Morganmi Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 32 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said: awesome @Rune and @Joshua33 awesome Those runs are B-E-A-utiful! Yea those 2 runs are something else. Some of those books only have a few 9.8's in the census even. Rune, nepatkm and ADAMANTIUM 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Morganmi Posted January 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 8, 2021 Here's a couple new raws I picked up recently that have potential. doubt they are 9.8's though. nepatkm, speedcake, Rune and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua33 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Nice run @Rune. 9.8 runs are sweeeeeet. Nice to see them all together. Agree on the Rosebud analogy. There are few runs in comics i like as much. nepatkm and Rune 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rune Posted February 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 22, 2021 (edited) Some of my photos were quite old - just took some new shots of #16, 17, 19 and 20 for my set, but they do get shrunken quite a bit for the set. Here the new pics are in large format - note that these were very hard to find without profound miswrap and with pure white pages: - also got some nice messages for #19-20 from the original owner: Edited February 22, 2021 by Rune bentbryan, PopKulture, Brian48 and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post StingerMcK Posted February 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 22, 2021 I recently started dipping my toes into Conan collecting. I gotta say I have been missing out all these years. Great art and stories. Especially issues of Savage. I bought these at my LCS to get started: adampasz, nepatkm, Jordysnordy and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Less Blob Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 On 1/11/2020 at 12:25 PM, Brian48 said: Just came in today. I'm astounded interest in these early SSOCs, especially the ones with Boris covers are so overlooked and cheap! They were pretty popular. And would you ever throw that out? Condition is another thing. these were meant to be read and they were read. I heard the same story from multiple shop owners. the conan guys kept their books and usually respected them. not bagging and boarding, per se. in the 80s and early 90s a couple of these collections would walk in a month, some guy who lifted a lot of weights, had been collecting them for 10-20 years, had just moved on from the genre, the wife wanted to de-clutter, etc., so they always had a steady flow of these books, which kept them cheap Rune 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rune Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 (edited) Seems prices are quite strong right now - last night a CoB #1 9.8 ended close to 8k: - and #20 ended at 4k - glad I don't have to buy them again! Even #1 9.0 has gone beyond 1k: https://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAUCTIONS%2FSEARCH.ASP%3FFocusedOnly%3D1%26where%3Dauctions%26title%3Dconan%2Bthe%2Bbarbarian%26GO%3DGO%26ItemType%3DCB%23Item_1454757&id=1454757&itemType=0 That #1 does look quite good though. Haven't been following much up on prices lately, maybe it's just me being behind - not going to sell anything anyway, the wife says I lack that gene Btw, sent in my #1 reading copy a few years ago, and got back this one - but admitted, I never let the kids read it Spoiler Unfortunately now I no longer have a reading copy Edited February 24, 2021 by Rune Jordysnordy, Brandon Shepherd and nepatkm 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rune Posted March 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 27, 2021 (edited) Was lucky to find and add this book to my collection today - I know the centering isn't good, but it's the single highest graded and has pure white page - and beggars can't be choosers, lol: Edited March 27, 2021 by Rune picon3, B2D327, Ken Aldred and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 28 minutes ago, Rune said: Was lucky to find and add this book to my collection today - I know the centering isn't good, but it's the single highest graded and has pure white page - and beggars can't be choosers, lol: Woo-Hoo! found a few for cheap that appear in nice shape, here and there, but mag's can be so misleading in grade sometimes That's a great looking book! Rune 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkeomany Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Just found out about this group. Pretty stoked. Rune and ADAMANTIUM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toz Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 On 2/22/2021 at 10:36 AM, Rune said: Some of my photos were quite old - just took some new shots of #16, 17, 19 and 20 for my set, but they do get shrunken quite a bit for the set. Here the new pics are in large format - note that these were very hard to find without profound miswrap and with pure white pages: - also got some nice messages for #19-20 from the original owner: Beautiful books.The BWS Conan run is in a class by itself.Love the notes from Max.I use to have a few FF slabs I got from him.Wish I had kept them even though they were in the 7 to 8 range. Rune 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serling1978 Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 On 2/22/2021 at 5:41 PM, StingerMcK said: I recently started dipping my toes into Conan collecting. I gotta say I have been missing out all these years. Great art and stories. Especially issues of Savage. I bought these at my LCS to get started: Yesssss. The art and stories of both Barbarian and Savage Sword Of blow away all other comics in my mind. I've got a pretty large collection with huge runs of the main marvel series like ASM, Hulk, X-men, Iron Man, etc, but Conan books are by far my favorite to read. Ken Aldred and Rune 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtlevy1 Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 A few original art pages sold on HA.com this weekend... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebull Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 I just bought a Conan TPB with many of the BWS issues....amazing stuff! Rune 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Less Blob Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 On 3/27/2021 at 12:22 PM, Rune said: Was lucky to find and add this book to my collection today - I know the centering isn't good, but it's the single highest graded and has pure white page - and beggars can't be choosers, lol: that miswrap is a bit jarring on such a perfect book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rune Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 (edited) On 4/7/2021 at 11:25 PM, the blob said: that miswrap is a bit jarring on such a perfect book Can't have it all, I guess - I do appreciate white pages and when there's just one book, there's nothing to choose from. The miswrap is a reminder of how mags were produced back then, you won't see that among modern books, so you could consider it a feature illustrating production history ;-) Also it has taken about 22 years for CGC to grade just one mag - you risk waiting forever for another copy. Not many may have preserved SSoC #11 in 9.8 condition, this usually takes an adult buying the book in the 1970s and never reading it - kids and teenagers may be very fast getting these mags below 9.0, lol. Edited April 12, 2021 by Rune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Less Blob Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 1 minute ago, Rune said: Can't have it all, I guess - I do appreciate white pages and when there's just one book, there's nothing to choose from - also it has taken about 22 years for CGC to grade just one mag - you risk waiting forever for another copy. Not many may have preserved SSoC #11 in 9.8 condition, this usually takes an adult buying the book in the 1970s and never reading it - kids and teenager may be very fast getting these mag below 9.0, lol. The Savage Swords were loved, true. I'm thinking there weren't many folks buying one to read, 2 to keep in a safe pristine for 45 years. Rune 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Less Blob Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Conan 23 or 24? 23s seem to be 15-20% more expensive in the CGC 8.0ish grade I might want, but I like the cover to 24 so much more (I have a VG+ or so copy already though) --- it isn't just great BWS v. very good BWS or Buscema at his best, it is great BWS vs. Gil Kane mailing it in. I don't have 23, is the description of 24 as "first full" accurate, or is she in like half of 23? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rune Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 (edited) 14 minutes ago, the blob said: Conan 23 or 24? 23s seem to be 15-20% more expensive in the CGC 8.0ish grade I might want, but I like the cover to 24 so much more (I have a VG+ or so copy already though) --- it isn't just great BWS v. very good BWS or Buscema at his best, it is great BWS vs. Gil Kane mailing it in. I don't have 23, is the description of 24 as "first full" accurate, or is she in like half of 23? You might need both - Sonja starts on page 15 in #23: - but clearly the #23 cover totally pales compared to #24. The Sonja art and story are much better in #24, but of course it's not her first appearance. From #24: Edited April 12, 2021 by Rune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyweaknesskryptonite Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 (edited) Pulled these from a LCS a couple weeks ago. Edited April 12, 2021 by onlyweaknesskryptonite Remove duplicate picture. Rune and Ken Aldred 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...