shiverbones Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Lower grade Than I want these days, but It's hard to find this affordable any nicer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Then I have been trying to complete Superboy #'s 1 -100 - managed 50 to 100 so far and slowly working down. Welcome to the boards! Steelcity and I are probably the two biggest Superboy fans you could run into here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showcase22gr1959 Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 (edited) Lower grade Than I want these days, but It's hard to find this affordable any nicer Edited March 5, 2010 by showcase22gr1959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Thanks for your reply. I concentrated on Flash for a while Showcase #'s and 105-132 but recently sold Showcase # 4 (I had two of these - the one I still have is fair because spine split but otherwise looks nice ) and #'s 105 -109 so need to replace those. I was lucky enough to snag a lot on ebay of around 150 DC 10 centers for £600 which included the B&B # 29 in my post which had a cross section of all superhero titles. Went through a sci fi phase Mystery In Space, etc and have also been collecting the DC Western Comics title purely on the basis that I saw a couple of issues at a local comic mart and loved the logo and some of the deep purple covers. Have about 40 of these. Then I have been trying to complete Superboy #'s 1 -100 - managed 50 to 100 so far and slowly working down. Thanks to my recent discovery of the boards and the Greytone cover thread I have started a greytone collection. Here is my latest addition [/img] All this has been quite slow as my wife has withdrawn all credit from my collecting and for the last 4 years have only been able to purchase from funds raised through sales on ebay! I have only recently started reading the board and must say can't believe what I've been missing - seeing other people's collections is really cool and has stimulated me to continue trying to improve my own collection. Mikey PS Just bought a JO # 37! looks like a nice mid grade for £20. Wonderful book! Those DC War greytones have some excellent stories in them in addition to the killer covers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Hi Some lovely comics. I was brought up on Marvel but have for the past couple of years been getting into early DC Silver 10 cents also and managed to build up a collection of around 1000. Here's my JO # 39 and B&B # 29 Mikey Welcome to the boards, Mikey! It's great to hear from a new collector who targets 10 DCs, which is my main focus as well. Wow, 1000 in a couple of years??? That's quite a collection. Look forward to seeing more of your books. These are two nice copies, and that grey tone is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Just got this one today from Ebay. Pretty happy with it. This completes the Atom mini series in Showcase. I had to come home and read it, and it was an interesting story with great Kane/Anderson art. But to be honest, the Atom comes across as a pretty ineffectual "superhero." At various points in the story he can't turn a doorknob, can't open a stuck window, needs a kid to use a slingshot to shoot him toward a threat, and asks a bystander to turn on a fan so that he could propel himself toward another bad guy. You can tell Gardner Fox was still struggling with how a a guy who could shrink himself could be used! frozentundraguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BB-Gun Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Just got this one today from Ebay. Pretty happy with it. This completes the Atom mini series in Showcase. I had to come home and read it, and it was an interesting story with great Kane/Anderson art. But to be honest, the Atom comes across as a pretty ineffectual "superhero." At various points in the story he can't turn a doorknob, can't open a stuck window, needs a kid to use a slingshot to shoot him toward a threat, and asks a bystander to turn on a fan so that he could propel himself toward another bad guy. You can tell Gardner Fox was still struggling with how a a guy who could shrink himself could be used! Dollman never had those problems but the Antman did. I think the perspectives of the artist sold the series. bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzutak Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Fun series and a pretty copy. Good eye, John! (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted March 5, 2010 Author Share Posted March 5, 2010 All this has been quite slow as my wife has withdrawn all credit from my collecting Where would comic collecting be without the wives and mothers of the world! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted March 5, 2010 Author Share Posted March 5, 2010 Congrats! One of my favorite DC covers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Beautiful copy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Just got this one today from Ebay. Pretty happy with it. This completes the Atom mini series in Showcase. I had to come home and read it, and it was an interesting story with great Kane/Anderson art. But to be honest, the Atom comes across as a pretty ineffectual "superhero." At various points in the story he can't turn a doorknob, can't open a stuck window, needs a kid to use a slingshot to shoot him toward a threat, and asks a bystander to turn on a fan so that he could propel himself toward another bad guy. You can tell Gardner Fox was still struggling with how a a guy who could shrink himself could be used! Dollman never had those problems but the Antman did. I think the perspectives of the artist sold the series. bb Thanks guys! I think you're right about the artist selling the series, BB. Later on Fox hit on the whole "riding the air currents" scheme to give the Atom more mobility. A little shaky logically, but serviceable I guess! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etanick Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 I am debating about having Stan Lee signing this little piece of "junk" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffro. Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Go for it. It's a pretty cool cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Go for it. It's a pretty cool cover. Infinity cover x8!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAUMONTS Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLRoberts5 Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Killer Copy! Stunning and vivid colors! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLRoberts5 Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Here's a nice mid-grade copy of a nice grey tone cover. Love the colors! Does anyone know who did the cover art? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Here's a nice mid-grade copy of a nice grey tone cover. Love the colors! Does anyone know who did the cover art? Gil Kane, who drew a handful of wonderful greytone Western covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
