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BZ, You are really a sci-fi junkie at heart - just like many other kids born in the 50's ... i'm taking a wild guess here

That's hot - that chick is on fire....

Happy 4th Citizens Hey BZ - watch out with those 'cracker's so close to them nice funny books!!!

C'mon - he got a new scanner and is scanning hundreds of comics, pulps, toys, records, movie posters and Arkham House books like a busy bee, so he can blow this board away with a sudden re-appearance Well, we can dream can't we....

I wish, but no. Found this on page 22 - of course,maybe he has one, but just not near mint with full gloss and bone-white pages

That too! Not sure of the date but definitely early. Beside being one of my favorite early Peanuts daily strips, I bet it runs the table $ wise as well... looove the small ear Snoopy

It is very surprising Howz this for a strong opinion If I was going to spend a half a house on a funny book - it sure wouldn't be on no common like AF 15 - i don't care that the grade is 9.4 - there are (to quote Carl Sagan...) billions and billions of stars ... many, many people can say they own a copy of AF15 - very, very few people can say they own a copy of Marvel 1. Of course, it doesn't help that Steve picked that common November copy - I think a nice 8.5 October copy would have sealed the deal

I know. Your collection RULES Thanks so much for sharing its diversity and letting everyone blather The pleasure is all mine. In answer to the question, do I have a 1st edition of Tarzan of.........? Wow... You collect ALL the cool stuff - Comics, Burroughs, Pulps, Arkhams, Gnome Press - I would assume Fantasy Press, FPCI and the other Sci-Fi specialty publishers also My Old Man was a radio enthusiast in the 20's who was influenced by Hugo Gernsback's Electrical Experimenter ... Ralph 124C41 and all that ... so I came under the influence as well. You probably got those too...

I (ashamedly) asked way back in this thread whether BZ had this - but it is a tough pull - and I doubt it - (sorry ) I believe there are only about 20 known copies and only 7 known copies with any portion of the D/J present, thus the price for a full D/J copy. The Burroughs Publishing 1st eds are relatively easier to get if you have the $$$$. Many pristine DJ's were left in his estate so they can be had, but it is kind of like saying that Mile High copies can be had - this is still an unbelievable concentration of high grade copies Of course, BZ did flash us that title shot of Tarzan of The Apes in the Argosy All Story - which may be rarer than the McClurg 1st Ed - so go figure Who KNOWS what is on them shelves?? I know. Your collection RULES Thanks so much for sharing its diversity and letting everyone blather

I (ashamedly) asked way back in this thread whether BZ had this - but it is a tough pull - and I doubt it - (sorry ) I believe there are only about 20 known copies and only 7 known copies with any portion of the D/J present, thus the price for a full D/J copy. The Burroughs Publishing 1st eds are relatively easier to get if you have the $$$$. Many pristine DJ's were left in his estate so they can be had, but it is kind of like saying that Mile High copies can be had - this is still an unbelievable concentration of high grade copies Of course, BZ did flash us that title shot of Tarzan of The Apes in the Argosy All Story - which may be rarer than the McClurg 1st Ed - so go figure Who KNOWS what is on them shelves??

Richard, I have a copy of the book, but it's without the dust jacket. The best I can do is offer up a picture of the BLB or the serialized version which ran in Argosy All-Story 12/9/22 to 1/20/23. BZ, please ignore the goofy looking guy at left but keep in mind I, er, he is 6 ft. 5 in. This is a HUGE Jeff Jones Tarzan painting done as a commission after he did a calendar of Tarzan images in the late '90s. I got it indirectly through Heritage a few years back. Before getting it I thought comics were the be all and end all. But now I get to wake up every day and stare at this! So there you go....some All-Story please! Un-bee-lievable... you need a McMansion with 20 foot ceilings to hang that properly

Stunning... thanks

Thanks Harvey, If I can finish up with some painting we're doing around here, I was thinking of showing off some Burroughs books today or maybe some Fiction House comics and artwork. Burroughs Burroughs Pleeez Howz about some John Coleman Burroughs DJ artwork ? That would be sooooo coool

Er.. nice Bullets...

They're sand hogs. That stuff must HURT without any shirts on Seriously though - that is about the most different colors i've seen on a comic cover - Great stuff.

Yeah, he's a rough-tough guy that Supes... tearing through a sheet of paper like that ! It's not hot like the war covers, but has some primal Golden Age thing going for it, so it's in my daughter's lock box and I hope she appreciates my hanging on to it all these years

OK so i'm bored and never saw this thread but now that it's bumped i'll kick in my 2 cents... i've sold a lot of stuff but have managed to hold on to this old timer...

Dare I ask if this is a first edition? Found this at abebooks: "Of the 636 copies printed, the first 536 were bound with the spines stamped in gilt with author's name and book's title along the spine in the European style--bottom to top. When this was discovered, the final 100 copies had their spines stamped in the American style--top to bottom." Looks like your copy has the text top to bottom? Thats talking about the stamping on the spine of the book itself, not the lettering on the DJ - either way - this is the first edition and at only 636 total copies printed is the second or third rarest Arkham House book. And RE Howard to boot - so highly sought after. This book is of his poetry though, which, while cool, is not as cool as all the Conan, Kull, Solomon Kane and Bran Mak Morn stories in Skull Face. The stories themselves really blow the comic adaptations away, with all due respect to all the great comics portraying his characters. RE Howard's writing style is still brisk and fresh today. Skull Face has to be one of the coolest books ever printed - loads of first edition stories of the above mentioned characters and that awesome Hannes Bok DJ. So glad I have my beat up copy

Here's a Hannes Bok cover for a book that was essential reading for collectors of Fantasy, in times past. Very nice - Shasta Publishers had quite a few Bok covers. I recall the Wheels of If by L. Sprague DeCamp and The Slaves of Sleep by L. Ron Hubbard (For anyone who doesn't know, he was a major league sci-fi writer before he became famous for Dianetics)

This will give you an idea of their covers. Unlike comic books, pulps, vintage paperbacks, or even record albums; I never heard of anyone who collected Arkhams because of their covers. You have to love the stories to really appreciate the books (or just enjoy collecting). er..ahhhh..I confess... I love Arkham covers... of course I love the stories and that is what originally got me into them, but the books have a certain look and feel to them that is highly addictive - that black binding and tight,small format must have something to do with it - some of them with the all text covers aren't as interesting, but most of the cover art is very cool - Hannes Bok is purely amazing, The Skull Face and House on the Borderland art is waay cool - your copies look minty fresh - Beyond the Wall of Sleep is usually seen with a very tattered DJ if any - yours looks nice - creepy CA Smith sculptures on there - do you have a copy of The Outsider? I know Beyond the Wall of Sleep is rarer but The Outsider has a wild DJ. Genius Loci by CA Smith is a wild DJ as well. Sorry, enough ... feel free to post more comics

Now THAT is a sweeeeeeeeet stash.

And binder holes - you just KNOW some kid was reading that in class and having a grand old time while the teacher was lecturing

Yes - and also whether this buying style resulted in you having many doubles? You mentioned that you didn't have money to buy from dealers but tried to buy hordes from original owners - this would lend itself to duplication as most accumulations result in this. Did you trade a lot if you got doubles? Or just not buy them if they were in a collection? Sorry if it seems like prying but from the way you collected your books, I could imagine you might have multiples of some issues and there are boardies here who love to hoard and show pics of their multiple copies

I haven't had many GA marvels as i'm a lower budget collector, but I dig the eclecticism as well - and mightn't that MM 81 qualify as the Kingpin prototype cover tryout??