CLOSED — Golden Age! — Diary Secrets 20, Shadow Comics 11, Golden Lad 1, From Here to Insanity, more 2 2

[Readcomix]

 

5 Simple Rules (Please, please read)

1st  wins; tie/indeterminate goes to the thread.

Payment is Check or Money Order (yeah, yeah I know I'm a dinosaur, troglodyte, luddite, mennonite, hermaphrodite etc. - I just don't have or want e-payments.)

Shipping: USPS Priority between $8 (flip n ship mailer in a Legal Flat Rate Envelope) to $15 (Medium Priority Box) for raws. 

Don't be listy  including the little one in my head.

Returns: Raws; sure, just notify me within three days of receipt and get in back to me in the same shape on your dime. No returns on slabs.

(Kudos thread linked under my avatar.)

Edited March 3, 2022 by Readcomix

[Readcomix]

I might come across a little more Gold to add here, as I’m rummaging boxes and adding items over in Mixed, where I have a Rochester Garbage Plate cooking. There’s an Atlas war book in there and a couple other items of the GA era, (plus other weirdness from all eras) :

 

[Huuuugh99]

Nick Tahou's I'm guessing?

[Readcomix]

Green Mask vol 2 #2 in VG minus. 1945 Fox Features book. Eight universal copies on census. Ronald wrote his name on the cover and an interior page.
 

And for you miscreants who are thinking of taking it to order that “How to Get Along With Girls” book advertised in the back…forget it…it ain’t gonna work…they won’t send it to you….I mean, it’s a long time ago. Not like I called them up or anything….sheesh….  $125

Edited February 27, 2022 by Readcomix

[MattTheDuck]

On 2/20/2022 at 9:37 PM, Readcomix said:

Green Mask vol 2 #2 in VG minus. 1945 Fox Features book. Ronald wrote his name on the cover and an interior page.
 

And for you miscreants who are thinking of taking it to order that “How to Get Along With Girls” book advertised in the back…forget it…it ain’t gonna work…they won’t send it to you….I mean, it’s a long time ago. Not like I called them up or anything….sheesh….  $150

"How to get along with girls" was the first book published with blank interior pages.

[Spyder!]

On 2/20/2022 at 9:38 PM, Readcomix said:

I’ll keep digging…not easy parting with Golden Age….

 

[Courageous Cat]

On 2/19/2022 at 2:42 AM, Readcomix said:

I might come across a little more Gold to add here, as I’m rummaging boxes and adding items over in Mixed, where I have a Rochester Garbage Plate cooking. There’s an Atlas war book in there and a couple other items of the GA era, (plus other weirdness from all eras) :

 

having lived there quite a few years in the past, i could never understand the fascination for that weird concoction 

Edited February 21, 2022 by Courageous Cat

[Readcomix]

On 2/21/2022 at 9:11 AM, Courageous Cat said:

having lived there quite a few years in the past, i could never understand the fascination for that weird concoction 

I’ve only ever been to Rochester once, and I did not even hear of this dish until after that trip. I’d try one if I go back, mostly out of curiosity. But I thought it was both a great name and metaphor for a certain kind of catch-all, loosely planned sales thread. 
That, and I am fascinated generally by highly localized dishes — eg this, Utica greens and chicken riggies, etc. 

[Readcomix]

 I have identified MORE Golden Age books in my collection! … that I don’t think I can part with 

Seriously, I have identified five more candidates for this thread. I will think carefully on whether I am ready to part with them, sleep on it, then offer some or all of them by tomorrow night.

[lizards2]

So.., what is the punchline? Did you really think this through???!!???

[Readcomix]

On 2/22/2022 at 12:31 AM, lizards2 said:

So.., what is the punchline? Did you really think this through???!!???

No punchline, Mike. Originally I just wanted to offer up the 2 Thunda's. Then I made a pass through the boxes and decided to offer the Roly Poly and the Green Mask. Then I pulled a few that I was on the fence about keeping/offering. I think my boxes may need a reorganization more than a cull.

[Readcomix]

 

Okay, the Thundas and the Roly Poly #1 are gone, and I'm adding 7 more books right now! 

[Readcomix]

Golden Lad #1 GVG (there’s a black marker check mark upper right hand cover corner. Does not bleed through; clearly not touch. I’d go VG- otherwise.) Approx 30 copies on census, last I looked.  $150

Edited February 28, 2022 by Readcomix

[Readcomix]

Gay Comics #28 VG range. Powerhouse Pepper story by Wolverton. I have always loved this cover. REMOVED

Edited March 1, 2022 by Readcomix

[Readcomix]

Diary Secrets #20 Matt Baker cover, in GD, maybe GD-.

Another lost Promise book, with that upper right bindery defect? No, wait… that’s a chew too…. Also, color loss lower right front cover and left of back cover. Central image area still presents well.

That round dark spot inside front cover on upper edge has some texture. It’s some form of soiling, not color touch. I hit both sides with black light.

$200

Edited February 27, 2022 by Readcomix

[Readcomix]

From Here to Insanity v3 #1 (last issue). Tough 1957 Charlton. Seven on census, topped by an 8.5 that sold on Heritage in 2019 for $1,572. VG- copy here, cover detached at lower staple. $300 

Edited February 27, 2022 by Readcomix

[Readcomix]

Shadow Comics #11 (July 1941) presents VG range with nice supple pages, but cover barely hanging on at top staple alone. Let’s treat it as detached cover. 8 universal copies on census, topped by an 8.0. Iron Munro, Dead End Kids, the Hooded Wasp. A legit funnybook. $150

Edited February 27, 2022 by Readcomix

[Readcomix]

Okay, that’s everything. Take a gander; will close up by end of weekend. I’m already re-thinking whether I want to sell half of these 

[Readcomix]

Comps were sparse to non-existent for all these, so I am open to PM’s on all except the Gay #28, on which I am firm.

[Ryan.]

On 2/26/2022 at 4:16 PM, Readcomix said:

Comps were sparse to non-existent for all these, so I am open to PM’s on all except the Gay #28, on which I am firm.

There's a joke in here but I'm too sophisticated to make it.