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Yah, it's kinda rough. I was thinking 500 on the high end. Is there a new movie rumor or something?

Yah was watching that. That's nuts! I feel like I robbed the comic shop got mine at recently, paid a fraction of that. I guess if you come across one in the wild grab it.

Arent people getting it because it looks like Bender from Futurama?

I think I remember a 3.5 going for 1100 a few months ago, and a 4.5 restored went for 400ish. I'd he surprised if this finishes under 450.

A really rough looking copy of the first issue just showed up on the bay. Been watching for a bit, first one I've seen for sale in a while.

Sorry for the second post, but now that I'm home I can put some content into it with some better photos. So I'm new to pulps, and I read about the Yakima pedigree on this very forum. Today while hunting for comic books I wandered into a bookstore while traveling for work, and noticed there were several print outs of old Amazing Stories pulps on the wall. This is a very cool, old, eclectic bookstore like we all remember from decades ago. It turns out that this bookstore is the very spot that the pedigree Yakima collection was first sold to, back in the early 1990s! The owner is the nicest guy, and was more than happy to chat about the collection. Back in the early 1990s (1991 he believes) he first bought the collection. A pair of young guys came into the store with several crates of old pulps that they found in a storage locker they had bought. The owner bought the collection, and later resold it to a comic book store owner from seattle (he mentioned Bellingham?). I'm fascinated by pedigree collections, so I asked a bit about the origins. All he knows is that they bought a storage locker, and these were in it. They first took the collection to a comic store about a block away from the bookstore (still in business, and holding a copy of Captain America Comics #2 I really really want), where the shop bought up some/most/all of the 1930's books. After the comic shop, they hit this bookstore, which bought the rest of the collection. I'm not sure if the comic store owner from seattle also got the books from the comic shop in yakima, or if the 1930's books from the collection just melted into the ether. The shops still in business, so I might ask the owner next time I stop by if he remembers the collection. When he bought the collection (early 90's) he said he wasnt sure what they would be worth, or what the market was. He sold almost the entire collection from the chap from Seattle (who was then able to push the pedigree, and, according to the bookstore owner, made enough off the deal he bought a house). The store owner sold the collection to the comic shop guy for $10 a book (if I understood him correctly). He now knows that the collection was worth far, far more than that, but as he put it, it was the 90's and there wasnt any price guides or internet to give him an idea as to the value of the books. I kinda feel bad for him. Pedigrees are cool not just because they are high-end versions of rare books, but because there is a story behind them, a history. With the Yakima collection, I had read that they were bought by a fellow in the army stationed in Yakima (which still has an artillery range just north of the city). I asked him about this, but he doesn't think that this is accurate. All he knows is a couple of young guys found the books in a storage locker and sold them. He thinks that possibly the fellow that he sold the collection to might have embellished a bit to try and grow the desire for the pedigree. I think he might be correct, but I'd love some better insight on this. I'd like to think that the collection was from a soldier from that era, but not sure how the comic store owner that bought the collection could have figured that out. If this shop owner bought the collection in the early 90's, and the guy from seattle bought it from the bookstore owner a few years later, I doubt he'd be able to trace the history past that. So, anyway, the shop owner was the nicest guy in the world, and I don't doubt that he originally had bought the Yakima collection and then resold it for a fraction of it's value. I asked him if he had any pulps left, and he thought he might have one. I found it in a case, and so I got the privilege of buying a Yakima pedigree pulp from the store that originally bought the collection over a decade ago. Fun day. Here's some better photos, the third showing the off-white pages contrasted against a lesser pulp. He's officially out of Yakima pulps, but if there are any questions you guys would like me to ask him next time I drop in to raid his 50cent comic box, I'd be more than happy to oblige.

Just got my first pulp from the Yakima collection! The seller was the nicest guy. Asked him questions about how he got the collection and it was just a great moment.

One Witch's catch phrase is "Hee Hee" and the other's is "Heh Heh". Worlds apart!

Seems like it should be bigger. But I also grew up watching the xmen cartoon.

2 in the Census (2nd print has several more)

They were! I was actually in a comic shop this morning, and they had a 91 oversheet. Believe both were around 100 mint, and mich cheaper than earlier issues in the run. They did notate 22 had an ax. It also listed ASM 298 as the first venom, and 300 as lady black costume. Both were 35.

It's near the pinnacle of the violent/horror arms race I think, right before the code came down. This was used in the Senate hearings, although If I remember correctly on a display board, not the issue actually held up by the senator for gains to explain. The cover is shocking. I can imagine peoples surprise and outrage when this type of book was being sold largely to kids. I love the black cover, and the art is pretty eye catching. And I cant afford a decent copy of suspentales 22

Not in the greatest shape, but I've wanted this one for a while

Randomly came into a large supply of bronze age books at a book store today. Most were in pretty decent shape, and the price was right. Picked up 30, and will probably go back and get more. Box was all bronze age horror, unbagged, and in good shape. Someone must really have liked these at some point. I'm pretty happy with the find, as I usually like to go with GA PCH, but these covers are just amazing.

I fell asleep during his sales pitch, and almost came in to say I collect Real Life Comics! What is true life comics, and what kind of weird new-age first appearance CGC graded nonsense is he trying to push exactly? And he doesn't understand the difference between affect and effect

Gone Thanks for the input guys, it looks like I got it for a very good price based on the estimated grades

Recently found a jungle comics 1 at a local shop. Had no idea they did this so I grabbed it. While I like the idea, the story was just awful. Bland is the best way to put it. The second story just confused me. I didnt expect anime and furries in a jungle book

Thanks for the grades guys, was hoping it was at least a 4

Just picked this guy up, and was wondering what it might grade at. It looks complete to me, and the biggest flaw I see are the tiny bits missing from the top edge of the front cover. Cover seems nice and tightly attached, and is still glossy. Any suggestions would be appreciated

Part of the cool kids club

My copy I picked up a year ago. I'd read in price guides ages ago that it was printed cheaply, but was still surprised at how flimsy it was when I finally got mine. One of my favorite books, and IMO very affordable at around 70 bucks on average. Elfquest is just so....amazing....when it comes to comicdom. That their first appearance from the 70's is cheaper than a first Deadpool appearance still blows me away. I first got into elfquest when I fond a few TPB's (or probably hardcover) from my local library in the mid 90's. My library didnt have comics, but somehow they had the first couple for elfquest and I remember reading them and just being memorized. A few years later, in the late 90's, I bought a mostly full run of their original issues on ebay for pretty cheap. I wish I bought more on ebay back then, because comics were cheaaaaap. Anyway, loved elfquest then, and still love them to this day. Isnt there a movie in the works?

I live in my mom's basement Nothing wrong with it that I see. She has a big house, I make decent money, and we enjoy each other's company. Plus my comics are packed in the same area they've been for thirty years nice and safe As for Coppers heating up on ebay, I maintain Cap 286 is going to explode. Someday.

People consider ads as first appearances now? Comic speculation is just getting silly Although I just got the first appearance of the beagle boys, and after reading it, they appear in exactly 1 panel of the book. So I guess if you consider WDC 134 the first appearance of the beagle boys, then hulk 180 should be the first wolvie. And rockmyamadeus is spot on. I started reading late 80's/early 90's, and paying over cover price for a book wasnt so much that I wanted to collect it, but that I really wanted to read it and that was usually the only way how.

I see your Waugh! and raise you a Waaaagh!!!