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Do you know which issue of Shang-Chi corresponds to that?

I’m not an expert of Shang-Chi, I have just a bunch of italians and never read them.

(I know I must pick up, but eventually I’ll buy some original books – the B/W is nice anyway).

That looks like the cover to MOKF #59.

Has anybody checked with Golden Books as to when the tape/book was distributed? Perhaps they have records.

Those two covers are about as similar as you can get!

 

Meanwhile, where do you think Murphy Anderson may have gotten the idea for the cover of Justice League of America 10?

 

 

 

A recurring theme

I just found another one while searching my collection for something else. Now I'm not sure how many I have. I guess I'm a hoarder. And I need to organize my collection. It is a pleasant surprise though.

Here are the 4 that I currently own. Conan #1 was one of my grails when I first started collecting. It was already going for $15 when I began collecting comics in the 70s, something I couldn’t afford as a poor college student. I finally bought my first one in the early 80s for $20.

Found this for a dime at a flea market in the late 70s.

Not in the best of shape, but the price was right. Got this for a quarter at a used bookstore. Looks like it was signed and numbered inside the front cover. Does anybody here have more info on this underground comic?

Bob Sidebottom’s Comic Collector Shop in San Jose. I think he started it in the 1960s. I think he used us to sort through his huge stacks of books because we’d pick some out and when we’d go to the counter he’d select which ones we could buy. We often toted comics around in old beer boxes and the bums thought we had beer. And there was Hal Verb at the Berryessa Flea Market in San Jose. Hal had tons of golden age, often taped to his van in plastic bags with condensation galore.

I used to go to Sidebottom’s shop when I was attending San Jose State University in the 70s. It was just a few blocks from the university. It was small, cramped, dark and musty inside. As I recalled he sold other things besides comics. I remember he had drug paraphernalia like roach clips, pipes, and cigarette paper. He sold a lot of underground comix. I remember the Mr. Natural sign he would put out on the sidewalk in front of the shop. On the floor were piles and piles of comics randomly mixed. Those he sold for a quarter each or 5 for a dollar. Except when you found something worth more. Then he’d charged you more, quoting a price off the top of his head. That’s where I bought my first back issue, a Tarzan #217.

Bob was a cranky man. My feeling was he just didn’t like most people. At best, I think he barely tolerated me. One time I pulled a Unknown Worlds #47 (Williamson story) from the 25¢ piles on the floor. He wanted $2.00. I offered $1.00. He just took the comic from my hands and put it behind the counter.

Comics & Comix opened a shop just around the corner (about 1974?). Also, there were a couple of used bookstores on the block that sold back issues. There was a kid that priced the comics for one bookstore. He used to let me have some of the comics for cheaper. I remember he re-priced an Avengers #100 from $1.00 to 50¢ for me. He was a big Neal Adams fan. I think his name was Adam.

I remember Hal Verb at the Berryessa Flea Market. He priced everything at mint prices (when Overstreet used Mint instead of NM), even beaters which a lot of his comics were. I don’t think he cared about condition or knew how to grade.

So did you get the iRony?

Here's something I did years ago when my eyesight was sharper and my hand was steadier.

Creatures On The Loose #20

Where Monsters Dwell #18