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Marc Nadel in an RBCC #31 ad dated 6/64 has AF 15 at 50 cents. Spiderman #1 is $1.00. This issue of RBCC was sold (?) given out (?) at the 1964 NYCC con. A Claude Held ad in same issue of RBCC has AF 15 at $1.50 and ASM 1 at $1.00.

I’ll check the old ads in that book when I find the energy to get up.

You’re kinda missing the point.

You gonna leave your books to heirs or cash out and forget about your heirs? im gonna cash out. Use that money for me. I ain’t got kids tho. Even if I did I wouldn’t leave em to em.

Hey this gives me an idea for a thread

Nice one! I have a book about the first con in 1964 and they were talking up that book and it was priced higher, so, 1964?

And your comics? Not so much worried about you. Someone needs to look after your books. Except the moderns.

Chaney Trail at foothills of mountains. Alta Dena/Pasadena. Near the horse rink there

Once in an episode of The Six Million Dollar Man they had a scene with a corpse so prop guys unload it from prop house, bring it to set. They shoot. Someone notices it was a real corpse. There was a book written about the whole situation. Let me do some digging (pun intended) and get back with the title. EDIT: From Wikipedia On December 8, 1976, the production crew of the television show The Six Million Dollar Man were filming scenes for the "Carnival of Spies" episode at The Pike. During the shoot, a prop man moved what was thought to be a wax mannequinthat was hanging from a gallows.[29] When the mannequin's arm broke off, a human bone and muscle tissue were visible.[23] Police were called and the mummified corpse was taken to the Los Angeles coroner's office. On December 9, Dr. Joseph Choi conducted an autopsy and determined that the body was that of a human male who had died of a gunshot wound to the chest. The body was completely petrified, covered in wax and had been covered with layers of phosphorus paint. It weighed approximately 50 pounds (23 kg) and was 63 inches (160 cm) in height. Some hair was still visible on the sides and back of the head while the ears, big toes and fingers were missing. The examination also revealed incisions from his original autopsy and embalming. Tests conducted on the tissue showed the presence of arsenic which was a component ofembalming fluid until the late 1920s.[30] Tests also revealed tuberculosis in the lungs which McCurdy had developed while working as a miner, bunions and scars that McCurdy was documented to have had.[4][15] While the bullet that caused the fatal wound was presumably removed during the original autopsy, the bullet jacket was found. It was determined to be agas check, which were first used in 1905 until 1940. These clues helped investigators pinpoint the era in which the man had been killed.[30] Further clues to the man's identity were found when the mandible was removed for dental analysis. Inside the mouth was a 1924 penny and ticket stubs to the 140 W. Pike, Side Show and Louis Sonney's Museum of Crime.[26][31]Investigators contacted Dan Sonney who confirmed that the body was Elmer McCurdy.[26] Forensic anthropologist Dr. Clyde Snow was then called in to help make a positive identification. Dr. Snow took radiographs of the skull and placed them over a photo of McCurdy taken at the time of his death in a process called superimposition.[32] Snow was able to determine that skull was that of Elmer McCurdy.[33] By December 11, the story of McCurdy's journey had been featured in newspapers and on television and radio. Several funeral homes called the coroner's office offering to bury McCurdy free of charge, but officials decided to wait to see if any living relatives would come forward to claim the body. Fred Olds, who represented the Indian Territory Posse of Oklahoma Westerns, eventually convinced Dr. Thomas Noguchi, then the Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner for the County of Los Angeles, to allow him to bury the body in Oklahoma. After further testing to ensure proper identification, Olds was allowed to take custody of the body.[31] On April 22, 1977, a funeral procession was conducted to transport McCurdy to the Boot Hill section of the Summit View Cemetery in Guthrie, Oklahoma.[12] A graveside service attended by approximately 300 people was conducted after which McCurdy was buried next to another outlaw, Bill Doolin.[34] To ensure that McCurdy's body would not be stolen, two feet (60 cm) of concrete was poured over the casket.[35]

When I was a kid i wrote William Gains a letter saying how much I enjoyed his EC Comics. I was kinda hopping he'd send me some OA, as in, "Here Kid. This is for you." He did write back. He said, "Thank you for the nice letter." There was no OA enclosed.

But I forget where I've been. That's a big problem. Like yesterday I was walking the dog on a mountain trail here and suddenly a man crawled out of the bushes with knee pads, papers and a magnifying glass. He had some flowers pressed in a book. He claimed to be a scientist from UC Riverside who was studying flowers. I tried to tell him where I've been scuba diving around the world but I forgot about Xcalak in the Yucatan. But I did remember that town where they bury people and than one year later dig them up and lay their corpse out in the graveyard. Pomuch near Campeche. You want to talk about strange? https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/pomuch-cemetery

I'm kinda a simple guy. The above is confusing. Like when you're really drunk at a bar and instead of someone asking you why the chicken crossed the road, he tells you why the chicken crossed the road.

Abortion is legal up until age 21 in Alabama now. I think I have that right.

Wonder if UCLA would take my drek? Maybe the local community college would.

Right? Let me try that with her. lol.

I don't mind pop culture and/or entertainment dumbed down so as to be accessible to as many pocket books as possible but when the powers that be find a wining formula do they have to beat it to death? Over and over and over. Can I have a big budget thought provoking documentary on Stan Lee/Jack Kirby/Steve Ditko or a fictional film based on The Men Of Tomorrow? Does it all have to be Iron Man 15 or Transformers 27? Can you use some of those big profits the superhero movies make to financially shore up, I dunno, a film that's something a little different? You'd think even the people these films appeal to would get tired of it at some point. Wish I could just drink the Kool-Aid. In all areas of life.

My wife took the comic book budget and changed it into travel budget. Hoping I can grab a couple of bucks soon and slide it back into the comic buying budget. It's cool. Get to see lots of crazy far off places.

I know I'm not tuned into current pop culture, don't have any 11-12 year old children, however, I swear all these CW shows look the same.

Can't wait! The CW is really bringing their A game! BTW: In looking into their new (?) tag line Dare To Defy does anyone know exactly what it is they're daring to defy? A buck? Homogenization? Originality?

HaHaHa! Was just thinking of this today. I used to love haunting old bookstores and looking for stuff. I just don't have the time resources at this point in my life to do that anymore and I'm more than happy to pay someone extra who has taken the time/work/skill/knowledge to find a gem. So yeah I kinda just do the wall books.

No, I did date Belinda Carlisle's sister. Her name was Hope.

I've had one of those blue folder thingees filled with wheat pennies from a consecutive bunch of years. I think there was a steel penny in there. I dunno. It's was a different color. Jim Halperin wrote an article about my Wheat Penny Blue Folder Thingee. It It was that good. I had a quarter blue folder thingee once too but I pulled the quarters out one day to buy cigarettes. EDIT: Just kidding about Mr. Halperin writing an article about my wheat penny collection although I did go on several dates with Belinda Carlisle's sister.

Thanks for making me laugh on what’s kinda a crappy day.

I disagree. It will never happen.

Thank you. I wish Mr. Magik Woo would come here and speak (maybe he already is/has) . I reckon he’s got some important stories. As Barry Sandoval of Heritage says, "One does not call Mr. Woo, Mr Woo calls you." Regardless, I appreciate your letting us know somewhat something about the man. Am I incorrect that Crazy Charlie (Portland vendor ?) is deceased?