Weird Paper

I think I bought this from Adam Strange (if he is who I think he is)

 

 

 

All of you's

Okay, this is getting weird.

The Case of the Wild Spending Spree

A milder "mammon" cover. 'Course, I'd gladly trade it for the other one.

This has probably been up here already, but it's my favorite duck. I think I bought this from Adam Strange (if he is who I think he is)

Very excellent choices, CW! Particularily the WEIRD #1. Love that cover.

 

I figured I'd better get in here before this one is posted:

 

 

I've always thought this was a really cool cover. All the early Fox Science comics had great covers. That being said, there is something painfully ackward about the perspective on drooling orange alien guy. It's almost as if he were pencilled by someone else, since the finishing matches. Hey... did Rob Liefeld's grandfather draw any old comics?

... and the headlights.

The highlight...

So I get this in today and right away I am pisssed off because the colors looked a LOT brighter in the scan from jscomics, and I know damn well they did it on purpose. But I figure the book is nice structurally, so I will keep it. I pop the slab and open the book. What do I find? A quarter sized water stain on the inside front cover. Not sure if CGC missed it (the book got an 8.0), or how it got there, but I am NOT happy.

 

Funny thing about this book... About 8-9 years ago, I was underbidder on a copy on ebay. It's before the days of slabbing, and this copy looked pretty nice on the scan. I think the seller even called it "uncirculated" Anyhow, after I lose the auction, he contacts me, and says he has another, and some other "like new" comics. He's wasn't a comic dealer, so I wasn't sure what to expect.

But I bite, and send him a check for the Great, and the Latest (2?) with B-29 the Bombadier. The books come, and they're pretty nice, so I email him and ask if he has any other copies of the Great. He asks me how many I want. I tried to find out how many he had, but he wouldn't really say. So I ordered three more. They were all really super clean copies. I sold or traded them off over the years, with the last one, slabbed at 9.4, going in the Summer 2002 Heritage auction. Anyhow, I know it's no Thing 17, but I wonder how many of these copies are out there. I should rummage through my files and see if I still have any contact information for the seller...

Nonetheless, it is a killer cover.

I guess Rhode Island Red and the Central Committee for Sneaky World Wide Conspiracy qualify.

It was a post-code "horror", possibly ACG. The cover featured a panic-stricken fellow who was out camping, and had dropped his medications in the river, and fished them out with all the labels washed off, causing him to freak. This seemed to me to be the height of post-code terror.

 

Not ACG, Charlton - Strange Suspense Stories # 27 -

 

 

 

It was fun though going through all the ACG horror covers as I'd never seen most of their post-code stuff before. Not finding it there, my second hunch was Charlton and it paid off.

That is sooo cool. That's the exact comic I was referring to, although I remembered the scene a little differently. Perhaps a whole 'nother thread can be started on astonishingly lame post-code horror covers.

I've got a copy (of the MLK comic) that I've had since the early 80s. I'm pretty sure it's not counted among the 5 copies Overstreet lists. I sent that info to the folks at Overstreet last Fall, with a list of about a dozen unlisted plats and giveaways, but I'm not sure it ever got into the right hands, because none of them showed up in the latest guide.

 

Definitely submit the list again. I also gave them a list last year and many of the titles never made it in the Guide for some reason while others did. I intend to lobby for the inclusion of these books for the 37th edition. I'd love to see your list as well. Perhaps post it here or PM me.

 

As for the MLK book, no doubt there are more copies around. I have no idea where they got the idea that there was only 5 copies. I also came across a spanish version on e-bay recently.

I'll send you a copy of the pdf I sent them when I get home tonight. I'll also post the items that are pertinent to this list as I get the chance. In the early 80s, I bought a collection from a local guy out of a newspaper classified ad that had a random grouping of 40s to 80s comics, with a lot of giveaways. The guy said he had been an Overstreet advisor on giveaways, but I had never seen his name in any of the older guides. I held on to those books, and only realized recently that a bunch of them weren't in Overstreet.

I've got a copy (of the MLK comic) that I've had since the early 80s. I'm pretty sure it's not counted among the 5 copies Overstreet lists. I sent that info to the folks at Overstreet last Fall, with a list of about a dozen unlisted plats and giveaways, but I'm not sure it ever got into the right hands, because none of them showed up in the latest guide.

I've got a question for the collective unconscious out there. Twenty years ago, I bought a collection that spanned from the 40s to the 80s, very incomplete, random stuff. There was one comic in it which I sold way back then, but that left an impression on me. It was a post-code "horror", possibly ACG. The cover featured a panic-stricken fellow who was out camping, and had dropped his medications in the river, and fished them out with all the labels washed off, causing him to freak. This seemed to me to be the height of post-code terror.

Does it ring a bell for anyone? I know this thread focuses on pre-code, but I thought someone might know what is was anyway.

Groovy, that worked. Thanks.

Thanks, I haven't spent a lot of time on boards. Can you tell me why my image didn't show up in the message itself?

Here's my personal favorite Hitler (and friends) cover. The bad guys' faces have an odd 3-D quality.