Frisco Larson

On 4/16/2024 at 1:27 AM, grendelbo said:

1st Gwen bikini cover! 

That might be worth a label note!  

Milk bottle to milk bottle

Flame face to flame face.

Monster World to Monsteroso. I didn't start the thread, but I think the mag is just fine. Cool mag too!!!

Double choke to double trouble.

Choke hold to choke hold.

Strange Adventures to Strange Worlds.

GORGO to ORRGO

All-True to All Top

2nd Lizard to 2nd Lizard.

Cool non-Marvel to same.

Donald Duck to Dopey Duck.

On 4/11/2024 at 5:20 PM, Johnny545 said:

Added to my Flessel covers (PBA Auction) - I have never seen this one for sale, so I could not pass it up:

Great score! That's a very tough comic to find!  

Ziff-Davis to Ziff-Davis

Jim Steranko to Jungle Jim

Tiny to Little.

Cowboys to Broncos.

Raiders to Vikings? I know, it's not a cover, but Vikings are tough to find in the Golden Age. 

On 4/10/2024 at 7:56 PM, RareHighGrade said:

My personal White Whale was issue #27.  I searched for decades for a nice copy, with no luck.  I eventually resigned myself to the fact that I would never be able to finish the run.

But then the Ian Levine collection of pre-hero DCs came up for auction.  Ian’s pre-hero run, although complete, consisted almost entirely of low grade and restored books.  Imagine my surprise when I discovered that, tucked away among them, was this breath-taking unrestored beauty.  The hole in my collection was finally filled.   

This issue has the earliest shark cover in comics, as well as an interior ad for Action Comics #1.

 

Wow, what an incredible last book to need and to finally obtain!!!  Much like your Detective run, this is, in my opinion, a museum quality collection Peter! I hope you consider building a registry set with these. Having won Best Golden Age Set, your Detective run is immortalized in the registry, even if you sell it, it'll be there for future generations to view! I think these New Adventures belong right next to them!  That's just my suggestion, by all means feel free to discard it if you choose ... but think of the children!!!  

On 4/8/2024 at 11:30 AM, Daffaholic said:

Hey gang... trying to do some inventory cleanup on my end here and add my newest acquisitions.  Keep getting the same message that there is an "ERROR" and that it has been reported to "IT."

It's been days now, and from what I see, others had this same issue two weeks ago.  Any status update, or any workarounds or fixes?  Thanks!

- daffaholic

I'm having the same issue and have been for around a week. Any info of how to resolve that would be helpful.

On 4/9/2024 at 8:43 PM, RareHighGrade said:

Issue #25 is a beast that is rarely seen and almost never comes up for sale.  This Lost Valley 5.0 represents the highest graded copy on the census.  No one has seen a Church copy.

 

This might be my favorite of all of the New Adventure covers! It's just spectacular!!! 

On 4/7/2024 at 8:41 AM, RareHighGrade said:

Issue #15 ushered in the first of the Flessel covers, and it’s a classic.  In Norman Rockwell style, the artwork evokes the carefree nature of boyhood, which is a continuing theme of Flessel’s covers until issue #23, when the subject matter became more mature and darker.

This issue is extremely difficult to find.  In fact, according to the CGC census, it is the rarest New Adventure issue, with only 3 Universal copies, none of which is high grade.  This rarity is reflected in the recent sale of Ian Levine’s former copy, a CGC 4.5 that sold for $12,500 last month.

My raw copy comes from the Church collection.

This is one of my very favorite New Adventure covers! I love the carefree nature of it, and find it, along with Flessel's other aquatic covers, to be some of the best covers of that period. I hoped to have a shot at the aforementioned recently auctioned copy, but that was just folly. I may never find one I can afford, but I sincerely thank you for sharing yours on these boards Peter! Your foresight and determination have paid off and I'm honestly thrilled for you!