Robot Man Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 Marvel Mystery #82 "The Coming of Namora". I do love those crazy, busy Schomburg covers but this one is a breath of fresh air. Such as magestic pose and a cool origin story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 Comedy #24. One of those wonderful WWII funny animal Timelys. Super Rabbit fighting he Nazis with a great girl funny animal bondage scene. "Funny Books" don't get a whole lot better than this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 You must be related to Michelle Nolan... You have almost everything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 Captain America's Weird Tales #75. That cool horror crossover issue. This and the last few issues of Venus are by far the hardest Atlas/Timely/Marvel pre-code issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 Captain America #46. Nuff said! I bought this and a whole bunch of similar GA books from a friend in New Jersey many years ago. He was into collectibles but he didn't collect comics but thought of me. He got them at a barn sale. I bought them sight unseen over the phone. He would read off the book and give me a rough idea of condition and ask if I wanted it. Most all I wanted. He quoted me a price that was VERY fair and I took them. Funny part was he knew Ritchie Munchen who was over at his house trying to buy them from him at the same time. He told Ritchie that he promised me first shot and whatever I didn't want was Ritchie's. I remember this, a Supe #53, a Thrilling #44, Pep #34 and a bunch of others than weren't so key. Funny thing was I heard Ritchie groaning in the background everytime I said yes... (and yes, I did feel a little bad and left him some scraps). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 Annother Submariner #18. Cool green Timely, shark cover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 USA #16 Only have a few USA comics. Never could find that many. I got this one because I like Motorcycle covers. (coming up at a later date...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 You must be related to Michelle Nolan... You have almost everything... Not even close my friend. I know Michelle is VERY into romance comics. Probably one of the biggest collections out there. Does she collect everything else too? I know she's been seriously at it longer than I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 The Witness #1. Got this at San Diego con a million years ago. One you don't see very often... Cool Timely's Robot Man, this one reminds me of an old Claude Rains movie 'The Unsuspected'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffman_Comics Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Some rare 1940's-1950's Superman pins from Australia I have been chasing these sort of things for a VERY long time and have NEVER seen any of them "in the wild". Truly rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 I'm kind of surprised you haven't run into any of them. These are all the Australian Superman pins I know of. I got the Argus one in a Melbourne comic store while visiting my wife's family. The other two were Fleabay purchases. I also have a couple Tarzan pins and a beautiful Phantom Australian pin. Are there many flea markets there? That might be a good place or antique stores. Like anything in collecting, you have to beat all the bushes hard and get lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 People ask me from time to time: "Robot Man, What can I collect that is small, interesting and cheap?" Matchbooks, I reply. They fit all that criteria plus they are just about limitless in subject matter. Usually $1. to $2. each. At worst maybe $20. for a real killer one. Here are some that might interest people here. 1940's Disney: The Hop Low is pretty rare and from Fantasia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 Here is a nice little group of various comic characters: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 A couple of Western related ones: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 Superman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 Radio show characters. The upper left Shadow is a good one. This is the outside. The inside features a pop-up Shadow in jail! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 I have a lot more matchbooks of all categories early 1900's-1960's. Some just beautiful beer, cars/trucks, avaition, soda pop, bars and strip clubs, odd products and the list goes on. If any one is interested, I will do some more later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffman_Comics Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 I'm kind of surprised you haven't run into any of them. These are all the Australian Superman pins I know of. I got the Argus one in a Melbourne comic store while visiting my wife's family. The other two were Fleabay purchases. I also have a couple Tarzan pins and a beautiful Phantom Australian pin. Are there many flea markets there? That might be a good place or antique stores. Like anything in collecting, you have to beat all the bushes hard and get lucky. Well, this explains a lot. You've been through the joint like a giant vacuum cleaner, sucking up all the good stuff, shoving it in a giant carpetbag and taking off I check every flea market possible, but let's face it, a place like NYC will have a vastly better "selection" than even a larger city, like Melbourne, would have. I've got a couple of Phantom rings, but the ones I (and every other collector here) really covet are a rubber Phantom ring that would leave a "bad mark" impression on a villain's jaw (most have long since simply perished). The other is a Captain Atom ring whose eyes "glow with an unearthly green fire". Here's a Linky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 These are great! I had no idea there were matchbooks created to promote the purchase of comics. Here is a nice little group of various comic characters: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 Yeah, there are a lot of Harvey ones especially. I'll see if I can dig out some more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
