adamstrange Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 I would recommend Bill's book to anyone who wants to enlighten themselves about the early days of fandom. Some of the pictures are amazing. I like the one in the "White House " with the OA to the cover of Flash 120 hanging in the backround. That image has stuck with me for a long time. I think Metro owns that OA now. Heres a 10 center thats not part of the superhero gendre but is a pretty rare book. Tom That is a VERY tough book -- not a bad copy considering the scarcity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 That's pre-code. Post Here That's a great cover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forbush-Man Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 Pretty borderline to squeeze this into the SA, but it is a 10 center. Great washtone reminiscent of some WWII books (eg Terrific 4, and a lot of Schomburg stuff) Oh man, I like that cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 That cover is awesome! I love the death grimace on the Chinese/Korean fighter pilot's face, great line work. Is the interior art of equal quality? The first story is, it's by (I think) the same artist as the cover. The guy's name is Louis Rivelli. I've never heard of him before. The rest of the book is stock Avon stuff, which isn't bad - but isn't worth writing home about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted February 23, 2006 Author Share Posted February 23, 2006 That cover is awesome! I love the death grimace on the Chinese/Korean fighter pilot's face, great line work. Is the interior art of equal quality? The first story is, it's by (I think) the same artist as the cover. The guy's name is Louis Rivelli. I've never heard of him before. The rest of the book is stock Avon stuff, which isn't bad - but isn't worth writing home about. If you could post a page or two of the interior art by Rivelli, that would be very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 That cover is awesome! I love the death grimace on the Chinese/Korean fighter pilot's face, great line work. Is the interior art of equal quality? The first story is, it's by (I think) the same artist as the cover. The guy's name is Louis Rivelli. I've never heard of him before. The rest of the book is stock Avon stuff, which isn't bad - but isn't worth writing home about. Ravielli did a reasonable amount of work for Atlas, though that art on that cover is so much better than his typical work that I did not recognize it as his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Ravielli from an Inside Cover of another issue of Cpt Steve Savage - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted February 23, 2006 Author Share Posted February 23, 2006 Ravielli from an Inside Cover of another issue of Cpt Steve Savage - Wow, it was all done as B&W pencil drawings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted February 27, 2006 Author Share Posted February 27, 2006 You know, for silver age collectors, it just doesn't get any better than ten cent DC's. Here's a couple more Detectives. These are from the Cleveland collection. Wow! Thanks to everyone for the explosion of new posts! How deep is the run of Detectives from the Cleveland collection, and how far back do they go? Are there other DC titles in there? This is a pedigree which I clearly know too little about. Lots of runs. Was supposed to have a lot of nice copies from the war titles as well. Speaking of Cleveland Detectives, Mark Wilson has this beauty up on eBay right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linmoth Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Wow this thread has somewhat slowed. I dug this out for Adam. I don't know if the scan will do this justice. This book has alot of potential, I was surprised by the grade. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 Excellent! It's about time someone posted an Adam Strange comic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weaponx Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 One of my favorite stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted March 7, 2006 Author Share Posted March 7, 2006 Welcome to the 10 cent thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burntboy Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 Welcome to the 10 cent thread! Ditto - welcome to the 10cent thread. that cover brings back lots of memories. i bought it off-the-rack at Jades (which was Sid's predecessor). it was a true DC Key............ I bought it in late summer 1958 when i was 10......(thumbs up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 This was posted in the cover poll thread but definitely fits the criteria. The purple is deeper than what shows here but the scanner just won't pick up, which is a shame, because it's one of the reasons that I really love the book. This is the nicest copy I've found so far, but if anyone knows of higher grade copy (must be a pedigree or look like one), let me know as I'm definitely interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickHigh Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Adam, I've never seen a better copy. Adam Strange MIS' is one of my favorite series. I know you have a bunch of those and I'm totally jealous. Beautiful book. — Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Nowhere near as nice as Adamstrange's MIS, ( ) but a nice purple DC nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weaponx Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Another great story back when Lana Lang was the busy body next door neighbor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Nowhere near as nice as Adamstrange's MIS, ( ) but a nice purple DC nonetheless. Tyrannous Rex on a purple cover is like having Ninja's in a chambara flick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Another great story back when Lana Lang was the busy body next door neighbor. Also her second appearance overall and first cover appearance. They changed her looks quite a bit from those orginal appearances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
