Frisco Larson

LOVE it!!!

Pyramid to pyramid.

Spiked sidekick to spiked sidekick.

Nothing I couldn't talk about on here! In one case, I found a Detective #28 at Chicago Comic Con missing the centerfold and about an hour later at the same show I bumped into a friend who HAD the centerfold!!! I couldn't BELIEVE it!!!

Stan might've had some extra air in him that day!

The Sinking Man to the shrinking man.

Crime Never Pays to Crime Does Not Pay.

Green Lantern to Green Mask.

I've learned to keep the door open, even if only slightly to the possibility of high dollar grail type books. I've been fortunate to acquire some in the most unorthodox ways. Ya never know ....

Sorting thru some books today, I happened upon my incomplete copy of Mystic #1 and thought to snap some pics of splash pages.

I've been enjoying this thread quite a bit lately and was wishing I had more to contribute but then I remembered that I DO have an incomplete key book that I can share. This is my coverless copy of Mystery Men #1. It's also missing a centerfold, but it's so expensive, ya take what you can get! Below are pics of splash pages.

Great stand alone story to same.

I did a quick search of Heritage's archives because I KNOW I've seen some later Fox books from other pedigrees and my findings are that some of them just didn't quite reach the 8.0 grade of what many feel is the beginning of HIGH grade. I recall seeing several Rockford copies of later Fox books and their archive shows some. They've previously auctioned Big 3 #7 Jan 1942 CGC Blue 7.5 (last issue), Eagle #4 Jan 1942 CGC Blue 7.0 (last issue), V-Comics #2 Mar 1942 CGC Blue 8.0 (last issue) & finally Weird Comics #20 Jan 1942 CGC Blue 4.0 (last issue). All of those are the last issues from their respective titles, only one of which is clearly mid-grade. Likewise, they show some Frisco Fox books, albeit not from the very end of the titles. A beautiful Wonderworld #23 Mar 1941 CGC Blue 9.2 could certainly be considered "later" in the run, as could the very clean Weird Comics #12 Mar 1941 CGC Blue 7.5. I recall seeing some Pennsylvania Fox books go thru Heritage as well and their archive DOES show some late run copies. They auctioned a gorgeous run of Blue Beetles from 1942-1943, but of particular note, it's the Eagle Comics #3 Nov 1941 CGC Blue 9.0 and the lesser grade but very cool Mystery Men #26 CGC Blue 5.0 that would be very desirable if available now. I remember the Billy Wright collection containing many Fox books; however, I was in error thinking they went later than they did. Heritage's archive shows the latest issue being Fantastic Comics #12 Nov 1940 CGC Blue 7.5, so I was mistaken about that pedigree. You are correct in that the Larson pedigree list shows MANY later Fox books. I'm not certain as to how many have been certified, but a quick Heritage search shows that of the 6 Larsons graded from mid-1941 forward, all are lower to mid-grade, save for one copy reaching 8.0 blue. My main point here is that I believe there are still a lot of pedigree copies in collections that haven't been certified. Hopefully time will bring them forward.

Davis Crippen losing your hat cover to same.

Very cool early issue!!!

Wonder 10 to Wonder 11.

Possibly true, although I DID own the Allentown Mystery Men 16 and it was a graded 8.5, so other pedigree copies might be out there as well.

I just realized that I completed a nice little block of Marines in Battle and thought I'd share it.

November 1960 to November 1960.

January 1947 to January 1947.

Just to have "copies in the run" is saying quite a bit these days! They're tough to find and when they become available, they usually go for more than you'd want to pay.

Fire to All Fired Up.

We Belong to Shadows of the Night.

Hero with star on his chest to same.

It IS very colorful, made even more so due to the brand new condition of your copy!