bc Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 On 5/31/2023 at 12:59 PM, Frisco Larson said: New inexpensive reader copy in the house! Is that your 14th copy now? -bc Frisco Larson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Larson Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 On 5/31/2023 at 2:08 PM, bc said: Is that your 14th copy now? -bc I think 11th ... . . bc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Guy Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 I/m a long time lurker on this thread and decided I would post some. Back in the mid 70's the comics I most sought after were the pre-Hero Monster comics. Or, as a friend and I called them 'Mud Monster' Comics. Then they were considered hard-to-find by all the dealers I knew. Now, with the internet we know that's not really true. Jack & Stan hit a popular nerve with these and they seem to be pretty common-though not in grade. But whenever I went to a Comic Convention in the SF Bay Area nobody ever had more than a small amount and they were usually beat up. Over time I pieced together what I have. Though they were uncommon, they were rarely very expensive. Note the $2.35 price on this first one. I guess there was a time when there was deemed a logical & necessary price point between $2.25 and $2.50! Now it just seems absurd. Now nice copies are so expensive I rarely buy to fill holes in my collection. Many of the really nice copies I have came from George Olshevsky, the Marvel Bibliographer. He sold off his Atlas collection back in the early 1980's and mixed in with all the early CAPTAIN AMERICA and HUMAN TORCH Issues were a bunch of Mud Monster Books. I spent about $500 with him which was really a stretch. The best buy was the copy of TALES TO ASTONISH 1 which was also the most expensive,, though I can't remember what it cost. $150? $250? A lot for the time. Unlike his Atlas Books George didn't seem to bother to put his ownership mark in these Books like he customarily did with his Golden Age Atlas Books. Most of his really nice pre-Hero titles seemed to be clustered in TTA and STRANGE TALES as I recall. I'll see as I get them out and take photos. I'm mostly going to post the nicer copies. I have a lot of VG examples the missing issues, but it's too much work and we've seen most of them anyway! After this Book I'll start with TALES TO ASTONISH and work my way through the rest over the next few days. Thanks for looking! Mucheee1, bc, Jasonmorris1000000 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Guy Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 One of my favorite covers. Somewhat less common than others it seems to me. bc, Mucheee1 and Jasonmorris1000000 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Guy Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 I like the Orange & Yellow backlighting the menacing Robot on this one. bc and Mucheee1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Guy Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Michelin Tire Monster? bc and Mucheee1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Guy Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 bc and Mucheee1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Guy Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Probably a pretty scary cover to a kid back then! bc and Mucheee1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Guy Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 I always loved Ant covers bc and Mucheee1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Guy Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 (edited) Nothing I say can add to this cover! A little rough condition-wise. Edited June 2, 2023 by Book Guy bc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Guy Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Also pretty scary bc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Guy Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 bc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Guy Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Kind of a silly monster but I also like any Bigfoot/Yeti covers. bc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Guy Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 bc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Guy Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 bc and Jasonmorris1000000 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Guy Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Along with 'Monster At My Window', my favorite cover. bc and Jasonmorris1000000 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Guy Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Expensive for the time! bc, Shazam500, Jasonmorris1000000 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Guy Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Mucheee1 and bc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Guy Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 More reasonably priced. Mucheee1 and bc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Guy Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 My other favorite cover! More tomorrow. bc, Jasonmorris1000000 and Mucheee1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
