Fiction house anyone? 26 26

[crassus]

On 7/1/2023 at 9:01 PM, Spyder! said:

Care to elaborate? The vast majority of the Planet covers are pretty highly regarded. 

Yeah I had always assumed this was obvious. I know several SA/BA Marvel collectors (me included here) who despite that consider FH covers to be the greatest single run of killer covers in the history of comics. I prefer collecting SA and BA Marvels, but with a few notable exceptions the covers are boring by comparison to FH covers, my only qualifier might be that some of the FH comic covers were variants or swipes from comparable pulp titles...but that is a small thing imo

[StingerMcK]

On 7/9/2023 at 9:00 PM, crassus said:

Welcome to FH and Congrats especially on the Sheena 2, and you'll never regret loving Sheena, she is a goddess, many great covers and artists and the Jumbos have lots of fun series inside...she was my gateway to GA generally. 

Here is a better look at #2. I was eyeing a #1 at the show but it did not present well and was a little over priced. I went with #2 instead and it's a former CGC 5.0. The label was on the back of the board. 

[crassus]

On 7/9/2023 at 9:37 PM, StingerMcK said:

Here is a better look at #2. I was eyeing a #1 at the show but it did not present well and was a little over priced. I went with #2 instead and it's a former CGC 5.0. The label was on the back of the board. 

Love it, one of my top wants, and my favourite Sheena artist, so jealous 

[Spyder!]

On 7/9/2023 at 6:43 PM, crassus said:

Love it, one of my top wants, and my favourite Sheena artist, so jealous 

Zolnerowich! Definitely the best 

[jimbo_7071]

On 7/9/2023 at 9:37 PM, StingerMcK said:

Here is a better look at #2. I was eyeing a #1 at the show but it did not present well and was a little over priced. I went with #2 instead and it's a former CGC 5.0. The label was on the back of the board. 

Looks good! #1 is extremely common, but it's tough to find with good cover colors. You made the right choice.

[Straw-Man]

my little mini-run of jumbos stops at 20, but i do have this little zolne outlier due to its registration issue...

[Frisco Larson]

It's a beautiful copy Billy Boy!!!  

[Robot Man]

On 7/9/2023 at 6:12 PM, crassus said:

Yeah I had always assumed this was obvious. I know several SA/BA Marvel collectors (me included here) who despite that consider FH covers to be the greatest single run of killer covers in the history of comics. I prefer collecting SA and BA Marvels, but with a few notable exceptions the covers are boring by comparison to FH covers, my only qualifier might be that some of the FH comic covers were variants or swipes from comparable pulp titles...but that is a small thing imo

Actually, probably the other way around. The Planet Stories covers had a lot of swipes from the comics that proceeded them. 

[crassus]

On 7/10/2023 at 7:53 PM, Robot Man said:

Actually, probably the other way around. The Planet Stories covers had a lot of swipes from the comics that proceeded them. 

Thanks for clarifying that, I had always assumed (wrongly I realize) that pulps predated or preceded any comics 

[cheetah]

On 7/1/2023 at 11:39 PM, jimbo_7071 said:

I like over half of them, and there aren't many titles I can say that about. I probably like the Joe Doolin covers the least, but even he had some good ones.

I'm especially partial to the Lily Renee covers in part because I dig the idea of a female artist drawing covers in the boys club that was GA comic publishing.

 

Those look familiar…

[cheetah]

On 7/1/2023 at 7:29 PM, L'Angelo Misterioso said:

New to FH books. I'm disappointed by how many Planet covers just suck, despite them being highly coveted, but #71 is amazing. Will be getting a copy when I can. #57 is also cool!

What’s not to love?

 

 

[jimbo_7071]

On 7/10/2023 at 9:27 PM, cheetah said:

Those look familiar…

I knew that you had owned the Big Apple #39. I picked up the Lost Valley #33 on CLink way back in 2012; did you have it at one time?

I think that you might have owned this one way back when, too:

[jimbo_7071]

Every once in a while I like to pick up a low-grade raw comic so that I can enjoy the interior art. I picked up this Jungle on MyComicShop tonight. It may not be a forever book, but I hope to enjoy it for two or three years. (Is that Barney in the background?)

Edited July 11, 2023 by jimbo_7071

[Spyder!]

On 7/10/2023 at 7:27 PM, jimbo_7071 said:

Every once in a while I like to pick up a low-grade raw comic so that I can enjoy the interior art. I picked up this Jungle on MyComicShop tonight. It may not be a forever book, but I hope to enjoy it for two or three years. (Is that Barney in the background?)

So you’re the one who outbid me! Congrats! That’s a tough issue to find. 

[Spyder!]

On 7/10/2023 at 6:39 PM, cheetah said:

What’s not to love?

 

 

A Cheetah sighting! 

[kelholt]

On 7/10/2023 at 7:39 PM, cheetah said:

What’s not to love?

 

 

Hi Jeff 👋🏻 

Great to see you posting 🤗

[adamstrange]

On 7/10/2023 at 9:39 PM, cheetah said:

What’s not to love?

 

 

The "big cat" returns to his old hunting grounds.

[Flex Mentallo]

Just to show what a tight little Fiction House island we here inhabit, a couple of killer books that will be familiar to both @cheetah and @kelholt!

[Straw-Man]

forever thankful for jeff closing my 9-20 run for me.

[cheetah]

On 7/11/2023 at 1:25 AM, adamstrange said:

The "big cat" returns to his old hunting grounds.

I couldn’t stand by and watch an iconic series belittled!
 

FWIW, I’m back in the states for 4-6 weeks and am going to take the time to sell the last of my GA books.  It’s nice to see so many old boarders are still excited about fiction house titles.  Under appreciated for too many years.