ttecwaf Posted March 21, 2023 Author Share Posted March 21, 2023 19 ThothAmon, PopKulture and Yorick 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThothAmon Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 On 3/19/2023 at 3:37 PM, ttecwaf said: Non Bound 22-34. Never found the volume containing these issues. First of two "gaps". That’s what I call “burying the lead”. The bound are nice but the unrestored are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 On 3/19/2023 at 12:37 PM, ttecwaf said: Non Bound 22-34. Never found the volume containing these issues. First of two "gaps". Did you buy these volumes from Heritage back in 2008 or were the bound volumes dispersed first and you had to piece them back together? I see that back in 2008 they had a volume with 7 and 10-21, so I'm guessing we'll see another gap at the beginning of the run? Given how fresh the comics look and how old the binding looks, I don't doubt these could have been bound by Fawcett. But how do you know? Heritage did not say that in the listing. Love your volumes - makes me very open to buying bound copies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 On 3/20/2023 at 12:07 PM, ttecwaf said: Reason for the name "countdown" So don't skip 34 to 22! ThothAmon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ttecwaf Posted March 22, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 22, 2023 Used to be against “bound volumes”. For those with limited budgets it can take years to fill in runs (for the few of us that still go for runs). Bound copies (especially file copies) usually have incredible cover gloss and will never be graded (can always flip thru the comic). So, by getting bound volumes sped up the process of completing runs and was much more affordable at the time. In the 1980’s Sparkle City Comics (not the current Sparkle City that sells on ebay) obtained items from the Fawcett warehouse including the Whiz Ashcan’s. They were selling issues at a convention. There were boxes filled with incredible copies. As a poor student I bought a few before a representative from Geppi’s arrived and bought all of them. This was before CGC so there was no real documentation. Of course some of the copies had creases and tears but the cover colors literally popped . They were amazing. Years later I was able to look thru many of the Crowley copies before most were graded and auctioned on Heritage. The covers were similar to the file copies but the interiors were brown especially the inside covers. I passed (yes big mistake). Technically they are high grades but the interior quality is lacking. My understanding is there were two volumes (runs) for many of the Fawcett issues. The were not identical runs. Some were sold by I believe redmelvin 27 and thebigloo on ebay (both I believe were the Dentist) and Heritage. I spoke with both the Dentist and Geppi at a convention and with Heritage. I do not have a piece of paper but they are all from the Fawcett library (all have consistent binding and appearance). Here are two Captain Marvel issues I picked up before Geppi took the rest (and the bound version of 147). Earlier in this thread I posted a few of the Master single copies I was able to pick up. The colors are amazing. As for “gaps” as I said earlier there are two gaps and the first was 22-34. The countdown goes to issue 1 but there is one more gap (only 2 issues). Yorick, ThothAmon, 50YrsCollctngCmcs and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 I figured these were from the Fawcett warehouse. And that somehow they passed through Geppi in some way. He was known to be a big lover of bound volumes and have or had loads of them. I am also a lover of them and have collected them for years for the same reasons to posted. High grade and glossy and being able to read it look through multiple consecutive issues all at one time. And, the prices (at least used to be, pretty affordable). Favorites in my collection are Wings 1-12 FH office copies from George Tuska’s estate, and complete runs of all the Carl Barks Ducks in two volumes and Scrooge 1-40 in two volumes. Lots of shorter run GA books. They are just so fun to own. Thanks for posting yours. Been a lot of fun to see them roll out! AJD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttecwaf Posted March 24, 2023 Author Share Posted March 24, 2023 18 The Black Hand ®, AJD, PopKulture and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttecwaf Posted March 26, 2023 Author Share Posted March 26, 2023 17 PopKulture, The Black Hand ® and ThothAmon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttecwaf Posted March 27, 2023 Author Share Posted March 27, 2023 16 ThothAmon, PopKulture, The Black Hand ® and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThothAmon Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 Great cover on 16. Reminds me of Everett’s Amazing Man. Robot Man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttecwaf Posted April 2, 2023 Author Share Posted April 2, 2023 15 ThothAmon and PopKulture 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 On 4/3/2023 at 5:50 AM, ttecwaf said: 15 I love how those thick 64 page books stack up together! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttecwaf Posted April 4, 2023 Author Share Posted April 4, 2023 14 PopKulture, ThothAmon and Yorick 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttecwaf Posted April 5, 2023 Author Share Posted April 5, 2023 13 Origin & 1st appearance Bulletgirl; Hitler Cover The Black Hand ®, PopKulture and ThothAmon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttecwaf Posted April 8, 2023 Author Share Posted April 8, 2023 12 Yorick, The Black Hand ®, ThothAmon and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttecwaf Posted April 9, 2023 Author Share Posted April 9, 2023 11 Origin and First Appearance Minute-Man ThothAmon and PopKulture 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttecwaf Posted April 10, 2023 Author Share Posted April 10, 2023 10 PopKulture and ThothAmon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L'Angelo Misterioso Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 Tragic that these aren't loose copies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 On 4/10/2023 at 7:33 PM, L'Angelo Misterioso said: Tragic that these aren't loose copies I doubt they would look that nice if they were… ThothAmon and L'Angelo Misterioso 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttecwaf Posted April 11, 2023 Author Share Posted April 11, 2023 Last of the unbound "loose copies" 8 and 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
