Robot Man

How 'bout some "Foxey" runs?

A few more not included in the "big six"

Friction House rocks! Some, you rarely see

I think this pulp has been posted. When I saw it, I knew I wanted a copy. Well, patience pays off. Scored this at a flea market last Sunday. Great pirate stuff!

12 hours ago, Dr. Love said:

Towards the end of his career with St. John, Baker produced some of the covers we love best - but those issues also have the weakest interiors.  The Cinderella Loves are Ziff Davis stories inside; the Going Steadys have little or no Baker, and whatever Baker there is are reprints from earlier titles.

Believe it or not, pound for pound, the Teen-Age Diary Secrets 7 digest has more original Baker art than any other title/issue, by a wide margin - 61 pages.  Next in line is the Giant TLP 4, with 41 original Baker pages.

The sublime cover for Diary Secrets 16 (outstanding book Rick!), one of the very first full no dialogue covers, is actually a nuanced rework of an earlier splash from Wartime Romances 12.

 

The only "real" original owner romance collector (archivists like Church, Crippen, and Crowley don't fit the bill), of course a gal, was Nancy Wessner.  Over the course of 25 years I've seen her books surface here and there, and it's always a rush to see her easily recognized sig again.  She liked St. John and Fox, two interesting choices for a young girl, but she also bought across the board in the 50's.  No Charlton of course - Charlton has been universally shunned like an Amish with a taste for porn.

Here are some Nancy books (not my books, just grabbed screen shots).  If you have any Nancy's in nice shape, I'm a for real buyer.

 

 

 

 

Teen age Diary Secrets Digest is a great book with Lots of Baker inside. The cover is decieving. I like the Baker digest "It rhymes with Lust" a lot too. full of nice Baker art.

6 hours ago, ThothAmon said:

Nice copy of a rarely seen (at least by me) issue.

It took me a while to find a decent copy. I believe probably due to the cover, most people hang on to it.

3 hours ago, Yellow Kid said:

That is Robert A. Brown on the right side but it is George Evans on the left and Joe Vusinovich (sp?) in the center but who is no longer with us.  George is holding an old Colt replica and the bag contains black powder.  Robert remembers the moment very well because he got a piece of Evan's art that he really wanted.

Got any old photos of cons or Collectors Book store Rich?

5 minutes ago, Readcomix said:

We had better hurry...I think the cat is already out of the bag on Dizzy Dames! ... But not much else; if their other teen titles are like that, they are just waiting to be discovered.

ACG's also seem to me to often be pretty beat up. You notice that "Archie Syndrome" with them too, or is it just me?

Check out Killroys and Cookie. Many have Moronica (Dizzy Dames) stories. Many have great covers and are very reasonable.

Just now, catrick339 said:

Journey  Into Unknown  Worlds 46

 

Small corner off  upper  LH  FC,  chip out  RH  edge  FC,   small corner off  lower  LH  BC.   Some  general  wear to boot. 

 

Tight  with  offwhite pages,  good gloss. 

 

Asking  $20

 

 

 

Take it

Just now, catrick339 said:

Hedy  of  Hollywood 45

 

Corner off  upper  RH  FC and  a matching  corner off  first  leaf,   chip out lower  edge  FC.  FC  and  BC  are both  yellowed  up  pretty  strongly.  Tight  with  cream - offwhite pages. 

 

Asking  $15

 

 

 

Take it

The flea market gods shined down upon me yesterday. The guy said he had a big box of other comics and pulps he will bring out in two weeks. Wish me luck!

I think it floors Junior too...

Flea market picking from yesterday...

Since I'm going to be out junking early tomorrow then off to Easter with the kiddies, I thought I'd post a couple and wish all my boardie friends a Happy Easter!

And in these uncertain times, 

"Give peace a chance"

John Lennon & Yoko Ono

On 4/13/2017 at 6:05 PM, lotemo said:

For those of you who like the Timely painted covers, I finally found a copy of the companion book to Georgie #25 (see below)

This cover was repainted for use on an issue of Joker, the adult humor digest in 1953.  Georgie was published in 1950.  The artwork was modified just a bit to make the man who was previously Georgie look a bit older:

I never thought I'd find a copy of this one so I was pretty thrilled when I did!  The Joker issue is digest sized.  I just enlarged the scan to make it comparable.

Very cool Peter Driben cover! Anybody know if he did any more comic book covers? He did a lot of great pin-up work in magazines such as these.

Just picked up this little beauty. Last one (other than #24) that I need of this title for my collection. Pretty huh?

1 minute ago, Shrevvy said:

I'll take it

Cool book Joe. If I didn't already have one...

Just now, catrick339 said:

Freckles  and his Friends 8

Tape  at  staples,   some  wear  along  spine,  otherwise  solid with white  pages.

 

$12  takes it.

 

 

 

Take it!

7 minutes ago, catrick339 said:

Y'know,  now that I  think  about it,   that folded  over   flap  on the Best of the West  10  really  DOES  fit in with the rest  of the cover's  theme,  doesn't it?

 

 

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz What?

2 minutes ago, catrick339 said:

Let's get started  while  the site is up.

 

Freckles  and his Friends 5

 

General wear,   small tears at upper staple  BC,   dust  shadow  upper   LH BC.  Nice  lower grade copy  with  tight  spine  and  CF,  offwhite  pages.

 

$30  takes  it

 

 

 

Take it!

Can't remember if I posted this one or not. Got it from Steve Ritter at SDCC. I love that it is one with Leroy's name on it. I think there is a back cover coupon with his name and address on it as well.

On 4/11/2017 at 9:09 PM, porcupine48 said:

I sure hope the printers in Canada have improved since this was printed... Strawman would love this.

I think Terry owes me a little commission with all the "pimping" I've done on this collection...

All kidding aside, it is a great group of books. Some stuff  you just never see.

8 minutes ago, catrick339 said:

Howdy!  I have  abut a dozen  books to list  this evening,   let's get started.

 

Adventure Into Mystery 4

 

Short  run  Atlas  title.   This  one has a  four page  Williamson   story, and the lead is by Don Heck.

 

RH  side of  the FC  is wrinkled  with  chips out,    small piece out  LH BC.   Bit of gloss,  cream  to offwhite pages,  pulled  upper  staple  FC,    pulled  lower staple  on  spine. 

 

Grab  a pretty reader  for $15

 

 

 

Take it!