MrBedrock Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Yeah, I had a supposed "Indian Reservation" copy of Flash 19 that miraculously had some color touch. I bought it right from Gary Carter who bouhgt it "right from the reservation". Incidentially Gary didn't tell that the Chief must have been sitting sround one afternoon, just bored, and had nothing better to do than color touch the Flash!! I bought an "Indian Reservation" copy of Action 26 from Gary at San Diego in 1981. Got the whole story from him. How he advertised in Albuquerque laundromats. How the Indians showed up in a pick-up with a camper full of comics. How they said they stored them in a cave in the dessert. It all sounded so cool. And the book was incredibly beautiful. The only problem - I found out from the guy I sold it to that the Action was the Mile High. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 The only problem - I found out from the guy I sold it to that the Action was the Mile High. Remember my "Indian Reservation" All-American 20, Rich? Bone white pages. Even smells like a Mile High. CGC had it for a month, but wouldn't certify it as such (and I don't blame them, reasonable doubt, they made the call that they had to make). Verzyl now claims to know where the missing Church AA 20 is, but no other details forthcoming. All I know is that he went balls out to buy the book from me for years... I wonder why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 All I know is that he went balls out to buy the book from me for years... I wonder why? 'Cause it is be-u-t-ful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straw-Man Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 The only problem - I found out from the guy I sold it to that the Action was the Mile High. Remember my "Indian Reservation" All-American 20, Rich? Bone white pages. Even smells like a Mile High. CGC had it for a month, but wouldn't certify it as such (and I don't blame them, reasonable doubt, they made the call that they had to make). Verzyl now claims to know where the missing Church AA 20 is, but no other details forthcoming. All I know is that he went balls out to buy the book from me for years... I wonder why? because you can never really be a playa in this hobby 'til you have a book in your collection acquired from the pq-man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Looks much better in person. Ken Great cover and exceptionally attractive book overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Looks much better in person. Ken I don't believe you. Send it to me to verify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkkentdds Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 (edited) West, I'm sure you've talked to Redbeard about this collection (and many many others). As you know, he is a wealth of knowledge on the early distribution of the best pedigrees. I'd love to get him to the boards to document the history. Edited April 12, 2012 by Clarkkentdds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telerites Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Looks much better in person. Ken I don't believe you. Send it to me to verify. Beautiful book. I don't mind being the intermediary drop shipper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearmint Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 West, here's a new one for your list... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenacase Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 West, here's a new one for your list... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timely Posted April 14, 2012 Author Share Posted April 14, 2012 (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heronext Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Metropolis has 3 Sensations (52, 60 and 61) they list as San Franciscos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Beerbohm (I know) has Big Shot 35, 36, and 43 up on ebay that he is claiming to be "Tom Reilly" copies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timely Posted April 14, 2012 Author Share Posted April 14, 2012 Metropolis has 3 Sensations (52, 60 and 61) they list as San Franciscos. Those books are too far past the 1945 cut off date to be SF copies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timely Posted April 14, 2012 Author Share Posted April 14, 2012 Beerbohm (I know) has Big Shot 35, 36, and 43 up on ebay that he is claiming to be "Tom Reilly" copies. Beerbolm has many books listed as Tom Reily books. Unfortunately most of them look really wrong. Some are brittle, some have color touch and most show none of the correct arrival dates or stamps. Only 1 of them looks correct & I added it to the list a while back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straw-Man Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Beerbohm (I know) has Big Shot 35, 36, and 43 up on ebay that he is claiming to be "Tom Reilly" copies. Beerbolm has many books listed as Tom Reily books. Unfortunately most of them look really wrong. Some are brittle, some have color touch and most show none of the correct arrival dates or stamps. Only 1 of them looks correct & I added it to the list a while back. i'll have to add him to my "favorite sellers." my, oh my. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Larson Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Beerbohm (I know) has Big Shot 35, 36, and 43 up on ebay that he is claiming to be "Tom Reilly" copies. Beerbolm has many books listed as Tom Reily books. Unfortunately most of them look really wrong. Some are brittle, some have color touch and most show none of the correct arrival dates or stamps. Only 1 of them looks correct & I added it to the list a while back. Are you thinking that the Captain Midnight 25 may be a Reilly book West?? It's possible, but it's odd to me that the date stamp is the same date as the cover date of issue. It's certainly possible that it is a Reilly though. Check out the Bat 21 that he's selling as a Reilly. I'm inclined to believe the one posted here a day or two ago is the actual Frisco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbcomicbox Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 here is the wonderworld 23 that i used to complete the run...i do not believe there is a church copy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Larson Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Beerbohm (I know) has Big Shot 35, 36, and 43 up on ebay that he is claiming to be "Tom Reilly" copies. Beerbolm has many books listed as Tom Reily books. Unfortunately most of them look really wrong. Some are brittle, some have color touch and most show none of the correct arrival dates or stamps. Only 1 of them looks correct & I added it to the list a while back. Are you thinking that the Captain Midnight 25 may be a Reilly book West?? It's possible, but it's odd to me that the date stamp is the same date as the cover date of issue. It's certainly possible that it is a Reilly though. Check out the Bat 21 that he's selling as a Reilly. I'm inclined to believe the one posted here a day or two ago is the actual Frisco I should probably clarify that the reason the date stamp (arrival date) seems odd to me, is that most Reilly's that I've seen that have an arrival date stamp, the date stamp is usually 2 months prior to the cover date. In point of fact, I think pretty much every such book posted in this thread supports that theory. I'm no expert, by any means, but I've yet to see a Reilly book where the arrival date stamp and cover date match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Larson Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 As I mentioned in the past, I have been keeping track of the San Francisco books since 1991. Any sale of a book, listing of a book or collector who told me he had a specific issue I have cataloged. So, below is a list of all the San Francisco Copies I have tracked over the last 21 years. That list consists of only 250 books. I am sure many more must exist that I do not know of, but here is the list none-the-less. If anyone can confirm the existance of any San Francisco's not on this list please send me a PM or list them in this thread so I can add them to the list. Thanks! San Francisco Pedigree List Action Comics #31, 53, 54, 56, 57, 59, 60, 67, 68, 74, 80 Adventure Comics #82, 83, 85, 90, 92, 93, 95, 96 All Flash #8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 18 All Select Comics #2 All Winners Comics #8, 12 Amazing Mystery Funnies #18 Batman #13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 22, 27 Big All-American Comics #1 Blue Ribbon Comics #13 Captain America Comics #1, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 43 Captain Midnight #23, 25 Daring Mystery Comics #6 Detective Comics #68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 76, 77, 80, 81, 82, 85 ,89 Fantastic Comics #6, 8 Feature Comics #61, 64, 68, 70, 72, 74, 75, 86 Flash Comics #5, 23, 29, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 45, 49, 51, 53, 56, 57, 59, 60, 61, 63, 65 Green Lantern #4, 9, 10, 14 Hangman #3 Human Torch #2(1), 3(2), 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 ,13 ,14 ,15 Leading Comics #3, 4, 5, 13 Marvel Mystery Comics #14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 27, 29, 34, 35, 37, 39, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 54, 55, 57, 60, 62, 63 Master Comics #30 Military Comics # 7, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 24, 27, 28, 39 More Fun Comics #83, 84, 85, 88, 90, 91, 92, 94 Mystic Comics #3, 4, 5, 6, 7 National Comics # 26, 27, 28, 29, 33, 35, 39, 41, 43 Pep Comics #31 Prize Comics #5, 9, 50, 52 Sensation Comics #12, 17, 20, 22, 23, 27, 28, 35, 42, 45, 48, 54 Spirit nn(#1), nn (#2) Star Spangled Comics #13, 17, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 36, 37, 43, 44 Sub-Mariner Comics #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 Superman #4, 11, 18 Top-Notch Comics #5, 6, 11, 12, 17, 20, 23 USA #9, 11 Weird Comics #4, 12 Wonder Comics #1 Wonderworld Comics #23 World's Finest Comics #10 Young Allies Comics #1, 2, 3, 4, 5 CENTAUR 1 DC 119 FOX 6 MLJ 10 PRIZE 4 QUALITY 31 TIMELY 76 FAWCETT 3 TOTAL 250 FANTASTIC work West!!! I can't tell you how helpful this list is!!! I'm positive there are more out there and when I can give you exact issue numbers, I will. This may take me some time, but I WILL have some info for this list in the future (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
