Robot Man Posted February 19, 2016 Author Share Posted February 19, 2016 Oh, can't forget today. Spring training starts today for pitchers and catchers. Can't wait, let's play ball! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzutak Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Don't know if i've ever seen an SA DC cover swiped from a pulp cover. Here's another. Neither the pulp nor the comic are mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 A number of the Crime Mysteries covers are swiped -- several from pulps. Interesting one. Here's another Grand Larceny case: NOTE: These are NOT my books, just images i got from GCD.Champion Comics #10 (S&k?) Harvey, and years later Crime Mysteries #8 (Trojan). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 A number of the Crime Mysteries covers are swiped -- several from pulps. Interesting one. Here's another Grand Larceny case: NOTE: These are NOT my books, just images i got from GCD.Champion Comics #10 (S&k?) Harvey, and years later Crime Mysteries #8 (Trojan). Would not mind seeing the inspiration for #3 and #4 if those two are in that number Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted February 20, 2016 Author Share Posted February 20, 2016 Don't know if i've ever seen an SA DC cover swiped from a pulp cover. Here's another. Neither the pulp nor the comic are mine Nice one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Bob, are you going? https://pasadenacomicandtoyshow.wordpress.com/about/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 I didn't even know about. They don't have a list of dealers so it might not even be worth traveling to. I didn't even go to the Long Beach show this weekend. Brad from F-VF was about the only dealers with any vintage material and I just saw him at Terry's show. Seems like we have cons every couple of weeks lately. I've yet to go to the Valley con yet. I suspect the vintage material would be a little slim there too. I have thought about getting a table though. Maybe I'm just psyched after doing so well at Terry's show. A month from now is WonderCon. I'll probably just save my bankroll for that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 Happy Birthday to the father of our country! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOOT Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Happy Birthday to the father of our country! Here he is as a younger man... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOOT Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 And don't forget his Re-Birthday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 Two nice ones Boot. Never have seen that Sparky Watts. Kinda creepy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted February 24, 2016 Author Share Posted February 24, 2016 There seems to be a bit of re-newed interested in Barks Disney comics lately so I thought I'd share these. These two volumes are bound Donald Duck Barks one shots. They were collected by a friend way back in the day. He bought most of them at Cherokee Book store and Collector's Book store in Hollywood, CA. Back in the very early '70's collector interest was a lot different. GA DC superhero was king. A lot of the early books like Prince Valiant and Flash Gordon were worth as much as Action #1. The other real popular books were Barks Ducks and EC's. My friend loved the Barks stuff and bought these and had them "gasp!" bound in hardback books when he completed the run. They are generally very nice shape other than the binding and trim. I found it amusing to see a light $6. price penciled on the first page of the FC #9. He decided at one time, he could live without them and sold them to me at a very friendly price. I pounced on them when given the chance and have read them several times. Kinda funny that when he was buying these, I was buying EC's and pre-code horror out of the "boxes in the hall" which were generally priced between 50 cents to 3 dollars. Oh, those were the days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sqeggs Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 There seems to be a bit of re-newed interested in Barks Disney comics lately so I thought I'd share these. These two volumes are bound Donald Duck Barks one shots. They were collected by a friend way back in the day. He bought most of them at Cherokee Book store and Collector's Book store in Hollywood, CA. Back in the very early '70's collector interest was a lot different. GA DC superhero was king. A lot of the early books like Prince Valiant and Flash Gordon were worth as much as Action #1. The other real popular books were Barks Ducks and EC's. My friend loved the Barks stuff and bought these and had them "gasp!" bound in hardback books when he completed the run. They are generally very nice shape other than the binding and trim. I found it amusing to see a light $6. price penciled on the first page of the FC #9. He decided at one time, he could live without them and sold them to me at a very friendly price. I pounced on them when given the chance and have read them several times. Kinda funny that when he was buying these, I was buying EC's and pre-code horror out of the "boxes in the hall" which were generally priced between 50 cents to 3 dollars. Oh, those were the days! Very cool. I remember the days when dealers would write prices in pencil on books (often on the back cover). A carryover, I think, from the practice of used book dealers writing prices on a book's flyleaf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I have many Atlas books, with the 2.00 and 1.00 penciled in on the first page. If only I could have only paid that ... Neat books. They would be a great addition to any personal libraries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Kid Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 It always intrigued me how some collectors loved to bind their comics, and others thought it was the kiss of death. Even at Collectors Bookstore, Malcolm bound many of his best comics (I think his MM and the Phantom Blot was in HA a couple of years ago.) while Leonard wouldn't think of doing that with his books. The set you have is beautiful. Nice comics in bindings that still look great. They would be jewels in any collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
