Redbeard Posted August 15, 2018 Author Share Posted August 15, 2018 14 hours ago, lou_fine said: I remember seeing the Church copy of Mask #1 in a mahogany (or some kind of wooden) bookcase inside Geppi's library during the Diamond International Galleries grand opening back in '95. I clearly remember how absolutely gorgeous it was as it was prominently displayed and also sitting right next to the Church copy of Suspense Comics #8. Did you ever get a chance to handle the Church Suspense 8 as it looked like one of those perfect Mile High copies with bold bright colors from looking through the window display case? Nope, but I did handle a few other issues of Suspense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbeard Posted August 15, 2018 Author Share Posted August 15, 2018 1 hour ago, MrBedrock said: Still have with no plans to sell the SF Subbys Rick. did you ever get copies in grade for your collection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 2 hours ago, Redbeard said: Still have with no plans to sell the SF Subbys Rick. did you ever get copies in grade for your collection? I am happy with the ones I have. The Friscos are beautiful, I am sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bat34 Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Love this thread! Welcome to the boards and THANK YOU for sharing your knowledge. I have a few SF books including the Batman 15 and love them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Ron: Here is a question that has been plaguing the boards forever... WERE THERE ANY NEDORS IN THE SF COLLECTION THAT YOU KNOW OF? There was a long and sorted thread back a couple of years ago that eventually got Bob Beerbomb booted from the boards. He was never able to answer this for sure. You would have loved the thread. Mitch Mehdy (who is a board member here) was trying to stick up for him, But Bob came off looking like a fool. I'm a little surprised that Mitch hasn't jumped in here since he is also a geezer and been involved in fandom even longer than you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 On 8/14/2018 at 7:20 PM, Redbeard said: I owned Hit 5, the classic Hit bear cover by Lou, Jungle Comics 1 and Science Comics 1. Also had a couple of Matt Baker covers from Seven Seas 5 & 6. IIRC, the Jungle 1 hung in the master bedroom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted August 16, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 16, 2018 Talked to Ron on the phone for quite a while last night. (Both our wives were pissed). Had a great talk about all the old days. He is excited to be here. He has so much info and history he wants to share. After a while, I made the comment how lucky we are to be the age we are and to have been so involved in the hobby in it's infancy. I urged him to get some more of the "old gang" to sign up. You are in for a treat kiddies! I did get a bit of info that has been a mystery to us forever. Apparently, he does not remember seeing any Nedors in the SF collection. Why, is a mystery we will never know. He was surprised that Bob didn't know. I told him about the thread that got Bob banned. He was surprised but hadn't spoken to him in years. Great to have him here. A real shot in the arm to the GA section. PopKulture, Badger, thehumantorch and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 I remember dealing with Beerbohm (sp?) ages ago. He always seemed kinda...Strange, lol. What did he post to get banned here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 On 8/15/2018 at 10:51 AM, Redbeard said: On 8/14/2018 at 8:10 PM, lou_fine said: I remember seeing the Church copy of Mask #1 in a mahogany (or some kind of wooden) bookcase inside Geppi's library during the Diamond International Galleries grand opening back in '95. I clearly remember how absolutely gorgeous it was as it was prominently displayed and also sitting right next to the Church copy of Suspense Comics #8. Did you ever get a chance to handle the Church Suspense 8 as it looked like one of those perfect Mile High copies with bold bright colors from looking through the window display case? Nope, but I did handle a few other issues of Suspense. Yes, it looks like almost all of the other Church copies of the Suspense run has hit the marketplace over the years. In fact, with some of them on quite a few occasions. Looks like the only ones that have not are the Suspense 4 which is supposedly the toughest of the bunch and even harder to find than the much more in-demand Suspense 3. The other one is the Suspense 10 although this one does have other pedigree copies that had sold on Heritage. And then the Suspense 8 with the classic spider cover which has been copied on a few other occasions and which must be residing in a private collection in all its beautiful glory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 6 hours ago, fifties said: I remember dealing with Beerbohm (sp?) ages ago. He always seemed kinda...Strange, lol. What did he post to get banned here? He was baaad. Very bad. Basically, he “bit the hand that fed him”. You had to have been here. I’m are Redbeard would agree. This hobby has a long and checkerd past. It has always, even up today, been full of “characters”... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Pontoon Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 (edited) And it wasn't just "a post". He had a long history of acting like a person_too_unaware_of_social_graces, to say the least. Edited September 17, 2018 by Dick Pontoon thehumantorch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmehdy Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 (edited) 13 hours ago, Robot Man said: He was baaad. Very bad. Basically, he “bit the hand that fed him”. You had to have been here. I’m are Redbeard would agree. This hobby has a long and checkerd past. It has always, even up today, been full of “characters”... Characters is what made collecting so great in the early days, a lot people knew each other, because we were a rare breed. One thing in common is that we truly loved what we were doing and the creative explosion in the material on the newstand at the time the was super. Few could or would believe how far we have come since then. Getting to where we are today, was not easy, but it certainly fun. I wish we had a great board like this in the early 70's it would of been amazing, but we did have the early SDCC's, Berkley, SF etc at least on the west coast. Still, a lot of the early characters were great collectors, true collectors not just about money, but about getting the best stuff in their collection...that was it..getting the great stuff no matter what it took. Edited August 17, 2018 by Mmehdy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 (edited) Does anyone know the background story for the Chinese market find? That one included the Thing 16, Racket Squad 12 (Ditko explosion cover), True Life Secrets 23 (I think) and many other Charltons. At one time I owned 3 of those Racket Squad 12s. I have no idea why I sold them...and BTW, Ron sold me my Our flag #1 many years ago at SDCC or Wondercon (I can't remember which). My War comics on flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/48237384@N08/albums/72157648525499354/page1 Edited August 17, 2018 by Tri-ColorBrian Sqeggs, Larryw7 and Badger 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manetteska Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Currently, and in the past few months of completed sales, there appears to be quite a comparatively high number of This Magazine is Haunted #2 with "complimentary" stamped on the cover. Larryw7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 On 8/16/2018 at 9:09 AM, Robot Man said: Talked to Ron on the phone for quite a while last night. (Both our wives were pissed). Yes indeed, so much so that he hasn't made a reappearance on these boards since this time. Now we know who to blame if he's not allowed back on these boards again by his better half. Tri-Color Brian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbeard Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 On 8/15/2018 at 9:41 AM, dem1138 said: Do you have any pics? Would love to see these! You can even email them to me and I can post them here if needed. Give me some time on that one. I'll check around, but I'm not sure I'll turn anything up. Wish I do, there was some Lou Fine art on the Swordsman Hit cover that was not on the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbeard Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 On 8/15/2018 at 4:15 PM, Bat34 said: Love this thread! Welcome to the boards and THANK YOU for sharing your knowledge. I have a few SF books including the Batman 15 and love them. Thx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbeard Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 On 8/15/2018 at 4:33 PM, Robot Man said: Ron: Here is a question that has been plaguing the boards forever... WERE THERE ANY NEDORS IN THE SF COLLECTION THAT YOU KNOW OF? There was a long and sorted thread back a couple of years ago that eventually got Bob Beerbomb booted from the boards. He was never able to answer this for sure. You would have loved the thread. Mitch Mehdy (who is a board member here) was trying to stick up for him, But Bob came off looking like a fool. I'm a little surprised that Mitch hasn't jumped in here since he is also a geezer and been involved in fandom even longer than you. I have never seen a Nedor SF copy. Fox, DC, Timely and others yes, but no Nedor in my experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Redbeard Posted August 17, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 17, 2018 On 8/15/2018 at 8:27 PM, adamstrange said: IIRC, the Jungle 1 hung in the master bedroom. It did, and as you enter the bedroom a L B Cole Cole cover. The Science 1 was at the top of the stairs as you go down to the Book Den level (3 story home). The Seven Seas 5 cover was over my computer desk. Behind me in my office was a Johnny Craig Crime Patrol cover. To my right as I sat at my desk was an S Clay Wilson painting used for the cover of Snatch Sampler. Just to the left of the Seven Seas cover was the original art work for an Avalon poster by Rick Griffin. Next to my other desk was a pre-code Russ Heath war cover. As you came into the hallway to go downstairs, there was an L B Cole recreation of a Suspense cover. As you went down the stairs you went past 6 different Ace horror covers. When you got to the bottom floor there was the Military 12 cover, turning right, was the classic Hit bear cover, and then you saw an an original Crumb one page story from a Zap issue. Heading down the hallway, there were many King and Blondie covers, one featuring Popeye. In the kitchen were two Tom and Jerry covers, one called bacon and egg. I never got around to matting and framing the Crandall covers and the Seven Seas 6. Like I said earlier on a post here, my wife a few years ago asked me why I sold those? She said she liked them. I said to her, why the heck didn't you say that when I started to sell them!?! Black Bat, Larryw7, jimjum12 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbeard Posted August 18, 2018 Author Share Posted August 18, 2018 3 hours ago, lou_fine said: Yes indeed, so much so that he hasn't made a reappearance on these boards since this time. Now we know who to blame if he's not allowed back on these boards again by his better half. No, I get busy with actual work. I own income properties and we have an eBay store. Yesterday, I talked with another old times for quite awhile, Bob Nastasi. Bob, Barrett, Bob Nastasi, R C Holland, Carl Masek and myself were the nut cases that were driven to identify all those SOTI books, a task that took many years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...