damonwad Posted June 5, 2010 Author Share Posted June 5, 2010 Good grief, what`s going on with a crappy unloved title like Lone Ranger? Prices exploded in last week`s Heritage weekly auction! I had to spend way more than I had expected to get this (and probably wouldn`t have gone that high if it didn`t have an old label): I was going to bid on some of these Lone Rangers but went on vacation and forgot. Looking at some of those prices tells me I wouldn't have won any though as there are so many westerns I'm looking for that I won't buy any (with some exceptions) unless I can get a good deal (in relation to guide). Won this for $155 in May Comic Link Auction (just under guide for a 4.0) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicdonna Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 This ones actually my wife's. She's had it for quite some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Great choice. Silver's series is by far (IMO) the best of the famous cowboy horse's books. I pulled out a few of mine for this group shot. Guess I forgot to pull out a few Triggers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicdonna Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 Very cool! I used to have an extensive collection of westerns. I had a few John Wayne's Lone Ranger's Tom Thumb and several other titles that I believe were 9.8's Unfortunately, I had to sell them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 This ones actually my wife's. She's had it for quite some time. Looks vaguely familiar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonwad Posted June 6, 2010 Author Share Posted June 6, 2010 Great choice. Silver's series is by far (IMO) the best of the famous cowboy horse's books. I pulled out a few of mine for this group shot. Guess I forgot to pull out a few Triggers. I've never read any of the cowboy horse books. In your opinion, are the Silver's good or just good in relation to the others? Just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 (edited) The trend continues. Was the underbidder on some very nice old label 1950s Lone Rangers on yesterday's Heritage weekly auction. Some really nice painted covers there. Edited June 8, 2010 by tth2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Lately, it seems I've been picking up a few Baker Western covers and other Baker-ish covers. The Western Bandit Trails - Approved # 9 is a strict reprint of issue # 1 story for story ... thank goodness it has a better cover - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Sweet, I particularly like the close-up covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunky Brian Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 More adult oriented seems more like Atlas to me? What do you guys think? I just read Wild Western #7 last night (Marvel, 1949) and it's reasonably gritty. Maybe westerns from Fox and Avon are even more adult. Atlas comics in general seem more adult oriented than their DC counterparts. Just a scan of covers will confirm that. Atlas put out some great stuff. Don't know about Avon but some Fox comics have just horrible artwork. Admittedly, that's somewhat of a generalization. Covers are often cool but interior work is lacking I am not sure why Timely is considered more adult. The covers remind me of Crime Does Not Pay because they tend to be more violent. DC tended to have more horsey covers but I like horses. ME westerns are my favorite. I liked Straight Arrow and Ghost Rider and usually buy books with stories that feature those characters. Frazetta covers on westerns are really nice to have too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JvR11 Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Lately, it seems I've been picking up a few Baker Western covers and other Baker-ish covers. The Western Bandit Trails - Approved # 9 is a strict reprint of issue # 1 story for story ... thank goodness it has a better cover - Nice covers Scrooge. I think his Western covers are overlooked, which is good for us then we get them cheaper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 Lately, it seems I've been picking up a few Baker Western covers and other Baker-ish covers. The Western Bandit Trails - Approved # 9 is a strict reprint of issue # 1 story for story ... thank goodness it has a better cover - Approved 9 has a really nice cover but Outlaws isn't a Baker cover. Oh, you said Bakerish. OK but I usually think of Webb or Kamen as Bakerish. bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 Yeah, I covered myself as Outlaws is clearly not a Baker cover. That's neither a Baker girl on the cover nor are these Baker horses ... even though they are nice horses. They might be the best things about the cover. At $ 3, I simply couldn't leave it in the dealer's box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JvR11 Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 (edited) You very rarely ever see this Baker western digest. It just has a Baker cover. I got it on ebay for $15. Edited June 11, 2010 by JvR11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 Great! A midget comics at a midget price. I'll admit never having seen this cover before. Are the stories inside reprints from another book or is it all new material? You should roll your savings and buy more Wartime Romances with them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JvR11 Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Great! A midget comics at a midget price. I'll admit never having seen this cover before. Are the stories inside reprints from another book or is it all new material? You should roll your savings and buy more Wartime Romances with them I'm not sure if they have been reprinted at a later date. It is digest size so the amount of panels per page is smaller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 The Midgets are uncommonly seen. Not sure if it's due to scarcity or lack of demand, but that #1 was only the 3rd copy I can recall seeing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archiefan Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Here are a couple I just picked up among a batch of early 50s war comics - when I get them in hand I will create proper scans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronzilla Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Woah!!! That Wild Bill Hickok 4 is sweet!! Pulpy look to it, and Frazetta? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archiefan Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Yes ...Harold Winfield Scott was the cover artist and he did a lot of western pulp covers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...