october Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Have to agree - phenomonally scarce and very underrated That is a beauty. Wow. It's right below your Venus 19 on the jealously scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldust40 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Have to agree - phenomonally scarce and very underrated That is a beauty. Wow. It's right below your Venus 19 on the jealously scale. Yep - great colours. I imagine there aren't many better copies out there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Have to agree - phenomonally scarce and very underrated That is a beauty. Wow. It's right below your Venus 19 on the jealously scale. Yep - great colours. I imagine there aren't many better copies out there... As a matter of fact it came from the same collection, along with a few others. I phoned Jim Payette one day about 15 years ago and asked him if he had a Dark Mysteries #19. He said "Yes", so after a moment's heart failure I asked him about the grade. He said "looks about vfnm" Slight pause on my end, then I asked him how much, and he said "$300". So I asked him if he had any others and he told me he'd just picked up an OO horror collection in nice shape. He'd just at down to grade them when I rang. what did I need? So I asked for another and he said yes and then again I also took a Menace #4 which I've since sold. Of course I now wish I'd asked for them all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickamabob Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Have to agree - phenomonally scarce and very underrated That is a beauty. Wow. It's right below your Venus 19 on the jealously scale. Yep - great colours. I imagine there aren't many better copies out there... I have a CGC 7.0 copy (2nd-highest graded last time I checked). I also have a raw 5.5 or so, to go with my run of Youthful Magazines horror titles. (Yeah I'm a hoarder.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldust40 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Have to agree - phenomonally scarce and very underrated That is a beauty. Wow. It's right below your Venus 19 on the jealously scale. Yep - great colours. I imagine there aren't many better copies out there... I have a CGC 7.0 copy (2nd-highest graded last time I checked). I also have a raw 5.5 or so, to go with my run of Youthful Magazines horror titles. (Yeah I'm a hoarder.) I had no idea you were a PCH fan. Great books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldust40 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Have to agree - phenomonally scarce and very underrated That is a beauty. Wow. It's right below your Venus 19 on the jealously scale. Yep - great colours. I imagine there aren't many better copies out there... As a matter of fact it came from the same collection, along with a few others. I phoned Jim Payette one day about 15 years ago and asked him if he had a Dark Mysteries #19. He said "Yes", so after a moment's heart failure I asked him about the grade. He said "looks about vfnm" Slight pause on my end, then I asked him how much, and he said "$300". So I asked him if he had any others and he told me he'd just picked up an OO horror collection in nice shape. He'd just at down to grade them when I rang. what did I need? So I asked for another and he said yes and then again I also took a Menace #4 which I've since sold. Of course I now wish I'd asked for them all! Any idea what else he had in that OO collection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Have to agree - phenomonally scarce and very underrated That is a beauty. Wow. It's right below your Venus 19 on the jealously scale. Yep - great colours. I imagine there aren't many better copies out there... As a matter of fact it came from the same collection, along with a few others. I phoned Jim Payette one day about 15 years ago and asked him if he had a Dark Mysteries #19. He said "Yes", so after a moment's heart failure I asked him about the grade. He said "looks about vfnm" Slight pause on my end, then I asked him how much, and he said "$300". So I asked him if he had any others and he told me he'd just picked up an OO horror collection in nice shape. He'd just at down to grade them when I rang. what did I need? So I asked for another and he said yes and then again I also took a Menace #4 which I've since sold. Of course I now wish I'd asked for them all! ...........and we're not seeing the Venus 19 in your sales thread because....? GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 [ ...........and we're not seeing the Venus 19 in your sales thread because....? GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u Because I havent upgraded that one yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 [ ...........and we're not seeing the Venus 19 in your sales thread because....? GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u Because I havent upgraded that one yet! ...... I doubt you will......that looks like a Payette 9.0 also. What a book to be proud of. GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u P.S. This is a tough question....but is there a similarly valued book that you would trade that one for.....hypothetically ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 (edited) Any idea what else he had in that OO collection? Sorry, no - but they were all horror, bought off the newsstands and seemed to span many publishers as I recall. My impression was about 100 books, but it's only a very rough guess. We went through a lot of my wants list without success so it wasnt comprehensive by any stretch. The "CN" in pencil is the identifier - they do sometimes turn up. If you see one, I'd grab it, as they have great gloss and pq. Edited October 31, 2012 by alanna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 [ ...........and we're not seeing the Venus 19 in your sales thread because....? GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u Because I havent upgraded that one yet! ...... I doubt you will......that looks like a Payette 9.0 also. What a book to be proud of. GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u P.S. This is a tough question....but is there a similarly valued book that you would trade that one for.....hypothetically ? It's not so much the value as it is a top ten book for me as part of my type set of 100 "best/most loved" covers, a labor of love I've been working on for many years. There is only one book missing from my top ten and I doubt I'd trade one for another. Best to leave the last one up to chance. It's also kinda hard to place a value on this issue - it's obviously scarcer than #17 and #18. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Have to agree - phenomonally scarce and very underrated That is a beauty. Wow. It's right below your Venus 19 on the jealously scale. Yep - great colours. I imagine there aren't many better copies out there... I have a CGC 7.0 copy (2nd-highest graded last time I checked). I also have a raw 5.5 or so, to go with my run of Youthful Magazines horror titles. (Yeah I'm a hoarder.) I think I remember that 7.0 coming up for auction and it is every bit as nice as mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 [ ...........and we're not seeing the Venus 19 in your sales thread because....? GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u Because I havent upgraded that one yet! ...... I doubt you will......that looks like a Payette 9.0 also. What a book to be proud of. GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u P.S. This is a tough question....but is there a similarly valued book that you would trade that one for.....hypothetically ? It's not so much the value as it is a top ten book for me as part of my type set of 100 "best/most loved" covers, a labor of love I've been working on for many years. There is only one book missing from my top ten and I doubt I'd trade one for another. Best to leave the last one up to chance. It's also kinda hard to place a value on this issue - it's obviously scarcer than #17 and #18. .....yeah, in that grade it really is a special book. GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artboy99 Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Alanna and I share a love for many similar books. Here are my Venus 19 and Dark Mysteries 19. I love them both, the Dark Mysteries has wonderful colors, they are bright, the reds are incredible the blacks are deep and dark and the gloss it has is fantastic.: I am trying to find a Venus 18. I am looking for something in the 4.0-6.5 ish range. I got outbid on Ebay by Goldust for the CGC 6.5 a year or so ago. Anyone have one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickamabob Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Have to agree - phenomonally scarce and very underrated That is a beauty. Wow. It's right below your Venus 19 on the jealously scale. Yep - great colours. I imagine there aren't many better copies out there... I have a CGC 7.0 copy (2nd-highest graded last time I checked). I also have a raw 5.5 or so, to go with my run of Youthful Magazines horror titles. (Yeah I'm a hoarder.) I had no idea you were a PCH fan. Great books. Gracias (and to alanna too). I don't have much PCH but had to have this one. (Will probably never get ahold of a Venus horror comic.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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october Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 I love this comic. It screams "1950s!" more than just about any other in my collection. Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedy-D Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Alanna and I share a love for many similar books. Here are my Venus 19 and Dark Mysteries 19. I love them both, the Dark Mysteries has wonderful colors, they are bright, the reds are incredible the blacks are deep and dark and the gloss it has is fantastic.: the coloring's all wrong!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldust40 Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Alanna and I share a love for many similar books. Here are my Venus 19 and Dark Mysteries 19. I love them both, the Dark Mysteries has wonderful colors, they are bright, the reds are incredible the blacks are deep and dark and the gloss it has is fantastic.: I am trying to find a Venus 18. I am looking for something in the 4.0-6.5 ish range. I got outbid on Ebay by Goldust for the CGC 6.5 a year or so ago. Anyone have one? That's cause I didn't man up and buy an 8.0 copy that was in the marketplace a year or so earlier. Which went for less, as I recall. Anyway, Did I sell you that Venus 19? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artboy99 Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Alanna and I share a love for many similar books. Here are my Venus 19 and Dark Mysteries 19. I love them both, the Dark Mysteries has wonderful colors, they are bright, the reds are incredible the blacks are deep and dark and the gloss it has is fantastic.: I am trying to find a Venus 18. I am looking for something in the 4.0-6.5 ish range. I got outbid on Ebay by Goldust for the CGC 6.5 a year or so ago. Anyone have one? That's cause I didn't man up and buy an 8.0 copy that was in the marketplace a year or so earlier. Which went for less, as I recall. Anyway, Did I sell you that Venus 19? Yes you did. I am happy with it, and yes Speedy the registration of the printing is indeed off. It is still a great book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
