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"High Voltage or...I Get A Charge Out Of You" (sans boobahge!)

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Looks to me like a parody of Vampirella and her interesting costume. I have many of the early Draculina issues but I don't think I have that one.

Thank you for that. An unexpected amusement, to be sure!

I can't say one way or another about the record, but I'm pretty sure Clowes had a bunch printed up as I used to buy Chick tracts and all the parodies I could lay my hands on from a dealer at APE every year, and I think I even got one from Clowes at one of his appearances i attended. The record connection is new to me. It originally appeared in the first issue of Eightball.

Isn't that the Dan Clowes Chick parody from Eightball?

The binders were produced by National Lampoon back in the 70's. Those shown hold all the issues from 4/70 to 12/74 and since I had extra space in the 1970 binder I included one of my extra copies of this issue of Comic Book Artist

I have a few of those.......here are my dupes/reading copies!

I'm not sure I follow. You think they might have little or no value? You think I have a stash of them because they might be worth money? Don't you think they look pretty enough all in a row like that? Got any you want to get rid of?

So...did everybody get a chance to jump on this before it sold out? https://www.bdangouleme.shop/les-catalogues-d-exposition/17-coffret-corben-donner-corps-a-limaginaire.html

I know the feeling ....... (It does have a Frazetta page inside!)

Comedy PLATINUM!

Quite pleased to find this on the shelf at Amoeba Records for a paltry sum. Somehow missed this one when it came out in 2012!

I found 6 of these nifty Heavy Metal Slipcase/boxes while cleaning out a closet. They are a little dusty but will shine once a damp cloth has given them the once over. Since I no longer have any HM's, I have little use for these cases, except as storage boxes for other mags, I suppose. If anybody who collects HM is interested in these and wants to make me an offer, I'm happy to entertain one or all. Looks like they hold about a year's worth.

A Mad Scene We'd Like To See! Berlin Station s03e01

You mean there could be fake stuff being sold on Ebay? Oh the humanity!!!!! (I really need to work on my Ditko sigs......)

Anywhere in that issue of Heeb do they credit the creator of the poster, made in 1967 that I actually still have my copy of in some rolled tube somewhere, who was borrowed from, for the cover image?

Where do you suppose that seller got Steve Ditko to sign a Spider-Man reprint with Stan Lee? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Stan-Lee-amp-Steve-Ditko-hand-signed-autographed-Spider-Man-1-collectors-reprint-/173638514769?hash=item286da97851%3Ag%3AxMcAAOSwt0db6tDV&nma=true&si=BC3RA2UEmGkaOIeNG3Or7PzYvWk%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Maybe they had a batch of stuff signed themselves, and haven't really mentioned it anywhere. CGC sort of has a monopoly on the whole endeavor and why should they be trusted not to have their own interests in keeping totals a secret? Just playing devil's advocate here as I have no proof one way or the other, but why trust any company that exists to foment collectibility of a certain kind and assume they won't take advantage of their position? It's happened before!

I read that as, "we're not telling"....

I believe Bob Sidebottom had the first comics store in San Jose. Gary always said his store was the first ever, but I think it was never proven, somehow, that he opened his store before Sidebottom.

He used to occasionally come into Gary Arlington's store so Gary could restock his inventory of UG, which until sometime in the 90's, with few exceptions, he sold at cover price. Meeting Don was pretty entertaining as the banter between he and Gary was enlightening and educating. Before the internet took off like it exists today, very few people were interested in UG and very much of it could be scored for very little money thanks to those two guys. I'm happy to have known them....I even have Gary's association copy of Bill Blackbeard's pseudonymous work, "Kiss, Screw, Pleasure And Sex", that may be the only inscribed copy in existence. Few people seemed to know, for a long time, that William Teach was a play on the original name of Blackbeard The Pirate. Not really much to do with Don, but those 3 gentlemen were legends in my mind, and associates of mine at one point or another....and authorities on the history of UG and UG papers and tabloids....and all are now a memory...alas....

I'm glad I no longer have to care about the Big A white box printing, since my interest is only in firsts of UG.....unless there is a significant revision between printings. I was looking at the listings on Ebay for those two FB 1sts with the ink smudge, and one of those 50 cent price's looks more blue than purple, and the sky's on both look like Moriaty was tweaking the mix a bit at the beginning of the print run.....either that or the fading between the two copies is significant.

That's me! My patron saint was St. Frank growing up......guess it took hold like a python boot, eh?

I'm curious, and I don't mean to come off as a total buzz kill, but are you asking this question because you want to know what 'we' really think, or because you aren't sure and want a bunch of strangers to enable your decision and give you rabid rationalization for what I consider to be a purchase that maybe requires a bit more contemplation to conclude whether it was or was not a mistake. My first question would have to be "are you exceedingly wealthy?" If 8G's is a drop in the bucket for you, then who cares? Right? My next question would be "is it the signature or the condition of the Creepy that seals the deal?" I get that both aspects are enticing and may be hard to choose, but I've seen many Frazetta signatures, and while they vary in lushness and detail, to my eye that one appears strained by comparison. No doubt it was done post-stroke, but to reiterate my previous question in a post up-thread, now that I've gone and looked at the completed auction, it's wed to a Jack Davis illustration. I think there's something ironic in that respect, but also kind of odd. Again, I mean no disrespect, but since you did post your purchase as a question, I'm looking at it as if I were the one contemplating the purchase. I confess to not being totally onboard with the whole slabbing, third party grading thing, but I do see it's relevance in the age of internet selling and the like. I can't think of anybody's signature I'd pay real money for, but as I said, FF's could be a work of art, in and of itself, but personally I'm not crazy about that one compared to others. I'm also kind of curious about the original owner and why he/she decided that was the image they wanted FF's signature on. I can't help but think having his signature on a Jack Davis image is about the same as if he had signed a napkin....I can't wrap my brain around it. Obviously if he had signed his interior story that would make more sense to me, but you'd never know unless you broke it out of the slab, negating that sought after badge or label of honor. I suppose I'm old fashioned that way...I want FF's sig on a piece of his art, same as I would rather have Davis sign that particular cover. Had you considered a slabbed copy of a cover painted by FF and signed by him? Are there none available? I admit to being fascinated by this thread, mainly because it appeared out of the blue and deals with a topic I've not considered before. If I had $8000 of disposable income to put towards comics and the like, I think I would have bought some original art. Obviously not a great Frazetta for that price, but there's so much out there that is excellent and one of a kind. I suppose in a way so is the slabbed, signed magazine, but it's also kind of not.....and having read the whole of this thread, up to this point, I see I'm the odd man out. I'm happy for you if you're happy, but I'm also not you so I'll leave it to you to decide what you think my answer to your question would be. Keep it safe!