Killgrave Posted September 5, 2013 Author Share Posted September 5, 2013 Just a small taste of my RKs! From memory don't you have your RHK#17 slabbed now? Interesting - look at the three different 10¢ fonts! VARIANTS! VARIANTS, PEOPLE! I never noticed that before, you just opened up a whole new can of worms! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Bronze age fan* Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Just a small taste of my RKs! Don't I own that #19 now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Toro Rojo Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 I've got two #19s (besides yours!) and yes, my #17 now resides in a slab! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 (edited) ...and your old #19 is mine, Frankie! I'm officially the bottom feeder! Edited September 6, 2013 by KirbyJack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Bronze age fan* Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 ...and your old #19 is mine, Frankie! I'm officially the bottom feeder! Yep. That was one of the rare times I sold a comic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 ...and your old #19 is mine, Frankie! I'm officially the bottom feeder! Yep. That was one of the rare times I sold a comic. ..... your membership to the Hoarders Foundation is hereby revoked GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin.J Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 ...and your old #19 is mine, Frankie! I'm officially the bottom feeder! Yep. That was one of the rare times I sold a comic. I am officially shocked bro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Bronze age fan* Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 ...and your old #19 is mine, Frankie! I'm officially the bottom feeder! Yep. That was one of the rare times I sold a comic. I am officially shocked bro The 19 is a pretty hard comic to find too...upgraded and I got to help KirbyJack on his Jack Kirby quest. It's bad to hoard westerns Kevin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyc67 Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Another but still not the one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killgrave Posted September 20, 2013 Author Share Posted September 20, 2013 Mikey, seriously now 5 RHK17? You need to cash in all those chips and get this 6.5 http://www.comiclink.com/itemdetail.asp?back=%2Fsearch%2Easp%3Fwhere%3Dsell%26title%3DRawhide%2BKid%26x%3D-140%26y%3D-646%26ItemType%3DCB&id=944951 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyc67 Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 That's my high bid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickycollector Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Got mine from Jimbo (jimjum12). Very attractive copy for its grade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyc67 Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Really nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phampton1737 Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 [font:Georgia][font:Georgia]Alas I am not yet a member, but am a definite "wanna be!" And will be, because I've got my eye on this one, in a big way. So I hoped you wouldn’t mind if I “dropped in!” Actually, I have fallen in love with the Kirby western titles, and will shortly have a couple of nice ones up for sale on eBay. But I am hanging on to most of them, for now... The comments have been most enlightening. The analogy to Amazing Fantasy #15 is most definitely one that "grabs you,"but as has been commented, not exactly on point. But before tossing that comparison aside,there is some gold to be mined there. The two books do share a powerful and highly unique link in all of Marveldom. If the story of Marvel is that of Stan Lee and his artists (or vice versa!), Rawhide Kid #17 is THE important book with respect to Jack Kirby, and Amazing Fantasy #15 is the same for Steve Ditko. And an excellent argument can be made, if the huge dollar value and celebrity status of AF #15 can be momentarily set aside (admittedly no easy task!), that the importance of RK #17 far exceeds that of AF #15, itself undeniably a book of first importance. Here’s the thing: the western title represents the first-time EVER/ conscious collaboration/ creative partnership between Kirby and Lee on a comic book character seen as worthy of having an ongoing storyline. He was their first "book-length" storytelling joint venture. And bear in mind, the publication date here is July 1960. The very first Marvel superheroes-- the Fantastic Four-- would not even show up until November 1961-- more than a year and three months later. The importance of FF #1 is both obvious and clearly recognized, but the real power of the earlier book almost always missed completely. And it’s not just the prior date that makes it important: it’s the experience of creative collaboration the book yielded, starting with this title. Think about it: if Lee and Kirby had not had the experience of actively collaborating on this title, had the opportunity to “feel out” the give and take, etc. under less pressure and visibility, it’s quite likely that they could never have just started right up with the Fantastic Four as they did. Quite arguably, this was THE cornerstone book for all that was to follow, and as such may be one of the most undervalued and generally slighted Marvel titles in existence. None of which is meant to take one bit away from the incredible achievement that was AF #15. But: that book was published in August 1962, the same month as JIM #83, and both new characters followed the FF, the Hulk, and (arguably) the Ant-Man. Though it is of huge importance as the first such collaboration between Lee and Ditko, Lee was by that time much more experienced in the process of working with/ getting the most from, his artists, as a result of his work up to that point. So, like the FF before it, the book followed Rawhide Kid #17 not only chronologically, but also flowed from the same source in the river of the creative process that gave it birth and kept it alive. One final note: it is interesting and suitable that "the King's" art graced the cover of Spider-Man’s first appearance. It is true that the Ditko covers soon to follow were some of the most outstanding/ innovative and generally magnificent of any before or (probably) since. But going back to the comics market of that time, the power of Jack Kirby's covers to sell comic books, in a HUGE way, cannot be denied. I’m not trying to compare them, or take away Ditko’s crown, so much as to better understand how it all came to pass. And that, my friends, is my take on the “gold” to be found in this old Marvel western title. Thanks for listening. [/font] [/font] Spaceguy, Silver_Couch_Surfer and KirbyJack 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seredynskib Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 (edited) My copy: Edited October 27, 2013 by seredynskib Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 You make some excellent points, Phamp. Rawhide Kid 17 is growing in my estimation, and I Was already one of its champions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedFury Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 This is the sixth copy of Rawhide Kid 17 I've owned, but the first one better than VG+. Really happy with this one. Silver_Couch_Surfer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 I would be too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iggy Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Just got my first copy and already looking to upgrade, but an acceptable placeholder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Bronze age fan* Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 I just read your post Phampton....well said! This comic should have a much bigger following! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...