Weird Paper

 

I am not one of those people that finds Ernie Bushmiller a comic genius.

 

Jack

I'll second that. I give many creators a wide berth, even if I don't care for their work. Bushmiller, though, always left me cold. Longevity doesn't always equate with genius.

Is that the Cosmic Aeroplane copy?

Wow, you're good. I'd expect Adam Strange to know that, since it was his once upon a time.

Me too! I love Terrors of the Jungle. Great book!

A couple airplane covers for the library thread...

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Captain Aero 22

When I went home at Christmas, I came across this nice surprise while going through my comic long boxes: TerryToons #7! I thought I had sold this long ago! I rescued it from the box of bronze age stuff, and now its back with my other GA books.

 

A beater, but still a fun book!

 

The greatest of the Hitler covers (imho). Is every copy of this issue out there off-centered?

the DUCK:

 

The DUCK is very cool. Who is the manufacturer? It sort of resembles the Buffalo Toys Mother Duck, shape- and size-wise. I wonder if they made a Father Duck?

Do you collect toys?

I love those Bucks. I mean to have them one day too.

 

 

Ditto...

 

I'll just have to be patient for now. But, today these beauties arrived thanks to a fellow forumite!! They will tide me over quite nicely!

 

 

Weird printing defect in the logo, otherwise stunning..

 

 

Talk about headlights!!

 

 

This one is the Mile High copy..

 

 

These two are not pedigrees, but they should be!

 

 

 

Just a fun book all around...

 

You give them a good home now, you hear. I don't want to have to come take them back.

And, yep, Adam, that sure was your old copy.

did it have a rat chew somewhere as well?

 

No, but the rat was found taking a nap at the centerfold.

Sometimes you just have to take a nap at the centerfold.

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What're we talking about again?

Thanks, guys. Hey Adam, don't you also have a copy of G-I in Battle Annual? I seem to remember someone posting it a while back.

 

This little old rag?

 

 

Oh Holy Dang! How do you get such great comics? I want to use the time machine.

Those stories are amongst the most entertaining stories of the golden age.

All things Jack Cole...

Perhaps one of the most unintentionally silly comics of all time.

Here's a stunning #26 (2nd series) that I just sold.

 

That is stunning!

 

What year is that?

1943 If I recall correctly.

... and a smokin' #7 (2nd series).

Here's a stunning #26 (2nd series) that I just sold.

... to the artists name "Bill Bunce" that can't be real...

I did a search and found his name attached to these periodicals as well according to the library of Michigan State.

"Bunce, Bill.

The Iron Horse Goes to War : a picture story about

railroads in the war between the states : how they first

became the great basic military asset that they are today /

Bill Bunce, art ; lettering by Lou Falcone. -- 1963? -- 15 p.

 

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Railroads Deliver the Goods! -- Washington, D.C. :

Association of American Railroads, 1960? -- 16 p. : col.

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Rails Across America. -- Washington, D.C. : School and

College Service, Association of American Railroads, 195? --

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Ride the High Iron! : A Picture Story about America's

Modern Passenger Trains. -- Washington, D.C. : School and

College Service, Association of American Railroads, 1955.

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The Wheel of Progress : How America's Railroads Help to

Keep the Wheels of Industry Turning. -- Washington, D.C. :

School and College Service, Association of American

Railroads, 1957? --

--------------------- Maybe I should try to get a complete set.

Add "Clear the Track" and "Special Agent" to that list. If you really do want (most of) the set, PM me.

Do I REALLY need to say how happy I am with this one?

 

Congratulations! One of the great covers of all time.

Ok Fiction House guys, a question here:

 

FH books are notorious for cover fading. So given a choice between a bright cover with lower page quality or a faded cover with better page quality, which would you pick? Assume the page quality is overall acceptable, not brown or brittle.

 

A lot of the Fiction House covers (especially the earlier ones) just appear faded. The vast majority of the time that desaturated color look is due to poor printing quality, not after factory sun damage.

 

Is that what you are talking about?

 

Personally, factory defect or not, I would choose the copy with nice inks and mediocre page quality every time.

 

Usually the reds are orange on the duller copies. I'd prefer a 5.0 with rich colors and cream pages, to an 8.0 with muted colors and off-white pages on most FH books.

Comparing the above issue to the one in Gerber, there is definite fading of the cyan and magenta inks. This seems to be more common in Fiction House books, which might otherwise be perfectly nice copies. I'm sure it could be traced to the printer, but I've always noticed that about FH books.

Charlie Sultan, cover and interior art.

 

 

 

This comic came to mind last week, as I caught the movie "The Devil with Hitler" on TCM. I don't know if anyone out there has seen it, (I had never heard of it before) but it is absolutely hilarious. The Board of Directors of Hell (who knew?) decide the devil is not doing a good enough job, and are considering this Hitler fellow for the post. The Devil convinces them to let him go upstairs to see if Hitler is truly evil or if he could be tricked into doing a good deed. Thin on plot and effects, but bizarre and hilarious like a stereotype WW2 comic cover. It's got a little bit 3 Stooges and a little bit Marx brothers in it. Hitler takes a flying object up the *** not once, but twice. Check it out if you get a chance.

I couldn't find an obvious thread to post this on, so I'll put it here.

Feature Comics #27, 1st Doll Man. Tough book.

 

Would this be the toughest of the Quality keys?

Nice book, by the way.

Not nearly as exciting as some of the ones that have been posted, but still a fun cover.

 

I got a good laugh out of it!

It just might be comics' first "Norge" shot.

Not nearly as exciting as some of the ones that have been posted, but still a fun cover.

Can we please get back to posting Adventure comics?

Sorry, didn't mean to hijack. By way of penance, let me offer up this swell 66.

Oklahoma Dave was/is quite a character too. I remember when he would have the play pen behind his booth in San Diego with his kids in it. Was it a sympathy ploy? You decide.

 

I know he wasn't hurting for cash, so he could easily have sprung for a nanny.

 

I just remember getting chewed out by him for getting him a combo meal from Whataburger instead of just a hamburger (Lunch run-Dallas Fantasy Fair--mid 80s--we were set up next to him). I think I blew his meal budget for the whole convention by adding the fries and coke.

 

Jesus... what a miserable bastich

Anyone else want to lead the glamorous life of a comic dealer?

It actually struck me more as sad than anything else. He actually seemed like a pretty cordial guy, overall, but here I was, making 14k a year, up to my nose in debt, but I could find enough change in the couch for a hotel room (split 3 ways) and some french fries. This guy had books like Detective 1, and he was panhandling for a floor to sleep on. He asked my (ex) wife, not me (probably while I was out getting lunch), and she ended up being the one he "witnessed" to while I went and played poker in another dealer's room. She wasn't converted, but I came back with enough to cover our share of the room.

Oklahoma Dave was/is quite a character too. I remember when he would have the play pen behind his booth in San Diego with his kids in it. Was it a sympathy ploy? You decide.

 

I know he wasn't hurting for cash, so he could easily have sprung for a nanny.

I just remember getting chewed out by him for getting him a combo meal from Whataburger instead of just a hamburger (Lunch run-Dallas Fantasy Fair--mid 80s--we were set up next to him). I think I blew his meal budget for the whole convention by adding the fries and coke.