Sweet Lou 14 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 On 10/17/2022 at 11:38 AM, ThothAmon said: Underrated book! I have wanted to get a slabbed 9.6 WP but I don't recall ever seeing one. MasterChief and Off Panel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namisgr Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 (edited) I used to own one, but not with white pages. Barton has one in his Registry Set. They are scarce. Edited October 18, 2022 by namisgr Sweet Lou 14, djpinkpanther67, WernerVonDoom and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post namisgr Posted October 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2022 (edited) My current copy is from the Suscha News pedigree, and has white page quality but some very minor corner wear that keeps it out of slab-worthy condition. It's perfect for my unslabbed reader collection: Edited October 18, 2022 by namisgr MasterChief, djpinkpanther67, Off Panel and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MasterChief Posted October 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2022 Love seeing this book -- especially at this time of year! Picked this up during the original sale of the Rosa collection on eBay. Not white pages but IIRC, it was the only 9.8 copy graded at the time... MAR1979, workingdog, picon3 and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post workingdog Posted October 19, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 19, 2022 New slots to fill! I realize they are not any of the heavy hitters but I still enjoy these just the same. picon3, Ghost Town, ThothAmon and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Town Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 On 10/19/2022 at 8:11 AM, workingdog said: New slots to fill! I realize they are not any of the heavy hitters but I still enjoy these just the same. They're plenty heavy. All super sweet and super tough in those grades. I think the #105 is a unicorn. workingdog and batmiesta 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djpinkpanther67 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 On 10/19/2022 at 11:24 AM, Ghost Town said: They're plenty heavy. All super sweet and super tough in those grades. I think the #105 is a unicorn. I’m always on the lookout for a nice 105 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djpinkpanther67 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 On 10/19/2022 at 11:11 AM, workingdog said: New slots to fill! I realize they are not any of the heavy hitters but I still enjoy these just the same. Nice books, Jim! workingdog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
workingdog Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 On 10/19/2022 at 7:08 PM, djpinkpanther67 said: Nice books, Jim! Thank you, Thomas and Barton! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namisgr Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Wowza! The 103 with the black cover and Fury capturing Hitler is an especially great high grade copy. workingdog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAR1979 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 (edited) On 10/19/2022 at 11:11 AM, workingdog said: New slots to fill! I realize they are not any of the heavy hitters but I still enjoy these just the same. I am sooooooooo jelly It was actually easier for me to find Fury 1972-1973 OA Cover and Splash art than the books in high grade Edited October 21, 2022 by MAR1979 djpinkpanther67 and workingdog 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post southern cross Posted October 28, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 28, 2022 Another one for my Mpf run namisgr, Ghost Town, djpinkpanther67 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post namisgr Posted October 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 31, 2022 (edited) A hand-me-down from Barton, so you know it's going to be a great copy. An original old label slabbed copy cracked out for my raw picture frame collection, it was interesting to have the chance to see how ~20 years of encapsulation might have affected the book's condition. Very little, is the answer. The interior pages were originally graded ow/w, but looked to me very close to white paged books that I've cracked out of recent slabs. It's at least an ow/w now every day of the week. The cover whites, gloss, and ink colors were still strong. For those storing their prized books long-term in CGC slabs it's good news that even after a couple of decades, with storage under the right conditions, there can be no appreciable deterioration of condition. Only the teensiest bend in the lower right corner of the front cover was perceptible as wear to keep the CGC grade from a 9.8. It looks fantastic in a mylar and fullback. Any color differences between the two versions are due to visual effects of the slab and the use of two separate scanning and image processing systems (the picture of the slab is from Barton's sales thread). Edited October 31, 2022 by namisgr mr_highgrade, Off Panel, WernerVonDoom and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post djpinkpanther67 Posted October 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 31, 2022 PFs acquired in Baltimore MasterChief, namisgr, Off Panel and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post namisgr Posted November 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 17, 2022 Recent upgrade. The copy I bought off the rack was well read and survived only in mid-grade. While Barry Smith's interior art doesn't have quite the attention to detail that his fabulous work on Conan does, it's still an inventive and great take on the Master of the Mystic Arts. Off Panel, workingdog, djpinkpanther67 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThothAmon Posted November 19, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 19, 2022 Been meaning to get this one graded. greggy, namisgr, WernerVonDoom and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jimjum12 Posted December 10, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 10, 2022 Always liked this one ... although when it first came out it was tainted with my deep trauma and denial of Kirby leaving Marvel. I finally recovered, though I'm not sure exactly when. GOD BLESS ... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) @drbanner djpinkpanther67, batmiesta, drbanner and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post namisgr Posted December 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2022 (edited) Sweet drama-loaded Kane cover. It's my current copy above. I've owned a few others over the years. The copy I bought off the rack is top left: Edited December 13, 2022 by namisgr Ghost Town, LordRahl, djpinkpanther67 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Town Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 On 12/12/2022 at 4:59 PM, namisgr said: Sweet drama-loaded Kane cover. My hot take, even though these books are over years old: Gil Kane was, by far, the best cover artist in the PF era. He might have had a few clunkers but the vast majority of are pretty dynamic and memorable. workingdog, batmiesta and djpinkpanther67 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Lou 14 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 On 12/13/2022 at 1:23 PM, Ghost Town said: My hot take, even though these books are over years old: Gil Kane was, by far, the best cover artist in the PF era. He might have had a few clunkers but the vast majority of are pretty dynamic and memorable. There are a few distinctive features of his art I'm not crazy about that always jump out at me, most notably the frequent "up the nostrils" camera angle ... ... and the strange, unconvincing way he did reptile skin. There are also a few times where he gave Thor or especially the Hulk weird "updated" hairstyles that didn't look right for them. I'm not sure if I could call him the "best" when John Buscema is standing right over there! But Kane was definitely a huge Marvel Bronze Age mainstay and I do agree that his fingerprints are all over that picture frame period. ThothAmon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
