It's that time of year again: Post your favorite acquisitions of 2021... 8 8

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

On 12/4/2021 at 12:02 PM, MrBedrock said:

Beautiful art. At the risk of exposing my ignorance, who is the artist?

[MrBedrock]

On 12/4/2021 at 2:10 PM, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

Beautiful art. At the risk of exposing my ignorance, who is the artist?

No worries, Clark. You took care of that long ago. 

J. Allen St. John. It is the cover art for the dust jacket of Edgar Rice Burroughs' At The Earth's Core.

Edited December 4, 2021 by MrBedrock

[Tri-Color Brian]

While not strictly GA, I think these are close...all were upgrades (with bonuses) to my previously acquired, disgustingly low grade copies.  Three of them were from Robotman...

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[adamstrange]

On 12/4/2021 at 3:02 PM, MrBedrock said:

Congrats on the great book! 

[Straw-Man]

i see some leaf-casting on that dust jacket. 

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

On 12/4/2021 at 12:29 PM, MrBedrock said:

No worries, Clark. You took care of that long ago. 

[MattTheDuck]

I didn't own a single Golden Age comic prior to this year, and know almost nothing about the period.  Here's what I picked up that I like best.  The Captain Midnight expresses the joy and freedom of superhero flight to me.

 

 

Edited December 4, 2021 by MattTheDuck

[goldust40]

On 12/3/2021 at 5:49 PM, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

My favorites of 2021:

Well that's game over. Incredible books.

[FrontStands]

These are my 3 favorites this year, MM #20 is still on it's way.
If anybody has a centerfold for it let me know. 

[mwotka]

A lot of great stuff so far.  Here are some of my favorites from this year.  The Flessel art is a recent pickup for me that I am very excited to have.

 

[Cat-Man_America]

Here are two of my three major league 2021 acquisitions and another teaser...

 

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The last hit of the season was in-field home run.  The bases are now officially loaded...

     ...nobody in here, but us chickens!  

 

[RareHighGrade]

On 12/4/2021 at 5:06 PM, mwotka said:

A lot of great stuff so far.  Here are some of my favorites from this year.  The Flessel art is a recent pickup for me that I am very excited to have.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The handwritten "Flanagan" on this one is fascinating.  It was only a few years ago that the hobby discovered that Richard Flanagan was the artist on these jungle covers.  It's highly unlikely that, since that recent discovery, a collector would have written the name on the cover, which means it was likely written long ago.  But by whom and why?  I'd love to know the story behind this.

[RareHighGrade]

On 12/4/2021 at 5:11 PM, Cat-Man_America said:

Here are two of my three major league 2021 acquisitions and another teaser...

 

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This is not one I see very often.  Congrats Cat.  

[mwotka]

On 12/4/2021 at 7:30 PM, RareHighGrade said:

The handwritten "Flanagan" on this one is fascinating.  It was only a few years ago that the hobby discovered that Richard Flanagan was the artist on these jungle covers.  It's highly unlikely that, since that recent discovery, a collector would have written the name on the cover, which means it was likely written long ago.  But by whom and why?  I'd love to know the story behind this.

I bought a lot on Heritage of 3 Flanagan Adventure covers, front cover only.  All three have Flanagan written on them, no idea why.  Literally like one week later a coverless 36 popped up on eBay and presto!  But if I had to guess I would say an older generation collector with more familiarity with his career as a pulp artist bought those issues and razored the covers off and stuck them in a file or something along those lines. If you were a reader of a lot of contemporary fiction in the 1930s, it is likely Flanagan was more recognizable, especially given his Fu Manchu work in Colliers, a magazine with several million regular readers.

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[PopKulture]

On 12/4/2021 at 5:49 AM, Tri-ColorBrian said:

And an actual book.  

[Ricksneatstuff]

My favorite pickups of the year

 

 

Edited December 5, 2021 by Ricksneatstuff

[batman_fan]

one piece for me this year

[AJD]

I had a leanish year, but these two long sought-after war bonds books were a real highlight. Both highest graded. #6 was particularly hard in high grade.