom came home and caught us and told us to go home and tell our parents what happened. When I got home I told my parents (leaving out the basement situation). My mom was pretty cool but my dad blew a fuse and I got grounded. Stan was a real charmer when he wanted to be. He was "dating" a girl who's dad was in the music biz. He convinced the dad to get Steppinwolf to play in our high school gymn. He was one of a kind. Good times!

I have always heard about this store but never visited it because it would be maybe a 45 minute-1 hour drive away. I heard they were a bit pricey as well. I checked their website and didn't see much in my GA wheel house. Do they have much GA? Is it pretty pricey? Would it be worth it for me to make the trek even at 30% off? Always sad to see a comic shop close. Especially a decent one.

I went to high school with Stan and Bill Nowland of Wall of Voodoo. Played in garage bands with them as well. Stan introduced me to jazz. Funny thing. His name then was Stan Funsten and he lived on Ridgeway Drive. Always was a very talented guy. I even dated Bill’s sister for a while. She was a cutie...

Here is the SOTI reference on page 257 and the offending panel. Man the good doctor really hated EC...

I am obviously a fan of the premiums in the Hakes auctions maybe more than the comics. More than anyone else, over the years, he comes up with the rarest of the rare in this category. Comics are everywhere but trying to find rare premiums is the ultimate challenge. I will have to log in and see what he’s got to offer this time.

The SF books might be my least favorite. Science and math were my two least favorite subjects in school. I always felt like I had to think too much to enjoy them. Not that I was lazy or stupid because I always enjoyed the Batman and Detective books as a kid. Trying to figure out the clues Batman used to solve crimes. Just not much of a science guy. I also love the humor stuff. I love to study all the weird things Elder did.

I would agree. There was always such a great mix of different conflicts in every issue. For some reason I like the WWI yarns the best. The writing was incredible and the art was always excellent no matter who did it. I would put the horror and crime titles just slightly below the war titles for fun reading. PCH is my favorite genre. It all depends on my mood at the moment.

I would agree. “Big If” is especially top notch. Yeah, forgot about the SOTI mention. I used to be s big SOTI collector. I will have to look it up.

#2. Have had chances to buy it but other books have gotton in the way. I’m pretty sure I can find the right copy for the right price without much trouble.

A classic for sure. I found one for a buck at an estate sale a couple years ago. Not real easy to find.

And real affordable run as well. You really get your money’s worth on this run. Some of the best war issues in all of comics. I’m still missing one. Just waiting for it to come around.

Nice one and has “Airburst”. Kurtzman’s favorite story.