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

[Surfing Alien]

On 10/2/2023 at 9:55 PM, Darwination said:

"Famous Writer About the Mystery of the Universe" ... FREAKS AGAINST SUPERMEN  lmao, love this.

One of the most understated blurbs ever   I always think of "Revenge Of The Nerds" when I see this title. Of course you gotta root for the Freaks at that point....lol 

 

 

[Darwination]

I seem to have had a distinct lack of robot in my collection for National Robot Day

To go with Hungry Men back there, a much later PB.  I wonder where you guys stop collecting in terms of "vintage" pbs?  I kind of like this one because it's Anderson through the lens of the 70s revival of 30s hoodlumism. .

Edited October 3, 2023 by Darwination

[PopKulture]

I’m playing around with some books in storage today. Sadly, I can’t keep everything at home, so a lot of what I term my “second tier” stuff is off-site. After years of relying on my (failing) memory, I’ve taken to making a list of my books by publisher the last few years. This box of Pockets doesn’t really have many keys, but there are a lot of nice copies with many of them first printings. It’s always fun to revisit old friends! 

 

[Pat Calhoun]

cool: you've got the one about my Dad in there. here we are...
from Forbes 2008:
The lessons learned in the Solomons were soon applied in the Central Pacific, where Calhoun and his staff developed a revolutionary concept: the floating base. Atolls like Majuro in the Marshall Islands had little land to offer, but they enclosed capacious lagoons, which Calhoun could stuff full of tenders, cargo ships, ammunition carriers, salvage tugs, minesweepers, oil tankers, repair ships, floating dry-docks, hospital ships and assorted barges.
In March 1945, Calhoun finally exchanged his bureaucrat's office at Pearl Harbor for a fighting admiral's command. He was named to fill Halsey's old slot as South Pacific commander. Alas for Calhoun, by this point the South Pacific was a backwater region; the fighting had shifted northwest to the Philippines and Okinawa. So Calhoun remained in a support role for the duration of the war, and then disappeared into the historical obscurity that is a supply officer's lot. His death in 1963 generated no worshipful obituaries like those lavished on Spruance and Halsey.
But posterity threw Calhoun at least one lifeline. Among his wartime subordinates was one James A. Michener, a lieutenant commander with literary ambitions. After the war, Michener fictionalized his experiences in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Tales of the South Pacific. Calhoun presumably was a model for Millard Kester, Michener's fictional admiral, who--unlike Calhoun--finally gets to command an invasion force and win a battle.
Michener's book inspired the classic musical "South Pacific," now back on Broadway in a critically acclaimed revival, which currently is the hottest ticket in town. Featured prominently in the plot is a group of Seabees--naval construction workers--whose job falls under the heading of logistics rather than combat. So the continued success of "South Pacific" provides a bit of reflected glory for Michener's old boss, William Calhoun, the logistics expert who contributed so much to America's victory over Japan. 

[Pat Calhoun]

after the admiral died in '63 Pat needed a lifeline, and Golden Age was it

Edited October 3, 2023 by Pat Calhoun

[Pat Calhoun]

and, speak of the devil, here's a recent acquisition that I like a lot, especially as I collect Elisabeth Sanxay Holding...

[Darwination]

On 10/3/2023 at 4:49 PM, Pat Calhoun said:

and, speak of the devil, here's a recent acquisition that I like a lot, especially as I collect Elisabeth Sanxay Holding...

That's a killer design.  I love how the Harlequin logo is sort of worked in between the madame and the devil.

[Pat Calhoun]

[Randall Dowling]

On 10/3/2023 at 4:13 PM, Pat Calhoun said:

cool: you've got the one about my Dad in there. here we are...
from Forbes 2008:
The lessons learned in the Solomons were soon applied in the Central Pacific, where Calhoun and his staff developed a revolutionary concept: the floating base. Atolls like Majuro in the Marshall Islands had little land to offer, but they enclosed capacious lagoons, which Calhoun could stuff full of tenders, cargo ships, ammunition carriers, salvage tugs, minesweepers, oil tankers, repair ships, floating dry-docks, hospital ships and assorted barges.
In March 1945, Calhoun finally exchanged his bureaucrat's office at Pearl Harbor for a fighting admiral's command. He was named to fill Halsey's old slot as South Pacific commander. Alas for Calhoun, by this point the South Pacific was a backwater region; the fighting had shifted northwest to the Philippines and Okinawa. So Calhoun remained in a support role for the duration of the war, and then disappeared into the historical obscurity that is a supply officer's lot. His death in 1963 generated no worshipful obituaries like those lavished on Spruance and Halsey.
But posterity threw Calhoun at least one lifeline. Among his wartime subordinates was one James A. Michener, a lieutenant commander with literary ambitions. After the war, Michener fictionalized his experiences in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Tales of the South Pacific. Calhoun presumably was a model for Millard Kester, Michener's fictional admiral, who--unlike Calhoun--finally gets to command an invasion force and win a battle.
Michener's book inspired the classic musical "South Pacific," now back on Broadway in a critically acclaimed revival, which currently is the hottest ticket in town. Featured prominently in the plot is a group of Seabees--naval construction workers--whose job falls under the heading of logistics rather than combat. So the continued success of "South Pacific" provides a bit of reflected glory for Michener's old boss, William Calhoun, the logistics expert who contributed so much to America's victory over Japan. 

Wow!  That's really cool, Pat!  I had no idea.  I've come across your dad a few times due to my interest in reading about WWII.  My grandfather fought in the Pacific theater as well so it's always been an interest of mine.

Thanks for sharing! 

[PopKulture]

On 10/3/2023 at 4:13 PM, Pat Calhoun said:

cool: you've got the one about my Dad in there. here we are...
from Forbes 2008:
The lessons learned in the Solomons were soon applied in the Central Pacific, where Calhoun and his staff developed a revolutionary concept: the floating base. Atolls like Majuro in the Marshall Islands had little land to offer, but they enclosed capacious lagoons, which Calhoun could stuff full of tenders, cargo ships, ammunition carriers, salvage tugs, minesweepers, oil tankers, repair ships, floating dry-docks, hospital ships and assorted barges.
In March 1945, Calhoun finally exchanged his bureaucrat's office at Pearl Harbor for a fighting admiral's command. He was named to fill Halsey's old slot as South Pacific commander. Alas for Calhoun, by this point the South Pacific was a backwater region; the fighting had shifted northwest to the Philippines and Okinawa. So Calhoun remained in a support role for the duration of the war, and then disappeared into the historical obscurity that is a supply officer's lot. His death in 1963 generated no worshipful obituaries like those lavished on Spruance and Halsey.
But posterity threw Calhoun at least one lifeline. Among his wartime subordinates was one James A. Michener, a lieutenant commander with literary ambitions. After the war, Michener fictionalized his experiences in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Tales of the South Pacific. Calhoun presumably was a model for Millard Kester, Michener's fictional admiral, who--unlike Calhoun--finally gets to command an invasion force and win a battle.
Michener's book inspired the classic musical "South Pacific," now back on Broadway in a critically acclaimed revival, which currently is the hottest ticket in town. Featured prominently in the plot is a group of Seabees--naval construction workers--whose job falls under the heading of logistics rather than combat. So the continued success of "South Pacific" provides a bit of reflected glory for Michener's old boss, William Calhoun, the logistics expert who contributed so much to America's victory over Japan. 

Awesome bit of history! Who’s the little guy in the photo? Is it a certain paperback collector?? 

[Surfing Alien]

On 10/3/2023 at 5:13 PM, Pat Calhoun said:

cool: you've got the one about my Dad in there. here we are...
from Forbes 2008:
The lessons learned in the Solomons were soon applied in the Central Pacific, where Calhoun and his staff developed a revolutionary concept: the floating base. Atolls like Majuro in the Marshall Islands had little land to offer, but they enclosed capacious lagoons, which Calhoun could stuff full of tenders, cargo ships, ammunition carriers, salvage tugs, minesweepers, oil tankers, repair ships, floating dry-docks, hospital ships and assorted barges.
In March 1945, Calhoun finally exchanged his bureaucrat's office at Pearl Harbor for a fighting admiral's command. He was named to fill Halsey's old slot as South Pacific commander. Alas for Calhoun, by this point the South Pacific was a backwater region; the fighting had shifted northwest to the Philippines and Okinawa. So Calhoun remained in a support role for the duration of the war, and then disappeared into the historical obscurity that is a supply officer's lot. His death in 1963 generated no worshipful obituaries like those lavished on Spruance and Halsey.
But posterity threw Calhoun at least one lifeline. Among his wartime subordinates was one James A. Michener, a lieutenant commander with literary ambitions. After the war, Michener fictionalized his experiences in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Tales of the South Pacific. Calhoun presumably was a model for Millard Kester, Michener's fictional admiral, who--unlike Calhoun--finally gets to command an invasion force and win a battle.
Michener's book inspired the classic musical "South Pacific," now back on Broadway in a critically acclaimed revival, which currently is the hottest ticket in town. Featured prominently in the plot is a group of Seabees--naval construction workers--whose job falls under the heading of logistics rather than combat. So the continued success of "South Pacific" provides a bit of reflected glory for Michener's old boss, William Calhoun, the logistics expert who contributed so much to America's victory over Japan. 

Wonderful bit there Pat! Is the urchin at his knee our esteemed boardie?

[Darwination]

On 10/4/2023 at 10:12 AM, Surfing Alien said:

Wonderful bit there Pat! Is the urchin at his knee our esteemed boardie?

That kid really looks like trouble!

[Pat Calhoun]

I confess; I am my father's son as pictured. Here's a later photo. Michener used to talk about the 'Calhoun mind' as I think he was favorably comparing the Admiral to his great-grandpa, John C Calhoun. Hopefully the tradition has continued. Pic shows my wife Gina and I, standing in for Ambrose Bierce at the Bierce family plot as Ambrose never made it.

Edited October 5, 2023 by Pat Calhoun

[OtherEric]

As others have said, thank you for sharing the family history, @Pat Calhoun

[Darwination]

My copy may have a small printing error

 

 

[OtherEric]

On 10/4/2023 at 3:31 PM, Darwination said:

My copy may have a small printing error

 

 

Looks more like sun fade to me.

[Surfing Alien]

On 10/4/2023 at 6:37 PM, OtherEric said:

Looks more like sun fade to me.

Yup... a book was stacked on it at an odd angle, which preserved the colors underneath, while the light faded the rest of the cover.

[Surfing Alien]

On 10/3/2023 at 12:10 PM, Darwination said:

I seem to have had a distinct lack of robot in my collection for National Robot Day

To go with Hungry Men back there, a much later PB.  I wonder where you guys stop collecting in terms of "vintage" pbs?  I kind of like this one because it's Anderson through the lens of the 70s revival of 30s hoodlumism. .

 

Back in the day, I used to stop around 1960, when the publishers went cheap with many giant font and photo covers, nearly killing the careers of most of the paperback artists. 

But since I started collecting again six or seven years ago, I've come to appreciate a lot of 60's and 70's books, mostly the comic book pbs and art covers like Frazetta and also many of the cool and scarce movie tie-ins like these.

[moonpool]

Well, after many years searching, I find one of my big Heades

[Surfing Alien]

On 10/4/2023 at 8:39 PM, moonpool said:

Well, after many years searching, I find one of my big Heades

Wow! Stupendous looking copy as well! I know it's rare because (not necessarily in order )

a) I've learned a thing or two about Heade and the UK gangster pbs from you and others and never seen it, and...

b) it was one of your big wants after many years!

The image itself is awesome. A top shelf Heade in my book