pooroldman

In a situation like that page quality is usually my tiebreaker.

This discussion raises an interesting question:  How to you like to read your Barks?  The originals?  The “reprinted by popular demand” Gold Keys?  The later Gold Key/ Whitman Reprints?  The Gladstone/Disney/Gemstone reprints?  Bound volumes? Trade paperbacks? Foreign issues?  Others?

I prefer either the originals, or the early Gold Key reprints which were my introduction to The Good Duck Artist.  While the print quality of the later reprints were outstanding, I love the color and feel of the old newsprint paper.

What does everyone else think?

On 3/7/2022 at 2:26 PM, Badger said:

These were from a warehouse find. Not mine but a table I saw at Oafcon in Norman Oklahoma a few years ago. Four color 700 "Walt Disney's Water Birds and the Olympic Elk". Probably 30 copies on the table with more under the table, if memory serves. Same for Four Color 775 "Sir Lancelot and Brian." There were not as many copies of the ones on the front of the table.Maybe 5 to 10 of each. Four Colors 699, 738, 786, and one more I cannot identify.

The other one mostly hidden on the left is “Quentin Durward”, Four Color #672.

Nice score— that’s a tough book to find in any condition.

On 10/11/2021 at 9:49 AM, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said:

Did anyone watch the Dell Giants go off on Heritage last night. I was trying for the Lady and Tramp Giant but didn't feel like bidding too much. But some of those giants went for crazy prices; like Mickey Mouse in Fantasyland for $1800 and Mickey Mouse in Frontierland for $900 including commission. Anyway, nutty prices all around for what used to a back water collecting spot with little interest.

The Lady and the Tramp Giant has found a good home.  Be disappointed it didn’t end up in your collection but happy knowing it won’t be flipped, pressed, or slabbed.

I wondered about the MM in Fantasyland, too— it went for something like 7x Guide raw.  No Barks’ art, six census copies in 9.4 plus a 9.6. GPA shows a 9.2 selling for $225 last year.

Other than the usual auction craziness I thought of two possibilities:

—The scans showed a really sweet copy.  Somebody (actually two or more somebodies) with far better knowledge of CGC grading than me might have thought it would grade as a 9.6;

—It’s an “art” back cover instead of an “ad” back cover. I’ve no idea, but is it possible that only a few “art” issues exist in high grade?

One of the best!

1 hour ago, dikran1 said:

Do you know if that strip is a reprint from the dailies or original to that book?

 

Grand Comics Database states that it's a reprint of the daily strips from November 4 & 5, 1940.

16 hours ago, AJD said:

This rang a bell, and after much searching I ended up back at page 107 of this thread. Alas the key picture has disappeared, but my recollection is that the image @pooroldman posted was an indicia that explicitly showed #1329. If I'm right about that, it means there were at least two variants of this issue. The indicia in my copy (I bought another since the discussion back then) has the code 01-329-207.

The printed indicia in my copy reads "Walt Disney's GYRO GEARLOOSE No. 01329-207, May-July, 1962."  The handwritten indicia in the panel reads "Gyro G. O.S. #01329-207- 624"

I'd be happy to rescan if anyone feels that would be worthwhile.

Another great one (although some might think I’m biased).

8 hours ago, Bookery said:

As pertains to non-key mid-grade Disneys, I heard that in France there's a small shop, tucked out of the way, not sure where... but I think it's near Marseilles.... Anyway, I heard they were able to sell a couple of issues last year.

 

Hey....no soup for you!

All the comments about Dragon's Lair brings back a lot of memories of my early days collecting comics.

Bonnetts is still around, altho I haven't been there in awhile.  The sign out front still says that they sell comics.

Bookery is also still around and a great brick and mortar comic/movie poster/collectibles/gaming store.  If you're passing thru the Dayton area (Fairborn, actually) it's worth the detour.  Tim posts here from time to time (as "Bookery", what else?) but he hasn't set up at a show in quite some time nor does he sell online.

No one's mentioned Dark Star, which used to have three locations in the Dayton area but now just has the one location in Yellow Springs.  They used to have a big selection of Gold/Silver but seem to have gotten out of that end a long time ago.

Wow.  Just wow.

Flippism!  Boy, I haven't read that store in years, it's a great one, WDC&S #149.

"Life is a gamble, let flippism chart your ramble!"

As one would imagine given my Forum name, "Only a Poor Old Man" (Four Color 386) has always been a special favorite of mine.  Also, "Lost in the Andes"/ the square egg story (Four Color 223)  and "The Fabulous Philosopher's Stone" (Uncle Scrooge #10).  But really, it's hard to go wrong with just about any Barks' story.

Great cover on that Flash Gordon.

6 hours ago, 40YrsCollctngCmcs said:

Here's an example of a nice subscription copy from a group I received from Mr. Bedrock. This one has a color breaking crease on the cover but is in otherwise nice condition. It still has a happy home in my collection!

 

Great example.  A book that's in terrific shape and a pleasure to read, but not in such a high grade that you're afraid to touch it.

Beautiful book.

14 hours ago, OtherEric said:

Possibly silly question:  Wouldn't most (if not all) the subscriber copies have a subscription crease?  So you would be much less likely to find them in higher grades.

I guess it all depends on what you're looking for.  I like subscription copies as readers because they can be found in VG+ to VF- except for the crease.  Once the crease is factored in the price is often very reasonable.  If you're looking for high grade though you're right; not a lot of subscription copies.

13 hours ago, AJD said:

As an active WDC&S collector, I don't discriminate between the ones with an address box on the back or not. I have never seen anyone else do it either.

In the 50s, the address box moved onto the front cover - I avoid those because it detracts from the cover art.

+1 on both points.  The front cover address box ran from roughly issue 146 to 165.  

Pretty book.  Is this a recent acquisition?

Anyone encounter this flying out of San Diego?

https://consumerist.com/2017/07/24/tsa-says-it-did-not-ban-comic-books-from-checked-bags-on-flights-leaving-comic-con/

That certainly makes sense-- I would love to buy your correspondent a cup of coffee and hear the many stories that he could tell about Western.

I wonder why my Racine file copy from April, 1938 has the Mickey logo but the file copy from January, 1940 does not. I was curious enough to look thru my own copies and also did a quick review of the images on the Heritage website. The earliest Mickey logo I could find was V.I #12 Sept 1936, and the latest was V.3 #12 Sept 1938. While my review is admittedly unscientific, I wonder if the logo was added for a specific time and then discontinued. Also, whether it's possible the logo was added to the Racine copies instead of the Poughkeepsies. This might explain why the earlier file copy has it and the later one does not.

Here is an example of my other question previously about variant covers. These are both from MMM vol. 3 number 4. Neither of these particular copies is subscription. Notice the Mickey logo difference above the "M"

 

Info on the variant covers anyone??

 

First time I noticed the difference.

 

Might tie into the current thread on Marvel 1: Some GA books went back for second (and maybe more) printings. A fact that collectors have not always recognized. For the most part it's difficult, I think, to distinguish a first printing from later printings because not enough info has survived.

 

Sqeggs,

 

I wondered about that, too. I looked for any other reprint/2nd printings for other Disney pseudo-comic books such as Big Little Books, Dell, Whitman. What I have found, so far, is subsequent printings were typically noted as being later editions.

 

Metropolis offered another idea of printings being done at two different facilities....but said it was only speculation

I think it's unlikely that the logo denotes printings at different facilities. Here are two Racine file copies-- both, one would assume, printed in Racine-- one with the Mickey logo and one without:

The logo might differentiate first and second printings. I've looked at some unslabbed MMMs that I have and there's no apparent difference between logo/nonlogo, and of course no notation in the indicia or elsewhere. There are enough of both that it doesn't seem that either logos or nonlogos are particularly rare or unusual.

+2 -- but as the name suggests I'm prejudiced

Happy birthday, Unca Carl!

Is this the candidate 'missing' Gyro?

 

 

If so, I have a raw one and can scan the indicia if that helps.

 

Please scan the indicia if you don't mind.

 

Well, this is embarrassing. I had an absolute beater of a copy I got in a lot, but it's nowhere to be found. I suspect it was given away to visiting kids at some stage. Sorry about that...

Does this help?