Silver Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 Here is the Jimmy Olsen 18 I spoke of yesterday: As I said yesterday, it took quite a few years to upgrade this copy (which is now on eBay ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted April 10, 2007 Author Share Posted April 10, 2007 Wow, that is quite the upgrade! Congrats on finding a very nice copy of a very tough book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selegue Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 Speaking of funny animal books, was anyone else following Sunday's GA (some were really SA) funny animal auctions from rcsage? They started out a little slow -- I won 4 of the first 25 or so -- then REALLY took off. Some surprisingly high closing prices. Somebody's interested in this stuff, even in gd to fn grades. ... Don't remind me of that fiasco. I was trying to get the Supermouse # 17 and put in a snipe for about $17. The book ended at over $20 which means that at least 2 other people wanted to pay more than I did for this random book. I thought I was being "aggressive" (please guys don't laugh) and still lost. This was over guide for a funny animal book from the 50s. I thought they were dead box material but I was proven wrong again. What bites is that it's a book I needed for my set. I noticed the Supermouse closing really high and was puzzled -- I didn't realize that you were one of the bidders. (Same handle on ebay?) Maybe DC bought Supermouse and made him a major player in 52! I have Supermouse #18 bought for WAY under $20 listed with Apr-52 date, and I tend to just put the cover date on two-month books. Are they Feb-Mar and Apr-May? Would #18 work for you? I was hoping to get at least one of the funny animal-superhero books. If I remember right, Atomic Mouse is powered by eating U-235 (ACK!), but those priced right out of my comfort zone. Plus on the same night, I lost on a Bill Boyd Western # 11 for which I bid about Guide Fine for a VG copy and also lost. #$%^&**( I saw the Buster Bunny. That's the one with the slingshot for paper delivery, right? yes It's almost in my set but I take it as a bi-monthly and since it's the last issue I have it as a Jan / Feb so I am not going after it. In fact, it's quite common. It pops up on eBay regularly. You dissin' my Buster Bunny!?!? To keep with the thread, here's a 10 center - Wonder Woman # 52 - Nice! Your copy? In the date set? Why is Wonder Woman pushing the other woman out of the tree? Because she doesn't have flowers on her sarong? Jack another 1952 common Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selegue Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 Now that you have a scanner, how about a scan of the splash of your issue? (unless you've already posted one and I forgot) The Adventures of Bob Hope 7 splash page. The Bob story is multi-section with a similar splash on each section. This is Owen Fitzgerald, right? Here's the splash of the Miss Beverly Hills story. The only MBH credit in Jerry's Who's Who is Oksner -- is this him? And for a bonus, some other Bob scans that were on my disk. A splash and sexy Fitzgerald cavegal from #43 (not my copy or scans) And a cruddy scan (hadn't learned to choose the right scanner mode) with lots of Oksner girlies from #72 Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 Finishing off the teens.....ayet another cover showing Jimmy with one of Superman's powers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Jimmy Olsen 20....Ohio copy with bright colors and blazing white pages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selegue Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Beautiful copy. Do you get the feeling that Curt Swan found this a very funny cover? Amusing details: Superman's facial expression, pill-box hats on all the ladies, Jimmy's goofy body language with one flipper draped over the other. I'm enjoying your display of the cover run. This is another series that I'm trying to collect a run of reader copies, but some of the early issues are just too hard to find (or pricey) in any condition. I'm glad that DC put out a "millennium reprint" of #1. Often I wish that they and Marvel would publish a "Great #2s" series -- the first issues of many titles tend to be reprinted ad nauseum, but seconds are impossible to find in any form. Jack Jimmy Olsen 20....Ohio copy with bright colors and blazing white pages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Beautiful copy. Do you get the feeling that Curt Swan found this a very funny cover? Amusing details: Superman's facial expression, pill-box hats on all the ladies, Jimmy's goofy body language with one flipper draped over the other. I'm enjoying your display of the cover run. This is another series that I'm trying to collect a run of reader copies, but some of the early issues are just too hard to find (or pricey) in any condition. I'm glad that DC put out a "millennium reprint" of #1. Often I wish that they and Marvel would publish a "Great #2s" series -- the first issues of many titles tend to be reprinted ad nauseum, but seconds are impossible to find in any form. Jack Jimmy Olsen 20....Ohio copy with bright colors and blazing white pages I was wondering if anyone cared! Glad you like them....we have a ways to go yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 really wish I had a nicer copy of this book, this is one I look to upgrade if I ever see a better copy. So just how many purple large head covers were there in the DC 10 cent silver age? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFB Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 Brent Moeshlin of Qualitycomix.com has a bunch of lower grade early Jimmys in his current auction, including a run from about #2 on up. http://qualitycomix.com/auctions_results.php?auction_id=5&per_page=10&page=12 Beautiful copy. Do you get the feeling that Curt Swan found this a very funny cover? Amusing details: Superman's facial expression, pill-box hats on all the ladies, Jimmy's goofy body language with one flipper draped over the other. I'm enjoying your display of the cover run. This is another series that I'm trying to collect a run of reader copies, but some of the early issues are just too hard to find (or pricey) in any condition. I'm glad that DC put out a "millennium reprint" of #1. Often I wish that they and Marvel would publish a "Great #2s" series -- the first issues of many titles tend to be reprinted ad nauseum, but seconds are impossible to find in any form. Jack Jimmy Olsen 20....Ohio copy with bright colors and blazing white pages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Today we are up to number 23. Alot of the issues you see in the 20-30's range will be mostly mid grade issues, these are very rare books in 8.5 or above range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 You knew it wouldn't be long before we had a gorilla cover, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 really wish I had a nicer copy of this book, this is one I look to upgrade if I ever see a better copy. So just how many purple large head covers were there in the DC 10 cent silver age? Okay, I will answer my own question There are more....anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john72tex Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Hey Silver, have you looked at the Jimmy Olsens at Superworldcomics.com? Ted Van Liew has some nice issues in the 20-30 issue range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 I completed the Jimmy Olsen run and only am looking to upgrade a few issues, but yeah, I check those sites often Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tth2 Posted April 17, 2007 Author Share Posted April 17, 2007 You know, everyone makes fun of the goofy and campy DC covers. But each one of them makes me want to read the story and find out how the situation on the cover will be explained away. So different from later and modern eye-candy covers that are beautiful to behold but don't actually compel me to buy and read the darn thing just to find out what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFB Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 You know, everyone makes fun of the goofy and campy DC covers. But each one of them makes me want to read the story and find out how the situation on the cover will be explained away. So different from later and modern eye-candy covers that are beautiful to behold but don't actually compel me to buy and read the darn thing just to find out what happened. So then I am guessing that you're a regular buyer of the Weekly World News and the National Enquirer, too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aman619 Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 isnt everyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
