Robot Man

I see your Headline Corey and raise you Crime Suspensetories #17...

I saw him on the news. He looked kind of sad and beaten. He's had a bad couple of weeks. I think he needs the support of the people that he means so much to right now.

Such a cool book. Kind of like this one...

Such a cool book. Kind of like this one...

Yes, it is and one of my favorite Prize comics. Goes well with this one too.

I had a local friend that they picked. He is a building demo guy that collects toys. On the show it was portrayed as a random driving down the street pick. In reality, my friend contacted the show and they set up a time for Mike and Frank to come over. The show asked for random pictures of his 3 warehouses. They quizzed him on what kind of stuff he had. And that was it.
According to my friend, once they got there the pick was on. There was no "staging". They dug through the place and pulled out stuff they wanted and did the dance for price. He's got great stuff and a ton of it so it wouldn't be necessary any way. They stayed all day and spent about 8K with him. He felt that at least Mike was pretty honest with him, Frank, not so much. He enjoyed the day and said how real and down to earth they both were. He was amazed at their passion and knowledge about the stuff. 
I watched the episode. It was fun. It was highly edited I'm sure. They highlighted about 4 or 5 items when in reality, they 1/2 filled their van with smalls. They barely scratched the surface of what this guy has.
I would kill to spend a day picking with them. TV stars or not, their love of junk and the people they get it from really shows through.

Yes, it is and one of my favorite Prize comics. Goes well with this one too.

Yes, it is and one of my favorite Prize comics. Goes well with this one too.

Yes, he probably did. Here's another one to keep your eyes open for. I looked for years for this one shot and had to pay dearly for it.

As far as sick and violent go, here are are a couple more good candidates.

I love Schomburg "hooded guy" covers!

Oh, yes it is! So are the last couple of issues but this one is off the charts. I've got to those out and look at them again... Here are a couple other good ones from the end of the run.  #50 and #51.

Awsome post! That was my second SDCC. I just remember driving down from LA with about 4 or 5 friends. My friend was the oldest so he rented the room at the El Cortez. We had half a dozen guys piled into a room all in sleeping bags to save money. Ate at Denny's down the street because it was cheap. I wanted to have as much money as possible to spend in the room. 
Funny like books like Tec #27 and Batman #1 are just sitting on a chair with the dealer's back to them. Times really have changed. I spent most of the time on my hands and knees picking the dollar boxes under the tables  for pre-code horror, crime, jungle and Fox books. Went home with a huge pile. My focus was EC's but they were like $4-$8. EACH! I bought a few but the dollar GA boxes were the best.
I remember walking up to Jack Kirby while he sat smoking a cigar by the pool and getting a free sketch and a couple of autographs. Just an awsome and innocent time that is gone forever. 
Thanks for posting this!

Here's my scariest story. About 15 years ago I bought some books from a guy on ebay. Turns out he was a local guy so I contacted him. Turns out he found about 200 Atomic Age books stored in an un-plugged refrigerator in a garage. He didn't know much about them and didn't want to list them all on ebay. I got his number and we agreed to meet at his place.
We agreed at 8:00 pm on a Tuesday night since we both worked. He gave me the address and it sounded a little sketchy. I went anyway (alone). Turned out it was about 2 blocks away from where the Rodney King riot was in LA. As a rule, a place that a middle aged white guy should just stay away from. But the lure of sweet GA books pulled me there.
I pulled up to the address. The neighbor hood had lots of graphitti on the walls, funky lowrider cars on the lawns, houses with bars on the windows ect. All signs that would tell a sane person to get out of the area. But all I could imagine was that smell of vintage comics.
I got out of the car and spied a group of lets just say... "minority" kids staring at my car. Now I grew up in an area with a lot of mostly latin and black kids of low income families. It was fine to me and we were all friends. The '60's were a great time but this was 25 years later and this area was recently burned and looted. 
I left my money in the trunk, crossed the street and rang the door bell. It was answered by a large latin guy in a wife beater shirt and baggy shorts a little buzzed with a beer in his hand. We shook hands and he took me around back to the garage where there were several other similar gentlemen working on a beautiful 1964 Impala lowrider. I smiled and complemented them on their beautiful car. He talked horsepower and I realized they were probably OK. The guy asked me if I wanted a beer and I said sure not wanting to offend him. We went to back of the garage and he opened the refrigerator. Inside, packed top to bottom were piles of comics from about 1946-1957 (my favorite stuff). There were pre=code horror, superhero, crime, jungle, sci fi. Titles like Phantom Lady, Batman, Tales from the Crypt, Jungle ect. all in pretty nice condition. The best was a beautiful Capt. America #74 in beautiful shape. I was rather floored. He said they were there when he moved in and wasn't a collector. 
We worked out a very nice price and they packed them in boxes and helped me out to the car with them. We loaded them up, I paid him and I thanked him and drove off into the night with my heart pounding...

Awsome post! That was my second SDCC. I just remember driving down from LA with about 4 or 5 friends. My friend was the oldest so he rented the room at the El Cortez. We had half a dozen guys piled into a room all in sleeping bags to save money. Ate at Denny's down the street because it was cheap. I wanted to have as much money as possible to spend in the room. 
Funny like books like Tec #27 and Batman #1 are just sitting on a chair with the dealer's back to them. Times really have changed. I spent most of the time on my hands and knees picking the dollar boxes under the tables  for pre-code horror, crime, jungle and Fox books. Went home with a huge pile. My focus was EC's but they were like $4-$8. EACH! I bought a few but the dollar GA boxes were the best.
I remember walking up to Jack Kirby while he sat smoking a cigar by the pool and getting a free sketch and a couple of autographs. Just an awsome and innocent time that is gone forever. 
Thanks for posting this!

Just some random teen age GGA...  Homer Hooper #1

Great book I've never had the pleasure of owning. Spied a copy that looks a little lower grade on the bay that seems to be traveling upward quickly. Will be interesting to see where it lands.

Junkin day today. No comics to be found and too much compettition. So when life gives you lemons... Got this large and beautiful advertising tray circa 1910 and this cool item that will be of more interest to you folks.

Screwed by Photophuckit like me. Sorry, really sucks...

While cleaning up my files, I found this. Giant Comics Editions near complete run. Missing an Abbie & Slat and a Terry Toons I believe. Boy, some of these are tough...

Just picked up this sleezy beauty.