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Probably next to Church copies, the Okajimas seem to be the most popular pedigree right now. It’s all about the stories. And there are a very limited amount of them to go around.

A friend of mine found a Weird Mysteries #4 for $6. At the flea market Sunday. Only comic the guy had. Sometimes the Gods smile down upon you...

I’ll do 50...

No they do not slab pulps yet. Mostly because of the overhang on many of them. I would thing that now that books are held in by pressure, they would be able to. Believe me, if they can figure it out they will be in on it. Too much money not being made. When they do, the pulp market will sky rocket. I kind of hope they don't because I like picking them up a giveaway prices. The idea of pulp paper being inferior to comic book paper is a bit of a misnomer I believe. Sure you run across a fair share of flaky ones. More due to poor storage than the paper itself I think. Most of the ones I encounter as a rule are yellowed to cream and quite supple. Many do have that pesky edge overhang though. Thusly, pulps grade no higher than fine. Believe me, an accurately graded fine can be a sight to behold. So a 6 becomes a 9 in the pulp world. And they are out there. The Shadow pulps are classics but they are only the tip of the iceberg if you like stuff like that. The Spider, Dime Mystery, Terror Tales, Horror Tales and Strange Detective Mysteries are even better reads in my opinion. Some are super creepy and real page turners! Here is a real beater Strange Detective Mysteries. Best, I've been able to find. This one has a story about a guy that rounds up homeless people on the streets and disfigures them. He then sends them back to the streets to sell pencils and panhandle for him. Sick stuff! Now, what would the comic book version of this one go for?

SOLD and Closed! Thanks Adam!

Thanks Adam! This cool pin is yours!

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Case in point. What would these be worth if they were comic books?

Pulps are very popular. But they have to the right pulps at the right prices. People buy them for the writers and the covers. I fall into the second category. Many of the covers far rival their comic book counterparts. Many have great interior illustrations as well. They are usually priced much lower than comic books despite the wild off the chart covers. They need to be priced accordingly. The ones you looked at were priced like comics. Thusly, I passed. Pulps are much harder to find as well. One reason is that they are so weakly documentaries. Once a book like the Gerber book comes out and CGC figures a way to grade them, they will probably soar to the levels they should. I still find it a bit odd that in our cover driven comic culture, they are still so cheap. In the meantime, people like me are quietly buying up the good ones with current, proper pricing.

Kind of ironic actually. Many of the early Cap books had a pretty heavy horror slant. Seems a little fitting that he left the same way.

Love it! Man, those Farrell war books are brutal!

Both great grabs! I just love that “trembling hand” feeling!

I think it was more of us younger guys discovering the Timely heroes for the first time. I knew nothing of Timely when I was buying early Marvels off the newsstand. It took me a few years to discover the original 1940’s characters.

Man, you must have needed a comic fix bad to go there. Even I don’t waste my time on that show. I hope me, Mikey and the other comic junkies left you something...

Thanks Marty. Must have been a fun day when those came in the mail.

Bonnetts book store in Dayton Ohio and their annoying stamp... Was there a book store in the US who handled more comics than they? Seemed like just about every issue passed through their hands at one point or another. All with "that stamp". I believe there is even an Action #1 from there. I know David T Alexander made a trip up there and bought them out of old comics many years ago. He probably still has the biggest stock of them in the country. Is there a collector who doesn't have at least one or have had at least one in all of fandom? I know I have tons of them just mixed into my collection. All titles, genres and years. They are usually low grade so I often upgrade but seem to always have a bunch of them. Is it a "pedigree"? Of course not. Is it a "collection" no not really. But is it an amazingly large group of comics that are spread to the far ends of the earth? Yes. Love 'em or hate 'em, post what you've got. I just ran into these two today by chance. I know if I spent a few minutes looking in a few boxes, I could come up with more. Let's see 'em. Let's hear your stories about them. Anybody actually go to their store and purchase any before David T got the idea?

Just had to buy them from Metro. I don’t buy much from them but I just never see Salidas for sale. I bought the only three they had. Was happy two were Farrell’s.

I see your point. Poor Cap was losing it at this point. Timely/Marvel was losing ground to many other genres at this point. Especially horror. They wern’t the only ones jumping on the band wagon at that point. Fawcett, Quality, Fiction House were also swaying that way to boost sales. Cap was hurting so bad that the next issues was all horror without even a mention of him. I would consider #75 even more significant for that reason. And thank you and damn you for convincing me to drag out some horror boxes! . Now I gotta read some again starting with BCM #45!

Thanks. Was glad to get it. Personally, I really love the Farrell war books. Tough to find and pretty “un-PC” these days.

What year is that from? Also it is #2 so, wouldn’t #1 be the first? I have a few books from the 1920’s but I wouldn’t consider them “comic books”.

I dunno, you judge. Personally. It would be at the bottom of that list to me. Right next to Black Cat #45 (also poorly drawn in my opinion). There is no denying it’s historical place in comics but we are talking classic covers here. It just doesn’t measure up to these to me cover wise. Just MY 10 cents...

Is janet “little”?

Get yer Zappa straight... ”Watch out where the huskies go and don’t you eat that yellow snow”...