THE YEAR IN REVIEW: What have you collected in 2023 and aspire to in '24? 8 8

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

On 12/10/2023 at 9:52 PM, eccomic said:

These in 2023 

Salacious! Voluminous! 

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

On 12/10/2023 at 10:14 PM, Gotham Kid said:

super cool !

Right? Love the Kirby

[Robot Man]

On 12/10/2023 at 7:52 PM, eccomic said:

These in 2023 

Youzer! 

[Robot Man]

My purchasing has slowed down to a crawl. But these are probably my most meaningful purchases this year…

[Jayman]

On 12/11/2023 at 10:43 AM, Robot Man said:

My purchasing has slowed down to a crawl. But these are probably my most meaningful purchases this year…

I’m guessing they didn’t have the rights to name him “Robby the Robot”?

very cool RM!

[batman_fan]

On 12/11/2023 at 8:43 AM, Robot Man said:

My purchasing has slowed down to a crawl. But these are probably my most meaningful purchases this year…

I love this robot and in the box to boot 

[Tri-Color Brian]

I guess this year I was kinda like @szav.  I picked up few new books, and when I did it was lower priced stuff that not many collectors look for.   My five best pickups were probably these DCs, none of which cost an arm or leg:

 

Edited December 11, 2023 by Tri-ColorBrian

[vaultkeeper]

Here's some of my favorite pick-ups this year.  

[RareHighGrade]

On 12/11/2023 at 10:23 AM, szav said:

 

 

 

I've loved this book ever since an unnamed boardie showed me his NM copy.  The composition of the figures and the lion is beautiful.

[Cat-Man_America]

The year isn't over yet, and comics aren't the only thing I've been drawn to acquire, but here's a pick-up from the OAFcon awhile back...

Spoiler

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

On 12/12/2023 at 3:39 AM, Cat-Man_America said:

The year isn't over yet, and comics aren't the only thing I've been drawn to acquire, but here's a pick-up from the OAFcon awhile back...

Nice. One of my favorites 

[Tri-Color Brian]

A few more from this year to illustrate my quest for cheap, undesirable drek...  OK, now you can all start looking for nicely presenting Looney Tunes and Disney books...

 

 

 

[Robot Man]

On 12/12/2023 at 12:30 PM, Tri-ColorBrian said:

A few more from this year to illustrate my quest for cheap, undesirable drek...  OK, now you can all start looking for nicely presenting Looney Tunes and Disney books...

 

 

 

Jesse dude, don't go around and show these beauties. You're going to give people ideas...

By, the way love that first Looney Tunes Christmas cover. Never noticed that one. Goes on the want list...

[detective35]

1). GRAIL FOR MY  COLLECTION!

nice copy of Shadow #1 for my personal collection!

Walter Gibson bought the Shadow 1 off the newsstand and then eventually gave it to either Thurston's or Blackstones lawyer.  It then went to another private collector for a year or two, and then to Anthony Tollin ... and then to me.  

It is signed by "Walter Gibson (aka Maxwell Grant)", and "John Nanovic"to boot!!

This newly acquired copy will go well with my Canadian Shadow #1, which is also signed by both Walter Gibson and John Nanovic.

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2)  "Historic and Iconic Illustration:  *1936 Shadow Pulp  illustration Original Interior Art (double-page illustration), by Tom Lovell*

"Foreshadowing The Batman"
(illustration and storyline adapted and used in Detective 27)

A few years back in an interview with Jim Steranko, Bill Finger revealed that he and Bob Kane used the Batman storyline for Detective 27 from a shadow pulp magazine.  

A few years later, Shadow historians Anthony Tollin and Will Murray, through extensive research were able to piece the puzzle together and find out that it was indeed the story from The Shadow "The Partners of Peril" from 1936.

Tollin revealed this in a publication that was circulated, worldwide, entitled "Foreshadowing the Batman

It was a long time in the making, but I finally acquired that piece of original art from my friend  Anthony Tollin.

***No original art exists from Detective 27 (other than some proof sheets,), but this swipe source does! ****

Year:  1936
Artist: Tom Lovell
Shadow Pulp:  "The Partners of Peril"
(14" x 20") - Pen and ink with Zip-tone wash... (circa.  1936).

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Part of the Article of:   "Foreshadowing The Batman".  
By Anthony Tollin

 Batman co-creator Bill Finger acknowledged that the first Batman "script was a takeoff on a Shadow story." It certainly was, and we found it! Theodore Tinsley's startlingly bat-haunted Shadow tale is reprinted for the first time ever. In Partners of Peril, Lamont Cranston investigates chemical syndicate murders in the crime thriller that served as the model for Batman's debut adventure in Detective Comics #27.
This extra-length volume also reprints Tinsley's The Grim Joker, a 1936 tale featuring a clown-faced crime boss called The Joker. Popular culture historian Will Murray documents the Shadowy origins of Batman, while series editor Anthony Tollin chronicles how Partners of Peril was adapted as the first Batman story. 

 

3). Doc savage Pulp Painting, Jan. 1938

 

4). "The Red Terrors"  Boris Vallejo - 1975          16" x 27 1/2" (framed to 24.5" x 35.5").

 

5). "The Hate Genius" by Bob Larkin (1979), 23" x 32", 12" x 20" image area.           
( Doc Savage attempts to hunt down and eliminate Hitler)

 

6) STEPHEN HICKMAN ORIGINAL ART PAINTING OF THE THE SHADOW USED FOR LIMITED EDITION PRINT

 

7)  rare poster from 1905 tell the black crook.  Poster is a massive 27" x 38" and used to promote the musical put out by a musical theatre in New York City during that time.

 

8)  Interior artwork by Paul from Amazing Stories from 1933. 
 

9) original Shadow signs from the mid 1930s to the mid 1940s.  The trolly sign the orange trolly sign is 18 x 30" and the others range from 11 to 14 1/2"  to 11 x 17".

 

Edited December 14, 2023 by detective35

[detective35]

Probably picked up about 300-400 high-grade pulps last year, but here are just a handful of my favourites.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 18, 2023 by detective35

[Hibou]

Amazing!!!

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

On 12/14/2023 at 1:08 AM, detective35 said:

2)  "Historic and Iconic Illustration:  *1936 Shadow Pulp  illustration Original Interior Art (double-page illustration), by Tom Lovell*

"Foreshadowing The Batman"
(illustration and storyline adapted and used in Detective 27)

A few years back in an interview with Jim Steranko, Bill Finger revealed that he and Bob Kane used the Batman storyline for Detective 27 from a shadow pulp magazine.  

A few years later, Shadow historians Anthony Tollin and Will Murray, through extensive research were able to piece the puzzle together and find out that it was indeed the story from The Shadow "The Partners of Peril" from 1936.

Tollin revealed this in a publication that was circulated, worldwide, entitled "Foreshadowing the Batman

It was a long time in the making, but I finally acquired that piece of original art from my friend  Anthony Tollin.

***No original art exists from Detective 27 (other than some proof sheets,), but this swipe source does! ****

Year:  1936
Artist: Tom Lovell
Shadow Pulp:  "The Partners of Peril"
(14" x 20") - Pen and ink with Zip-tone wash... (circa.  1936).

Wow! I didn’t know this

[Pickie]

I love this thread!! Here's what I did in 2023 ... 

First off, two VERY good reads:

I'm a sucker for treasure hunts!

So are these 10 infamous guys and I have a heart for them:

Can you name them all?  One of them probably placed this ad: 

In 2023 I drifted even more back in time ... and got me something from the Platinum Age Newsstand:

For 2024 I have no plans but I know I'm much too young to stop collecting. Let's see what the market brings to light 

Edited December 15, 2023 by Pickie
Added ad

[Robot Man]

On 12/15/2023 at 3:22 AM, Pickie said:

I love this thread!! Here's what I did in 2023 ... 

First off, two VERY good reads:

I'm a sucker for treasure hunts!

So are these 10 infamous guys and I have a heart for them:

Can you name them all?  One of them probably placed this ad: 

In 2023 I drifted even more back in time ... and got me something from the Platinum Age Newsstand:

For 2024 I have no plans but I know I'm much too young to stop collecting. Let's see what the market brings to light 

Wow, that Sunday Journal Yellow Kid football cover is a stunner! How many of those still exist?

I might have to look for that stamps book. Although, I don’t collect them, I too love the story of the hunt. Looks cool.

If you love the hunt, you might want to pick up a copy of this book. A facisinating story of the hunt for the rarest of the rare 78 blues records. Stories of hunting them down and the very weird folks that do it. A real page turned cover to cover.

[Professor K]

One unusual thing at least for me this year was a Photoplay Magazine from 1929 I got cheap (around 30 bucks) on e bay. I was happily surprised by the condition, pages are pure white. There are a few of these Hollywood type mags from the 20's I''d like to find.