THE_BEYONDER Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Stopped by my LCS on my lunch break, and picked up another book missing from my checklist. KUDOS to AlexH for hooking me up....and Doug ('comic manager' on these boards) for making the exchange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 WOW, Triple score! Variant cover, double cover, and signed by Byrne! Very Cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_BEYONDER Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 WOW, Triple score! Variant cover, double cover, and signed by Byrne! Very Cool! The double cover isn't an error. All copies of this book have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Just picked this up, a not a comic alas (a movie mag) I know... But this wrap-around Frazetta cover is awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norrin_Radd Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 The art was sold at Sothebys in the 90's. There's a comic auction catalog with that cover art on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 The art was sold at Sothebys in the 90's. There's a comic auction catalog with that cover art on it. That's interesting to hear as I've heard Frazetta keeps most of his original artwork. Any idea what it sold for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
october Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Just picked this up, a not a comic alas (a movie mag) I know... But this wrap-around Frazetta cover is awesome! Looks like Frazetta drew his inspiration from these Warren covers (or perhaps vice versa). The 15 I just got last week, so it fits the theme of the thread as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norrin_Radd Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 The art was sold at Sothebys in the 90's. There's a comic auction catalog with that cover art on it. That's interesting to hear as I've heard Frazetta keeps most of his original artwork. Any idea what it sold for? I'm not sure if it sold or not. The estimate was $80,000 - $100,000. It was the 1996 Sotheby's Comic & Comic Art Auction (Sale #6872). If you only buy ONE comic auction catalog, buy this one. It includes (among other things), the original cover art for Mask Comics #1 & #2, Hit Comics #5, Zap #1, Hawkman #1, Brave & Bold #61, title splash for TOS #39. Frazetta pieces include concept cover art for Vampirella #1, cover art for Famous Funnies #209, Tim Holt #17, and this oil painting "Savage World". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Looks like Frazetta drew his inspiration from these Warren covers (or perhaps vice versa). The 15 I just got last week, so it fits the theme of the thread as well. The Monster Mania # 2 is from 1967 so I believe it predates the Creepy covers. The cover to Creepy # 15 is one of my personal favorites from Frazetta. Years ago I saw this art at his museum in East Stroudsburg, PA and I always wondered how he painted that brown texture that is the background. While I was scrutinizing the painting his wife came up and told me a breif story how Frank was behind schedual on a cover for this issue of Warren's Creepy magazine with the deadline due in the morning. Frank was out of illustration board so she tells me he ran down to their cellar and cut a square hunk of masonite from their ceiling to paint this on! And that is what the background is on this cover, just the bare brown of the masonite with a very thin layer of oils on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
october Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Looks like Frazetta drew his inspiration from these Warren covers (or perhaps vice versa). The 15 I just got last week, so it fits the theme of the thread as well. The Monster Mania # 2 is from 1967 so I believe it predates the Creepy covers. The cover to Creepy # 15 is one of my personal favorites from Frazetta. Years ago I saw this art at his museum in East Stroudsburg, PA and I always wondered how he painted that brown texture that is the background. While I was scrutinizing the painting his wife came up and told me a breif story how Frank was behind schedual on a cover for this issue of Warren's Creepy magazine with the deadline due in the morning. Frank was out of illustration board so she tells me he ran down to their cellar and cut a square hunk of masonite from their ceiling to paint this on! And that is what the background is on this cover, just the bare brown of the masonite with a very thin layer of oils on top. Great story! That guy had/has such an absolutely insane talent. Not only did he do most of the paintings in a single night, they were done on a canvas not much larger than the printed magazine covers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arexcrooke Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Thor 127 from Paul Maul. Awesome book, at worst on the worst day of the year in Sarasota a 9.2. Anyother say, a 9.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Surfer Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Scans please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobgoblin Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Just got a near complete run of the first Spider-Woman series, along with MS #32. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGMan Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 I've been wanting a nice affordable copy of this book for a while. First Batgirl. Just arrived today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGMan Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 And how could I do without this one from the same seller? An impulse buy, great deep purple cover and nice Joker-building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sterlingcomics Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 nice books, Sid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
october Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 Were those the books from England? They look nice. Did it work out to be a good deal even with the craapy exchange rate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGMan Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 nice books, Sid! Thanks Sterl, I have to say that late Silver/early Bronze Batman rivals my interest in BA horror. I'm getting really pumped on Batman again, and no, not from the movie as I am one of the few that didn't care for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGMan Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 Were those the books from England? They look nice. Did it work out to be a good deal even with the craapy exchange rate? Yes, they were a bit better than expected actually. The seller graded the #359 at 6.5 due to some tracing around Batgirl. But that tracing is extremely light and not even noticable unless looking right at it at an angle. I'd grade it a 7.0. Yeah, this first overseas Ebay purchase for me worked out quite nice. Also bought a 'tec #363 from the same guy but I already have a few copies of that issue (2nd B-girl). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Surfer Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 This one is going to Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
