Bookery Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 On 1/29/2022 at 8:48 PM, rjpb said: Probably scarce in relation to demand. Great cover and great title, and easily remembered, so likely on a lot of lists. One shot from a relatively obscure publisher, so probably not wide distribution. Put the two together and you've got a "scarce" book. This is apparently an off-shoot of Fawcett (probably too risque for them to use their own name). While a big name in comics, they were never huge into the pulps. But they eventually became a major presence in paperback publishing. Joshua33, rjpb and jimjum12 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedFury Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 (edited) About 3 years ago there were 3 available copies of Vice Squad on the market, two were pretty nice. Edited January 30, 2022 by RedFury jimjum12 and Joshua33 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua33 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 On 1/29/2022 at 10:39 AM, Bugfarm said: This used to be considered very scarce. Not sure if it still is. Not scarce at all. Sent you an offer via PM. Robot Man and Bugfarm 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pulpflakes Posted January 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 31, 2022 On 12/31/2021 at 3:30 PM, detective35 said: A lot of the pubs that Tim pictured are very rare as well as the your typical rarities like Zepplin stories and submarine stories, all story 1912 the first Tarzan. However there are dozens upon dozens of rare pulps and hardly ever show up and nobody thinks about them because they’re not the most popular ones. Thrill books aren’t exactly, either, As well as many early All stories or detective story magazines or black masks are all rare! Shadow 1 And some of the early weird tales are not exactly easy to get. Agree, rare and scarce != valuable. This is a rare issue, Blue Book 1907 May. First issue under this title, which would live for nearly 50 calendar years appearing monthly. Never saw an issue in the wild for 12 years before I found it. Very happy to get it but sure it's not as valuable as even a quarter of the stuff that gets posted here regularly. Earlier issues are even rarer. No one has a complete collection, not even people who've been collecting for 5-6 decades now. waaaghboss, Pat Calhoun, OtherEric and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Rare and scarce does not always = valuable. You are missing demand and desire ability. Not every thing simply rare and scarce translates to big money. I’m not very familiar with early Blue Books. The early Burroughs ones and a few others yes. What would make this issue interesting to me Is the age. I realize there are probably not a whole lot of them and would grab it for the right price if I ran into it in the wild. The biggest majority of buyers are looking for covers and writers. The market for this would probably be a LOT smaller. Would be very easy for me to part with if I were to get lucky enough to score one in my travels. comicjack, Joshua33 and Randall Dowling 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pulpflakes Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 On 2/1/2022 at 1:26 AM, Robot Man said: Rare and scarce does not always = valuable. You are missing demand and desire ability. Not every thing simply rare and scarce translates to big money. I’m not very familiar with early Blue Books. The early Burroughs ones and a few others yes. What would make this issue interesting to me Is the age. I realize there are probably not a whole lot of them and would grab it for the right price if I ran into it in the wild. The biggest majority of buyers are looking for covers and writers. The market for this would probably be a LOT smaller. Would be very easy for me to part with if I were to get lucky enough to score one in my travels. I was agreeing with Dwight, and you on rare vs. valuable :-) I ended up reading that issue of Blue Book and reviewing it on my blog. https://pulpflakes.com/blog/issue-review-blue-book-1907-may/ Comments welcome. Randall Dowling, waaaghboss, jimjum12 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post storypapers Posted April 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2022 This one is super RARE.... rjpb, OtherEric, Darwination and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post storypapers Posted April 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2022 This one too...not quite as rare..but really tough........I sold both long ago...FIRST PART AND FIRST EVER - ZORO...SPELLED WITH ONLY ONE R BACK THEN! ;) Pulpflakes, Bookery, asimovpulps and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post storypapers Posted April 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2022 THIS ONE TOUGH TOO!!! Randall Dowling, Joshua33, Xaltotun and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post storypapers Posted April 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2022 Here is another rarity...and early Costume hero!! Scrooge, rjpb, OtherEric and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post storypapers Posted April 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 8, 2022 One more tough one... I sold this one long ago..sad to see...part 1.... rjpb, comicjack, Bugfarm and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted April 9, 2022 Author Share Posted April 9, 2022 Wow! Nice selection. That Vampires is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storypapers Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 On 4/9/2022 at 1:45 AM, rjpb said: Wow! Nice selection. That Vampires is amazing. I agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post storypapers Posted April 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2022 THIS ONE VERY SCARCE...AND VERY MUCH WANTED... Pulpflakes, OtherEric, Surfing Alien and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post storypapers Posted April 10, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2022 This one not easy to find....#1 Bugfarm, Pat Calhoun, OtherEric and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post FoggyNelson Posted April 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 17, 2022 I can see why all of these are so rare, this thread is like a rare book room at the library 👍‼️🏆 Bookery, storypapers, jimjum12 and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post storypapers Posted April 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2022 Here is another Super rarity...in high demand! jimjum12, Sarg, Scrooge and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyNelson Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 On 4/7/2022 at 4:42 PM, storypapers said: Here is another rarity...and early Costume hero!! Early catwoman prototype👍‼️ waaaghboss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post storypapers Posted April 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 29, 2022 ANOTHER HARD ONE TO FIND...HAMMETT issue! Surfing Alien, Pulpflakes, waaaghboss and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted April 30, 2022 Author Share Posted April 30, 2022 On 4/29/2022 at 2:13 PM, storypapers said: ANOTHER HARD ONE TO FIND...HAMMETT issue! Isn't that considered the rarest Hammett pulp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
