dikran Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Little group shot of my latest pick ups Been trying to put together a run of Barks Scrooge, FCs + 4-71 I think. Nice looking copies are few and far between... DavideD and OtherEric 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 15 minutes ago, dikran1 said: Little group shot of my latest pick ups Been trying to put together a run of Barks Scrooge, FCs + 4-71 I think. Nice looking copies are few and far between... Those are great pickups! Four Color #256 is one of my all-time favorite covers and stories. dikran 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Sorry this isn't GA but there really is no where else to share with those who would appreciate it. I have a soft spot for any Barks pedigree copies and this is my first White Mountain. Can't wait for this to arrive! Bronty, dikran, OtherEric and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 1 hour ago, dikran1 said: Little group shot of my latest pick ups Been trying to put together a run of Barks Scrooge, FCs + 4-71 I think. Nice looking copies are few and far between... Working on that run myself, down to about 18 issues to go. (I'm only trying for the three US 4C's specifically, although I'll take other Barks issues if I come across them.) Issue #67 is a reprint, so I'm not bothering with that issue specifically, either. They're great books! dikran 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 (edited) I found replacements for FC 256 and 189 before I got FC 9 and 29. High grade WDCS 1-30 have been a little pricey and hard to find too. Edited January 25, 2021 by BB-Gun OtherEric, Jasonmorris1000000, Badger and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, dikran1 said: Little group shot of my latest pick ups Been trying to put together a run of Barks Scrooge, FCs + 4-71 I think. Nice looking copies are few and far between... I had all of the Uncle Scrooge issues by Barks at one time but I think a couple have gone Walkabout. I purchased all of the early issues in the sixties but sold them to a comic book store in East Lansing just before the prices went up. I found some at the flea market and purchased the first issue (386) on ebay. Edited January 25, 2021 by BB-Gun Jasonmorris1000000 and Badger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickie Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 On 1/25/2021 at 6:45 PM, Badger said: Gorgeous book and a really nice depiction of Scrooge. So happy and concentrated with his $$$ AND accomplishing something rather profane and nice at the same time ... And the colors an outstanding match! Badger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 (edited) On 1/25/2021 at 10:25 AM, dikran1 said: Little group shot of my latest pick ups Been trying to put together a run of Barks Scrooge, FCs + 4-71 I think. Nice looking copies are few and far between... On 1/25/2021 at 11:31 AM, OtherEric said: Working on that run myself, down to about 18 issues to go. (I'm only trying for the three US 4C's specifically, although I'll take other Barks issues if I come across them.) Issue #67 is a reprint, so I'm not bothering with that issue specifically, either. They're great books! I'm trying to get a complete run of the Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck FCs plus complete through present of US. I'm missing 13 FC duck books, 27 from US 1-71, and 79 from US 1- present including all variants. I think I have a Duck problem. Edited January 28, 2021 by Badger OtherEric and Jasonmorris1000000 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 26 minutes ago, Badger said: I'm trying to get a complete run of the Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck FCs plus complete through present of US. I'm missing 13 FC duck books, 27 from US 1-71, and 79 from US 1- present including all variants. I think I have a Duck problem. Nah, I honestly think every hard-core collector should try for ONE complete run going way back, however they choose to define that. A complete run of Uncle Scrooge fits that requirement quite nicely. Mine is Legion of Super Heroes, I've got every issue all the way back to Adventure 247. What I don't always have are variants with the same cover art, although I do have the Whitman variants. I think the Whitman #264 is the single rarest Legion issue. Which ties back to Scrooge... It came out the same time and is rare for the same reason as Uncle Scrooge #179. Badger and Jasonmorris1000000 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math Teacher Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 (edited) I bought this from @valiantman recently. Edited January 31, 2021 by Math Teacher valiantman, Badger, DavideD and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 (edited) OK, not a duck but Donald's good buddy Mickey and his pal Goofy appear in this really pretty book from 1952. I love the neatly penned in arrival date! Edited February 8, 2021 by 50YrsCollctngCmcs AJD, Jasonmorris1000000 and Badger 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 2 hours ago, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said: OK, not a duck but Donald's good buddy Mickey and his pal Goofy appear in this really pretty book from 1952. I love the neatly penned in arrival date! Cool Mickey book! Reminds me of one of my favorite comics... AJD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AJD Posted February 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 9, 2021 All the talk of collecting runs made me dust off these pictures. This was the first run I completed after getting back into comics in 2008. If I'd known then what I know now I'd have bought other things and left the ducks for later, but these stories were my first love. I've upgraded a few of these over the years, but I still have the full run. 50YrsCollctngCmcs, OtherEric, Badger and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 4 minutes ago, AJD said: All the talk of collecting runs made me dust of these pictures. This was the first run I completed after getting back into comics in 2008. If I'd known then what I know now I'd have bought other things and left the ducks for later, but these stories were my first love. I've upgraded a few of these over the years, but I still have the full run. Looks like a very nice run! Gotta ask though, what shape is the #6 in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 45 minutes ago, Robot Man said: Cool Mickey book! Reminds me of one of my favorite comics... Ha ha! The interiors are probably a bit different. I remember my younger brother bought that book at a flea market when we were kids. Wonder what happened to it? Did you ever watch the Crumb documentary? Robert and his brother collected Walt Disney Comics and Stories and it inspired them to start making their own books. My favorite part of the story is when he ended up working for Hallmark out in Kansas City; boy talk about a fish out of water but I would love to have seen his greeting card proposals!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 26 minutes ago, Badger said: Looks like a very nice run! Gotta ask though, what shape is the #6 in? The #6 in the photo was a VG+ I bought from Mr Bedrock. I think it was trimmed, but it presented pretty well. Now I have a de-slabbed 6.5 As I'm sure you know because you asked that question, it's a very tough book in grade! Here's the upgrade. I'd really like a nice bright 8.0, but wouldn't we all? Badger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said: Ha ha! The interiors are probably a bit different. I remember my younger brother bought that book at a flea market when we were kids. Wonder what happened to it? Did you ever watch the Crumb documentary? Robert and his brother collected Walt Disney Comics and Stories and it inspired them to start making their own books. My favorite part of the story is when he ended up working for Hallmark out in Kansas City; boy talk about a fish out of water but I would love to have seen his greeting card proposals!! Your mom probably found it. My mom ripped up some UGs I had and slapped my butt. So from them on, they went up into the wooden box in the treehouse with my MADs and my uncle's ECs which she was none to fond of... Yeah, great documentary. One weird family! Yeah, they were voracious comic book readers and were very inspired by them. His stuff for Hallmark was very tame. I've seen some of his cards. They are probably on line some where. I remember Hallmark trying to recruit some of my illustrator friends out of school. They were offering a lot of money but you had to move to St. Louis and sign a 2 or 3 year contract. Nobody took them up on it. 50YrsCollctngCmcs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 35 minutes ago, AJD said: All the talk of collecting runs made me dust of these pictures. This was the first run I completed after getting back into comics in 2008. If I'd known then what I know now I'd have bought other things and left the ducks for later, but these stories were my first love. I've upgraded a few of these over the years, but I still have the full run. Wonderful run! Buy what you love I always say! AJD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 While I'm in this thread, I might as well show off a few new books. I've been selling off all of my WDC&S after #100 that were less than fine and buying a smaller number of higher graded issues.I really like high grade Dells, and I was pleased to get these VFish copies. Badger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 34 minutes ago, AJD said: While I'm in this thread, I might as well show off a few new books. I've been selling off all of my WDC&S after #100 that were less than fine and buying a smaller number of higher graded issues.I really like high grade Dells, and I was pleased to get these VFish copies. Beauties all; each era of Dell has its own special charm! Badger and AJD 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
