Robot Man Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 Fantastic Stuff GREAT backstory on the Fan Addict Kit and newsletter - it restores one's faith in the hobby when something like that happens. Minor point - the mailer was sent to Larry Kyle and you got it from Richard (Kyle). Name change later in life? I know it's minor, but you know how OCD and detail oriented collectors can be. Fair question. I asked him the same thing when he gave it to me. Larry is his brother. One year younger than him. They both bought tons of comics especially EC's off the racks in Oakland, CA. His brother sent for this and Richard swiped it from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Robot Man Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 OK, It's a little slow here on the farm today plus I noticed the ACE thread came alive. So if you don't mind here are a few more I had in the bucket: First up is Super Mystery. It seems to get over shadowed by Four Favorites a bit. But there are many great covers on these as well. I am down to only one or two more to get all the ones I want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffman_Comics Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Fantastic Stuff GREAT backstory on the Fan Addict Kit and newsletter - it restores one's faith in the hobby when something like that happens. Minor point - the mailer was sent to Larry Kyle and you got it from Richard (Kyle). Name change later in life? I know it's minor, but you know how OCD and detail oriented collectors can be. Fair question. I asked him the same thing when he gave it to me. Larry is his brother. One year younger than him. They both bought tons of comics especially EC's off the racks in Oakland, CA. His brother sent for this and Richard swiped it from him. Sibling rivalry over comics? The older brother covets and procures a valuable item from his brother. The younger brother, unhappy, quietly plans his revenge . . . This has all the makings of an E.C. horror story plot Thanks for clearing it up, anyway. Kudos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 A couple cool Four Favorites: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 My favorite Lightning cover and Bang up #1: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadpoolJr. Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 The boards seem a little slow these days. Are you guys actually working at work??? Only got a couple things today. First up is a real hard to find Speed Comics #26. A great American flag/Nazi cover. These Speeds in the nimber 20's seem real hard to find. Speaking of Speed Comics, here is another very unusual item. Now, if you thing the comics are hard to find, try locating one of these. This is the Shock Gibson Speed Comics membership kit. I've seen a few of the pinbacks but this is the only complete kit I know of. The cover reproduction is slightly oversize and blank on back. For some reason, this stuff does not appeal to most comic collectors. I feel they go hand in hand and are an interesting extension to the comics themselves. Love this cover, ever since I saw it used as the cover for a book talking about comics being used for the American war effort in WW2. I also believe the original art for the title splash for this issue is being auctioned by Clink in Feb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadpoolJr. Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 A couple cool Four Favorites: I guess he didn't get their in the nick of time like heros usually do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Kid Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Richard Kyle moved south to Long Beach, CA, probably in the early 1960's, and opened a great paperback and new comics store. I never saw so many sci-fi paperbacks in one place before, but they were his passion more than comics. We always had interesting conversations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 24, 2015 Author Share Posted January 24, 2015 Richard Kyle moved south to Long Beach, CA, probably in the early 1960's, and opened a great paperback and new comics store. I never saw so many sci-fi paperbacks in one place before, but they were his passion more than comics. We always had interesting conversations. Yeah, he was great guy. Taught me a whole lot about GA comics. Even though he sold no back issues, it was my favorite comic store. Do you remember the long wall of framed Jack Kirby original pages and covers? I think it was $100. For a page and $150. For a cover. I think he and Jack were friends. If I only new then what I know now... He is pretty old but still around. I saw him at SD a few years back. Did you know John Versyl? He had a great little shop up in Alhambra with lots of old comics before he moved to Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 24, 2015 Author Share Posted January 24, 2015 These are for you Richard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 24, 2015 Author Share Posted January 24, 2015 And, while I am at it. Any love for Popeye?These are 1930's-1940's: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmehdy Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Love the king comics button..thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 And, while I am at it. Any love for Popeye?These are 1930's-1940's: Much love for Popeye here. This is my favorite Popeye original art from my collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 OK, It's a little slow here on the farm today plus I noticed the ACE thread came alive. So if you don't mind here are a few more I had in the bucket: First up is Super Mystery. It seems to get over shadowed by Four Favorites a bit. But there are many great covers on these as well. I am down to only one or two more to get all the ones I want. I have been on the Palais bandwagon for a few years. That paper cutter scan reminds me of what a great variety of covers he created. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine48 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 anyone see anything different? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine48 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Yellow Kid,I always wanted to show you this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 My favorite Lightning cover... Harley had the Church copy at the show today - it was a beauty. Nice chatting with you in person, I had no idea you had all this cool stuff in your collection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Kid Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 You've got some great pinbacks! Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Kid Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Yellow Kid,I always wanted to show you this... Great book! There are so many wonderful books and magazines that are relatively unknown to most contemporary collectors. Just last week a friend of mine who is a major Disney collector marveled at the fact that publisher's beautiful bound volumes of children's magazines with art by the greatest illustrators of their time like Kemble, Cox, and Cady, were available so inexpensively, often less than $50 a volume in nice condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
