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[jimjum12]

Yeah, I would agree

 

I'd like to upgrade those especially the 54. The technical grade is just fine with me but both suffer from that FH "color washout" a bit. The color strike is pretty important for me on FH books.

 

.... that batch of yours also has those fantastic George Evans Lost World episodes..... he was obviously very motivated by that strip..... and with the addition of those Italian artists that AS was pointing out, the Fiction House "bullpen" was a very competitive place. GOD BLESS...

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

[Ricksneatstuff]

Sweet book! This one is next on my list.

 

This one is my favorite of the bunch

 

[Norrin's lawyer]

But for the large chip at the top of the spine, this sweet book is almost flawless with gorgeous pages ... oh well, the chip made an otherwise high grade book affordable.

 

 

[Ricksneatstuff]

One of the hardest books I've had to find for my collection. Had to settle for a 2.0 but at least it's a great looking 2.0.

 

 

Edited April 8, 2016 by Ricksneatstuff

[Mr. Lady Luck]

One of the hardest books I've had to find for my collection. Had to settle for a 2.0 but at least it's a great looking 2.0.

 

 

 

A VG+ will be coming up at Heritage soon

 

Rangers #26

[Mr. Lady Luck]

This one is my favorite of the bunch

 

 

That's a beauty!!

[Point Five]

One of the hardest books I've had to find for my collection. Had to settle for a 2.0 but at least it's a great looking 2.0.

 

 

 

The name at the top is familiar... I'm pretty sure I owned this copy ages ago when it was raw. One of my fave FHs as well.

 

 

[Ricksneatstuff]

An upgrade may be in order

 

One of the hardest books I've had to find for my collection. Had to settle for a 2.0 but at least it's a great looking 2.0.

 

 

 

A VG+ will be coming up at Heritage soon

 

Rangers #26

[Robot Man]

I recently bought this on Ebay from a seller that turned out to be a friend from the old days.

 

[Robot Man]

He said he was selling off his collection and I asked him if he had any more of the 7 issues of Jumbo. He said he did, I bought them and now a happy owner of the run of 7 horror covers!

 

 

 

 

 

[Pat Calhoun]

one of my fave sets - bravo!

[Norrin's lawyer]

Love this one I just got in, thanks to a great boardie!

 

 

[comicjack]

Good one

[Scrooge]

Got this one in the mail in the week.

 

Got it cheap off eBay listed as Poor, missing pages but I believe it's just tipped-in pages that the seller thought were pages cut-out. Book seems complete to me so maybe I just lucked out I'll have to count the pages soon.

 

[Ricksneatstuff]

He said he was selling off his collection and I asked him if he had any more of the 7 issues of Jumbo. He said he did, I bought them and now a happy owner of the run of 7 horror covers!

 

 

 

 

 

Really developing an appreciation for those late Jumbos. Wish I would have got some of those from JimJum tonight.

[Norrin's lawyer]

Double posting this incredible book ... now one of my favorites for sure

 

 

[Flex Mentallo]

I've avoided buying for while owing to other commitments, along with a slackening of interest. About the only quest I still have going is the hunt for Fiction House books with 'true' colors.

 

I knew that Fight #30 ought to have a red background, having seen a copy from a past Heritage auction on their web site. I'd actually sold my high grade copy not too long ago, so found this one hard to ignore. (I realize I'd rather have the deep colors than the high grade.)

 

[Flex Mentallo]

Fight #41 is a book I'd wondered about for a long time - was it meant to have a red background or not? Finally, confirmation.

 

 

[walclark]

Fight #41 is a book I'd wondered about for a long time - was it meant to have a red background or not? Finally, confirmation.

 

 

 

Both are beautiful, Michael, but this one is

[Flex Mentallo]

Fight #41 is a book I'd wondered about for a long time - was it meant to have a red background or not? Finally, confirmation.

 

 

 

Both are beautiful, Michael, but this one is

 

Hi Walter! Here is The Rockford I've just sold for comparison:

 

 

 

It's been with me for nigh on 20 years, and in all that time I hadn't seen one with better colors until now.

 

 

Comparing the two, for the first time it occurs to me that color variation might be to do with the frequency with which the plates were re- inked. Maybe that's an obvious thought - just not one I've heard. Until now I'd imagined that colors weakened over the course of an entire print run. But if they printed a batch of covers without re-inking it could explain the dramatic variations we see... Thoughts anyone?