kent allard

On 8/20/2024 at 11:28 AM, fishbone said:

my story exactly, obsessed over these digests but they can be tough to obtain ............ just completed my 7-year quest a few months ago 

Did you get the Pockets also, or just the Speeds?

nvm - It seems you were referring to the Speeds.  I wanted to get the Pockets also, they are cousins, but there is just not enough budget to go around

On 8/20/2024 at 8:34 AM, buttock said:

It's pretty great.  The symbolism is among the best of WWII.  Up there with Zip 22, Pep 20, and a small handful of others.  

Yes.  It was my gateway comic.  When I saw that cover I just needed to have it!  The scarcity factor was a bonus that made the win all the sweeter.

Now I'll need to check out the others you mentioned. 

On 8/19/2024 at 4:27 PM, walclark said:

I do, but it is restored. It looks better outside of the PLOD (7.5 cr/ow EP)

I love it!

And the image is not skewed!  Awesome ... 

Here's mine (with deep gratitude to @CentaurMan)   (6.0, white pages, B-2)

And for the record, I did uncover a coverless #25 sold in 2016, and a CGC 2.5 in 2017 (and went stupid cheap at $602).  Has anyone seen any others?

On 8/19/2024 at 4:36 AM, walclark said:

The label does say "Sam Glanzman art."

and you!

I paid only a little less for much less, only a couple of years later. 

On 8/19/2024 at 6:39 PM, buttock said:

Nailed you!  2009.  Great score! 

On 8/20/2024 at 12:40 AM, Sonic77 said:

The one Speed Comic that I own, Speed Comics #22 one of my favorite WWII covers.  So well constructed with him diving in with the Dauntless dive bombers.

 

Ah!  One of the ones I have yet to acquire.  Good job!

On 8/19/2024 at 11:58 PM, comicnoir said:

Now that looks like a Schomburg cover

On 8/19/2024 at 5:36 PM, Point Five said:

Then somewhere along the way this #29 was another impulse buy. Such a great cover. This is one of those Schomburg-adjacent covers that is usually attributed to him... I don't think it's him TBH, but it looks like an artist closely aping/swiping some of his cover elements.
 

I tend to agree.  Black Cat's face does not look Schomburg to me.  Nor do Cap Freedom or Shock Gibson.  The rest of it does though.  Maybe he did the basic layout and someone else filled in the main characters.

I think this would be unusual - Schomburg seems to be a solo act.

So you're the guy!    

I figured for sure it would be @MrBedrock

  Hmmm ... maybe you're right.

How about meeting up at a Starbucks just to hear the stories ?

On 8/19/2024 at 4:41 AM, walclark said:

Here are a few that I have that haven't been posted yet.

Beautiful!

Where's @MrBedrock?  Come on Richard ... show us your 8.0+ copies

On 8/19/2024 at 7:43 AM, Point Five said:

Well, if anyone can deliver this kind of robust result, Heritage can. I can imagine the same book selling for *much* less if on a different site without one of those two bidders having eyes on it. So hopefully there's still a copy for you out there.   

I'll be trolling for this on ComicLink - everyone else stay away!

On 8/19/2024 at 4:29 AM, walclark said:

That copy does present very nicely. I guess at least two people really wanted it.

As you requested, here's my copy:

Oh, @walclark, you're killing me.

First your 6.5 Speed #26, now this ...

Now tell me you have a More Fun #54 in 6.0+ for the trifecta

On 8/19/2024 at 9:31 AM, Robot Man said:

 

 

Ah!  A wild copy!  Up to 9.  Who else has one?  Come on, come on ...

Leave it to @Robot Man to have one.  I have followed your postings for many years and would *love* to see your collection and hear your stories in person.  I'm not a con person (did you see what I did there?), but we are both SoCal folks.  Maybe some day?

On 8/19/2024 at 4:36 AM, walclark said:

The label does say "Sam Glanzman art."

*drool*

Oh, I would *love* to hear the backstory on this one!

On 8/19/2024 at 3:53 AM, jimbo_7071 said:

"Lame" could describe most GA stories, unfortunately, but some had good interior art. What did you think of the interior art in the ones that you bought raw?

 comicbookplus is my go-to for reading slabbed comics (shout out ).  Fortunately, it almost *always* has a copy of what I need (to all the contributors - thank you for your service).  The Street & Smith stuff is not there (), but there are other avenues when necessary (from which I obtained my Shadow Comics archive).  Weird Chills #2 is a conspicuous exception - I have not been able to find an online copy anywhere.  I'm dying to read the Hitler suicide story it teases, but unwilling to crack it out.  Patience is a virtue, so I bide my time.

Anyway, in general I'm OK with the art.  I find it hard to focus on the art to the exclusion of the story.  If the story stinks, I sort of tune out - and most of the stories frankly stink in my opinion.  The Young Defenders side-kicks are irritating to me, but the whole package is such a piece of history that it transcends the petty issues.

On 8/19/2024 at 3:53 AM, jimbo_7071 said:

I have seen #26 before but didn't know it was a Pierce Rice cover; I'd never heard of that artist.

https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/rice_pierce.htm

https://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/resources/longbox/59/  (*excellent* write up)

'nuff said

On 8/18/2024 at 12:49 PM, kent allard said:

Might not be a bad idea at that.  I'll start a new thread.

Done.

Hey @sagii, maybe we can find cover-less ones and put color copies on them.

I had fantasies myself about getting this one.  I've got a Cap #46, which I still think of as the definitive Holocaust composition, but this one is just 'out there' weird and quite compelling.  Though not $18000 + tax compelling 

Just started a new thread on Speed Comics

On 8/18/2024 at 11:39 AM, RareHighGrade said:

Please feel free to post your current run of Speeds.  For some reason, we don't see them much on these boards despite the fact that the WWII run has some great covers.

Might not be a bad idea at that.  I'll start a new thread.