JimButlerGA Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 3 hours ago, sagii said: An All Time CLASSIC, again congrats! Great stuff Jim! Always a treat to see you posting here! Thank you, I just need to get over being overwhelmed by all the information here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 On 5/22/2021 at 10:04 AM, JimButlerGA said: I recently joined the 54 club with a beautiful book hosting slight resto. It will be a blue label at some point, likely when CGC gets caught up. As a collector of only WWII related covers, this was a top 10 target for me. Ah-hah...so it was you that kept out bidding me...! Silver Surfer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted May 26, 2021 Author Share Posted May 26, 2021 On 5/22/2021 at 1:04 AM, JimButlerGA said: I recently joined the 54 club with a beautiful book hosting slight resto. It will be a blue label at some point, likely when CGC gets caught up. As a collector of only WWII related covers, this was a top 10 target for me. Such an Awsome book. One of the best covers of the GA. Congrats! Larryw7 and D84 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dark Knight Posted May 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 26, 2021 Great book AnkurJ, Ian Winner, Silver Surfer and 15 others 16 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
podboy66 Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 24 minutes ago, Dark Knight said: Great book Great book, is this a new acquisition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Knight Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 19 minutes ago, podboy66 said: Great book, is this a new acquisition? Had it a few years now Howling Mad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sauce Dog Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 More appreciation for classic Fate is growing (as it should). The latest clink auction just closed, and higher than I expected (a Universal 3.0 sold last month for $1,285, and the last time a restored copy came to market was last year; a 6.5 which sold for $1,100) comicjack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor K Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 On 5/22/2021 at 4:04 AM, JimButlerGA said: I recently joined the 54 club with a beautiful book hosting slight resto. It will be a blue label at some point, likely when CGC gets caught up. As a collector of only WWII related covers, this was a top 10 target for me. Hi. I was watching this one the whole time. Glad to see a fellow board member got it. Congrats, real beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumrunner71 Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 On 5/26/2021 at 12:45 PM, Dark Knight said: Great book Very nice! Dark Knight 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post podboy66 Posted June 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2021 (edited) Here's yesterday's mail call. This completes my Spectre and full mask Dr. Fate cover run! Edited June 24, 2021 by podboy66 Sauce Dog, Dark Knight, RayJr and 14 others 14 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mwotka Posted October 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 23, 2021 Had to wade down 8 pages to find this thread. But had a nice mail call yesterday. Don't get one of these too often and this is an upgrade but very happy with it. One of the best Spectre covers, IMO. batman_fan, Robot Man, Jasonmorris1000000 and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry JSA Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 On 5/26/2021 at 12:45 PM, Dark Knight said: Great book Awesome book to own! It’s not easy to come by one of these. circumstances, Dark Knight and Larryw7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sauce Dog Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 (edited) Not sure if anyone saw this tonight (Graded by the other guys though), but this is a massive leap in price for this issue at that grade (2.5, and honestly in my opinion about 0.5 too high from the looks of it) - especially when you consider the only other sale this year was for a CGC 7.5 that wen't for $2,300. I think we will see much more of this boost to the 'bottom' grades for this series (as well as other core Golden Age series like Adventure Comics) - as many mid/high grades are perceived as automatically out of reach for many, so bidding wars get heated over the absolute lowest grades that hit the market. Edited October 28, 2021 by Sauce Dog Larryw7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howling Mad Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 On 6/1/2021 at 3:15 PM, Sauce Dog said: More appreciation for classic Fate is growing (as it should). The latest clink auction just closed, and higher than I expected (a Universal 3.0 sold last month for $1,285, and the last time a restored copy came to market was last year; a 6.5 which sold for $1,100) I hope you're enjoying the book I sold you a few years ago! It's about time that Dr. Fate gets his due! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sauce Dog Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 On 10/30/2021 at 10:44 PM, Howling Mad said: I hope you're enjoying the book I sold you a few years ago! It's about time that Dr. Fate gets his due! It's been long over due! Your's was the first book I bought when I started on my obsession - but due to rarity and costs its been a slow build (right now I have four books at home graded - all but one are restored, and one I just picked up raw that is being conserved and graded) Yorick and Howling Mad 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted November 24, 2021 Author Share Posted November 24, 2021 At the bottom of the More Fun food chain. Just picked this up real cheap. The contents suk so bad. A far cry from the glory days of one of my favorite DC runs but found the Supes cover fun... Marty Mann, woowoo, OtherEric and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 On 11/24/2021 at 9:33 AM, Robot Man said: At the bottom of the More Fun food chain. Just picked this up real cheap. The contents suk so bad. A far cry from the glory days of one of my favorite DC runs but found the Supes cover fun... I must respectfully disagree with you on the contents, I find Jack Mendelsohn and Howie Post's Jimminy and the Magic Book a delightful feature in the Walt Kelly vein, and Genius Jones is another very fun feature. I am prepared to agree that all the other features are unimpressive, with Dover & Clover being the worst thing Henry Boltinoff ever did by a fair margin. Nice pick-up, in any case. I have about half of the last 20 issues but haven't been able to track down this one yet, so my comments are about the series in general, not the specific examples in this issue. Marty Mann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RareHighGrade Posted November 24, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 24, 2021 I love the Howie Post covers. damonwad, Marty Mann, Larryw7 and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted November 25, 2021 Author Share Posted November 25, 2021 On 11/24/2021 at 9:57 AM, OtherEric said: I must respectfully disagree with you on the contents, I find Jack Mendelsohn and Howie Post's Jimminy and the Magic Book a delightful feature in the Walt Kelly vein, and Genius Jones is another very fun feature. I am prepared to agree that all the other features are unimpressive, with Dover & Clover being the worst thing Henry Boltinoff ever did by a fair margin. Nice pick-up, in any case. I have about half of the last 20 issues but haven't been able to track down this one yet, so my comments are about the series in general, not the specific examples in this issue. OK, I went in and gave the book a read. As many of you know, I do have my preferences in comics. But I do like and have collected a lot of humor and funny animal books as well. The stories you mentioned were well written and drawn. Problem is they were directed at very small kids. Even as a kid, I don't remember reading books like that. So quality work, just not up my alley. The point of my post was in it's heyday, More Fun was a solid read cover to cover. Spectre (pre Percival Pop) was dark and mysterious as well as Dr. Fate. Aquaman was a great concept and he often fought the Nazis in interesting ways. Green Arrow was also pretty creative. The weakest feature was Johnny Quick to me and still it was quite readable. Packed a lot of reading for a DC. This title came in a little bland and ended with a whimper. But, man in the middle it was quite the book! Yellow Kid, OtherEric and Larryw7 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 On 11/25/2021 at 8:43 AM, Robot Man said: OK, I went in and gave the book a read. As many of you know, I do have my preferences in comics. But I do like and have collected a lot of humor and funny animal books as well. The stories you mentioned were well written and drawn. Problem is they were directed at very small kids. Even as a kid, I don't remember reading books like that. So quality work, just not up my alley. The point of my post was in it's heyday, More Fun was a solid read cover to cover. Spectre (pre Percival Pop) was dark and mysterious as well as Dr. Fate. Aquaman was a great concept and he often fought the Nazis in interesting ways. Green Arrow was also pretty creative. The weakest feature was Johnny Quick to me and still it was quite readable. Packed a lot of reading for a DC. This title came in a little bland and ended with a whimper. But, man in the middle it was quite the book! I can agree with everything you said here; thank you for taking the time to read the book. Robot Man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
