Centaur Comics 19 19

[sacentaur]

Very nice, Ryan

 

KDF 23 is kinda hard to find (I'm looking forward to CentaurMan's scarcity index on KDF - get with it man!); my copy is restored.

 

I have a lead on a KDF 24, but it may be a while before I can obtain it.

 

Anyway, you are THE Frank Thomas Fanatic...

 

STEVE

[ciorac]

I looked at it, but that top right corner threw me off the scent...

[rjpb]

Actually, that's part of the fun of collecting Centaurs. Market value of that book, loosely defined, is such that I'm guessing the BIN may not get popped. If you're patient you can pick up quite a few of these books for under $200 in VG condition.

 

This one is one of the more common KDF's (although it's certainly scarce overall, scoring a 17 on my scale), but the cover is excellent in a quirky way, and I don't think someone would go wrong picking up the book for this price. If this book were on the cover of Gerber instead of the #20, I bet those two would sell for much closer to the same price.

 

We comic collectors are such a demented bunch that if the torturer had already burnt an x into the guys back, it would sell for more than #20.

[jbcomicbox]

 

 

The toughest long Centaur runs in my mind, however, are the nondescript Star Comics and Star Ranger Comics. I only have 19 of the 35 combined issues, and I look for these things everywhere with no success.

 

The toughest short Centaur runs are Keen Komics, Comic Pages, Cowboy Comics, Little Giant Comics, and Little Giant Detective Funnies. All killers.

 

Cowboy Comics.....larson copies.....

 

[CentaurMan]

Fantastic!! Here's my recently-acquired Cowboy Comics, from Dave Anderson, DDS. I was thrilled to get it, given how brutal it is to find. I've never seen the 2nd issue before, at least not until you just posted it.

 

My question: Why are these the only two Centaurs (to my knowledge) with the Centaur "crest" in the upper left corner?

 

[adamstrange]

Actually, that's part of the fun of collecting Centaurs. Market value of that book, loosely defined, is such that I'm guessing the BIN may not get popped. If you're patient you can pick up quite a few of these books for under $200 in VG condition.

 

This one is one of the more common KDF's (although it's certainly scarce overall, scoring a 17 on my scale), but the cover is excellent in a quirky way, and I don't think someone would go wrong picking up the book for this price. If this book were on the cover of Gerber instead of the #20, I bet those two would sell for much closer to the same price.

 

We comic collectors are such a demented bunch that if the torturer had already burnt an x into the guys back, it would sell for more than #20.

 

And if it was a little boy with a magic decapitating whip it would be more than Action 1.

[sacentaur]

And if it was a little boy with a magic decapitating whip it would be more than Action 1.

 

(very good!)

 

STEVE

[ciorac]

 

 

The toughest long Centaur runs in my mind, however, are the nondescript Star Comics and Star Ranger Comics. I only have 19 of the 35 combined issues, and I look for these things everywhere with no success.

 

The toughest short Centaur runs are Keen Komics, Comic Pages, Cowboy Comics, Little Giant Comics, and Little Giant Detective Funnies. All killers.

 

Cowboy Comics.....larson copies.....

 

 

Astonishing! I've never seen either one.

[lou_fine]

The toughest short Centaur runs are Keen Komics, Comic Pages, Cowboy Comics, Little Giant Comics, and Little Giant Detective Funnies. All killers.

 

CM;

 

 

With respect to the three issues of Comic Pages, are they all equally tough to find or is the first one much tougher to find relative to the other two issues?

 

Thanks and keep on throwing the stats to us!

[CentaurMan]

The toughest short Centaur runs are Keen Komics, Comic Pages, Cowboy Comics, Little Giant Comics, and Little Giant Detective Funnies. All killers.

 

CM;

 

 

With respect to the three issues of Comic Pages, are they all equally tough to find or is the first one much tougher to find relative to the other two issues?

 

Thanks and keep on throwing the stats to us!

 

I haven't run the numbers yet, but based on my own searching, I'd say the 1st and 3rd issues are clearly the toughest. The middle one is a little tougher than standard Centaur tough, but doable. I'll be curious to see if the numbers bear that out.

[CentaurMan]

KDF 23 is kinda hard to find (I'm looking forward to CentaurMan's scarcity index on KDF - get with it man!); my copy is restored.

 

KDF is all done, but I wasn't sure if the numbers were relevant to anyone but myself and possibly Lou Fine. It's a pretty esoteric series. If people are interested I'll put a bunch of additional scarcity rankings together for posting later.

[Scrooge]

KDF 23 is kinda hard to find (I'm looking forward to CentaurMan's scarcity index on KDF - get with it man!); my copy is restored.

 

KDF is all done, but I wasn't sure if the numbers were relevant to anyone but myself and possibly Lou Fine. It's a pretty esoteric series. If people are interested I'll put a bunch of additional scarcity rankings together for posting later.

 

[lou_fine]

The toughest short Centaur runs are Keen Komics, Comic Pages, Cowboy Comics, Little Giant Comics, and Little Giant Detective Funnies. All killers.

 

CM;

 

 

With respect to the three issues of Comic Pages, are they all equally tough to find or is the first one much tougher to find relative to the other two issues?

 

Thanks and keep on throwing the stats to us!

 

I haven't run the numbers yet, but based on my own searching, I'd say the 1st and 3rd issues are clearly the toughest. The middle one is a little tougher than standard Centaur tough, but doable. I'll be curious to see if the numbers bear that out.

 

Thanks Win;

 

I am interested in this small run since I believe that I may have a copy of the third and final issue. I should probably go back into my closet and see if I can find it. I certainly recognize the cover and believe that I may have picked it up from Harley back in the late 80's or early 90's.

 

Personally, the cover for the third issue is nowhere near to being as nice as the cover to the first issue. In addition, it can't be that tough if I possibly have a copy in my collection. Anybody want to trade here if I can find my copy of the third issue.

Edited January 24, 2007 by lou_fine

[ciorac]

KDF 23 is kinda hard to find (I'm looking forward to CentaurMan's scarcity index on KDF - get with it man!); my copy is restored.

 

KDF is all done, but I wasn't sure if the numbers were relevant to anyone but myself and possibly Lou Fine. It's a pretty esoteric series. If people are interested I'll put a bunch of additional scarcity rankings together for posting later.

 

Uhhhh.. HELLO!

[Mad Dog]

KDF 23 is kinda hard to find (I'm looking forward to CentaurMan's scarcity index on KDF - get with it man!); my copy is restored.

 

KDF is all done, but I wasn't sure if the numbers were relevant to anyone but myself and possibly Lou Fine. It's a pretty esoteric series. If people are interested I'll put a bunch of additional scarcity rankings together for posting later.

 

Uhhhh.. HELLO!

 

I have found the scarcity rankings you have made so far darn informative and entertaining... keep em coming

[CentaurMan]

All right, I guess that's enough positive reinforcement. Here they are, scarcity ratings for Keen Detective Funnies. As usual, the score is from 0-30, with higher being scarcer. One day I'll put all my ratings together in one big thread, so you'll more easily be able to jump from title to title in order to better compare scarcity across different books, which will improve perspective quite a bit. I also think it would be cool and helpful if each book I list was a hyperlink to its cover image at the Grand Comics Database, so that you could click through and quickly see which book I'm specifically referring to, but that's too much grunt work for me.

 

v1#8......23

v1#9......27

v1#10....27

v1#11....26

v2#1......21

v2#2......19

v2#3......19

v2#4......26

v2#5......18

v2#6......21

v2#7......26

v2#8......23

v2#9......9

v2#10....16

v2#11....15

v2#12....18

v3#1......17

18.........17

19.........22

20.........20

21.........26

22.........26

23.........21

24.........10

 

I'm still not satisfied with my precision on scarcity ratings above 20. Below 20 I'm pretty confident, as there's generally good transaction data on those books. But above 20 the sample sizes are incredibly small. I'm still refining my technique and hopefully will add another data source soon that will help me out. When and if I get more comfortable with those super-scarce books, I'll reprint the new numbers.

 

I can say with confidence, however, that the toughest two issues in the run are the 2nd and 3rd issues. Those are absolute killers to find, just brutal.

[CentaurMan]

And here are the images for KDF's scoring above a 25 in my rankings, either from my collection or from GCD where I'm missing the copy:

 

v1#9:

 

v1#10 (from GCD):

 

v1#11:

 

v2#4:

 

v2#7:

 

#21:

 

#22 (from GCD):

[CentaurMan]

And here's v2#9, which is super common for some reason:

 

and the last issue, #24, which is also much more common than most:

[Silver Surfer]

Really would like to get my hands on a copy of issue #9.

[TheEyeSees]

Really would like to get my hands on a copy of issue #9.

 

You mean the volume 2/#9? I think CLINK has an affordable copy available ... it seems like there are at least four copies of that comic available on any given day.

 

CLINK:

 

http://comiclink.com/itemdetail.asp?back...y&id=629337