Robot Man

3 hours ago, sagii said:

Nice one RM  Those 'girlie' books are growing on you i see 

I have always gone after stuff like this Corey. Pre-code horror and EC was my main focus but as I come close to that finish, I have been picking up other genres I over looked in the past.

40 minutes ago, comicnoir said:

Then let me qualify this. I need an old guy who'll sell me his Bakers, doesn't have to be cheap. 

He won't sell anything. He will only trade. He doesn't care about condition and he uses Overstreet. He would always prefer a pile of low grade readers than one nice book. He has been collecting his whole like and he is 74. Mind blowing collection. Has Action #1 and most of the GA keys. Always fun to go over to his house! He's got a couple more Bakers I have my eye on  

Picked up this cool Capt. Midnight war cover by Mac Raboy recently on the boards. Bright white pages!  

1 hour ago, path4play said:

Had never noticed this one before, happened to spot the motorcycle and grabbed it.

 

 

That and the Famous Funnies were at the Long Beach con. I know who bought them and put them on the bay. Better look at them real close to make sure they are complete... Hope so. I almost bought it at the con but the chew kind of bothered me so I let it go. Cool book!

I think he had a GREAT Chicago Con! 

32 minutes ago, damonwad said:

Previously owned by the Space Cowboy?

 

Steve Miller rocks!

18 hours ago, porcupine48 said:

Mines sort of outhouse too,but the red is gorgeous.And i'm pretty sure it's not pressed.

 

Oh, it was pressed my friend, by Edgar himself. It was probably stored in a large stack keeping those pages snowy white

4 minutes ago, The-Collector said:

You always have the coolest stuff.

What do people think of Battle Cry 1?

 

The hammer and sickle on the commies hand is such a cool/odd touch (not my copy):

 

Love that one. Still on my want list...

Cool book Jimmers. I have one but it has no glasses...

3 hours ago, buttock said:

This is the first Church book I ever got.  I remember reading about this issue back in the old CBM IIRC, I think Pat Kochanek had an article on this as his absolute favorite of all his Church books.  It's certainly not my least favorite.

Love that issue. Hard to believe that Edgar had such a complete collection. Apparently, this newstand only received one copy of this issue...

And here is a cool handmade in the era "annual"

Love those Atomic Age War Books

3 hours ago, porcupine48 said:

I remember that board purchase Jimmers. What a weird book!

2 hours ago, porcupine48 said:

not that recent,but I don't get around to taking pics much...

Love me some Frankie's Jimmers. I rarely have a chance at those. Sadly, missed out 3 of them recently right here on the boards...

Wow, so many wonderful Church books here!

How about going from the penthouse to the outhouse?

This was probably in the first stacks Chuck saw just sitting on the basement floor. Came in a Hertiage lot a few years ago.

I'm not expecting a lot of owwws and ahhhs. (maybe a giggle or snide comment tho). Well at least it IS a real Edgar Church copy...

On 7/27/2017 at 0:49 PM, Comicdey said:

Here's a rough handful of stuff I have.   Also have a front cover to centaur shown 

Is that bottom one Shield Wizard #10? I'm looking for a centerfold for a lower grade copy.

29 minutes ago, sfcityduck said:

My best flip is a story worth telling. 

I saw this thread posted on these boards back in 2012 entitled "Wanted: Nightingale Comic (1948) Used in SOTI."  The guy who posted it, SOTIcollector wrote: "I've spent years tracking down all of the comics mentioned by Wertham in Seduction of the Innocent, and discovering new ones that were previously unknown to collectors. The one book that still eludes me is The Nightingale. Anybody have one for sale or trade?"

See here: 

It sounded like a really cool book.  It is the only "good" comic book according to Frederick Wertham.  But, despite the fact that it got national press when it was published, with articles about it in major newspapers and magazines, it is incredibly rare.  Only 5,000 copies were printed, and distribution was limited to the Bronx and Westchester County with most copies given away at public schools.  That any copies survive is a miracle.  According to SOTIcollector, only one copy existed in private hands, and that had been purchased by a collector directly from the artist, with the only other copy he knew about in the Library of Congress.  (Later, I found out a few other copies were in public collections.)

The art was by Dong Kingman, an SF artist with whom I was familiar because I collect art by other Asian-American artists of his time period.  I thought maybe I could find a copy in the art world, as opposed to the comic book world. 

Ultimately, after a year long search, I found a copy.  As I expected it came from an art book dealer.  I bought it for a nominal sum.  I posted about that here:

It was a fun search and fun find, but now what was I to do?  I really didn't want to undertake obtaining every comic mentioned in SOTI.  And since SOTIcollector first alerted me to the book's existence, and he desperately needed it to complete his very passionate collecting interest, I felt it really made sense to sell it to him.  I did so for a decent sum (huge percentage increase over purchase), albeit for less than I could have sold it to others or at auction. 

But, I gained something far more important than money:  I helped a fellow collector complete his lifelong dream.  SOTIcollector completed the only known complete collection of every comic book mentioned SOTI.  Thanks to me, he found his grail.  And you know what?  It probably made me feel even better to get the book to SOTIcollector than it did to find the book.  An important and lasting lesson that collectors should keep in mind.

You can read his website here:

http://lostsoti.org/FoundSOTI.htm

 

 

 

Great story and a great thing to do for a fellow collector. At one time in the mid 1970's, I also decided to collect every book mentioned in SOTI as well as Love and Death and Parade of Pleasure. A monumental task since so many were un-identified. I amassed most of them but lost interest when I ran up against this book and several others.

You might have actually sold that to the right guy in more ways than one. I doubt I would have ever paid much for it just because I really didn't think I'd like it all that much. I believe everything eventually lands where it should and this is probably the case with this one.

Have I made and lost money flipping comics? Sure, who hasn't? Have I had a few incredible flips? Sure. I just don't need to brag about it to mostly total strangers. Hey, it's just me...

I do know for a fact, that one day, I am going to make more money than I could have imagined on stuff I bought 40-50 years ago!

Man, all I gotta deal with is the occasional out of the blue earthquake. By the time you realize what it is, it's usually done. Most buildings here are built for them. Been through a few pretty good ones. We get brush fires too but I don't live near the hills so I am always spared that.  I don't know which is worse, having warning or not.

Good luck to you folks in FL. You have the warning and it doesn't sound good. Pack up your loved ones, pets and long boxes and take a vacation for a few days. Be safe!

1 hour ago, jools&jim said:

I'm certain Maggie Thompson would know, but I couldn't find any current contact info for her.

On the other hand, her son (Stephen Thompson) hosts something on NPR called the "Pop Culture Happy Hour":

https://www.facebook.com/pchh

I'm not on Facebook, but maybe someone who is could message him and ask him to ask his mom, or (better) have her chime in here!

She writes a column for Steve Geppi's Scoop on line newsletter. Yeah, it would be great to have her on here. She could really tell some great stories. I 'll bet she's got some cool photos too.

46 minutes ago, Rip said:

Here are some photos. Picked up the batch of underground comics today. Around 125+ books

 

 

 

What a fun load. Congrats!

He said "rack" Bevis...

Love them "girly" teenage 3D parody books...