Adventures of Big Boy Anyone?

[Soft-Serve]

Hello all,

 

I came across a copy of the Adventures of Big Boy #195 (Sept. 1972). I think it was distributed at Big Boy restaurants and is printed on newsprint (covers included). Very cheap feeling and very few pages to boot. (also seems to have been trimmed hastily. Anyway, I'm having trouble finding any info out on these comics or values. Any help would be appreciated!

 

[dgarthwaite-migration]

There is no real demand for them. Certain regions may have variants that are branded differently. Your best bet is to look at the Mile High Comics site and see what they are pricing them. Their prices are going to be considerably higher than fair market value because maintaining their high inventory levels and variety of selection has added costs.

 

http://www.milehighcomics.com/cgi-bin/backissue.cgi?action=list&title=01624213864&publisher=TIME&snumber=161&instock=0

 

I have one from a later series.

 

DG

[Soft-Serve]

Thanks, I figured this was a dud - but for $1 - I'll buy anything. I'll put it in the box for another 40 years and double my money.

[steveinthecity]

I'd have bought it, too if it was in front of me. I think having some of these off-beat books makes a collection more fun or interesting to look at, regardless of dollar value.

[underthebigw]

Thanks, I figured this was a dud - but for $1 - I'll buy anything. I'll put it in the box for another 40 years and double my money.

 

I'm hoping that's a joke, right.

 

I have dozens of Adventures of Big Boy issues from when I was a kid and thought like that. I don't think they've seen any appreciation since 1986 (I'm guessing, but you get my point). And, sadly, I think the days of any less than NM BA books appreciating are long gone.

 

By the way-they are in Overstreet, in the Promotional section. Have been in Overstreet from at least 1975 on. There are regional differences aside from the ownership stamps, I believe--most of them involve printing differences.

[dgarthwaite-migration]

Captain D's also had give-away comics.

 

DG

[Soft-Serve]

I'm hoping that's a joke, right.

 

That's right. 40 years = 2 Dollars.

[the blob]

Thanks, I figured this was a dud - but for $1 - I'll buy anything. I'll put it in the box for another 40 years and double my money.

 

I'm hoping that's a joke, right.

 

I have dozens of Adventures of Big Boy issues from when I was a kid and thought like that. I don't think they've seen any appreciation since 1986 (I'm guessing, but you get my point). And, sadly, I think the days of any less than NM BA books appreciating are long gone.

 

By the way-they are in Overstreet, in the Promotional section. Have been in Overstreet from at least 1975 on. There are regional differences aside from the ownership stamps, I believe--most of them involve printing differences.

 

wow, you're a pessimist.

 

i too buy a lot of oddball crapola if it's 35-40+ years old and a buck or less. if nothing else, run away inflation might make these $2 comics!

 

something like this is going to be very buyer dependent. someone sees a lot of these, has fond recollections from childhood and decides $2 each isn't a lot of money.

[the blob]

if you look at ebay completed listings you will see that there is actually something of a market for these, though typically it looks like the older ones that are selling.

[the blob]

heck, i paid $1 each for two copies of carvel comics #1. i just had to after growing up on fudgie the whale commercials and what not. if it's reasonably old and $1 or less I have pretty low standards.

[Soft-Serve]

I'm a sucker for stuff like this. If it's weird and different (and cheap) it's mine. I love the image of Big Boy, but am not surprised it isn't more sought after. Being from Texas, and now living in the New England, I've never even been to one. Perhaps if there were more franchises outside of the west.

 

Actually, come to think of it, this was a rare find for a flea market in Virginia...

[steveinthecity]

I'm a sucker for stuff like this. If it's weird and different (and cheap) it's mine. I love the image of Big Boy, but am not surprised it isn't more sought after. Being from Texas, and now living in the New England, I've never even been to one. Perhaps if there were more franchises outside of the west.

 

Actually, come to think of it, this was a rare find for a flea market in Virginia...

I think these used to be rather common in parts of the East Coast. In PA and NY they were called "Elby's" or "Bob's".

[the blob]

Yeah, there is the occasional bob's in ny, thoough I never ate at one as a kid so I. Never saw the comics

[underthebigw]

I'm a sucker for stuff like this. If it's weird and different (and cheap) it's mine. I love the image of Big Boy, but am not surprised it isn't more sought after. Being from Texas, and now living in the New England, I've never even been to one. Perhaps if there were more franchises outside of the west.

 

Actually, come to think of it, this was a rare find for a flea market in Virginia...

I think these used to be rather common in parts of the East Coast. In PA and NY they were called "Elby's" or "Bob's".

 

Yep, most of mine are from the Elby's in Lemoyne, PA. Childhood copies from when I used to drag my grandfather there for BLT's.

 

Don't get me wrong--I love cr@p like this, I just have no expectation it will ever be worth anything.

 

And, Blob, I've got a Tom Carvel joke that would make you pee in your pants. Got a friend of mine arrested at a Denny's when we were in high school. I also have several copies of Carvel Comics.

[the blob]

No, seriously, check out the ebay completed sales on these. Some of them do sell.

[Soft-Serve]

how do you check Ebay completed sales?

[steveinthecity]

how do you check Ebay completed sales?

- From the main page click on "advanced"

- Enter any key words (e.g. "promo comic" or "promo comic big boy")

- Select "completed listings"

- Click "search"

 

You can play around with the other filters as you need to, and there's an option to save a "search" if you find yourself looking at the same items or categories repeatedly.

 

 

[Soft-Serve]

Thanks, I've always wanted to be able to do this.

[conditionfreak]

When I was a teenager, my mother owned a Frisch's Big Boy in Cincinnati. I have a few of these books, here somewhere.

 

World wide, there have been about 35 or so, official names for Big Boy restaurants. Frischs, Shoneys, Elias bro's, Madys, etc.

 

As a teenager, I was a grill cook and night shift janitor. One time when I was about 16, three of the waitresses "trapped" me in the walk in freezer in the kitchen area. They were attempting to force me to have sex with them. Grabbing me, removing my clothes and stuff. Besides being scared of these older women, I was worried about getting fired and in trouble with my mother, who was in the building. I later found out she had put them up to it.

 

You try getting it up in a freezer. It ain't easy, even as a teenager. I'm amazed there are Eskimos around.

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

Believe it or not there is a cadre of Big Boy fans but they mostly collect the items associated with the restaurants not the comics. I know one of these folks at work and they are as obsessive about the variety of Big Boy material as comics fan are about their books.

 

The earlier issues are probably the most valuable.