Popular Post jimjum12 Posted July 13 Popular Post Share Posted July 13 I may have posted some of these already, but Ducks can still be found reasonable and in grade. They make me smile inside, unlike Facebook and MSN Homepage. GOD BLESS ... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Badger, AJD, Bigphatpaulie and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 Vacation Parade is new today. Am I forgetting any of the pre-FC 386 Scrooge covers? Badger, jimjum12 and Bigphatpaulie 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted July 23 Popular Post Share Posted July 23 Fun $5. Flea market purchase on Sunday! Badger, AJD, jimjum12 and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 On 7/20/2024 at 1:56 PM, OtherEric said: Vacation Parade is new today. Am I forgetting any of the pre-FC 386 Scrooge covers? Not in the U.S. OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 On 7/23/2024 at 9:58 AM, Robot Man said: Fun $5. Flea market purchase on Sunday! Nice! Tough to beat for $5! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigphatpaulie Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 (edited) Some updated Duck Sales from Heritage. Interesting Books in rare high grades. (Personally I think they're low for books this old and in that good condition) Dell Giant Comics: Donald Duck Beach Party #1 CGC 9.4 (Highest Graded with 19 on Census) sold for $780 Dell Giant Comics: Donald Duck Beach Party #2 CGC 9.6 (Highest Graded with 13 on Census) sold for $1,320.00 Dell Giant Comics: Vacation Parade #5 CGC 9.4 (Second Highest Graded with 12 on Census) sold for $600 Dell Giant Comics: Vacation Parade #4 CGC 9.4 (Highest Graded with 7 on Census) sold for $1,320 Dell Giant Comics: Vacation Parade #3 CGC 9.6 (Highest Graded with 16 on Census) sold for $1560 Dell Giant Comics: Vacation Parade #2 CGC 9.6 (Highest Graded with 19 on Census) sold for $3120: Is this Scrooge's First Cover Appearance? Four Color #611 CGC 8.5 (Highest Graded with only 5 on Census) sold for $552: I wanted this one. I love the Duck Family Covers and think that price was a steal. If I didn't have to replace my roof I'd definitely have jumped on that one. Edited August 12 by Bigphatpaulie tth2 and Badger 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 (edited) Check out the line up of early WDCS on the Heritage Sunday auction. A pretty impressive and deep run of the pre-Barks issues and then some from the Barks era. I assume that is one collector's run; what a great run for the week. There is also a run of the early Looney Tunes books which is not often seen; maybe from the same collection. Edited August 14 by 50YrsCollctngCmcs Bigphatpaulie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 On 8/12/2024 at 2:14 PM, Bigphatpaulie said: Dell Giant Comics: Vacation Parade #2 CGC 9.6 (Highest Graded with 19 on Census) sold for $3120: Is this Scrooge's First Cover Appearance? Yes. But not by Barks. Bigphatpaulie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mlansdown Posted September 7 Popular Post Share Posted September 7 Here's a recent upgrade to one of my all-time favorite comic books. If I was forced to sell my comic collection, this book would be one of the last to go. I do plan to offer my VF under-copy on the CGC Comics Market thread soon. Thanks! 50YrsCollctngCmcs, Duffman_Comics, adamstrange and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 On 9/6/2024 at 9:43 PM, mlansdown said: Here's a recent upgrade to one of my all-time favorite comic books. If I was forced to sell my comic collection, this book would be one of the last to go. I do plan to offer my VF under-copy on the CGC Comics Market thread soon. Thanks! That's a beautiful copy! I agree with you that my Uncle Scrooge 386 would be the last to go from my collection too!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlansdown Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 On 9/8/2024 at 11:58 AM, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said: That's a beautiful copy! I agree with you that my Uncle Scrooge 386 would be the last to go from my collection too!! Thanks Frank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 On 9/8/2024 at 12:07 PM, mlansdown said: Thanks Frank! I've half joked I want to be buried with some of my books; this might be one of them! AJD, mlansdown and Robot Man 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted Tuesday at 05:10 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 05:10 PM One of the most memorable panels in Four Color 386 is the money dam breaking (internet cribbed photo of Barks painting below.) As a kid I picked up a copy of the Gold Key giant that reprinted the original story and I vividly remember looking at that panel in the back of the car. I'd forgotten about it until years later when I read the story again in the Best of Walt Disney Comics reprint (also where I first read Frozen Gold). It's a memorable scene and maybe one of Barks best. The splash for Vacation Parade #1 is also up there in terms of dramatic panels. Anyone else have a favorite or memorable panel? tth2, Robot Man, mlansdown and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Badger Posted Tuesday at 10:15 PM Popular Post Share Posted Tuesday at 10:15 PM There are so many Uncle Scrooge stories that jump out at me like like Donald fainting into the arms of a Grizzly Bear in Christmas on Bear Mountain or Uncle Scrooge saving Barko the sled dog from the ice flow in North of the Yukon. The one that really sticks out, for me, though is the first Uncle Scrooge story I read in an Uncle Scrooge reprint issue The Many Faces of Magica De Spell. The raven taking on Magica's face was enough to raise my eye brows as a 10 year old and it still sticks with me now. The mean witch tossing pfoof bombs around while trying to steal the number 1 dime really captured my attention. Love it. tth2, AJD, 50YrsCollctngCmcs and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted Tuesday at 11:36 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 11:36 PM On 9/10/2024 at 3:15 PM, Badger said: There are so many Uncle Scrooge stories that jump out at me like like Donald fainting into the arms of a Grizzly Bear in Christmas on Bear Mountain or Uncle Scrooge saving Barko the sled dog from the ice flow in North of the Yukon. The one that really sticks out, for me, though is the first Uncle Scrooge story I read in an Uncle Scrooge reprint issue The Many Faces of Magica De Spell. The raven taking on Magica's face was enough to raise my eye brows as a 10 year old and it still sticks with me now. The mean witch tossing pfoof bombs around while trying to steal the number 1 dime really captured my attention. Love it. YES! That is a classic tale and I too remember first reading it and being wonderfully entertained with all the face changing. Badger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tth2 Posted Wednesday at 04:24 AM Author Popular Post Share Posted Wednesday at 04:24 AM I always loved the entire 1st page of FC 386, showing Scrooge swimming in his money bin (diving "like a porpoise" ) and his sheer unbridled joy while throwing coins up to hit himself in the head. AJD, Robot Man, Badger and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted Wednesday at 10:05 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 10:05 AM There were quite a few classic Barks stories that I didn't see in my early days of reading and collecting due to the fact that the stories weren't reprinted in Australian issues available to me at the time. It was the advent of Gladstone and the hardcover Carl Barks Library that let me read them all. (Tralala and Only a Poor Old Man were two I didn't see until I was around 30.) But the stories and images that most strongly caught my imagination were panels in The Flying Dutchman and the horseradish story. And it wasn't just the bigger splash panels that struck me. I loved this sequence and the use of silhouette and shadows to give a sense of the creepiness that Scrooge was experiencing. The bottom left of these panels was especially memorable. Badger, mlansdown, 50YrsCollctngCmcs and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigphatpaulie Posted Thursday at 08:29 PM Share Posted Thursday at 08:29 PM https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/cartoon-character/walt-disney-s-comics-and-stories-4-complimentary-edition-dell-1941-cgc-vg-fn-50-white-pages/a/7379-91162.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515 I envy whoever bought this unicorn. That has to be one of the rarest comic books I can think of. Robot Man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted Thursday at 09:01 PM Share Posted Thursday at 09:01 PM On 9/12/2024 at 1:29 PM, Bigphatpaulie said: https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/cartoon-character/walt-disney-s-comics-and-stories-4-complimentary-edition-dell-1941-cgc-vg-fn-50-white-pages/a/7379-91162.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515 I envy whoever bought this unicorn. That has to be one of the rarest comic books I can think of. A local dealer at an antique shop had a copy in the early 90’s, I can’t remember what he was asking but it was a) way too much for me when I had to put $75 books on layaway to afford them, and b) probably wasn’t much more than that but I didn’t get how rare it really was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigphatpaulie Posted Thursday at 09:20 PM Share Posted Thursday at 09:20 PM (edited) On 9/12/2024 at 5:01 PM, OtherEric said: A local dealer at an antique shop had a copy in the early 90’s, I can’t remember what he was asking but it was a) way too much for me when I had to put $75 books on layaway to afford them, and b) probably wasn’t much more than that but I didn’t get how rare it really was. I enjoyed those days too. I remember back in the 90s saving up for a copy of ASM #300. The comic book dealer at that store was literally a real life iteration of the Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons. Heavy-set, goatee, ratty pony-tail, and a very condescending attitude. Told me it was so expensive was because it was in such good condition. Years later I decided to get that graded and its returned with the dreaded purple label. Yeah, I was pretty mad but I realized two things that day. 1. I got ripped off and 2. If I ever want to buy a book that's important to me, I always buy graded. I get CGC isn't full-proof either, but something like that wouldn't have happened if I did. I get the guy was trying to make a living but I don't have it in me to pull such sleaze-bag stunts. Edited Thursday at 09:23 PM by Bigphatpaulie 50YrsCollctngCmcs and tth2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
