Frisco Larson

Ah, Maria's in Chicago!!! Brings back such great memories!!! SO many "dinners after the show" quite a few of which we were joined by some of the boardies who still post here!!! Tankareeno will live on forever and still gets mentioned when Russ and I go out for tacos!

I just keep forgetting which is usually considered as the first issue of the PHM... and I keep forgetting the exact count, it's something like 163 or something around that. A long time friend has been collecting the PHM books for decades and has almost every one of them! I, on the other hand, need a ton of them!!!

This is so awesome!!! I have more holes in my PHM TTA run than a noodle strainer!!! Well done!!!

WOW, these are all beauties and VERY tough in nice shape! Congrats!!!

AWESOME!!! I keep forgetting, is it the last 4 or 3 that are considered by most to be part of the PHM set?

Beautiful copies all Billy Boy!!! Those last 2 in particular are very pretty!!!

Captain Marvel in Whiz #52 to Captain Midnight #52.

Hey Billy Boy, don't you also only collect a small portion of this run? Btw, I regret selling this copy.

Masked Marvel logo to Captain Marvel logo.

I haven't chased this run at all really and I've already posted two of the three (9 & 11) different issues I have from this run. This is the only other issue I have from the run and for whatever reason, I have three of them (well, I HAVE always loved this Kirby cover!!!)!!! Oh and @bc, below is what I usually end up with as a reader (they ARE usually cheaper).

That's a VERY nice-looking copy for a reader @bc!!! Gotta love the Everett signature too!!!

If ya need help organizing the vault, perhaps an arrangement can be made ... . .

113 to 114

It was the bright cover colors that sold me on this book ...

These D ick Winters books have tremendous cover colors and I seldom see any of them.

Came out of a semi-recent find original owner collection with these bright colors.

I need to get a better pic of this one, as the colors are very drippy in person.

Bright, vivid colors on a mid-grade looking copy.

First true Sgt. Rock appearance to first Sgt. Fury appearance.

The first appearance of Atomic Man!

Clear helmeted ray gun wielding space adventurer advancing on a women hiding behind a rock to clear helmeted unarmed space adventurer hiding behind a rock.

Thanks so much! I appreciate it! It's nice to hear of other collectors enjoying these odd little rarities! Yeah, upon review, I think you're right ... it looks like Burgos to me, which is still pretty cool!

Incredible copies @bc!!! This era of late Atlas/early Marvel Silver Age doesn't seem to get the love I think it deserves! I actually think that's across the board: the western line, teen humor, etc ... just kind of a largely forgotten about era by MOST of the hobby at large. It's very difficult to obtain high-grade copies of ALL Atlas/Marvel genres of the period!!! I guess the upside is that there may be less competition when it comes to buying. Anyway, beautiful copies pal ... so feel free to open those vault doors any time you want!!!

Times sure have changed. I remember in the early to mid 90s, racing to get the Overstreet Golden Age Quarterly right when it came out and scanning the price changes! I couldn't wait for the Overstreet Monthly to be sitting on the shelf for me at a local shop so I could devour the Timely (and other Golden Age) articles by Steve Gentner, check out the regular columns by Pat S. Calhoun, Tony Starks and ANYTHING written by Jon Berk! Quickly I learned to scan the market reports for recent acquisitions from those dealers savvy enough to list them (and I got a LOT of comics that way!)! Those monthly and quarterly publications kept us going until the BIG DOG came out once a year!!! It was an event that I'll never forget, because once I got my copy, I'd sit right down and in I went, until some situation in the real world pulled me out! Never had there been a publication to teach me more about comics than the Overstreet Price Guide!!! SO much dense content in one place, at a time when there were few other places to turn for any useful information about building a collection, what restoration was and how to spot it, how to properly care for and store your comics, etc. It was (and still IS) certainly more than just a list of prices! When I got it, there were no photo journals yet, no Google or Schmoogle or internet ... the Overstreet was OUR handheld guide to comic prices, to identifying industry agreed upon rarity, and an index of contact information to comic shops and convention dealers! It truly WAS a different time. I admit that it's been a number of years (maybe 5) since I've bought the annual Overstreet. I am about as guilty as anyone of embracing the modern conveniences of having whatever information I need in a tiny handheld box that I carry with me almost everywhere I go. Technology has changed our world and changed our hobby in SO many ways! Many of the changes are as welcome as a cold drink on a hot summer day, and yet some of them make for a sterile collecting experience. I'll probably never gripe about those who had the CBG Fed Ex'd overnight to them, and thereby beat me out of a lot of the comics for sale that month, but maybe I'll take a trip down an old familiar road and grab an Overstreet the next time I'm in a local shop! After all, it's good to see old friends!