N e r V Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Jordysnordy said: SSOC 12 has always been one of my favourite covers - such an amazing piece of butt RedRaven 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordysnordy Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 1 hour ago, N e r V said: need to edit my post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 14 hours ago, oakman29 said: I love the Ted Kennedy smack down.🤣 Supposedly some copies had that page razored out, after VW threatened a lawsuit. But both copies I've owned still had the page. oakman29 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedcake Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 On 4/13/2020 at 10:37 AM, punksdropdirtysrh said: Upgraded one of my favs in Bounty’s thread last year, got it back from CGC today. isn't this basically a 9.8 for these? This is Who We Are 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 9 minutes ago, speedcake said: isn't this basically a 9.8 for these? Yep speedcake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chevalmeow Posted April 18, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2020 Bernie Wrightson had done this 4 issue collection of sketches. Could not resist and am looking for the other 3 issues. This copy is signed. Keys_Collector, Jayman, oakman29 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThothAmon Posted April 18, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2020 Thanks to zzutak for the upgrade. First Mad magazine. The Lions Den, comicjack, Jayman and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post N e r V Posted April 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 20, 2020 So if you have followed this thread you may have noticed my magazine collecting extends out of the usual genre material like horror or science fiction mags. The recent National Lampoon books I posted being an example. So a few years ago I picked up a copy of the first issue of Sports Illustrated (CGC 8.0) and having grown up with the swimsuit editions the thought of putting together a run of them from the 1960’s/1970’s was planted. So when this CGC 8.5 copy went up at auction a month ago I didn’t really think about bidding on it since the last 8.5 went for $1200.00 and this book generally gets $1000.00+ asking prices for CGC copies in this grade. But lately due to the current “crisis” we are in prices on collectibles seem to be missing their targets in my experience and so I figured I’d throw out a lower bid on this copy and hope I got lucky. So for just over $400.00 I picked this copy up at a bargain price. This is my first CGC swimsuit issue and since it’s the first swimsuit issue it will be the most expensive to get in the run so landing it first makes things so much easier. So here it is my CGC 8.5 copy of the very first Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. Getting key books like this is so much fun in collecting.... The swimsuit issue was invented by Sports Illustrated editor Andre Laguerre to fill the winter months, a typically slow point in the sporting calendar.He asked fashion reporter Jule Campbell to go on a shoot to fill space, including the cover, with a beautiful model. The first issue, released in 1964, entailed a cover featuring Babette March and a five-page layout. Campbell soon became a powerful figure in modeling and molded the issue into a media phenomenon by featuring "bigger and healthier" California women and printing the names of the models with their photos, beginning a new supermodel era. In the 1950s, a few women appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated, but the 1964 issue is considered to be the beginning of the current format known as the Swimsuit Issue. ThothAmon, chevalmeow, bounty_coder and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bounty_coder Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Brett this one will be so much easier to wipe down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post N e r V Posted April 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 20, 2020 One down, many more to go... Brandon Shepherd, The Lions Den, ThothAmon and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chevalmeow Posted April 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2020 Gotta turn down the A/C, seems a bit warm after those last posts. Meanwhile, an upgrade copy! Keys_Collector, OtherEric, batmiesta and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N e r V Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 3 hours ago, chevalmeow said: Gotta turn down the A/C, seems a bit warm after those last posts. Meanwhile, an upgrade copy! chevalmeow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hamlet Posted April 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 24, 2020 (edited) I got a package from Stevemmg today - Edited April 24, 2020 by Hamlet chevalmeow, oakman29, Randall Dowling and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamlet Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 A little less impressive on the condition, but a nice addition to my Vampirella collection was found on EBay - The Lions Den, This is Who We Are, oakman29 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Dowling Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Nice bunch of mags!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 On 4/18/2020 at 11:02 AM, chevalmeow said: Bernie Wrightson had done this 4 issue collection of sketches. Could not resist and am looking for the other 3 issues. This copy is signed. I think I've got one of these sketch books. bounty_coder, Jayman and The Lions Den 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevalmeow Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Hamlet said: I got a package from Stevemmg today - Wow! You sure got those fast!! Great selection. Should get mine on Saturday. Stevemmg, oakman29, bounty_coder and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 On 4/23/2020 at 9:37 PM, Hamlet said: I got a package from Stevemmg today - That’s my childhood memories right there! oakman29, bounty_coder and Randall Dowling 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bounty_coder Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 (edited) On 4/15/2020 at 9:46 PM, speedcake said: isn't this basically a 9.8 for these? They can be quite difficult to find in VF especially the pre 70's issues. One could easily spend years with deliberate looking to find one. Edited April 25, 2020 by bounty_coder Randall Dowling and speedcake 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N e r V Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 (edited) Not a great scan but it’s a 9.0 with white pages. This is one of those books that the price I paid was about what it probably cost to slab so I wonder why people even bother... Either way it’s a great Ken Kelly cover that could have easily been part of DC comics Strange Sports series from the 1960’s. I don’t know the background on this piece but he had to be inspired by the Madden Oakland Raiders of the 70’s. That could easily be Ken (the snake) Stabler's number 12 on the cover. The Raiders were the original bad boys of that era and the fact they won the upcoming Super Bowl (1977) makes this cover even better for me. Nice date stamp from 1976 doesn’t hurt either... Edited April 25, 2020 by N e r V oakman29, The Lions Den and chevalmeow 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
