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    First Lois Lane Cover

    in Golden Age Comic Books

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    On 2/18/2020 at 10:43 AM, RedFury said:

    Slightly off-topic, but I just wanted to mention that the August 1929 issue of Weird Tales has a story by Lois Lane.  Jerry Siegel was known to be a reader of many pulps, including Weird Tales.  He had a letter published in a 1930 issue so he is very likely to have seen the Lois Lane story, making it a strong possibility for the inspiration for the name.  The story, The Purple Sedan, was Lois Lane's only contribution to Weird Tales, and as far as I can tell, her only publication ever.  I know of no details of her life, or even if she was a real person or a pseudonym.  

    This same issue is better known for the first appearance of Robert E. Howard's character Kull of Atlantis.  The story, The Shadow Kingdom, is considered one of Howard's best, and is also considered the first sword and sorcery story, so it's quite an important issue.

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    This right here! This right here is why I read the boards. A master class in comicsology. Wonderful piece of information!

    Berkeley Comic Con Show Report

    in Comics General

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    10 hours ago, ExNihilo said:

    Can confirm it was a 1.5, but I don't recall what the price was.  He says he doesn't frequent the boards as often as he used to.  But he did give me his business card (fantasticcomicsandart@gmail.com).  Great guy.

    The FF1 is a 1.5 and it belongs to @Primetime he was holding down the booth with me. You can PM him if interested.

    Berkeley Comic Con May 5, Comics Only! Great old school show.

    in Comic Events

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    Ok here’s my show review. The show... was great as always. You can basically stop reading right there and just show up to the next one.

    In between the customers it feels like a room full of old and new friends hanging out on a Saturday talking comics and having a laugh. Jbud and HOC have been showing me the ropes for almost 15 years now so seeing both of them in the same room always brings a smile to my face. POV was in rare form. His improv is unnecessarily hilarious and once he’s finishes making you laugh, he busts out his magnifier and lays a master class worth of knowledge on you. I’m serious, I learned more about restoration detection in 20 mins than I have in the last 14 years. Primetime had my 6 in the booth all day counting $1 books by the dozen and letting me drop the Overstreet Advisor card every once in a while and Brain was there just long enough for me to wise crack a few times before he disappeared to do real life stuff (we missed you buddy). The show has introduced me to a lot of boardies I probably wouldn’t have bumped in to other wise. Harvdoss and Edgerx are both awesome dudes.

    Then there is the new breed of instagram collectors that have been growing on me. A lot of very cool ladies and gents that would make (if they aren’t already) great additions to the boards.

    And of course Wormboy does an awesome job orchestrating. I’m gonna say this out loud one time just for you Tim. Thank you for taking all that ‘abuse’ (I don’t think I’m allowed to use the word I want to there) from that mean old lady that rudely orders you where to put each table at the end of the show so the octogenarians can play bridge on Sunday morning.

    Everything about this show brings out the best memories of collecting and dealing for most everyone that goes. It is a nostalgia factory to say the least. If you’ve made it through my entire OG boardie love note then you owe it to yourself to check this little box of comics out. It’s better than Ralph Macchio’s letter to the editor in Amazing Spider-Man #129.

    Berkeley Comic Con Jan. 20, Comics Only! Killer dealer lineup.

    in Comic Events

    Posted

    Show is gonna be great! If you haven’t been yet, show up!

    I’ve got 11 long boxes full of brand new 50 cent books coming (actual good titles included!) A wall with some more affordable keys for my lower budget collectors (GSX 1, Thor 165, Secret Wars 8’s, ASM 298-300, Graded copies of ASM 300, NM 98, X 101, and a ton of other goodies.) plus a ton of $5-$20 books at half price. We might even drag out some modern OA for fun. 

     

    If I had found this show when I first started collecting I would have been very spoiled. The amount of knowledge, product and great atmosphere make it a very special venue. See you there.