Great Jack Kirby Covers

[adamstrange]

Cool story

 

Indeed.

Ditto X3.

That JIM#63 is freaking tight!

What an incredible book, AS.

That would be the highest graded copy if submitted...

No ifs, ands or buts about it~!

 

 

The JIM 63 would likely be a 9.6 but don't be surprised if it doesn't get slabbed for a couple decades. I very much enjoy viewing it person, something I can't do nearly as well when it's slabbed. I purchased it during a follow up visit to Diamond Galleries. They didn't allow many people to purchase books from Overstreet's collection after the opening so your guess is as good as mine as to why they let me. One of the boxes that they brought out for me to look through contained Overstreet's entire selection of pre-code and post-code JIM comics. I was a very happy camper that day.

 

One lucky person has the other WM copy of JIM 63 that slabbed 9.0. From the scans, it looked to have the same attractive colors and pages as mine.

 

 

Glad you liked the TTA8 story. The opening of Diamond Galleries did not herald a new venue for collectors of vintage material because they have never really done much to operate like a typical collectibles business. To my knowledge, they have done relatively little selling to individuals on site and while they have done major sales and purchases they usually involve dealers. They have done sales on eBay but it's been mostly file copies of one sort or another and lower grade books, nothing like what I anticipated based on the opening.

 

There were only three other similar "social events" in the hobby and all were sponsored by Geppi. They held a birthday celebration for Carl Barks at Diamond Galleries, a showing of Murphy Anderson recreations at Diamond Galleries (I attended that one) and the inaugural celebration for Geppi's Entertainment museum. Geppi saw me at SD Con before the opening of the museum and, though he didn't remember my name, remembered I had attended the events a decade earlier and made sure to invite me to the museum inaugural. He's a class act and his financial difficulties affect the hobby in ways that most don't realize.

[Hulkfan]

I've read the thread, and seen many nice examples of great covers. IMNSHO, this is the best Doc Doom cover.

 

Followed closely by this one, which I need to re-scan.

 

And I love the color schemes/drama of this cover.

[Hawkman23]

I love the 39 cover, very cool

[ChicksCosmiComics]

I don't know if it has been brought up in this thread or not but does anyone see a resemblance between Kirby and the Sub - Mariner?

 

 

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[Hawkman23]

haha he does look like the sub mariner!

[frozentundraguy]

Here's a candidate for best Kirby cover. Sub category: best monster in pursuit.

 

 

 

"Bustin loose"

 

[Hawkman23]

very nice monster covers!