Bronty Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 jesus tapdancing christ Thx for making my 8.5 look like a piece of pooh!! What a book!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Would you grade that a 9.6? If so I'd take that book over the 9.8 that sold every day of the week and twice on sunday. Still picking my jaw up off the floor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK STARR Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Looks like a 9.95 to me. Holy moly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comicdey Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 But then what will I shave with? Should've bought the 9.8 I usually avail myself of this copy Just replaced my kids as my iPhone image. :: What a beauty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 I'm not sure I've ever seen a better PH book. Smoking grade, classic cover, fairly early issue from a scarcer title, pedigree, page quality, this one's got everything. I need a smoke. And I don't smoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 adamstrange: Do you have, or know who owns, the WM ST89? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 That is one spectacular funnybook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlasFan Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Here, try this one on for size! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comicdey Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Here, try this one on for size! never saw that cover before...thanks for sharing...sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Just replaced my kids as my iPhone image. That's a little extreme! Thanks all for the comments on the JIM 63. I think it likely a nm+, unless there is some small defect on the back cover that I am forgetting about. Thx for making my 8.5 look like a piece of pooh!! Did you purchase the other WM copy? From the scans, that was a very bright and appealing book just not as structurally tight as this copy. Do you have, or know who owns, the WM ST89? Have not seen it and don't know if there was one in the collection. I saw all of the copies in Overstreet's collection, which is where nearly all of my copies come from. While Bob had first pick from the first set of WM books, Jerry Wiest brought out more WMs over the years and I don't know that Bob obtained any from those subsequent groups. I can't imagine that he would have passed over ST 89 should it have been available to him as he was picking up substantial parts of the runs of each pre-hero Marvel title as well as select issues from other 50s sci-fi titles. These scans are re-postings but I guess there have been enough new arrivals to warrant putting up a few more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Just replaced my kids as my iPhone image. That's a little extreme! Thanks all for the comments on the JIM 63. I think it likely a nm+, unless there is some small defect on the back cover that I am forgetting about. Thx for making my 8.5 look like a piece of pooh!! Did you purchase the other WM copy? From the scans, that was a very bright and appealing book just not as structurally tight as this copy. Do you have, or know who owns, the WM ST89? Have not seen it and don't know if there was one in the collection. I saw all of the copies in Overstreet's collection, which is where nearly all of my copies come from. While Bob had first pick from the first set of WM books, Jerry Wiest brought out more WMs over the years and I don't know that Bob obtained any from those subsequent groups. I can't imagine that he would have passed over ST 89 should it have been available to him as he was picking up substantial parts of the runs of each pre-hero Marvel title as well as select issues from other 50s sci-fi titles. These scans are re-postings but I guess there have been enough new arrivals to warrant putting up a few more. yeah NM+ is what I thought too from the front cover. Incredible. You asked about my copy. I don't think its a WM. Its the Nic Cage copy that was on comicconnect not long ago. Thanks re ST89. I wonder Love your ST 74 too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 There's a cgc8.5 WM copy of JIM 63 that sold in one of the auctions last year. I was very impressed with the appearance of the book based on the scan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK STARR Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 I seem to recall that I definitely saw the WM ST 89 at Jerry Weist's booth at a NY show. He had a group of WM PH books on a wire rack. I asked to look at a few without taking them out of their sleeves. I seem to remember the ST 89 was not as nice as the other issues I looked at. Also, the stratospheric prices made me move on. That ST 74 is unbelievable. That issue is one of the more difficult ones to find in HG. It is amazing how these books were able to be preserved by the original owner. Most copies were not even that nice right off the stand due to rough handling by the distributors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Thanks for the info on the NY Show. Not all of the WMs are structurally superior as I passed on many from Overstreet's collection that had handling defects of various kinds. I am amazed whenever I do see a nice copy of a pre-hero that was purchased off of a newsstand as so many bad things could have happened to cause problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterio Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Thanks for the info on the NY Show. Not all of the WMs are structurally superior as I passed on many from Overstreet's collection that had handling defects of various kinds. I am amazed whenever I do see a nice copy of a pre-hero that was purchased off of a newsstand as so many bad things could have happened to cause problems. Here is one of the less structurally superior copies, and that is the reason I could manage to fulfill a long time goal of adding a WM pre-hero to my modest collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straw-Man Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlasFan Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 White Mountian... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Hello, Pal! Welcome to the PH thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straw-Man Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Hello, Pal! Welcome to the PH thread! thanks, sir! i ain't got alot, but love lookin' at y'alls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Thanks for the info on the NY Show. Not all of the WMs are structurally superior as I passed on many from Overstreet's collection that had handling defects of various kinds. I am amazed whenever I do see a nice copy of a pre-hero that was purchased off of a newsstand as so many bad things could have happened to cause problems. Here is one of the less structurally superior copies, and that is the reason I could manage to fulfill a long time goal of adding a WM pre-hero to my modest collection. Sweet looking copy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
