JiveTurkeyMoFo Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Venii, if you please. Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Gorgeous Venii William! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Venii, if you please. That's not something you see every day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Wow! Never seen a complete run. All of the covers are great for different reasons, and I love the jarring jumps in genre (try saying that 10 times fast) that the title had in its short life. Many congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Just awesome Gotta crack that # 3 though ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*paull* Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 That title has an amazing array of cover designs and themes... great set! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
143ksk Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Venii, if you please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Geez Billy, I feel like I'm on another planet looking at that incredible Venus run <swoon>. Of course, if what I hear about your collection is true, you can totally blow us away with additional group shots... STEVE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*paull* Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 (edited) I finally finished a group of books this year that I wanted to complete... a set of the Farrell Giant Size Annuals: Voodoo Annual is a tough book, particularly in high grade. Almost every copy that I find is around VG, with this one being no exception. This copy came from an original owner in 2004. I almost didn't get it since the USPS temporarily lost it (within my mail facility) for about 2 weeks. I lucked out that someone located it. I found the Billy Bunny at the Philadelphia show in 2005 by chance in a misc Golden Age box. I'm not even sure that I knew it existed at the time! I bought both the Fighting Man Annual and G-I In Battle Annual in 2006. Edited December 19, 2006 by paull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Geez Billy, I feel like I'm on another planet looking at that incredible Venus run <swoon>. Of course, if what I hear about your collection is true, you can totally blow us away with additional group shots... STEVE I've been coaxing him to climb up to his loft library and take a shot from up there of some of the big runs! He'd have to get that high to get them all in one picture! Hopefully this is just the first in a series of pictures. I've looked through his collection many times, but never spread them all out on the floor and gawked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 I finally finished a group of books this year that I wanted to complete... a set of the Farrell Giant Size Annuals: Voodoo Annual is a tough book, particularly in high grade. Almost every copy that I find is around VG, with this one being no exception. This copy came from an original owner in 2004. I almost didn't get it since the USPS temporarily lost it (within my mail facility) for about 2 weeks. I lucked out that someone located it. I found the Billy Bunny at the Philadelphia show in 2005 by chance in a misc Golden Age box. I'm not even sure that I knew it existed at the time! I bought both the Fighting Man Annual and G-I In Battle Annual in 2006. Nice paull! Love giant size books! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 What a tough set to complete -- congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*paull* Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Thanks, guys. Hey Adam, don't you also have a copy of G-I in Battle Annual? I seem to remember someone posting it a while back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Thanks, guys. Hey Adam, don't you also have a copy of G-I in Battle Annual? I seem to remember someone posting it a while back. This little old rag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*paull* Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 I guess my memory isn't as bad as I thought! That book is a beauty! Thanks for posting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 I guess my memory isn't as bad as I thought! That book is a beauty! Thanks for posting... You're welcome. This is a book that would be on the short bus for a lot of folks so it's nice to meet a fellow afficianado! Do all of them have a similar back cover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*paull* Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 (edited) Yes, all the back covers are similar. Are there four total? I haven't seen mention of any others. You're right... all but the Voodoo Annual would probably be short bus material (particularly Billy Bunny) for most collectors, but I was thrilled to find each of them. One man's short bus, another's Hummer limosine! P.S.: If you ever plan on selling your copy, drop me a PM. Edited December 19, 2006 by paull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Here are some Flash Gordon pages you've probably never seen. In 1942, the German occupants in Belgium censored not only movies from the US but also comic strips. The editors of Bravo, a youth weekly, had to commissioned a local artist to finish the current sequence as they were no longer receiving the strips from the syndicate so not only is this not Raymond's art but it's also not the same ending! The artist was Edgar P. Jacobs, soon to create Blake and Mortimer for Tintin - Very cool! I've read about that before, I think it was in the Raymond CBM issue, but I've never seen the Belgian strips. He's no Raymond, but he's pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Venii, if you please. Awesome Venus run! (But the correct the correct plural is "Veneres." Its a 3rd declension noun. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selegue Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Venii,... if you please. Awesome Venus run! (But the correct the correct plural is "Veneres." Its a 3rd declension noun. ) I was hoping that someone else would snap at the bait. No way it should end in ii! Third declension? Looks more like second (Venus, Venï) or fourth (Venus, Venüs) to me. [those should be solid bars, not umlauts, but I don't know how to so that on my keyboard] And it is an awesome Venus run. Jack Veni, vidi, Wikipedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
