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

[Surfing Alien]

On 8/6/2022 at 10:35 PM, Randall Dowling said:

tales about doctors and nurses... 

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Great digests @BakerFanOne!

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Just dug this classic from a box

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[Surfing Alien]

I Love Rainbow Digests, they are some of the best Good Girl Art Digests but also have some unknown great story-telling...

Famous True Crime Editor Lionel White's first book was a Rainbow Digest with a "Killer" George Gross Cover. It's pretty hard to find copies of this one,

[Surfing Alien]

Hi folks - Just posting this as a reminder since it's show day.

 

My pal, veteran Original Art Dealer Rubén DaCollector and I are doing a Livestream video show on Youtube this evening (8pm Eastern Time, 5PM Pacific Time) as a companion piece to my just-published article on artist Raymond Johnson. I estimate his covers were on over 25 million sold paperbacks at a time when the population was about 150 million!

 

Our talk will be wide ranging. Rubén is a warehouse of knowledge on original paperback and comic book art. I'm a bit jealous that he owns the Barye Phillips original art to "Satan is a Woman" by Gil Brewer, one of the coolest paperback covers ever IMHO. I always tease him about it.

 

Here's the link, if you have a minute to stop by we'd love to hear from you. All you have to do is click the link any time during the show and you'll be brought to the show. The show has a chat feature so you can type a "Hello" or other comments on what we're chatting about. If you visit, please mash the "like" button so Rubén's channel gets a lift! He'd like to do more of these, maybe it'll be with one of you, if there's interest! Thanks!

 

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=jAoWLyZSOIk

 

If you can't tune in live, you can always watch the show on rewind afterwards just by clicking on the link.

[BakerFanOne]

Not a pulp or a paperback - but still love these crime mags

[BakerFanOne]

Another favorite crime mag cover

[BakerFanOne]

One more favorite of mine

[Surfing Alien]

On 8/9/2022 at 12:45 PM, BakerFanOne said:

One more favorite of mine

@Randall Dowlingmight come along and punish you for publicizing these

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No one is supposed to know about these until we have more of them - they're too cool and rare

 

[BakerFanOne]

On 8/9/2022 at 9:51 AM, Surfing Alien said:

@Randall Dowlingmight come along and punish you for publicizing these

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No one is supposed to know about these until we have more of them - they're too cool and rare

 

I could not agree more.  I have noticed that eBay is no longer a rich source for these detective/crime mags.  I likely bought several hundred from 2002 - 2008.

[Surfing Alien]

On 8/9/2022 at 1:00 PM, BakerFanOne said:

I could not agree more.  I have noticed that eBay is no longer a rich source for these detective/crime mags.  I likely bought several hundred from 2002 - 2008.

You're ahead of the curve my friend. I'm afraid the ship has sailed as far as bargains on these on ebay unless they're mis-listed or found in random lots.

[Surfing Alien]

Picked up a nice 1st print of the Ballantine Tales of the Incredible pb to complete my set.

Here's the group shot of the set of 5, along with the Tempo Creepy, which I consider the red-headed step-child of the Ballantines due to the Frazetta cover and Warren mags homage to EC's

 

Also was able to find a minty copy of the Beacon "Mating Cry" to go along with my signed copy of the Harlequin "House that Stood Still"

Because the Harlequin is far rarer, most folks know the Beacon cover by McConnell better than the Friede Harlequin. I like 'em both!

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[Randall Dowling]

On 8/9/2022 at 11:51 AM, Surfing Alien said:

@Randall Dowlingmight come along and punish you for publicizing these

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No one is supposed to know about these until we have more of them - they're too cool and rare

 

They are very awesome.  Nobody else should start collecting them, though.  

They're incredibly tough in even FN or better condition but the cover art on many is just amazing.  Thankfully, it's only a select few of us that read this thread so I say, post away to @BakerFanOne!  FWIW, In my experience, Best True Fact Detective and All True Fact Crime are the best of the best of that Crime/Detective genre.  True Crime is pretty awesome also.  

[BakerFanOne]

Here are a few more digests:

 

[Sarg]

On 8/6/2022 at 11:37 PM, Surfing Alien said:

I Love Rainbow Digests, they are some of the best Good Girl Art Digests but also have some unknown great story-telling...

Famous True Crime Editor Lionel White's first book was a Rainbow Digest with a "Killer" George Gross Cover. It's pretty hard to find copies of this one,

I've never seen a skirt like that -- open on the sides to the waist -- in real life, much less in the 1950s. Only on PBs. Did they only exist in PB artists' imaginations?

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[BakerFanOne]

This digest is in extremely nice shape

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[Sarg]

On 8/9/2022 at 4:53 PM, BakerFanOne said:

This digest is in extremely nice shape

I buy Falcon Books strictly for the articles.