Golden Age Action Comics ----ALL SOLD!

[MyThreeSons]

Darn. Late to the show. Sweet books. Gotta stop letting work get in the way of missing excellent books like these!

[comicdonna]

Action Comics #94 CGC 8.5 $1200 comicdonna appears on cover only

 

[thirdgreenham]

Action Comics #94 CGC 8.5 $1200 comicdonna appears on cover only

 

 

 

Glad you noticed it.

[adamstrange]

Action Comics #75 CGC 7.0 $500

 

That's a Cookeville Pedigree book.

 

Thanks Roy! (thumbs u

 

Any idea why SN was written on the covers?

It's most likely a distributor code so that the newsstand would know who to return unsold copies to.

[VintageComics]

Action Comics #75 CGC 7.0 $500

 

That's a Cookeville Pedigree book.

 

Thanks Roy! (thumbs u

 

Any idea why SN was written on the covers?

It's most likely a distributor code so that the newsstand would know who to return unsold copies to.

 

I think there are also Cookeville books with another set of initials on them as well as the SN, aren't there?

[comicdonna]

Not that i'm aware of.

[adamstrange]

Action Comics #75 CGC 7.0 $500

 

That's a Cookeville Pedigree book.

 

Thanks Roy! (thumbs u

 

Any idea why SN was written on the covers?

It's most likely a distributor code so that the newsstand would know who to return unsold copies to.

 

I think there are also Cookeville books with another set of initials on them as well as the SN, aren't there?

They would be used to indicate a different distributor. Church copies have D codes and C codes depending on the distributor.

[thirdgreenham]

Action Comics #75 CGC 7.0 $500

 

That's a Cookeville Pedigree book.

 

Thanks Roy! (thumbs u

 

Any idea why SN was written on the covers?

It's most likely a distributor code so that the newsstand would know who to return unsold copies to.

 

Thanks, my man!

[Dale Roberts]

Action Comics #75 CGC 7.0 $500

 

That's a Cookeville Pedigree book.

 

Thanks Roy! (thumbs u

 

Any idea why SN was written on the covers?

It's most likely a distributor code so that the newsstand would know who to return unsold copies to.

 

I think there are also Cookeville books with another set of initials on them as well as the SN, aren't there?

 

nope

 

[VintageComics]

Action Comics #75 CGC 7.0 $500

 

That's a Cookeville Pedigree book.

 

Thanks Roy! (thumbs u

 

Any idea why SN was written on the covers?

It's most likely a distributor code so that the newsstand would know who to return unsold copies to.

 

I think there are also Cookeville books with another set of initials on them as well as the SN, aren't there?

 

nope

 

I was sure it was the Cookeville books that I was talking about with someone this past summer, where some books have an SN and some books have an SN and another set of initials...but I could be wrong. I know there is a pedigree where there were alternating initials on the covers. Just can't remember then which one it was.

[thirdgreenham]

Action Comics #75 CGC 7.0 $500

 

That's a Cookeville Pedigree book.

 

Thanks Roy! (thumbs u

 

Any idea why SN was written on the covers?

It's most likely a distributor code so that the newsstand would know who to return unsold copies to.

 

I think there are also Cookeville books with another set of initials on them as well as the SN, aren't there?

 

nope

 

I was sure it was the Cookeville books that I was talking about with someone this past summer, where some books have an SN and some books have an SN and another set of initials...but I could be wrong. I know there is a pedigree where there were alternating initials on the covers. Just can't remember then which one it was.

 

From the link you posted:

 

Cookevilles are very easy to recognize because of the "SN" mark. Sometimes the owner's name, Leroy Mackie can be found on the cover as well.

 

Maybe that's what you're thinking of?

[VintageComics]

Action Comics #75 CGC 7.0 $500

 

That's a Cookeville Pedigree book.

 

Thanks Roy! (thumbs u

 

Any idea why SN was written on the covers?

It's most likely a distributor code so that the newsstand would know who to return unsold copies to.

 

I think there are also Cookeville books with another set of initials on them as well as the SN, aren't there?

 

nope

 

I was sure it was the Cookeville books that I was talking about with someone this past summer, where some books have an SN and some books have an SN and another set of initials...but I could be wrong. I know there is a pedigree where there were alternating initials on the covers. Just can't remember then which one it was.

 

From the link you posted:

 

Cookevilles are very easy to recognize because of the "SN" mark. Sometimes the owner's name, Leroy Mackie can be found on the cover as well.

 

Maybe that's what you're thinking of?

 

Nope, I read that.

 

The story someone reiterated to me explained why a certain pedigree had two different markings on the cover and it came down to the person working at the grocery store where the books were bought. Two different people handling the books put different markings on them.

 

No worry, just trying to jog my memory.

[adamstrange]

Action Comics #75 CGC 7.0 $500

 

That's a Cookeville Pedigree book.

 

Thanks Roy! (thumbs u

 

Any idea why SN was written on the covers?

It's most likely a distributor code so that the newsstand would know who to return unsold copies to.

 

I think there are also Cookeville books with another set of initials on them as well as the SN, aren't there?

 

nope

 

I was sure it was the Cookeville books that I was talking about with someone this past summer, where some books have an SN and some books have an SN and another set of initials...but I could be wrong. I know there is a pedigree where there were alternating initials on the covers. Just can't remember then which one it was.

 

From the link you posted:

 

Cookevilles are very easy to recognize because of the "SN" mark. Sometimes the owner's name, Leroy Mackie can be found on the cover as well.

 

Maybe that's what you're thinking of?

 

Nope, I read that.

 

The story someone reiterated to me explained why a certain pedigree had two different markings on the cover and it came down to the person working at the grocery store where the books were bought. Two different people handling the books put different markings on them.

 

No worry, just trying to jog my memory.

You're thinking of the Larson collection -- sometimes it's Lamont and sometimes it's Larson.

[VintageComics]

You're thinking of the Larson collection -- sometimes it's Lamont and sometimes it's Larson.

 

Nope, I'm well aware of the Larson variations.

 

The story specifically was related to two different people working at the newsstand that the comics were coming from, and depending on who worked, their initials were put on the books. That's the reason the Cookeville books came to mind...because of the initials on the books.

 

It's very possible that it wasn't a recognized Pedigree and just a collection.

 

Wish I could remember.

[thirdgreenham]

You're thinking of the Larson collection -- sometimes it's Lamont and sometimes it's Larson.

 

Nope, I'm well aware of the Larson variations.

 

The story specifically was related to two different people working at the newsstand that the comics were coming from, and depending on who worked, their initials were put on the books. That's the reason the Cookeville books came to mind...because of the initials on the books.

 

It's very possible that it wasn't a recognized Pedigree and just a collection.

 

Wish I could remember.

 

Nic Cage put "NC" on all the books that he bought. Perhaps you're thinking of him....

[VintageComics]

 

Nope. As I said, the story behind the initials is traced to the two people who worked at the newsstand where the books were sold.

 

It'll come to me.

 

[adamstrange]

You're thinking of the Larson collection -- sometimes it's Lamont and sometimes it's Larson.

 

Nope, I'm well aware of the Larson variations.

 

The story specifically was related to two different people working at the newsstand that the comics were coming from, and depending on who worked, their initials were put on the books. That's the reason the Cookeville books came to mind...because of the initials on the books.

 

It's very possible that it wasn't a recognized Pedigree and just a collection.

 

Wish I could remember.

 

The Larsons fit your criteria -- depending on who was at the newstand they wrote either Larson or Lamont on the comic.

[zzutak]

Any idea why SN was written on the covers?

Walclark is our resident expert in all things Cookeville, and authored an outstanding piece on The Cookeville Collection earlier this year. While most of the books carry the SN marking, some have a NN marking. SN and NN were sisters who both worked at the store where Leroy Mackie and his brother purchased most of their books. Mystery solved!

 

[VintageComics]

Any idea why SN was written on the covers?

Walclark is our resident expert in all things Cookeville, and authored an outstanding piece on The Cookeville Collection earlier this year. While most of the books carry the SN marking, some have a NN marking. SN and NN were sisters who both worked at the store where Leroy Mackie and his brother purchased most of their books. Mystery solved!

 

 

I knew it. This was the same story I had heard. I was afraid to suggest that they were sisters but that's how I remembered the story.

 

To the naysayers....

 

 

And I

[adamstrange]

depending on who worked, their initials were put on the books

This goes beyond what was stated in the article. It states that the SN or NN was written by the girl with the matching initials but not why or when. They could still be distributor codes if each girl was assigned to place & pull comics from two different distributors that supplied their employer.