Sub-mariner Comics #1 - 8.0 blue label 0

[Gotham Kid]

Am I the only one checking this thread multiple times a day to see the scan?

 

no

[porcupine48]

[MrBedrock]

WHILE YOU WAIT...

 

As a punk kid going to the old Houston Cons there was always one dealer who had the coolest selection of old comics...Burrel Rowe. Most of you know my relationship with Burrel, he was my mentor and inspiration for doing what I do. The first comic that I ever purchased from Burrel was...Submariner #1. 1976... I was thirteen. The Mile High collection had not been found yet. Camelot was still a dream. But Burrel had his home office, garage apartment. The center of the comicbook universe as far as I was concerned. My first visit there, dad drove us. Burrel lived about ten minutes away. We pull up in front of a normal two story house. We knock and Burrel answers. We meet his wife and walk through the house. There is nothing comic related anywhere! Hmmm...

 

Then we go out to the garage. There is an upstairs apartment that Burrel uses as his home office (his day job was as a lawyer. He wrote most of the water district law for the State of Texas). As you walked up the stairs the walls were lined with artwork and framed comics. On one wall were all of the Famous Funnies Frazetta issues framed together. The upstairs consisted of a main office room and a side guest bedroom. The twin beds in the bedroom had custom headboards with frames. On our visit one headboard had Batman 1-10 and the other had Superman 1 - 10. His desk sat right in the middle of the main room with bookshelves lining the wall behind. The shelves were filled with binders in which he stored all of his comics. In hindsight this wasn't the ideal way to store comics, but at the time they all looked so damn cool and high-tech.

 

Anyhow, we dug through comics for the next few hours, talking and browsing. My dad became more fascinated with them as the day wore on. He had always been very supportive but had never taken an active interest. But that day he really got involved. And at the end we walked out with a Submariner #1. It was a beautiful VF ish copy. It had a very light crease on the front cover and very pretty pages. $500! A lot of loot back then. I have since seen many copies that are nicer. I owned the Larson, a killer white pages 8.0. But I still have this thanks to my dad and Burrel...

 

 

[telerites]

WHILE YOU WAIT...

 

 

As a punk kid going to the old Houston Cons there was always one dealer who had the coolest selection of old comics...Burrel Rowe. Most of you know my relationship with Burrel, he was my mentor and inspiration for doing what I do. The first comic that I ever purchased from Burrel was...Submariner #1. 1976... I was thirteen. The Mile High collection had not been found yet. Camelot was still a dream. But Burrel had his home office, garage apartment. The center of the comicbook universe as far as I was concerned. My first visit there, dad drove us. Burrel lived about ten minutes away. We pull up in front of a normal two story house. We knock and Burrel answers. We meet his wife and walk through the house. There is nothing comic related anywhere! Hmmm...

 

Then we go out to the garage. There is an upstairs apartment that Burrel uses as his home office (his day job was as a lawyer. He wrote most of the water district law for the State of Texas). As you walked up the stairs the walls were lined with artwork and framed comics. On one wall were all of the Famous Funnies Frazetta issues framed together. The upstairs consisted of a main office room and a side guest bedroom. The twin beds in the bedroom had custom headboards with frames. On our visit one headboard had Batman 1-10 and the other had Superman 1 - 10. His desk sat right in the middle of the main room with bookshelves lining the wall behind. The shelves were filled with binders in which he stored all of his comics. In hindsight this wasn't the ideal way to store comics, but at the time they all looked so damn cool and high-tech.

 

Anyhow, we dug through comics for the next few hours, talking and browsing. My dad became more fascinated with them as the day wore on. He had always been very supportive but had never taken an active interest. But that day he really got involved. And at the end we walked out with a Submariner #1. It was a beautiful VF ish copy. It had a very light crease on the front cover and very pretty pages. $500! A lot of loot back then. I have since seen many copies that are nicer. I owned the Larson, a killer white pages 8.0. But I still have this thanks to my dad and Burrel...

 

 

 

First, great story, Richard and beautiful book. You and I are pretty much the same age and I started collecting in the early 70s. No way my dad would have ponied up for that book - I had a hard enough time getting me to buy a 20 or 25 cent comic. I used to pick up soda bottles and return them to the grocery store to get my comic spending money. My mom was a little more supportive, she let me buy my first SA book - Avengers #19 for a few dollars. Nothing spectacular condition wise but Avengers was my favorite title and to get a 12 center with that PopArt logo was heavenly - and yes I still have that book.

[MrBedrock]

WHILE YOU WAIT...

 

 

As a punk kid going to the old Houston Cons there was always one dealer who had the coolest selection of old comics...Burrel Rowe. Most of you know my relationship with Burrel, he was my mentor and inspiration for doing what I do. The first comic that I ever purchased from Burrel was...Submariner #1. 1976... I was thirteen. The Mile High collection had not been found yet. Camelot was still a dream. But Burrel had his home office, garage apartment. The center of the comicbook universe as far as I was concerned. My first visit there, dad drove us. Burrel lived about ten minutes away. We pull up in front of a normal two story house. We knock and Burrel answers. We meet his wife and walk through the house. There is nothing comic related anywhere! Hmmm...

 

Then we go out to the garage. There is an upstairs apartment that Burrel uses as his home office (his day job was as a lawyer. He wrote most of the water district law for the State of Texas). As you walked up the stairs the walls were lined with artwork and framed comics. On one wall were all of the Famous Funnies Frazetta issues framed together. The upstairs consisted of a main office room and a side guest bedroom. The twin beds in the bedroom had custom headboards with frames. On our visit one headboard had Batman 1-10 and the other had Superman 1 - 10. His desk sat right in the middle of the main room with bookshelves lining the wall behind. The shelves were filled with binders in which he stored all of his comics. In hindsight this wasn't the ideal way to store comics, but at the time they all looked so damn cool and high-tech.

 

Anyhow, we dug through comics for the next few hours, talking and browsing. My dad became more fascinated with them as the day wore on. He had always been very supportive but had never taken an active interest. But that day he really got involved. And at the end we walked out with a Submariner #1. It was a beautiful VF ish copy. It had a very light crease on the front cover and very pretty pages. $500! A lot of loot back then. I have since seen many copies that are nicer. I owned the Larson, a killer white pages 8.0. But I still have this thanks to my dad and Burrel...

 

 

 

First, great story, Richard and beautiful book. You and I are pretty much the same age and I started collecting in the early 70s. No way my dad would have ponied up for that book - I had a hard enough time getting me to buy a 20 or 25 cent comic. I used to pick up soda bottles and return them to the grocery store to get my comic spending money. My mom was a little more supportive, she let me buy my first SA book - Avengers #19 for a few dollars. Nothing spectacular condition wise but Avengers was my favorite title and to get a 12 center with that PopArt logo was heavenly - and yes I still have that book.

I have heard stories of the reactions other collectors parents had to their collecting and I thank my good fortune. I obviously had a very special situation. My dad was always positive and supportive, to the point that after he retired he was excited to work in the shop.

[woowoo]

WHILE YOU WAIT...

 

As a punk kid going to the old Houston Cons there was always one dealer who had the coolest selection of old comics...Burrel Rowe. Most of you know my relationship with Burrel, he was my mentor and inspiration for doing what I do. The first comic that I ever purchased from Burrel was...Submariner #1. 1976... I was thirteen. The Mile High collection had not been found yet. Camelot was still a dream. But Burrel had his home office, garage apartment. The center of the comicbook universe as far as I was concerned. My first visit there, dad drove us. Burrel lived about ten minutes away. We pull up in front of a normal two story house. We knock and Burrel answers. We meet his wife and walk through the house. There is nothing comic related anywhere! Hmmm...

 

Then we go out to the garage. There is an upstairs apartment that Burrel uses as his home office (his day job was as a lawyer. He wrote most of the water district law for the State of Texas). As you walked up the stairs the walls were lined with artwork and framed comics. On one wall were all of the Famous Funnies Frazetta issues framed together. The upstairs consisted of a main office room and a side guest bedroom. The twin beds in the bedroom had custom headboards with frames. On our visit one headboard had Batman 1-10 and the other had Superman 1 - 10. His desk sat right in the middle of the main room with bookshelves lining the wall behind. The shelves were filled with binders in which he stored all of his comics. In hindsight this wasn't the ideal way to store comics, but at the time they all looked so damn cool and high-tech.

 

Anyhow, we dug through comics for the next few hours, talking and browsing. My dad became more fascinated with them as the day wore on. He had always been very supportive but had never taken an active interest. But that day he really got involved. And at the end we walked out with a Submariner #1. It was a beautiful VF ish copy. It had a very light crease on the front cover and very pretty pages. $500! A lot of loot back then. I have since seen many copies that are nicer. I owned the Larson, a killer white pages 8.0. But I still have this thanks to my dad and Burrel...

 

 

Richard want to double your money pm me.

[MrBedrock]

 

Richard want to double your money pm me.

If I send you one dollar will you send me two dollars?

[woowoo]

 

Richard want to double your money pm me.

If I send you one dollar will you send me two dollars?

 

That would mean i finally would get something from you

[batman_fan]

WHILE YOU WAIT...

 

As a punk kid going to the old Houston Cons there was always one dealer who had the coolest selection of old comics...Burrel Rowe. Most of you know my relationship with Burrel, he was my mentor and inspiration for doing what I do. The first comic that I ever purchased from Burrel was...Submariner #1. 1976... I was thirteen. The Mile High collection had not been found yet. Camelot was still a dream. But Burrel had his home office, garage apartment. The center of the comicbook universe as far as I was concerned. My first visit there, dad drove us. Burrel lived about ten minutes away. We pull up in front of a normal two story house. We knock and Burrel answers. We meet his wife and walk through the house. There is nothing comic related anywhere! Hmmm...

 

Then we go out to the garage. There is an upstairs apartment that Burrel uses as his home office (his day job was as a lawyer. He wrote most of the water district law for the State of Texas). As you walked up the stairs the walls were lined with artwork and framed comics. On one wall were all of the Famous Funnies Frazetta issues framed together. The upstairs consisted of a main office room and a side guest bedroom. The twin beds in the bedroom had custom headboards with frames. On our visit one headboard had Batman 1-10 and the other had Superman 1 - 10. His desk sat right in the middle of the main room with bookshelves lining the wall behind. The shelves were filled with binders in which he stored all of his comics. In hindsight this wasn't the ideal way to store comics, but at the time they all looked so damn cool and high-tech.

 

Anyhow, we dug through comics for the next few hours, talking and browsing. My dad became more fascinated with them as the day wore on. He had always been very supportive but had never taken an active interest. But that day he really got involved. And at the end we walked out with a Submariner #1. It was a beautiful VF ish copy. It had a very light crease on the front cover and very pretty pages. $500! A lot of loot back then. I have since seen many copies that are nicer. I owned the Larson, a killer white pages 8.0. But I still have this thanks to my dad and Burrel...

 

 

Awesome story Rich !

[Primetime]

WHILE YOU WAIT...

 

As a punk kid going to the old Houston Cons there was always one dealer who had the coolest selection of old comics...Burrel Rowe. Most of you know my relationship with Burrel, he was my mentor and inspiration for doing what I do. The first comic that I ever purchased from Burrel was...Submariner #1. 1976... I was thirteen. The Mile High collection had not been found yet. Camelot was still a dream. But Burrel had his home office, garage apartment. The center of the comicbook universe as far as I was concerned. My first visit there, dad drove us. Burrel lived about ten minutes away. We pull up in front of a normal two story house. We knock and Burrel answers. We meet his wife and walk through the house. There is nothing comic related anywhere! Hmmm...

 

Then we go out to the garage. There is an upstairs apartment that Burrel uses as his home office (his day job was as a lawyer. He wrote most of the water district law for the State of Texas). As you walked up the stairs the walls were lined with artwork and framed comics. On one wall were all of the Famous Funnies Frazetta issues framed together. The upstairs consisted of a main office room and a side guest bedroom. The twin beds in the bedroom had custom headboards with frames. On our visit one headboard had Batman 1-10 and the other had Superman 1 - 10. His desk sat right in the middle of the main room with bookshelves lining the wall behind. The shelves were filled with binders in which he stored all of his comics. In hindsight this wasn't the ideal way to store comics, but at the time they all looked so damn cool and high-tech.

 

Anyhow, we dug through comics for the next few hours, talking and browsing. My dad became more fascinated with them as the day wore on. He had always been very supportive but had never taken an active interest. But that day he really got involved. And at the end we walked out with a Submariner #1. It was a beautiful VF ish copy. It had a very light crease on the front cover and very pretty pages. $500! A lot of loot back then. I have since seen many copies that are nicer. I owned the Larson, a killer white pages 8.0. But I still have this thanks to my dad and Burrel...

 

very cool story and cooler dad

So that glue was put on pre 1976?

[gino2paulus2]

WHILE YOU WAIT...

 

As a punk kid going to the old Houston Cons there was always one dealer who had the coolest selection of old comics...Burrel Rowe. Most of you know my relationship with Burrel, he was my mentor and inspiration for doing what I do. The first comic that I ever purchased from Burrel was...Submariner #1. 1976... I was thirteen. The Mile High collection had not been found yet. Camelot was still a dream. But Burrel had his home office, garage apartment. The center of the comicbook universe as far as I was concerned. My first visit there, dad drove us. Burrel lived about ten minutes away. We pull up in front of a normal two story house. We knock and Burrel answers. We meet his wife and walk through the house. There is nothing comic related anywhere! Hmmm...

 

Then we go out to the garage. There is an upstairs apartment that Burrel uses as his home office (his day job was as a lawyer. He wrote most of the water district law for the State of Texas). As you walked up the stairs the walls were lined with artwork and framed comics. On one wall were all of the Famous Funnies Frazetta issues framed together. The upstairs consisted of a main office room and a side guest bedroom. The twin beds in the bedroom had custom headboards with frames. On our visit one headboard had Batman 1-10 and the other had Superman 1 - 10. His desk sat right in the middle of the main room with bookshelves lining the wall behind. The shelves were filled with binders in which he stored all of his comics. In hindsight this wasn't the ideal way to store comics, but at the time they all looked so damn cool and high-tech.

 

Anyhow, we dug through comics for the next few hours, talking and browsing. My dad became more fascinated with them as the day wore on. He had always been very supportive but had never taken an active interest. But that day he really got involved. And at the end we walked out with a Submariner #1. It was a beautiful VF ish copy. It had a very light crease on the front cover and very pretty pages. $500! A lot of loot back then. I have since seen many copies that are nicer. I owned the Larson, a killer white pages 8.0. But I still have this thanks to my dad and Burrel...

 

 

Awesome story Rich !

 

+1 thanks for sharing that's awesome you still have it!! A bit of the Origin story so to speak of how Bedrock came to be

[MrBedrock]

very cool story and cooler dad

So that glue was put on pre 1976?

Thanks Ben,

There was a spot of glue at the bindery Chip holding the flap down. Who knows who put it there, but it had been the for at least 30 years.

[airwalker]

WHILE YOU WAIT...

 

 

As a punk kid going to the old Houston Cons there was always one dealer who had the coolest selection of old comics...Burrel Rowe. Most of you know my relationship with Burrel, he was my mentor and inspiration for doing what I do. The first comic that I ever purchased from Burrel was...Submariner #1. 1976... I was thirteen. The Mile High collection had not been found yet. Camelot was still a dream. But Burrel had his home office, garage apartment. The center of the comicbook universe as far as I was concerned. My first visit there, dad drove us. Burrel lived about ten minutes away. We pull up in front of a normal two story house. We knock and Burrel answers. We meet his wife and walk through the house. There is nothing comic related anywhere! Hmmm...

 

Then we go out to the garage. There is an upstairs apartment that Burrel uses as his home office (his day job was as a lawyer. He wrote most of the water district law for the State of Texas). As you walked up the stairs the walls were lined with artwork and framed comics. On one wall were all of the Famous Funnies Frazetta issues framed together. The upstairs consisted of a main office room and a side guest bedroom. The twin beds in the bedroom had custom headboards with frames. On our visit one headboard had Batman 1-10 and the other had Superman 1 - 10. His desk sat right in the middle of the main room with bookshelves lining the wall behind. The shelves were filled with binders in which he stored all of his comics. In hindsight this wasn't the ideal way to store comics, but at the time they all looked so damn cool and high-tech.

 

Anyhow, we dug through comics for the next few hours, talking and browsing. My dad became more fascinated with them as the day wore on. He had always been very supportive but had never taken an active interest. But that day he really got involved. And at the end we walked out with a Submariner #1. It was a beautiful VF ish copy. It had a very light crease on the front cover and very pretty pages. $500! A lot of loot back then. I have since seen many copies that are nicer. I owned the Larson, a killer white pages 8.0. But I still have this thanks to my dad and Burrel...

 

 

 

First, great story, Richard and beautiful book. You and I are pretty much the same age and I started collecting in the early 70s. No way my dad would have ponied up for that book - I had a hard enough time getting me to buy a 20 or 25 cent comic. I used to pick up soda bottles and return them to the grocery store to get my comic spending money. My mom was a little more supportive, she let me buy my first SA book - Avengers #19 for a few dollars. Nothing spectacular condition wise but Avengers was my favorite title and to get a 12 center with that PopArt logo was heavenly - and yes I still have that book.

I have heard stories of the reactions other collectors parents had to their collecting and I thank my good fortune. I obviously had a very special situation. My dad was always positive and supportive, to the point that after he retired he was excited to work in the shop.

 

Great story and book. $500 back in 1976 was a lot of money - glad comics worked out for you.

 

I just need a 3.0 to 4.0 and I would be one happy collector.

[skypinkblu]

That's such a nice story, Richard. My dad got me started with comics, too. He used to bring them home from work in a brown paper bag. I think he started when I was about 4 or 5, that's how I learned how to read. He brought them home for years and if I was home sick, I'd get extras.

He was an attorney, but always said he wanted to work in a book store, so we'd go to all these used books stores and sometimes I'd find a comic book.

 

My mother on the other hand, thought comics were trash and would toss them as soon as she could;) so alas I have none of the ones I had as a kid.

 

I was so thrilled when I'd find some old ones at flea markets, etc when I was an adult. Also why I was so hooked on eBay when it started.

 

[PopKulture]

Great story, Mr. Bedrock. Thanks for taking the time to share it.

[lou_fine]

Great story, Mr. Bedrock. Thanks for taking the time to share it.

 

+1

 

Love to hear these stories about the early days of collecting right from the horse's mouth.

[Rip]

Cool story!

[SushiX]

Awesome story!?

[comicquant]

Very cool story!

[Sqeggs]

Awesomely cool story!