1935-1940: The GOLDEN AGE of Golden Age

[CentaurMan]

Finally, back from a week of travel...

 

I can't believe that's your 3rd copy of Funny Pages #6. Seriously, what are the odds? Was that a book you were actively searching out, or did you just keep stumbling across it?

 

I love that Speed Comics #2. Great early GA super-hero cover. Reminds me of the covers on the 3-issue Whirlwind title.

[rjpb]

What is up with that helmet on Shock Gibson? I can see why it didn't last.

[Harvey Dude]

I have a restored CGC 8.0 All-American #16 but I don't mind the purple label at all. Given that the book is 64 years old, I value the added protection that the holder provides. Your book looks just as nice.

 

 

[buttock]

I always thought this was a "prototype" of Superman the way the atlas pre-hero books are "prototypes". But once I got to read the story...WOW! It's a very firmly developed concept and character.

 

[PUNYHUMAN]

[archiefan]

Here is an issue from a year later. Dr. Occult was still going strong by then.

 

[CentaurMan]

I love those early More Funs. If only Flessel had been doing covers back then....

[RareHighGrade]

Here is More Fun # 15, the second of the three 1936 More Fun issues involving Dr. Occult as a Superman prototype:

 

[CentaurMan]

Gorgeous. I've never seen that issue before, #13 and #14 seem slightly more common than #15. Tremendous!

[RareHighGrade]

Thanks. By the way CentaurMan, I'm curious to know what issues of New Comics and New Adventure Comics you have that you haven't yet posted.

[Shield]

By the way you guys, this thread by far trumps the Have a Cigar, Golden Age only thread I started by about a billion times. I absolutely LOVE these books your posting, and I can't wait too see more Centaurs.

 

Hey CentaurMan, do you have an Amazing Man #5?

 

Also, how about some Fantastic Comics, like #3? You guys got that one?

[CentaurMan]

I do have an Amazing-Man 5, but it's a beater. I'll scan it later on.

 

Here's the following issue, #6, with a very avant-garde cover for its time period:

 

[CentaurMan]

Thanks. By the way CentaurMan, I'm curious to know what issues of New Comics and New Adventure Comics you have that you haven't yet posted.

 

I have New Comics 1, 6, 9, and 11. My New Adventure collection is actually a mini-run: 28, 29, 30, and 31. I'll post more scans later, after my in-laws leave town and I get my free time back...

[Shield]

The detail in the artwork on that cover is simply brilliant. Compare that to a modern "Foil" or "Aluminum" Hologram computer drawn cover. Wait, don't bother, there is no comparison. Am I a snob because I don't like anything printed after 1965 story-wise, nor anything past 1950 cover wise?

 

Damn you Centaur man...you're making me want to collect again! I received that Amazing-Man #9 in, and it's a really neat book, even for a low grade copy!

[PUNYHUMAN]

Centaur, That my friend, is one of my fave covers of that run!!! I also love # 11 which I just picked up, & # 15 & # 22 Nazi Green Apes!!!!

[PUNYHUMAN]

Shield, Fantastic Comics # 3 is on my want list Big Time,Hopefully I can get one in the next year or two!! In the meantime here's another Lou Fine Classic "Cover & Art inside under the name Basil Berold"

 

[Shield]

Shield, Fantastic Comics # 3 is on my want list Big Time,Hopefully I can get one in the next year or two!! In the meantime here's another Lou Fine Classic "Cover & Art inside under the name Basil Berold"

 

 

(Salivates) Incredible cover; never seen it before! Beautiful!

 

That must've been in late 1939/early 1940 since they're still flying bi-planes! What's the date on that one?

[lou_fine]

Shield, Fantastic Comics # 3 is on my want list Big Time,Hopefully I can get one in the next year or two!! In the meantime here's another Lou Fine Classic "Cover & Art inside under the name Basil Berold"

 

 

(Salivates) Incredible cover; never seen it before! Beautiful!

 

That must've been in late 1939/early 1940 since they're still flying bi-planes! What's the date on that one?

 

The cover date for this issue is March 1940. This issue features the orgin of the Flame and USED to be one of the most expensive WW in the entire run according to OS. Strange thing is that OS has now dropped the premium on this orgin issue even though in the marketplace it seems to carry a premium over and above its sequential numbering.

[Shield]

Hey CentaurMan, is this a bad deal? I want to buy this, but I would like to hear your opinion first!

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2250643347&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

 

 

Shawn

[CentaurMan]

If it's really "VG++" condition, then it's a fair price. Not cheap, not overpriced. Reasonable. I get my best Centaur deals on eBay by finding books starting at well below fair value with no reserve, because there aren't usually enough competing bidders to get the price up to "fair value", unless it's truly a rare comic. In this case, it's not one of the rarer issues, although I have to say that the Speed Centaur stories are almost surreal in their oddness, and for that reason alone it's an interesting book.

 

My recommendation would be to buy it if you want it, because if properly graded it's a reasonable price, but if you want a great deal, pass and wait for another book. Don't hit the BIN, though. You'll probably get it for the opening price.