mysterio Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 This is a little better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Bronze age fan* Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 This is a little better. Yeah me too Nice copy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Bronze age fan* Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Been stupid busy, but finally getting to enjoy some fun readers (vg, a few better to fine or so, a couple restored) courtesy of marvel runs and billy parker. thanks guys! Real cool! I need a bunch of those Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Toro Rojo Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Great stuff, all - you really can't go wrong with these books! Grabbed a few new ones myself at the Long Beach Comic Expo this weekend...I'll post 'em up later tonight or tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlasFan Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 TTA #2 - the cover is pure Ditko! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Bronze age fan* Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 TTA #2 - the cover is pure Ditko! Am I the only one in this thread without this book? Even sunkfu has one. Would be nice if no one bid against me in the next auction with one. Nice copy Bro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Cataldo Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 I posted this in the TOS thread, but I figured I'd post it here as well. Peace, Chip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Bronze age fan* Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 I posted this in the TOS thread, but I figured I'd post it here as well. Peace, Chip Real cool picture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Am I the only one in this thread without this book? Even sunkfu has one. Would be nice if no one bid against me in the next auction with one. No, you are not. I will lay off the auctions, tho. I feed a bit closer to the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 great books everybody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterio Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 TTA #2 - the cover is pure Ditko! Am I the only one in this thread without this book? Even sunkfu has one. Would be nice if no one bid against me in the next auction with one. Nice copy Bro! I've got a beater but need a nicer one. It doesn't come up for sale often at all, and I can't remember the last time I saw one in an auction (someone here might). I seriously overpaid for my copy off an eBay auction years ago because it was the first one I had seen come up for sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Bronze age fan* Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 TTA #2 - the cover is pure Ditko! Am I the only one in this thread without this book? Even sunkfu has one. Would be nice if no one bid against me in the next auction with one. Nice copy Bro! I've got a beater but need a nicer one. It doesn't come up for sale often at all, and I can't remember the last time I saw one in an auction (someone here might). I seriously overpaid for my copy off an eBay auction years ago because it was the first one I had seen come up for sale. I have seen it come up a few times this year. Always goes pretty high. Someone just sold a CGC 7.0 copy that went over 800 if i remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 I do like Ditko's TOS #2 cover better. [/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miamiknight3434 Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterio Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 TTA #2 - the cover is pure Ditko! Am I the only one in this thread without this book? Even sunkfu has one. Would be nice if no one bid against me in the next auction with one. Nice copy Bro! I've got a beater but need a nicer one. It doesn't come up for sale often at all, and I can't remember the last time I saw one in an auction (someone here might). I seriously overpaid for my copy off an eBay auction years ago because it was the first one I had seen come up for sale. I have seen it come up a few times this year. Always goes pretty high. Someone just sold a CGC 7.0 copy that went over 800 if i remember. Yep, it was an eBay auction and it prompted me to pull my copy out for a possible submission. In my mind it was about a 4.0 but it is likely more like a 2.5. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Cataldo Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 I sold my Fair beater copy...I have no problem waiting for a nicer one. Peace, Chip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Two new arrivals today - this first one is not in grade (obviously), but it does have white pages: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 This one is ...nice (and I love the cover): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Your post reminds me Thoughts on what exactly IS a pre-hero marvel? I take the term to mean, basically, timely/marvel monster comics. I think that's the way fandom at large has always referred to timely/marvel monster comics. The end is pretty clear - the last pre hero marvel should pretty well be, logically, the title before the hero was introduced to the title (even if the tone of the books had already changed a little in some cases). But when do "pre-hero marvels" begin? Does the pre-hero marvel era of, say, Journey into Mystery begin at #1, since every issue of that title is before the introduction of the hero? I don't think so, those early issue are just straight up Atlas horror books. So, when does it begin? To me I can't get away from Kirby. I see his start at Atlas as roughly coinciding with what I would call a pre hero marvel. For example. This issue of Journey into Mystery - http://www.google.ca/imgres?um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1280&bih=662&tbm=isch&tbnid=e-xHGyfa2cvD5M:&imgrefurl=http://marvel.wikia.com/Journey_into_Mystery_Vol_1_52&docid=Jgc2I5OFMqGwAM&imgurl=http://images.wikia.com/marveldatabase/images/2/2b/Journey_into_Mystery_Vol_1_52.jpg&w=400&h=597&ei=-oa9T7PBHOOciAKkzZDiDQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=179&vpy=116&dur=1286&hovh=274&hovw=184&tx=125&ty=171&sig=116841302115339098520&page=1&tbnh=148&tbnw=99&start=0&ndsp=27&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:70 - slap a small Thor figure on it and it could be any 60s Thor book. It has a lot in common in terms of look with what we think of as marvels. on the other hand, issue #1 is clearly an Atlas. I'd argue issues in the late 40s (issues not years) still have that same atlas feel http://www.google.ca/imgres?um=1&hl=en&biw=1280&bih=662&tbm=isch&tbnid=AXYDW-2cQQ-vvM:&imgrefurl=http://marvel.wikia.com/File:Journey_into_Mystery_Vol_1_49.jpg&docid=MhoyWddNWJKOnM&itg=1&imgurl=http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080802101036/marveldatabase/images/5/5d/Journey_into_Mystery_Vol_1_49.jpg&w=400&h=605&ei=3Ie9T7mUEueeiQKd1JiODg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=183&vpy=117&dur=2111&hovh=276&hovw=182&tx=118&ty=126&sig=116841302115339098520&page=1&tbnh=151&tbnw=107&start=0&ndsp=26&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:68 I'd put the changeover on JIM to be sometime early in the issue 50's, Strange Tales late in the issue 60's, TOS and TTA probably around issue #5, etc. Thoughts??? What's a pre hero marvel guys?? We've got a whole thread on them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvel_runs Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Well, we know that the really graphic horror stuff ended about the time of the SOTI trials and the introduction of the comics code. If prehero books don't go all the way back to this (say mid 1954 or so), then what would you call the range between say JIM 16 and JIM 48? Would those be pre-preheros? I've heard some people describe the Atlas implosion era, but I think that's right towards the tail end of that period - not the full span. I think a lot of people argue that it is artists, but if it were style, some of the Ditko/Kirby/Lee/Heck/Ayers stuff were reinterpretations of earlier Atlas stuff: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...