tabcom Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) Post your famous or infamous signed GA comic. Edited January 16, 2022 by tabcom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat-Man_America Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 This hasn't been CGC graded, but Al's signature has been authenticated. tabcom, Robot Man and KCOComics 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry JSA Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) I use to own this but I’ve since parted ways with it. It was signed by Bob Kane. Edited January 17, 2022 by Terry JSA Larryw7 and tabcom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 Arlene Nichols #2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Not GA, but I'll take it. Larryw7, Get Marwood & I and KCOComics 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 On 1/20/2022 at 11:30 AM, AJD said: Not GA, but I'll take it. I love the ad page there. Get Gold Key Would that be rare Andy, a Barks signature in a book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 On 1/20/2022 at 10:41 PM, Get Marwood & I said: Would that be rare Andy, a Barks signature in a book? No, I think he signed quite a few when his identity became known. But that one is special because it's mine. Kevin.J and Get Marwood & I 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 I do have one GA book with a sig. A boardie unknowingly sold it to me about a decade ago. I offered it back at cost when I found the sig but he graciously allowed me to keep it. This is Weird Science Fantasy 24. KCOComics and Larryw7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 On 1/20/2022 at 3:30 AM, AJD said: Not GA, but I'll take it. Actually, I don’t see too many Barks autographs. I remember about 30 years ago, a bunch of his personal file copies turned up. They said something to the effect of “If you are in possession of this book it is stolen from the personal library of Carl Barks”. He wrote it at the bottom of the splash page. My buddy had a couple. He bought them from local So CA legend John McLaughlin. Anybody ever see one of these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Seems like most GA creator autographs were signed long before CGC. No fees, or “Signature Series” back in the day. You could actually walk up to most anyone, spend a few minutes and get something signed. I have a ton of them. Almost always on the inside in ball point pen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 On 1/20/2022 at 4:11 AM, AJD said: I do have one GA book with a sig. A boardie unknowingly sold it to me about a decade ago. I offered it back at cost when I found the sig but he graciously allowed me to keep it. This is Weird Science Fantasy 24. Very cool discovery! A couple of years ago I bought an EC that wasn’t noted with a Reed Crandall autograph. Only one I’ve ever seen. Cool thing, it was signed in fountain pen. Obviously a very early autograph. AJD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabcom Posted January 20, 2022 Author Share Posted January 20, 2022 I don’t think I made myself clear when I created this topic. Signatures from the golden age were common amongst the kids that collected comics. Some had personal ink stamps to brand their property. Here is another from the Arlene Nichols collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Back story please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC ed Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 How about this one...from a young Gary Arlington, I presume.. .. Not an EC...here's the book: Larryw7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 On 1/21/2022 at 3:28 AM, tabcom said: I don’t think I made myself clear when I created this topic. Signatures from the golden age were common amongst the kids that collected comics. Some had personal ink stamps to brand their property. Sorry for the confusion. But I can certainly do previous owner sigs and stamps! I have several nice early WDC&S from the collection of Duane Mrohs, all neatly stamped. Because it's an unusual name it wasn't hard to find out about him. He went on to be a music recording engineer and lectured in music at the University of Michigan. He lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan and was active in the local film scene. That's the good news. The bad news is that he seems to have a pretty sad and solitary private life, and died in a house fire in October 1987, aged mid-50s, when his hoard of newspapers and magazines caught fire. See the press clipping below. I wonder now if these comics came out of an unburnt part of the house afterwards? It makes sense that a hoarder would keep them in pretty nice condition. I guess at least they've come to an appreciative home on the other side of the world. tabcom and Larryw7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...