Dr. Love Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 On 5/19/2022 at 5:27 PM, djzombi said: As Golden Age books go, Westerns are still VERY affordable. these days that would be relatively very affordable $2280 $6600 Tri-Color Brian, adamstrange and Mmehdy 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fifties Posted May 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 21, 2022 For me, it's 95% about interior content, and the stories that have stuck in my mind, as read back in the '50's. Here's a smattering; there are a ton more. BTW, I never spent anywhere near a grand or even half that, until last year. None of these are in that category. Larryw7, Tri-Color Brian, Mmehdy and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantodude Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 (edited) How cool and relatively under the radar. A perfect cover response within a year of the formation of the Comics Code Authority in 1954, which incidentally followed a moral panic centered around a series of Senate hearings and the publication of psychiatrist Fredric Wertham's book Seduction of the Innocent! Is it also the first ever (unintended) sketch variant cover? Edited May 22, 2022 by Pantodude Mmehdy and Larryw7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted May 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 22, 2022 On 5/22/2022 at 9:29 AM, Pantodude said: How cool and relatively under the radar. A perfect cover response within a year of the formation of the Comics Code Authority in 1954, which incidentally followed a moral panic centered around a series of Senate hearings and the publication of psychiatrist Fredric Wertham's book Seduction of the Innocent! Is it also the first ever (unintended) sketch variant cover? Indeed! KirbyJack, Tri-Color Brian, BitterOldMan and 7 others 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 I know @Hap Hazard has a couple of interesting copies of this book… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameri Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 On 4/17/2022 at 5:02 PM, IngelsFan said: I’ve only started discovering Spirit sections in the last year or so and these two are a couple of favorites. I have others but this one is my favorite. The Spirit in Damascus (Syria) of all places! War-time intrigue in foreign countries was very popular at the time and reminds me of the film Casablanca which came out 2 years later. Must have been one helluva read for the kids. I love how the roofs of the buildings spell out Spirit. IngelsFan, Mmehdy, Larryw7 and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hap Hazard Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 The earliest Spirit in my Collection. On 5/22/2022 at 1:15 PM, Ameri said: I have others but this one is my favorite. The Spirit in Damascus (Syria) of all places! War-time intrigue in foreign countries was very popular at the time and reminds me of the film Casablanca which came out 2 years later. Must have been one helluva read for the kids. I love how the roofs of the buildings spell out Spirit. Larryw7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hap Hazard Posted May 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2022 Couple of Panic's KirbyJack, adamstrange, Badger and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Westy Steve Posted May 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2022 I fell in love with this cover the first time I saw it in the Overstreet color section back in the 1990s. I love that it’s not trying to imitate 1950s science fiction. Instead, it is 1950s science fiction. fifties, adamstrange, Point Five and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post *paull* Posted May 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2022 I really like this series... adamstrange, comicjack, Robot Man and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryw7 Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 On 5/22/2022 at 4:15 PM, Ameri said: I have others but this one is my favorite. The Spirit in Damascus (Syria) of all places! War-time intrigue in foreign countries was very popular at the time and reminds me of the film Casablanca which came out 2 years later. Must have been one helluva read for the kids. I love how the roofs of the buildings spell out Spirit. The Spirit in Damascus was reprinted in Jules Feiffer's classic book The Great Comic Book Heroes. This was my introduction to the Spirit and Eisner. Even at seven years old, I was captivated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameri Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 same with me Larry! The 1965 Feiffer book got me into golden age. Randall Dowling and Larryw7 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 You can still get this one in lower grades for under a grand. Got this years ago off of eBay for around $15 in eBay bucks. Mmehdy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 I kinda wonder if there was a warehouse find on this book. Its not a rare book by any means and even in this grade it is still sub-$1000. Robot, mad scientist, and bondage? Seems like a steal to me! szav and Mmehdy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N e r V Posted May 27, 2022 Author Share Posted May 27, 2022 On 5/26/2022 at 12:11 PM, Badger said: You can still get this one in lower grades for under a grand. Got this years ago off of eBay for around $15 in eBay bucks. I got my copies years ago too. I think Ricksneatstuff had a thread once and I was shocked to see the prices on lower and mid grades. I always liked the cover but never, ever thought it would explode the way it did. Badger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bounty_coder Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 On 5/26/2022 at 12:16 PM, Badger said: I kinda wonder if there was a warehouse find on this book. Its not a rare book by any means and even in this grade it is still sub-$1000. Robot, mad scientist, and bondage? Seems like a steal to me! This issue of Speed is Super Weird! It's rare to see a child in bondage in comics. And this cover it's fairly extreme. It screams "cringe" . With that said that's what makes it extremely unique as well. Also, it's rare to see Pinks used on covers as seen here on this mad scientists "lab" and contraption. Bizarre and Unique GA book! Badger and Randall Dowling 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
