Primetime

On 6/1/2024 at 10:16 PM, woowoo said:

Whiz 1 and I think Fantastic comics 3. Both books are from 2/40 Superman 3 Action 20 plus more.

Would be Nov-Dec, 1939 time period 

On 6/1/2024 at 8:34 PM, Ameri said:

Red Circles from 1934 to 1944

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On 5/30/2024 at 6:59 AM, woowoo said:

Might want to ask @Crowzilla

@Knightsofold might know as well 

On 5/30/2024 at 12:02 AM, Silver Surfer said:

Thanks Ben. I seem to recall a thread about it at that time, Borock might have chimed in too?

Probably in the Larson or Timely thread for sure…

On 5/30/2024 at 7:46 AM, Straw-Man said:

graded june 8, '00!   when did the joint open for biz?

January, 2000. 

On 5/15/2024 at 1:50 PM, Silver Surfer said:

Well when you think about it, I seen some early Timley’s with this kind of very minor ink dots and glue. If they put it in a PLOD, collectors would probably damage books further by taking chunks out of them just so they can obtain a blue label. I think it has its place if it’s used consistently. My memory is foggy but wasn’t there some controversy with the Larsen MMC#9? Was in a PLOD then they revisited it, put it in a blue label. This was probably 20+ years ago?

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HA shows it went from a PLOD 5.0 with glue to a blue 5.5 to a blue 6.0. Not sure what it’s in now 😂  The “88” code for Marvel Mystery was cleaned off as well. The “Larson” was probably cleaned off, unfortunately, before it was first slabbed. 
https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/superhero/marvel-mystery-comics-9-larson-pedigree-timely-1940-cgc-apparent-vg-fn-50-slight-p-off-white-pages-torch-and-subby-continue-their/a/804-5184.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/superhero/marvel-mystery-comics-9-larson-pedigree-timely-1940-cgc-fn-55-off-white-pages-overstreet-rates-it-a-classic-cover-and/a/807-5092.s?lotPosition=2&ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Archive-ArchiveSearchResults-012417

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/superhero/marvel-mystery-comics-9-larson-pedigree-timely-1940-cgc-fn-60-off-white-pages/a/7021-91186.s?lotPosition=-24&ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Archive-ArchiveSearchResults-012417

On 5/26/2024 at 11:32 AM, Silver Surfer said:

What do you think the #29 will fetch? Nice clean looking copy.

$125k

Although this is not a newsstand photo, I’ve always liked this one @Dark Knight

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I could never quite make out what comic Michiko was reading? @jpepx78 is still hoping to find me a newsstand photo of Tec 18.

My three former 31s 🦇🦇🦇

On 5/25/2024 at 4:34 PM, fishbone said:

I had all of the pre-Robin Batman covers … alas I now have none 😭

I had all but 27 and 36. I still have my 18 (my favorite Pre-Bat) 

On 5/24/2024 at 6:20 PM, Gotham Kid said:

 your Tec 31 2.5 ?

a new owner has owned it for a bit now. 

On 5/24/2024 at 4:15 PM, Dark Knight said:

With regards to importance and content, I would agree #33 should be ahead of #29 and #31. But in terms of cover coolness that is iconic to Batman, #29 and #31 blows away #33. And I believe that is the reason #29 and #31 trumps #33 in value.

33 was outpacing the 29/31 at one point. Then the 33 fell behind and even the 35 had higher demand than the 33. 29 and 31 are still neck and neck for me with slight edge to the 31 (just slight). The slight rarity and earlier 29 always is a plus for me. Alas, I’m no longer a Pre Robin Tec owner 🫠

On 5/20/2024 at 11:27 AM, MrBedrock said:

Peter asked for some backstory on these two books. They were part of a Timely lot in the second Sotheby's auction in the early '90's. There were a few other books in the lot - a really nice Amazing Comics #1, a vg Young Allies issue and something else that I can't remember. The lot didn't hit reserve in the auction and was unsold. Jerry Weist, who was overseeing the event, knew I collected Timelys and gave me a call to see if I was interested. I said I was. He said he wasn't allowed to say what the reserve was but I could make an offer. "$1200?" "That a few hundred short and won't quite do it." "$1500?" "That will do it!" 

Good thing you paid up!

On 5/19/2024 at 7:42 PM, podboy66 said:

Love the MM 9’s, here’s mine

Lovely, Vern 

On 5/18/2024 at 7:31 AM, Robot Man said:

One of my favorite Marvel Mystery issues! Way back in the early ‘70’s I got a single front cover from a friend. Amazingly, I found a coverless copy in The Buyer’s Guide which I bought. But I was a struggling college student and had to sell it. I have always regretted it and was never able to get another. So if someone has a copy with a nice detached fc and no bc, it might be my old copy…

The third copy I posted (raw) was such - missing BC but had the FC attached. I got it from Terry O’Neill around 2007-08. 

On 5/17/2024 at 5:37 PM, Silver Surfer said:

OMG has it been that long ago.  It’s such a unicorn, one of the best covers/issues of its era. Ben what do you figure it would sell for today?

Maybe $300k+….?

On 5/17/2024 at 1:38 PM, Point Five said:

Nice! No wonder I can't find one. You guys got 'em all! 

 

Thankfully, it’s  a relatively common pulp, Jon 😃

On 5/17/2024 at 12:29 PM, Silver Surfer said:

I still can’t believe that the 9.4 Cicorel (sp?) copy only sold for just $100K a few years back. 

Yes, 15 years ago this month on HA

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/superhero/marvel-mystery-comics-9-timely-1940-cgc-nm-94-off-white-pages/a/7007-91044.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515

On 5/16/2024 at 1:09 PM, Frisco Larson said:

That also reminds me of this lil gem!!! Sidebar text is still very cool!!!  

Oh 1940 Goodman goodness 😍

On 5/16/2024 at 4:02 AM, Ameri said:

Love those Schomburg sidebars. Something I posted last year. I think those are all of them

This is cool and I remember when you first created it. I think we should include the 9 (text sidebar) even though there are no characters in it 😀