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The Voord
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On 10/25/2023 at 11:10 PM, Rick2you2 said:
If you like quality, let me recommend the Korean shows on Netflix as well as Wiki Rakuten. I am addicted now, and don’t mind the subtitles.
Subtitles are a must for me on most things, lol! My hearing's definitely deteriorated as I get older and my wife doesn't like me turning up the volume so I can hear WTF I'm supposed to be listening to . . . so subtitles (and lower volume) make a nice compromise!
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Some years back, I was fortunate enough to be able to purchase five interior story pages from SPACE FAMILY ROBINSON # 1 (1962), via Dan Spiegle's art agent, Dave Karlen. For some reason, Dan had retained all of the interior art to # 1, with the bulk of that 1st issue art owned by an American friend who bought his pages directly from Dan. The book was later re-titled, SPACE FAMILY ROBINSON, LOST IN SPACE.
Very little of Dan's interior pages from the series is known to exist . . . apart from the first issue, I've seen a smattering of pages from late in the title's run.
Issue one contained two SFR stories . . . 'The Challenge of Gorko' (22 pages) and 'Rescue on Asteroid 48' (10 pages).
Here are the pages I own (pages 3, 21, 27, 28 and 30), positioned in order of book appearance:
- MAR1979, tth2 and All-Star Squadman
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On 10/26/2023 at 6:42 AM, grapeape said:
Never use friends and family on PayPal for a business transaction. You are not covered if you get scammed.
I would leave negative comments on his CAF page explaining the situation. I hope that might get him to respond to you.
I think it depends on who you're dealing with. As I'm in the UK, I get hit with extra charges buying from or selling to USA residents. F&F eliminates the extra charges, so if I'm selling I either request F&F or a top-up-charge to cover the extra costs involved with G&S . . . and if I have absolute trust in the seller (through solid reputation) will pay F&F.. But, yes, F&F is generally not a good idea when dealing with complete unknowns.
- Randall Dowling and grapeape
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Back in the 1960s, in my home town of Liverpool, England . . . I used to scour all the local newsagents for the latest American comic-books. Although I had a preference for the Marvel titles, I was quite open to try anything that looked interesting (regardless of publisher).
One weekend, during a systematic search of the neighborhood, I came across the # 24 issue of a title I'd not seen before . . . SPACE FAMILY ROBINSON, LOST IN SPACE. The dramatic (painted) cover depicted a daring rescue bid to save a sacrificial victim from an imminent fiery death, atop of the hands of a gigantic statue in the ancient mythical land of Atlantis. On the strength of the cover painting alone (see below), I bought the comic-book and was duly hooked on the adventures of the Robinsons (which have no bearing on the TV series of the same name).
The interior art, by Dan Spiegle, was deceptively simple. His story-telling, in comparison to the superhero stuff of the time, didn't go in for the heightened sense of drama most of us had become accustomed to. Spiegle's story art was a gentle, refreshing change of pace . . . allowing the strength of the writing not to be overshadowed by flashy macho-posturing characters.
A month or two after buying LOST IN SPACE # 24, I bought the follow-up issue of this two-part adventure. The cover image to SPACE FAMILY ROBINSON, LOST IN SPACE # 25 was, to the 10 year old boy I was at the time, even more spectacular!. For over five decades I'd been enamored of George Wilson's stunning # 25 cover painting - and it had remained high on my 'Wants' list of nostalgic favorites.
Some years back, when I decided to scale-down my collection to a core group of cherished favorites, I'd abandoned all hope of ever finding my LOST IN SPACE cover grail. Out of the blue, I received an e-mail from the (then) owner - expressing an interest in releasing the cover to me in trade.
Through several weeks of looking at trade options (for artwork outside of my own collection that I could possibly buy as trade-bait), the alternative idea of a straight cash sale was agreed upon - and many, many years later, the original artwork for a much-loved and long-admired painting found its way to me.
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On 10/20/2023 at 5:25 PM, Grant Turner said:
I know there was a thread on this a long time ago, but I can’t find it.
I wanted to share that a Rob Liefeld sketch I bought two years ago from Glen Brunswick (on their dealer YouTube show) is going to be a variant cover on an upcoming issue of Uncanny Avengers
I'm very excited!!!
Nice, but if it's a Liefeld, Cap's chest needs to be of gigantic proportions!
Cap's shield looks a bit wonky, though the feet are showing signs of improvement ;)
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On 10/21/2023 at 2:01 PM, gumbydarnit said:
If you want a great Kirby monster page this one would be hard to beat!
I like the fact Mr Foom is modest. He didn’t want to tear $#|+ up all naked, so he stole some circus tents and fashioned em into some smart looking Dinoshorts.
Move over Lululemon Mr Foom’s Dinoshorts are taking the city by storm!
; )
He goes to the same menswear as The Hulk and The Thing . . .
- grapeape and gumbydarnit
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On 10/17/2023 at 9:28 PM, Rick2you2 said:
I think the following 2 are much more interesting Jae Lee covers. If one of these had come up instead of the one from issue 4 I think, I would definitely be in (unless the second one was heavily computer generated).
I'd probably rank them 10, 4 and 5, in that order.
I get that you much prefer 5 and 10, but no guarantee either of those will become available in the foreseeable future (and if they did, you might be eclipsed in the bidding)! As such, if you need an example for your collection, I'd say # 4 is not too shabby an option (and better than no examples).
Not trying to convince you either way but, as I said before, you asked for feedback.
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On 10/16/2023 at 11:09 AM, Rick2you2 said:
Don’t forget, we are looking at the cover art, not the actual cover. The cover is better than the art. I’m also a little biased because I know what the other 3 look like, and this one disappoints. But, that’s the reason I posted it; I have very real ambivalence about a piece from a good artist that I don’t think is up to snuff.
I'm not forgetting, and am balancing the two. You did ask for feedback, quote:
"So, if you have something really good to say about it, please do so. If not, by all means comment anyway."
Where you asking for feedback to argue the toss or hear a different perspective?
I'm no Phantom Stranger-guy, so can only react to what you're displaying in terms of an illustration, which I thought was an intriguing design. Good cover designs should intrigue . . . and make you want to buy the book.
If it's not for you . . .
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On 10/16/2023 at 2:03 AM, gumbydarnit said:
The evaporation effect used on the final cover helps it make a bit more sense and add some drama.
I find it an interesting contrast - the horror displayed by the Phantom Stranger getting evaporated and Constantine not giving a rip.
Jae Lee did a good job with the drawing. If the price wasn’t too lofty I would think you’d like it in your collection… BUT on the flip side, I find if I have to talk myself into the purchase I probably should save that money for something else.
At first glance, in R2Y2's post, I thought I was looking at some kind of illustration of 'The Shadow', lol!
Yeah, the final cover presentation makes more sense . . . and I actually quite like this!
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On 10/6/2023 at 12:04 PM, AlexG_art said:
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On 9/5/2023 at 6:59 PM, Lee B. said:
Yet another Heritage Signature auction is underway, and a few pieces have been offered for sale previously, although decades ago:
Neal Adams, Avengers #95, page 5
http://comicartads.com/content/avengers-95-page-5
Frank Brunner, Dr. Strange #28 cover
http://comicartads.com/content/dr-strange-28-cover
Don Heck, Iron Man #35, page 1
http://comicartads.com/content/iron-man-35-page-1
Jack Kirby, Super DC Giant #S-25 cover
http://comicartads.com/content/super-dc-giant-s-25-cover
More to come, stay tuned True Believers!
Good work, Lee, but I think it might be better if final results were in on your auction comparisons, as opposed to current bid status?
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On 9/8/2023 at 4:03 AM, mtlevy1 said:
Very little exists from Timely/Atlas era
Below is only cover art I am aware of - owner suggests there is another in the header:
On interiors, Young Men 26 is out there - you can see a few pages in HA.com archives and online - and of course, the historic Marvel comics 1 page just posted
The Everett estate sold some nice art on HA.com a while back
One less thing to worry about raising funds for - if this cover popped up, no telling what it would sell for...
Mark
From what I recall, it went unpublished.
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On 8/28/2023 at 5:11 PM, Unstoppablejayd said:
and a great battle page from the What If Conan fought Wolverine
Who won the fight?
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A resin cast of a recent sculpture, a 14" tall waterline version of the Kraken from CLASH OF THE TITANS (1981). For this one, I altered the angle of the shoulders at about 45% to achieve the effect I wanted of the Kraken lunging towards you, arms outstretched in a threatening pose. I'll paint him up soon, add the fangs, and replace this photo with one of the painted statue . . .
This will shortly be made available as a collectors resin kit edition rom Killer Kits UK.
Screen-capture from the movie included for comparison.
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On 8/30/2023 at 2:00 AM, thehumantorch said:
I'm afraid the text you circled with ink looks like a man's body part.
Clearly (ahem) 'excited' by this auction! ;)
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On 8/23/2023 at 1:40 PM, alxjhnsn said:
Good point on USPS delivery from Canada.
I still wonder why Heritage doesn't have the packages held at the PO.Yeah, Heritage should definitely be taking a more proactive role in safeguarding artwork shipments to them. Reading this thread, I'd now be a bit wary of sending them anything in the mailing system, so it is in their interest to build-in tighter security measures to help protect customers. I've also read about a few packages they sent out to buyers that went missing.
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Metropolis has (or had) the cover art to TTA # 67. I also seem to recall the Bothers D having the TTA # 70 cover.
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On 8/10/2023 at 10:44 PM, Garf said:
It's a fair question. There are so many reasons. The main two are that I have already gone past the amount I can comfortably display and rotate, and I am also in a pretty happy place when it comes to having a collection that spans a lot of titles which I have really enjoyed reading. I need to work out where to go from here, and slowing right down will make that a lot easier.
I really don't mind taking my foot off the gas, it will probably be a good thing. I only have so much time and energy and there is a lot of change going on in my life over the next couple of years... house, bigger job, kids going to college. I got back into all things comics when my life felt more settled after starting a family, and now things are a lot busier.
... I mean I could do that, or I could just become Captain Compulsive with his trusty OA crack pipe (as I do still very much enjoy this part of the hobby) and claw my way up the buy/sell/trade ladder
Good response that makes sense.
Personally, I don't set myself any limits on what I buy but do need to justify to myself future purchases on a sort of, "Do I really need this?" basis (and affordability) whenever something of potential interest comes my way. I'd class myself as a collector, not a hoarder!
- Garf and Michael Browning
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On 8/9/2023 at 2:16 AM, KirbyCollector said:
If he gets his art back, great, I would still report every detail of this seller to USPIS. There is still a mail theft ring targeting Heritage shipments (potentially any of ours) and it was no "accident" or "misunderstanding" that the art landed with this guy. He's the best lead for any ongoing investigation and should be reported ASAP.
Jury's out for me on this one . . . though it does seem a bit of a stretch of the imagination that targeted art shipment thefts would end-up in some kind of bargain bin? If the eBay seller's on the level, he shouldn't have a problem co-operating fully with investigators following the audit trail . . . so, yeah, this needs further action.
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Back cover illustration of the Spacemobile, March Of Comics, SFR Lost in Space, 1970 (I think?)
Was gifted this by an American friend, Lloyd Braddy!