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17 hours ago, BB-Gun said:

It is good to see the color pop on some of those Fiction House comics.  I purchased a new Jungle 77 and added it to some of the other bright copies.

Nice, bright colorful copies BB! I don't know about you guys, but I just can't buy those ink starved, faded books no matter what the technical grade. MUCH rather have a lower grade one with colors that pop.

Dumb question guys. How do I access the census? I've tried to search but never get the right result even though I know there are graded copies. Help a noob out...

17 hours ago, sagii said:

It's actually a 'swipe' of Comedy Comics #18 (Timely), which i also have and like a lot. But the drawing and logo on this is 'crude' it's charming.  Great idea for a Thread btw. 

You mean this one?

9 hours ago, Dark Knight said:

Still waiting for someone to find an Action 1 or Tec 27 at an estate sale, flea market, etc. 

How about a Bat #1?

1 hour ago, Sqeggs said:

Beerbohm's story has never seemed fully coherent, at least to me.  No doubt that the collection exists -- I was actually at the Berkeley Con where the first books were bought (not that I knew what was going on!). Note that what I wrote above is the "whole Reilly story looks a bit shaky" not that somehow the collection itself was fabricated.

@nearmint has done some excellent detective work and it appears as if no one named Tom Reilly (or variants thereof) from California died in WW II as he is supposed to have.  

There is another thread (or maybe two or three) where a lot of these issues were hashed out.  Not sure whether those threads still exist.  The one Beerbohm posted in extensively may have been nuked when he was banned from the boards.

My takeaway is that at this point unless someone with additional information comes forward, we may never know exactly how and why this collection was put together.

Ron Pussell (Redbeard) was the one who coined the phrase San Francisco collection. He was an early buyer who bought a lot of them. I really wish I could get him to come these boards. He has a wealth of information and stories about this and the Mile High collection. At one time he owned the Mile High Superman #1 as well as the Planet #1 original. Both of which I was lucky to see.

16 hours ago, BlowUpTheMoon said:

The best wall shot!

16 hours ago, BlowUpTheMoon said:

Man, those isles are narrow. Not built for the average fan it seems.

15 hours ago, BlowUpTheMoon said:

A little something for the Kiddies?

Thanks for the photos. Liked the shot of the bar the best.

I watched but really wasn't too impressed. Really only covered Superman, Batman, Capt. America and a little Wonder Woman. They really rushed through it. Didn't even mention SA Flash, or GL. Right to Marvel and really just Spiderman and Cap again. I liked seeing all the artists and writers. Would have like to see more fans.

Looks like they are rushing to get to the movies which were popping up a lot in last nights episode. I doubt I will watch tonight. It will probably just be a Marvel movie fest.

What did you guys think?

21 hours ago, KirbyJack said:

Marvel Mystery #17. Ad for Captain America #1, first Timely team-up, and the first WWII era GA book I ever bought. It's missing its CF, so it was $20.

Mad #1. In my opinion, one of the top 10 most important comics ever published, and the best book to represent my man Harvey.

N.Y. World's Fair '40. You gots to has you some Bats and Supes.

Captain America #6. I'm making the hard call and letting go of all of my S&K, keeping just one example. 1st S&K double page CF spread.

Space Western #44. EDITOR: "Westerns sell, and kids like space stuff." PUBLISHER: "Needs a gimmick. Work in Hitler and you got a winner."

 

I love MAD #1. MAD was what got me into actually collecting comics instead of just buying them off the newstand. It was my grail in the days pre-internet when it was real hard to find specific issues. I remember when I finally got one. I still treasure it today. I actually lugged it to a bunch of cons to get Kurtzman, Elder, Severin and Davis to sign the splash pages of their stories. Sadly, to late for Wood. I lucked out a couple of years ago and a guy sold me a copy autographed to a fan in the early 1970's by Bill Gaines. Very important book in my eyes for a lot of reasons.

18 hours ago, Sqeggs said:

Nice.  Such a tough series. 

I don't know that they are all that tough, just expensive and in demand. I've only been lucky enough to land #1 and these two.

Don't discount Cookie and The Kilroys if you like Morinica. She's in a lot of them as well as Starlet O'Hara.

Hard to pick. I love 'em all. Inside and out!

Already posted but I really like this one.

Not a Baker cover but plenty of Baker goodness inside. Quite scarce I suspect.

How about an unusual Baker one?

I was selling at a show yesterday and missed this thread. I have a lot of these. Still need a few Pocket and Speeds which I will probably never get. Here are a few that haven't been posted.

This is a scarce Timely digest. Kind of like Ripley's Believe it or not.

On 4/30/2017 at 6:49 AM, buttock said:

Then there's this rare sucker that is rebound remaindered Harvey digests.  

I'm also a lucky owner of one of these...

I bought a bunch of pulps and comics yesterday at the flea market. When I asked if he had any more, he told me he very recently sold 4 Torchys with some original Torchy art! Damn, just a little too late I guess...

Yeah, it must be the inking on these. I've only got a couple and have had chances for others. They just seem to have a different look than the St. John's which I prefer more. Might be the coloring too. The St. John's seem to have richer colors as well.

I recently bought a similar grade copy for just under double that price and thought it was a little steep but was happy to get it. I guess even Ginger is starting to hit her stride now...

6 hours ago, path4play said:

Golden Arrow #[1]    $5  coverless complete.  Outside wrap split.  Strip of old paper glued along spine.

 

I'll take it (need that centerfold!)

I almost hate to say it but Stan Lee?

58 minutes ago, BOOT said:

Great copies of some outrageously rare and fun comics! Someone should start a Digest Thread... These beauties could get overlooked in this Baker thread.

Probably a little limited. I started a giant/annual thread once and it went no where fast.

I don't mind bragging but too many to list. I bought most from Chuck directly way back when he first bought the collection. Got a good bunch from Redbeard and John MCLaughlin many years ago. I was heavily into Seduction of the Innocent, pre-code horror, crime, Atlas and those cool oddball ones that just jumped out at me. No early ones or "Men in Tights" too expensive and they just didn't interest me as much. I think most all are in Mylar and not graded. Probably should have them graded and documented but I just don't care that much right now.