Show me your Timely's and I'll show you mine. Have a Cigar... 30 30

[Mike Bromberg]

When you can't afford a $15-20K copy, a purple label that still looks pretty nice will suffice. Thanks @jeranimal!

[gunsmokin]

Leaving TX soon and heading for WI!!

[Badger]

On 7/14/2023 at 6:38 PM, Mike Bromberg said:

When you can't afford a $15-20K copy, a purple label that still looks pretty nice will suffice. Thanks @jeranimal!

Good job Mike! 

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

On 7/14/2023 at 4:14 PM, Frisco Larson said:

Marvel Stories Nov 1940, on the stands with Marvel Mystery #13 (among others, I don't have the info on hand). When previously discussed, I'm not sure if any notice was given to which artists are responsible for this issues interior artwork. It IS listed in the table of contents! That would be (to my knowledge) their only known Golden Age rendering of the Human Torch, if they in fact were responsible for the ad! Interestingly as well, I saw only one other ad for Marvel Mystery in this issue and it is a small one.

I share your enthusiasm for this issue! And I love your earlier Sky Devils pulp too. 

I think someone earlier opined that the Torch illustration was done by Burgos, but I don’t know

[Frisco Larson]

On 7/19/2023 at 8:24 PM, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

I share your enthusiasm for this issue! And I love your earlier Sky Devils pulp too. 

I think someone earlier opined that the Torch illustration was done by Burgos, but I don’t know

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! 

[Mike Bromberg]

On 7/19/2023 at 6:01 PM, Badger said:

Good job Mike! 

Thanks, Badger. Not too many more Timelys I need, which is odd to say. (PS - I still have the All Select #4 I got from you, but not sure if I mentioned I upgraded the #3 a little while back.)

[Cat-Man_America]

On 7/20/2023 at 1:40 AM, Mike Bromberg said:

Thanks, Badger. Not too many more Timelys I need, which is odd to say. (PS - I still have the All Select #4 I got from you, but not sure if I mentioned I upgraded the #3 a little while back.)

You say that NOW, ...but the Timely bug is an infectious little critter that starts with minor aches and pains in the wallet then leads to a lifelong addiction, ...and there's no known cure!

Just when you think you're out, ...it pulls you back in! 

[Frisco Larson]

A new Timely in the box today and this one has a killer house ad featuring their most popular heroes!!!

[badback83]

[Ameri]

playing with collages

[Cat-Man_America]

On 8/5/2023 at 12:24 PM, Ameri said:

playing with collages

Dat's naught gist a collage, dat's a danged universe city! 

[Ameri]

On 7/22/2023 at 10:02 PM, Frisco Larson said:

A new Timely in the box today and this one has a killer house ad featuring their most popular heroes!!!

Great catch! I've had that book for years but overlooked the ad. Like Comedy 9 & 10, Comedy 11 had some inventory stories with fantasy elements, probably intended for Daring Mystery before it got cancelled. Here's some additional pages.  

[Drgoldage]

Bucky’s  in trouble but good old Cap won’t let Nazi henchmen or A few Egyptian mummies stop him 

[Drgoldage]

I hope they checked Bucky’ s blood type first  some how don’t think they match,  better find Hulk . Jack Kirby signed this one couldn’t resist buying 

[Drgoldage]

[Drgoldage]

[Cat-Man_America]

On 8/24/2023 at 10:56 PM, Drgoldage said:

That's a beauty! This being a very old label there might be room for a major uptick if you are interested in that.  At least it's worth an inquiry.

For starters it looks better than grade, at least from the front. Also, cleaning and pressing might've been graded a bit tougher back when this book was originally slabbed ...dependent upon what kind of cleaning was employed... at least it might be considered for a conserved designation if not a universal grade. And to top it all off, your book should still get the Nicholas Cage Collection designation as well as a gold pedigree label being a Recil Macon book.  That's a win/win/win/win jackpot. 

[Robot Man]

On 8/24/2023 at 8:56 PM, Drgoldage said:

A sentimental favorite of mine. Although I had a few lucky find Timelys very early in my collecting journey, I found a decent copy at one of the earliest SDCCs priced at $65. This was a LOT of money as a teenager and at least a third of my budget for the weekend. But it was a #1 with all the big Timely heroes just staring at me on the cover. I offered $55. And the guy took it. I walked away on air. I have had it ever since. 

[Ameri]

[Drgoldage]

On 8/25/2023 at 8:57 AM, Robot Man said:

A sentimental favorite of mine. Although I had a few lucky find Timelys very early in my collecting journey, I found a decent copy at one of the earliest SDCCs priced at $65. This was a LOT of money as a teenager and at least a third of my budget for the weekend. But it was a #1 with all the big Timely heroes just staring at me on the cover. I offered $55. And the guy took it. I walked away on air. I have had it ever since. 

A great story reminds me of one of my own .I was living in Las Vegas Nevada about 1973 a teenager myself and Tom Heiner proprietor of the local and only comic book shop at the time “Friendly Neighborhood comic book store “ decided to take a bunch of us teenagers to a Los Angeles comic show one Saturday morning . We all piled into his Volkswagen van and made it to the show early before it had opened . My dad had surprised me  just before we left with a gift of 400 dollars and told me to have a great time . My allowance has been 5 dollars a week so instead of a months savings of 20 I had a fortune. The show was great so many dealers all with books I had barely heard about let alone seen . I hadn’t been there 10 minutes when laying flat on a table was a Submariner 1 he wanted 400 for it way high for the time but I didn’t know or care and walked away with the book.My first Timely ,  I still have the book and the memory of that day . I found a pile of bargains for the remaining 20.00 and on the way home that night we all displayed what we had found and exchanged stories of the day . A thank you to Tom if he is still out there !!!