It would be Criminal not to show your CRIME comics! 20 20

[rjpb]

On 12/19/2021 at 6:14 PM, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

Holy Smokes this is not the time to start collecting precode crime

Considering a GD copy will probably run you at least 1500 these days, I suspected this would close around 20K with BP.

[rjpb]

On 11/15/2021 at 3:06 PM, Tri-ColorBrian said:

Some crime covers are just boring and wordy...

Atlas seemed to make a habit of cramming as much text as possible into their crime covers, an interesting contrast to much of their war and western output. Gleason was just as bad in the late 40s with their books, which always struck me as odd since I imagine their initial success had a lot to do with the dynamic uncluttered covers their titles began with. 

[Robot Man]

On 12/20/2021 at 8:44 AM, rjpb said:

Considering a GD copy will probably run you at least 1500 these days, I suspected this would close around 20K with BP.

I got mine from Terry ‘Neal about 10 years ago. Never seen it until he pulled it out of a box. I think I paid around $150. for a solid pretty copy. Thought I paid way too much at the time. 

Seems like anything with a “Promise” slab equals nose bleed money. This is a cool book either way.

I’ve always thought crime books were under priced on the classic ones. 

[rjpb]

On 12/20/2021 at 9:21 AM, Robot Man said:

I got mine from Terry ‘Neal about 10 years ago. Never seen it until he pulled it out of a box. I think I paid around $150. for a solid pretty copy. Thought I paid way too much at the time. 

Seems like anything with a “Promise” slab equals nose bleed money. This is a cool book either way.

I’ve always thought crime books were under priced on the classic ones. 

I used to have a low grade copy I sold for a couple hundred about a decade ago when I prematurely purged much of my collection of classic covers. I'm not sure why I sold it as I tend to keep classic crime books unless I upgrade. I guess I thought of Gunmaster as more of a hero strip than a crime strip at the time. One of the few books I've parted with where the regret is not just financially based. 

[Tri-Color Brian]

On 12/20/2021 at 9:54 AM, rjpb said:

Atlas seemed to make a habit of cramming as much text as possible into their crime covers, an interesting contrast to much of their war and western output. Gleason was just as bad in the late 40s with their books, which always struck me as odd since I imagine their initial success had a lot to do with the dynamic uncluttered covers their titles began with. 

Yeah, I wouldn't buy a word cluttered book like that, except that it came in a small collection of books that I paid about $1.50ea for...it might even be worth $2 now...

[Robot Man]

New cheap arrival. Biro goodness and a very violent Clyde Barrow story.

And people say GA is expensive. Not the way I shop…

Edited January 1, 2022 by Robot Man

[Hap Hazard]

On 12/20/2021 at 9:21 AM, Robot Man said:

I got mine from Terry ‘Neal about 10 years ago. Never seen it until he pulled it out of a box. I think I paid around $150. for a solid pretty copy. Thought I paid way too much at the time. 

Seems like anything with a “Promise” slab equals nose bleed money. This is a cool book either way.

I’ve always thought crime books were under priced on the classic ones. 

Paid about $225 for this one from Motor City Comics about 12 years ago, thought I paid way to much.

[fifties]

My favorite title from Story Comics was Fight Against Crime, a sort of quasi imitation of EC's Crime SS.  Got this about 15 years ago on eBay, I think for 80 bucks or so.

[Point Five]

On 1/1/2022 at 7:47 PM, fifties said:

My favorite title from Story Comics was Fight Against Crime, a sort of quasi imitation of EC's Crime SS.  Got this about 15 years ago on eBay, I think for 80 bucks or so.

[Mr. Lady Luck]

On 1/1/2022 at 10:47 PM, Point Five said:

Love these!

[C. Spaulding]

I definitely want to collect a few more from this run. I specifically like the later issues. Here’s the two I have now.

[Point Five]

On 1/2/2022 at 7:31 AM, Mr. Lady Luck said:

Love these!

Same. It's a great run of covers. No damsels in distress here... these ladies are kicking azz and taking names! (It's funny how the famous decapitation cover of #20 is actually kind of an outlier.)

 

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

On 1/1/2022 at 1:01 PM, Robot Man said:

New cheap arrival. Biro goodness and a very violent Clyde Barrow story.

And people say GA is expensive. Not the way I shop…

After killing the sheriff, time to catch a few winks!

[fifties]

Here's my run of FAC;

[Robot Man]

On 1/2/2022 at 4:13 PM, fifties said:

Here's my run of FAC;

Nice!  I'm lucky enough to be in the same position. Story Publications really knew how to deliver the goods huh?. Problem is, other than maybe Hy Flieschman and AC Hollingsworth, their art just never held a torch to the masters over at EC...

[fifties]

On 1/2/2022 at 5:16 PM, Robot Man said:

Nice!  I'm lucky enough to be in the same position. Story Publications really knew how to deliver the goods huh?. Problem is, other than maybe Hy Flieschman and AC Hollingsworth, their art just never held a torch to the masters over at EC...

 

The two you mentioned, although good, simply were not in the same league as the EC bullpen.  In fact, I can't think of any other comic book artists at their level, maybe save for some of the Atlas guys, like Bill Everett, and Joe Maneely.  Bob Powell would also be in that group.  I know I'm missing a few others.

[Grottu]

Low grade copy, but a fun one that I always wanted, depicting a “lineup” of Simon & Kirby studio artists Ben Oda, Joe Simon, Joe Genola, Mort Meskin and Jack Kirby…

[comicjack]

On 1/6/2022 at 9:53 PM, Grottu said:

Low grade copy, but a fun one that I always wanted, depicting a “lineup” of Simon & Kirby studio artists Ben Oda, Joe Simon, Joe Genola, Mort Meskin and Jack Kirby…

You never see that one in the wild 

[Kevin76]

Glad I was able to find this when I did. 

 

 

 

[comicjack]

On 1/7/2022 at 7:42 AM, Kevin76 said:

Glad I was able to find this when I did. 

 

 

 

That would  be the price of a nice used car right now