Dick Pontoon

just another saturday night Ahhh..to be 27 again. Or in my case, to be 27 again.

They won't report if buyer requests them not to. Which auction house is it that only wants to report banner sales, instead of all of them? Comiclinky.

The Marvel Tales #104 and Spellbound #20 are both great covers; I'd throw Marvel Tales #130 in as a contender even without boobs. I still need a copy.

sigged! Yeah. Chaykin was at the Boston Comic Con without a huge line so it was a no-brainer. Atlas war anyone?

I'm a big fan of the Stan Goldberg sunburst covers, and here's a great one with pencils by Kirby and inks by Ditko:

Before he was revamped in #60, he was revamped in #48.

As long as we're on the subject, here's a few on my Two-Gun Kids:

Nice book, I would have bought it too! Not only is this book the forgotten key, but with no posts since 2013 it is also the forgotten thread! Nice job of resurrecting it. Thanks! I've avoided the Marvel westerns until now but I couldn't resist this key. Looking through the issue, it reads exactly like any origin issue of any Lee/Kirby super-hero book but in a western setting. For you guys that collect westerns, how do Rawhide Kid and Kid Colt Outlaw compare to Two-Gun? Did Lee/Kirby also do any of those or were they mostly drawn by Ayers and company? Kirby mostly did covers on Kid Colt; he only did 5 5-page stories in the run. Kid Colt is the weakest of the 3 titles. It was probably the most formulaic, and Jack Keller's art in the latter part of the run was pretty hum-drum. I can usually find something to like in anybody's drawing, but his stuff just leaves me cold. It's very flat and often looks rushed. The best stories in those are often the filler stories, where you might get Don Heck, Ayers or the occasional Al Williamson. The Kirby Rawhide Kids and Two-Gun Kids are decidedly the best and most like a SA Marvel superhero book. TGK has a lot of similarities with Daredevil. The later issues drawn by Ayers don't have the same punch, but they're a step up from KCO. Don't forget to check out the anthology title Gunsmoke Western which featured all 3 Marvel western heroes, along with other miscellaneous stories with a fair amount drawn by Kirby.

My scanner is getting funky with black covers, this looks better in hand.

Super cool to see the raw books, but be sure to be careful laying them out this way. You don't want to put any pressure or stress on the spines of the covers; some already look on the delicate side.

I buy them when I come across them. Here's a few from the $1bin I picked up a few weeks ago:

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As long as I'm about, here's my most recent pickup:

Me neither. I twice missed an opportunity to buy an exceedingly nice copy at an affordable price. One of the few books that got away that sticks with me.

Yeah! I thought you were on hiatus?

FP = Foppish Pontoon

Here's my most recent pickups. The FF is an upgrade to the copy I bought off the stands, 1st time for the Shang-Chi.

Looks like it'll be time to slap leather on the 11th! Those are some right fancy books.

Block-a-rooni!

Don't quit the day job.

Wow, that's super nice! Don't see those every day.

C'mon Sherlock. Thimk.

Planning on it, first thing Saturday I hope. See ya there. Con report? With photos?

I think he meant at the END of their name. At least you don't spell yours Gregg. Those guys who use a double g at the end are the ones who drive me nuts.

I think he meant at the END of their name.