Comics, Pulps, and Paperbacks: Why such a discrepancy in values? 25 25

[moonpool]

One of the two non-Heade covers in the original series. Can you spot it?

[Surfing Alien]

On 6/21/2023 at 3:25 PM, moonpool said:

One of the two non-Heade covers in the original series. Can you spot it?

Stylistically I'd guess "Gunsmoke in Her Eyes" The paint shading technique looks cruder

[BitterOldMan]

On 6/21/2023 at 1:55 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Stylistically I'd guess "Gunsmoke in Her Eyes" The paint shading technique looks cruder

Phillip Mendoza painted the cover.  You have a good eye.👍

[Surfing Alien]

I've not (yet ) gone down the rabbit hole of the Janson's but have made a fair dent in the Leisure Library and Archer series. Here's a few now that I've unboxed them.

 

[moonpool]

On 6/21/2023 at 5:11 PM, Surfing Alien said:

I've not (yet ) gone down the rabbit hole of the Janson's but have made a fair dent in the Leisure Library and Archer series. Here's a few now that I've unboxed them.

 

Awesome!!  Two Smart Dames took me some time to find.

 

On 6/21/2023 at 5:11 PM, Surfing Alien said:

I've not (yet ) gone down the rabbit hole of the Janson's but have made a fair dent in the Leisure Library and Archer series. Here's a few now that I've unboxed them.

 

 

Edited June 22, 2023 by moonpool

[OtherEric]

In today.  They do make a very nice triptych, don't they?

 

[Surfing Alien]

On 6/22/2023 at 12:19 AM, OtherEric said:

They do make a very nice triptych, don't they?

They sure do 

A couple more from my Maguire pile for those into such stuff 

[OtherEric]

One in today, an oddball double:

[comicjack]

The title says it all nice looking copy  black covers show it all 

Edited June 23, 2023 by comicjack

[comicjack]

On 6/21/2023 at 8:52 AM, moonpool said:

I alternate arranging the Jansons' alphabetically or by series.

Really some great looking covers Moonpool 

[OtherEric]

And one more in today, after all.  I was getting worried since it took over a month to reach me, but it looks great:

 

[PopKulture]

On 6/23/2023 at 3:30 PM, OtherEric said:

And one more in today, after all.  I was getting worried since it took over a month to reach me, but it looks great:

 

All these Aces you’ve been posting are wonderful! It kinda makes me wonder why they’re so under-represented in my collection. I’ve spent the majority of my paperback hours devoted to chasing down Avons, Dells and Populars while neglecting these. So many great publishers, so little time.  

[OtherEric]

So, some days you see a book, and you make a bid that's a bit more serious than a thrill bid, but still not that high.  The sort where you figure that if the book goes for what you figure is the absolute floor, you're in with a chance, but your hopes aren't high.

Then you win the darn thing for less than half your bid and wonder what the heck's going on. 

[PopKulture]

On 6/24/2023 at 1:41 PM, OtherEric said:

So, some days you see a book, and you make a bid that's a bit more serious than a thrill bid, but still not that high.  The sort where you figure that if the book goes for what you figure is the absolute floor, you're in with a chance, but your hopes aren't high.

Then you win the darn thing for less than half your bid and wonder what the heck's going on. 

You need a win like that once in a while to keep you coming back!! One of the rare later editions - very nice! 

For the few paperbacks I buy on the Bay, I think it’s going to sell while I’m looking at it! Like someone’s going to buy it while I ask about combined shipping or something. As collectors, I guess we enact all sorts of mental barriers as defense mechanisms to keep us from getting too disappointed. 

[Surfing Alien]

On 6/23/2023 at 4:30 PM, OtherEric said:

And one more in today, after all.  I was getting worried since it took over a month to reach me, but it looks great:

 

Probably George Geygan's greatest cover. My copy that I've posted here before is not super high grade but was one of the few books I kept when I sold my 1st collection to John Warren in the 90's. 

It''s a wraparound so you gotta show 3 views 

[Surfing Alien]

On 6/24/2023 at 2:41 PM, OtherEric said:

So, some days you see a book, and you make a bid that's a bit more serious than a thrill bid, but still not that high.  The sort where you figure that if the book goes for what you figure is the absolute floor, you're in with a chance, but your hopes aren't high.

Then you win the darn thing for less than half your bid and wonder what the heck's going on. 

A steal imho. I already have one or would have been a bidder. He's all over the place on grading and limited pics so there's wariness but lot's of cool stuff. I did win a couple 

[Surfing Alien]

A couple of cool digests that came in this week.

Back when I first started posting I posited that Digests have the best appeal long term as a collectible pb since CGC already will grade them.

My opinion hasn't changed mostly because they are so much bigger than a standard pb so the art has more impact. Love me some digests 

Archers are halfway between a pb and a digest. The Heade covers are insane and this is one of the rare ones.

UniBooks are tough because of the cheap cover paper. I always wanted this one as it's crazy and was definitely re-used a few times.

This the last UniBook. Suffers the same fate as last issues of comic books. Poor distribution and retention. Great cover and topic add up.

This one is pretty rare, the Fiesta's were the poorest sisters of UniBooks after the Stallion Books. Topic and art (looks strongly like Warren King) are way out.

Classic JD probably Lou Marchetti's most recognized and killer JD cover. Croydon's are a bear looking like this. Cheap paper.

 

 

[Sarg]

On 6/24/2023 at 5:17 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Classic JD probably Lou Marchetti's most recognized and killer JD cover. Croydon's are a bear looking like this. Cheap paper.

 

 

Drug addicts sure dressed a lot better in the '50s.

[OtherEric]

On 6/24/2023 at 2:49 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Probably George Geygan's greatest cover. My copy that I've posted here before is not super high grade but was one of the few books I kept when I sold my 1st collection to John Warren in the 90's. 

It''s a wraparound so you gotta show 3 views 

It is NOT a wraparound cover.  It's a cover with distinct art on the spine and back as well as the front.

D-194 is a wraparound

This is three separate pieces:

 

[Surfing Alien]

On 6/24/2023 at 8:04 PM, OtherEric said:

It is NOT a wraparound cover.  It's a cover with distinct art on the spine and back as well as the front.

D-194 is a wraparound

This is three separate pieces:

 

Ooh.. touchy lol! 

I posit it is two pieces then, since the brown curtains wrap to the spine, and agree the back cover is a separate vignette... although taken as a whole is something completely different than the doubles and singles