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They are not distinctive, but I have probably 50 Yakima's that have the same pencil code on them

Thanks for the compliment and I do remember meeting you and us chatting about the Shadow. You certainly did not come across as a fanboy (I don't even know what that really is lol), , but rather someone interested in the same thing that I am, which is awesome. Shoot me your email and anytime I obtain any vintage rare Shadow items for my collection, I will share the images with you. Dwight

Calvin has one of the old time dealer/collectors who started back in the late 60s. He amassed complete runs from the mid 1950s on which he bought off the newsstand plus bought multiple collections and had a massive personal collection in golden age and silver age. He has, since sold off most of his stuff.

Agree with you 100% Steve would not classify Calvins collection as a pedigree because of one instance. There were thousands of books starting in the mid 1950s that he had bought off the newsstand and we're very high-grade. No doubt that it should've been classified as a pedigree very few of the books from 1955 and up that he had, were bought secondhand almost everything was bought straight off the stand, making it a massive collection, and it is ridiculous that it isn't a pedigree .

I have absolutely no doubt you bought what you bought, but don't tell me in a somewhat condescending tone (with no knowledge for what that went down in our deals) that I didn't handle a couple of thousand of his DC's which i bought directly from Calvin when I visited him multiple times as he lived only three hours away from me in Rivers, Manitoba If you want, give him a call and verify. I Either bought or moved these books for him in the 1990s.. I do know the person that bought some of Calvin's early DC's (Ron F) and if that's you, I'm saying hello because we've talked about this Slobodan collection before over the phone). I only bought and sold, or middle man books directly from Calvin, I sold a number of the sci-fi books to Bob Casalli, Mic Rabin , Allan Bartholomew, and many others The runs I got that were complete or near complete runs of house of mystery and secrets, mystery in space, tales of the unexpected, green lantern, Hawkman, The brave and bold (A friend of mine bought the one to 27 ) minus the 28,29 and 30, the showcase run minus the flashes, and the nine and the 10,and the Tommy's, and a few other sci-fi runs, Along with the rip hunter and other offshoot titles from the showcase and the brave and the bold runs, and a number of other mini runs. You are right in Superman, action, Batman detective, and flash up to about 115 were not there. The early flashes were gone, but I got the 123 and most of them after that and multiple other DC runs. Also got a few of the marvel runs, but the big ones had sold before I got in there. he did have the daredevil, and X-Men runs left and most of the strange tales. Calvin had already sold most of his Timely's to John Verzyl, and through the years had sold some of miscellaneous books to his friend Ferd and other collectors. He had some golden age DC books that he had just acquired, and runs of some of the qualities and foxes in fwhich had a number of Larson copies in them. I had bought the hit one to 17 and traded back to him this run, keeping the what we suspected was the 11 Larson and replacing it with the cosmic Aeroplane. Borock at that time would not verify it as the Larson, even though when you held it up to a light, it had Larson on it that had been erased which Calvin was notorious for. I think Richard Evans has that book now. We are both in 100% agreement with how nice the books were right off the newsstand (right up there with the white mountains ) and they should've been pedigreed although Borock refused to pedigree them as Calvin had sent him in a group of books and replaced one that he must've sold with a colour touched issue, and this set off Steve and he refused to call his collection a pedigree under any circumstance. Dwight Fuhro

I handled most of the Slobodian DC‘s and entire run of showcase was there minus the flash issues and the 9 & 10. They were sold a couple of years prior to me handling many of the DC’s.

How do we send a straight PayPal to Jim, just as a donation? Dwight

Probably picked up about 300-400 high-grade pulps last year, but here are just a handful of my favourites.

1). GRAIL FOR MY COLLECTION! nice copy of Shadow #1 for my personal collection! Walter Gibson bought the Shadow 1 off the newsstand and then eventually gave it to either Thurston's or Blackstones lawyer. It then went to another private collector for a year or two, and then to Anthony Tollin ... and then to me. It is signed by "Walter Gibson (aka Maxwell Grant)", and "John Nanovic"to boot!! This newly acquired copy will go well with my Canadian Shadow #1, which is also signed by both Walter Gibson and John Nanovic. ------------------------------------------------------ 2) "Historic and Iconic Illustration: *1936 Shadow Pulp illustration Original Interior Art (double-page illustration), by Tom Lovell* "Foreshadowing The Batman" (illustration and storyline adapted and used in Detective 27) A few years back in an interview with Jim Steranko, Bill Finger revealed that he and Bob Kane used the Batman storyline for Detective 27 from a shadow pulp magazine. A few years later, Shadow historians Anthony Tollin and Will Murray, through extensive research were able to piece the puzzle together and find out that it was indeed the story from The Shadow "The Partners of Peril" from 1936. Tollin revealed this in a publication that was circulated, worldwide, entitled "Foreshadowing the Batman It was a long time in the making, but I finally acquired that piece of original art from my friend Anthony Tollin. ***No original art exists from Detective 27 (other than some proof sheets,), but this swipe source does! **** Year: 1936 Artist: Tom Lovell Shadow Pulp: "The Partners of Peril" (14" x 20") - Pen and ink with Zip-tone wash... (circa. 1936). ------------------------------------------- Part of the Article of: "Foreshadowing The Batman". By Anthony Tollin Batman co-creator Bill Finger acknowledged that the first Batman "script was a takeoff on a Shadow story." It certainly was, and we found it! Theodore Tinsley's startlingly bat-haunted Shadow tale is reprinted for the first time ever. In Partners of Peril, Lamont Cranston investigates chemical syndicate murders in the crime thriller that served as the model for Batman's debut adventure in Detective Comics #27. This extra-length volume also reprints Tinsley's The Grim Joker, a 1936 tale featuring a clown-faced crime boss called The Joker. Popular culture historian Will Murray documents the Shadowy origins of Batman, while series editor Anthony Tollin chronicles how Partners of Peril was adapted as the first Batman story. 3). Doc savage Pulp Painting, Jan. 1938 4). "The Red Terrors" Boris Vallejo - 1975 16" x 27 1/2" (framed to 24.5" x 35.5"). 5). "The Hate Genius" by Bob Larkin (1979), 23" x 32", 12" x 20" image area. ( Doc Savage attempts to hunt down and eliminate Hitler) 6) STEPHEN HICKMAN ORIGINAL ART PAINTING OF THE THE SHADOW USED FOR LIMITED EDITION PRINT 7) rare poster from 1905 tell the black crook. Poster is a massive 27" x 38" and used to promote the musical put out by a musical theatre in New York City during that time. 8) Interior artwork by Paul from Amazing Stories from 1933. 9) original Shadow signs from the mid 1930s to the mid 1940s. The trolly sign the orange trolly sign is 18 x 30" and the others range from 11 to 14 1/2" to 11 x 17".

From what Matt mentioned to a couple of people on our discord group, they will not be taking submissions for Pulps, but they will certainly have examples of graded ones

No that I am against slabbing, at it is inevitable, and has its positives; but the 20th century has also produced an inability to research and gain knowledge through experience on how to grade pulps, to understand how to accurately grade pulps on your own and to spot restoration, and the reliance on someone else to perform these tasks for you.

Although this stuff is good, this is not Dave Anderson's best pulp mags. Dave usually divest himself of some stuff if he's buying other things. His comic collection is not coming up.

It is rare, I will give you that. I have only owned a low grade copy of it years back. There is another copy coming up from Dave Anderson's collection.

"Masked Rider" pulps came out in 1934, and in that year, there were four issues, all with great covers. He is actually marvel comics earliest superhero, as this pre-dates his appearance in Marvel Comics #1 (1939) by five years, which I'm sure every pulp collector but me was aware of ....LOL! I was able to pick up the entire first year of four issues from the "Strasser" collection, thanks to 2 friends!

For me, it was a great show! I picked up 71 “Strasser” pedigree pulps. I picked up over 200 other nice miscellaneous pulps in total.

I am there already

I have 19 more Brundage many with REH Conan stories, that are in the same condition, and another dozen or so, with that, or just slightly under these.

There might be others? Both the US and Canadian shadow number ones are double signed by Walter Gibson with his pen name, Maxwell Grant in brackets, and by John Nanovic! Dwight