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[Robot Man]

On 11/28/2019 at 2:37 PM, AlexH said:

Martin Nodell doesn't have too many SS.

The rarest one I have is Fred Kelly - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Kelly_(comics)

Pretty sure I have the only one done by him. 

He was at SDCC many times and signed a lot of my books. Here are a couple. Big All American is double signed!

[Robot Man]

23 hours ago, The Lions Den said:

How about Ghastly Graham Ingels? 

I will second that.I have never seen his signature and I collect ECs. He wasn't happy about his horror work and like Ditko, turned his back on comics in later years.

[Robot Man]

5 hours ago, RockMyAmadeus said:

Joe's rarer than Jerry, since he died in '92, but Jerry pumped out a ton of signed books with DF in the early-mid 90s, particularly Superman #75.

It's hilarious the prices people are asking for them.

Both Joe and Jerry signed a lot in the 70s and 80s, too.

Was lucky enough to get them both a couple times.

[Robot Man]

1 hour ago, Jaylam said:

Are there any known Matt Baker signatures (of Phantom Lady fame)? He died in 1959 at the very young age of 37, long before much fandom would have been seeking him out for a signature on a comic book I would presume.

Have never heard of one...

[Robot Man]

Lilly Renee, female GA artist at Fiction House is also quite rare. She attended only one comic related appearance at SDCC. She was only there one day I believe. She was real unhappy that people were commending her comic book work only. She felt that the was more of a "fine artist". Signed for a while and left. I was lucky to get a couple books signed. Sorry, don't have them handy.

[Moondog]

19 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

I don't know how rare Gil Kane's is. I saw him at the SDCC in 1995 and brought a couple of books for him to sign. He was quite upset when he saw that I had Marty Nodel sign it first. He apparently didn't get along with Nodel and thought he had stolen Kane's "thunder". I figured since Nodel had created the original character, his sig would be appropriate. Julius Schwartz eventually calmed him down and they both signed my books as well.

Though I admire his work, Kane was a tool.  So arrogant - especially when it came to Nodell.  I don't understand Schwartz either.  He bad-mouthed Marty to me (not knowing we were close friends) "Oh, he was a terrible artist!".  I just don't understand that type of behavior.

[Robot Man]

Some pretty rare GA signatures. The Reed Crandall is the only one I know of. It came in a book as a surprise. I got all of these myself (except the Crandall and Gaines which were both surprises). Long before CGC was around...

[Silver_Couch_Surfer]

27 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

He was at SDCC many times and signed a lot of my books. Here are a couple. Big All American is double signed!

 

Here's one I got from Ron a few years back.

[Robot Man]

This one literaly came in the mail today. Was not noted when I bought it. Not super rare but fairly scarce.

[Robot Man]

My pride and joy autograph wise. I have hauled this book around for years gathering as many sigs as I could. Most of these folks have sadly passed on...

[Robot Man]

12 minutes ago, Moondog said:

Though I admire his work, Kane was a tool.  So arrogant - especially when it came to Nodell.  I don't understand Schwartz either.  He bad-mouthed Marty to me (not knowing we were close friends) "Oh, he was a terrible artist!".  I just don't understand that type of behavior.

I don't get that either. Both Marty and his lovely wife Carrie were such wonderful people. Kane was only going to sign only one of my books even though there was no one else there other than me. Schwartz eventually told him to do it. Can't say I'm a big fan of either really. It was just the opportunity...

[Robot Man]

9 minutes ago, Silver_Couch_Surfer said:

Here's one I got from Ron a few years back.

Ha! I wonder who he "purloined" that book from?

[Robot Man]

I don't recall Wally Wood signing a lot. I got this one waaaay back when SDCC was at the old convention center. Just before he passed away. He didn't look good and reeked of booze, but hell it was Wood. He smiled and commented on the book. One of my favorite artists.

[Robot Man]

1 hour ago, rjpb said:

 

Here's a Schomburg sig, unauthenticated, but it looks like the real deal.

I have a Schomburg Cap I believe. Yeah, not a lot of his sigs floating around. Yours looks right to me. I was right in front of him when he signed my book.

[Robot Man]

Is Barry Windsor Smith tough? I thought I heard he didn't sign much.

[James J Johnson]

18 hours ago, Comicdave said:

I unfortunately don't have his signature on a comic, but I have a Wally Wood signature. In my early years of attending comic-cons I would take a sheet of sketch paper and have several artists and writers sign it. On one sheet I have the following signatures. Jack Kirby, Wally Wood, Jim Steranko, Chris Claremont, John Byrne, Terry Austin, Bill Sienkiewicz, George Perez, Howard Chaykin, Mike Grell, Brent Anderson and Alan Weiss. On another sheet I have John Romita, Marshall Rogers, Roy Thomas, Jim Shooter, Marv Wolfman, Len Wein, Nestor Redondo, Ernie Chan, Mike Kaluta, Don Glut, Marty Pasko and Peter Ledger. 

Wood is not one of the common ones, whether signed Wallace or Wally Wood.

[James J Johnson]

10 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

I have a Schomburg Cap I believe. Yeah, not a lot of his sigs floating around. Yours looks right to me. I was right in front of him when he signed my book.

Though primarily a pulp and Golden Age artist, Schomburg was long lived and did freely sign at the shows he attended.

[James J Johnson]

1 hour ago, rjpb said:

 

Here's a Schomburg sig, unauthenticated, but it looks like the real deal.

Authentic.

[James J Johnson]

34 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

My pride and joy autograph wise. I have hauled this book around for years gathering as many sigs as I could. Most of these folks have sadly passed on...

    

[Timely]

In all my years I have never seen a Matt Baker or HG Peter sig and have only seen 1 Basil Wolverton. LB Cole is tough to come by. I believe there are a lot of 3rd tier artists who probably never signed a comic, not to mention all those who went to WWII and never came home.