Robot Man

Was looking through a nice pile of Timely and DC coverless GA books that Mr. Bedrock was so kind to bring to me at WonderCon. They kind of got buried in a pile so I hadn't read them yet. Well, last night was the night.

One was this one. Young Allies #10 from Summer 1943. In addition to a great house ad for All Select #1, I ran into this ad. Apparently, brass and copper was needed for the war effort so the club was forced to fold. Bucky was pimping the purchase of a war stamp with that dime instead. Now, I'm as patriotic as the next guy, but I think my dime might have gone to that fat, glossy copy of All Select instead...

13 hours ago, Darth Corgi said:

Cool! Another top five horror set. I did mine in the first 5 thread. It was real tough but Weird Mysteries #5 and Weird Chills #2 just barely didn't make the cut. They would most definately make the second 5 set though!

4 minutes ago, jimjum12 said:

GOD BLESS....

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

Thanks Jimbo, Love those Suzies!

9 minutes ago, jimjum12 said:

SUZIE 61..............................2.5.............................OW.................................$ 20

I'll take it!

2 hours ago, Ricksneatstuff said:

This is a response I had in a thread 6 months ago discussing how the GA forum has the most activity:

The beauty of golden age collecting is the treasure hunt.  It is finding those few elusive books that show up once every few years online or maybe digging through the back boxes and some store and seeing that obscure book you have never seen. It is the pre-code era and all that came with that and then the mid-50's post CCA when they were trying to hint at the things they were doing outright in the early 50's. It is the diversity of collectible interests that were represented so well in golden age comics with different publishers bringing their own flare to the table. It is wild speculation about what must be in the jungle, what they thought was in outer space and what we will be flying or wearing to get there  . It is full of political incorrect language and imagery of the time. It is Barks and Baker, Frazetta and Feldstein, Shores, Simon and Kirby, Kane, Fine, Schomburg, Wood ,Zolnerowich, Eisner and Everett and so many more.

In the early 90's I had virtually every silver and bronze age Marvel (except never an AF 15) and most of the DC books from '61 on but never experienced anything like the magic and mystery of golden age comics.

+1 I agree with all the points made above. A challenge to find, so many genres and just a different "look" than most comics today. Plus, I feel like I have collected since the dawn of time and am always finding books I didn't know existed. There are also so many places to find them and while searching them out, I am always bumping into other non-comic book stuff that tempts me.

Seems all the ladies love Betty Jimmers. My wife has said that when I go to the big junk show in the sky, she might keep my vintage Betty Boop and Felix stuff. The other stuff, she would just as soon kick to the curb...

Betty Boop is still real popular. They have been making new stuff for years. I ONLY collect the 1930's era stuff though and it's pretty hard to find.

On 5/13/2017 at 10:09 AM, piper said:

 I agree with you about brittle pages but when I saw the Contact 12 with slightly brittle pages, I had to have it.

For me, I hate spine splits, missing pages, and coverless books.

The only way I can buy a book with "brittle pages" is to have it in hand raw. There are degrees of brittle. If it's on a CGC case, I will pass.

And I LOVE coverless books. Especially when buying a stack of nice fat GA ones. I love to figure out which issues they are and I can read them without any fear of damage. Also gives me a quest to put together incomplete books.

Well, it's Mothers Day. If you are lucky to still have one, give her a call or better yet, go over and give her a hug! We are going to have a little BBQ over here at the Robot junk pile this afternoon. Enjoy your day!

I took my kid's Mom to the junk show this morning and lookie what I got. 1932 Betty Boop puzzle set. You just don't see early Betty stuff like this very often.

This is another favorite Felix item!

Not a comic book but my favorite item in my Felix collection. From the late 1920's!

17 hours ago, FlyingDonut said:

That's tremendous. What issue of Weird Tales is that?

 

Funny you should ask. I just picked up a load of Weird Tales. It was in the load. It is May 1952. Nice Virgil Finlay cover!

Was it Clint that passed away? Really sad and tragic. Nothing is worth your life. I remember his shop from WAY back. Sadly crimes like this are on the rise all over the country these days. What kind of a scumbag does this to older people and women? They need to start catching these guys and post their punishments on Facebook as a lesson to others who might be tempted.

3 hours ago, Gaard said:

Didn't Don Rosa do one of these too?

9 hours ago, sagii said:

"Gaily colored funnies" Indeed!

About the only defects I CAN'T live with are brittle, mold, and rat chews. Just about everything else is up for option if the price is right...

10 hours ago, PopKulture said:

Not even in the neighborhood of your amazing RoboFinds, but this was on my radar for a long time when I recently picked it up for a five-spot. It's missing the spine, but it pops all the same next to my Buck pop-up books.

Great book Pop! Looks to be in about the same shape as mine. I got mine in a box lot at a farm auction. Big box of BLBs I bid on and got pretty cheap. I didn't notice that and the Tarzan one at the bottom of the box until I got home. The colors are wonderful. Pop up books you say???

Ain't it the truth? I remember, not so long ago when nobody cared about books like this. I wish I had bought more but I was concentrating on finishing my pre code horror books instead. These are still low in guide so I can still get lucky once in a while.

On May 11, 2017 at 7:39 PM, eccomic said:

Jon was kind enough to sell me some Canadian Whites back in the early part of this century, including the elusive Colossal Comics and a few others pictured below.

I guess if I am not successful winning any of the books in the upcoming Comicconnect auction, I can be appreciative of these books that I acquired from his collection. 

"Nelvana and the ether people" love it! That bound volume is slick!

12 hours ago, atomised said:

This copy just arrived from Metropolis.  Looks sharper than their 3.0 G/VG grade.

Nice cover and one that does not get enough love.

9 hours ago, Hap Hazard said:

I was able to meet him at  San Diego Comic Con some 15 years ago  and bought this piece from him then.

Nice piece Hap! All I got there were some lousy autographs. A very nice guy.

2 hours ago, Ricksneatstuff said:

I had no resistance or wavering, just a little late... Great grab Rick! Just as well as I'm saving my spare change for a couple books coming up in certain soon to be auction...

On 5/3/2017 at 10:17 AM, n2wdw said:

"Arched Back" GGA - Jungle Comics 75

In his thread, @Robot Man recently posted books in his collection that fit the "girl chained to a wheel" theme.  I got a kick out of that because I have that same folder on my computer.  I drop scans of all my comics in the "My Comics" folder.  But, I also have folders covering different themes I collect, and "Bondage Tied to Wheel" is one of them. 

I find that having these folders help me focus my collecting.  If I'm thinking about buying a comic, I ask myself "which theme will this comic fit into?"  It's a strike against the book if it doesn't fit into any of the themes.  It doesn't mean I won't buy it, but it's less likely.

Some of the themes I collect are pretty standard for GGA collectors, like "headlights" and "humor."  Books often fit into more than one theme, like both "girl chained to a wheel" and "damsel in distress."

Two of my other themes are "hands tied above head" and "arched back."  You might be thinking "Is this guy serious? Does he really collect around these themes?"  But you don't have to collect comics for too long before you see these poses cropping up on covers again and again.  And many of them are considered classic GGA covers.

Recently I picked up Jungle Comics 75 that fits the "arched back" theme.  Another one is Planet Comics 30.  (Planet 30 also goes into my "classic GGA" folder).

As I mentioned before, I really enjoy looking at the house ads of Fiction House books.  Below is the house ad for Jungle 75.  It shows 2 of my favorite Fictions, Fight 43 and Rangers 28.  Both go in the "damsels in distress" theme, which catches a big part of my GA GGA collection, along with "GGA humor."

 

Here is an "arched back" favorite of mine...

Last five GGA covers (no particular order)

My last five crime books (no particular order)

Since Bedrock has broken this down into categories (pedigrees), this makes it easier for me.

My last five horror books (no particular order)