circumstances Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 51 minutes ago, telerites said: So what did you start with? I got busy, so I didn't get to start with any! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RickHigh Posted April 19, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 19, 2020 Going through some boxes today and got to the end of this one and pulled out these last four books in the box. Not too bad for the back of a short box. Hutch88, sacentaur, SuperBird and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SOTIcollector Posted April 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 20, 2020 (edited) My main passion is collecting things related to SOTI, but here's a group shot to demonstrate one of my ancillary obsessions. Sometimes I go down these rabbit holes related to SOTI, like the Reform School Girl rabbit hole. Reform School Girl is one of the grail GGA books, due in no small part to the fact that it was pictured in Seduction of the Innocent with the caption "Comic books are supposed to be like fairy tales." The salacious cover photo is a photo of Canadian ice skater Marty Collins, and the comic book cover image comes from the 1948 Diversey paperback of the same name. Reform School Girl, the paperback book (not the comic), actually has something else in common with SOTI, the book. If you're familiar with Seduction of the Innocent, you probably already know that SOTI was distributed with a page missing. It was printed with a bibliography leaf (pp. 399-400), but the publisher was afraid of lawsuits from the comic book publishers and ordered that leaf sliced out of the books before distribution. A few copies survived with the bibliography intact, but most copies are missing the bibliography page. Similarly, the Reform School Girl paperback had a leaf was removed prior to distribution due to possible legal action. Page 5 contained the text of correspondence between the protagonist of the fictional book, who was a, uh... "a girl in trouble", and her father, suggesting that perhaps he was the one who knocked her up. The real-life father of cover model Marty Collins was afraid that somehow people wouldn't be able to distinguish between reality and the fiction in the book. He threatened to sue the publisher, asserting that the public would think he got his own daughter pregnant. Diversey caved, and had page 5 removed from Reform School Girl, the paperback, prior to distribution. A few copies made it out with that elusive page 5, but most are missing page 5. Somewhere along the way, I decided I had to get a copy of this elusive paperback, with the missing page intact. And then a lobby card from the movie of that name.. and before you knew it, I was collecting Reform School Girl stuff... Last month, I finally completed my RSG collection by acquiring the 1941 hardcover book House of Fury. It's the book that was, in 1948, printed in paperback form with the title Reform School Girl, which in turn contributed cover art to the comic book. Here's my Reform School Girl group shot. See if you can spot: Reform School Girl cover art reinterpretation painting by Tom Grindberg. Two Reform School Girl movie lobby cards. Reform School Girl movie still. Midnite, The Rebel Skunk #3, with a Reform School Girl parody cover. Reform School Girl, the comic book. Reform School Girl, the comic book, without a cover. House of Fury hardcover, Doubleday, 1941. House of Fury softcover, Avon, 1950. Reform School Girl, the Diversey paperback from 1948. Two copies, both with intact page 5. A Reform School Girl journal, a modern thing with no collector's value, but it's just kinda cool. Oh, and I forgot to include the awesome reprint book, Teenage Dope Slaves and Reform School Girls. That book should have been in my group shot, but was absent that day. Edited April 20, 2020 by SOTIcollector Grammar corrections. ThothAmon, PopKulture, HRCostigan and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BriD. Posted April 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 20, 2020 I was sorting some books and decided to take a group shot of a few favorites pmpknface, SuperBird, comicdonna and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 47 minutes ago, BriD. said: I was sorting some books and decided to take a group shot of a few favorites Nice group. I finally completed all those later GGA cover issues. In my opinion, the best of the run. SOTIcollector 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telerites Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 (edited) 16 hours ago, SOTIcollector said: My main passion is collecting things related to SOTI, but here's a group shot to demonstrate one of my ancillary obsessions. Sometimes I go down these rabbit holes related to SOTI, like the Reform School Girl rabbit hole. Reform School Girl is one of the grail GGA books, due in no small part to the fact that it was pictured in Seduction of the Innocent with the caption "Comic books are supposed to be like fairy tales." The salacious cover photo is a photo of Canadian ice skater Marty Collins, and the comic book cover image comes from the 1948 Diversey paperback of the same name. Reform School Girl, the paperback book (not the comic), actually has something else in common with SOTI, the book. If you're familiar with Seduction of the Innocent, you probably already know that SOTI was distributed with a page missing. It was printed with a bibliography leaf (pp. 399-400), but the publisher was afraid of lawsuits from the comic book publishers and ordered that leaf sliced out of the books before distribution. A few copies survived with the bibliography intact, but most copies are missing the bibliography page. Similarly, the Reform School Girl paperback had a leaf was removed prior to distribution due to possible legal action. Page 5 contained the text of correspondence between the protagonist of the fictional book, who was a, uh... "a girl in trouble", and her father, suggesting that perhaps he was the one who knocked her up. The real-life father of cover model Marty Collins was afraid that somehow people wouldn't be able to distinguish between reality and the fiction in the book. He threatened to sue the publisher, asserting that the public would think he got his own daughter pregnant. Diversey caved, and had page 5 removed from Reform School Girl, the paperback, prior to distribution. A few copies made it out with that elusive page 5, but most are missing page 5. Somewhere along the way, I decided I had to get a copy of this elusive paperback, with the missing page intact. And then a lobby card from the movie of that name.. and before you knew it, I was collecting Reform School Girl stuff... Last month, I finally completed my RSG collection by acquiring the 1941 hardcover book House of Fury. It's the book that was, in 1948, printed in paperback form with the title Reform School Girl, which in turn contributed cover art to the comic book. Here's my Reform School Girl group shot. See if you can spot: Reform School Girl cover art reinterpretation painting by Tom Grindberg. Two Reform School Girl movie lobby cards. Reform School Girl movie still. Midnite, The Rebel Skunk #3, with a Reform School Girl parody cover. Reform School Girl, the comic book. Reform School Girl, the comic book, without a cover. House of Fury hardcover, Doubleday, 1941. House of Fury softcover, Avon, 1950. Reform School Girl, the Diversey paperback from 1948. Two copies, both with intact page 5. A Reform School Girl journal, a modern thing with no collector's value, but it's just kinda cool. Oh, and I forgot to include the awesome reprint book, Teenage Dope Slaves and Reform School Girls. That book should have been in my group shot, but was absent that day. That is awesome. I sent my copy of the Swados Reform School Girl in to be graded but was told since it didn't have pictures, they wouldn't grade it. Would love to add the comic but prices for that are out of my reach. Love the grouping. And the original "House of Fury" is awesome. My one beat copy of the Swados in the spoiler. Spoiler Edited April 20, 2020 by telerites SOTIcollector and PopKulture 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted April 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 20, 2020 Here is an old shot of my Wings GGA run. The 94 is probably my favorite one. ThothAmon, pmpknface, PopKulture and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriD. Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 35 minutes ago, Robot Man said: Here is an old shot of my Wings GGA run. The 94 is probably my favorite one. Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fishbone Posted April 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2020 It was not an easy decision, as I collected and enjoyed 95% of my Actions raw over the last 20 years, but I have now completed slabbing all of them. My 7, 10, 13, 15, 17, 19, 20 and 23 , alas 😢, have found new homes now, but I still treasure these: sagii, telerites, comicdonna and 11 others 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telerites Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 18 hours ago, Robot Man said: Here is an old shot of my Wings GGA run. The 94 is probably my favorite one. Awesome, RM. That is a nice looking 94 too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hap Hazard Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 19 hours ago, BriD. said: Very nice! Walter Johnson's "version" of that cover. PopKulture, Mr. Lady Luck and ArkhamCastle 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OtherEric Posted April 26, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2020 A couple photos that show why I don’t do group shots often... comicdonna, ArkhamCastle, comicjack and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr. Lady Luck Posted April 26, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2020 Cross posting my complete "reader" set of Comedy Comics (2nd series). telerites, ThothAmon, sagii and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 (edited) Tonight, Wednesday May 6 at 7:00pm CST Bedrock City Comic Co. will have a live stream Facebook Live Sale. Lots of great books, both new and old, will be available. If you have a chance, please check it out. All sales will benefit the "Keep Bedrock City Open" fund which will be used to pay the expenses of one of America's most beloved comic book stores. Here is a group of comics that WILL NOT be available in tonight's sale... Edited May 6, 2020 by MrBedrock telerites and sagii 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 32 minutes ago, MrBedrock said: Tonight, Thursday May 6 at 7:00pm CST Bedrock City Comic Co. will have a live stream Facebook Live Sale. Lots of great books, both new and old, will be available. If you have a chance, please check it out. All sales will benefit the "Keep Bedrock City Open" fund which will be used to pay the expenses of one of America's most beloved comic book stores. Here is a group of comics that WILL NOT be available in tonight's sale... Amazing books! Funds should also be put aside to send the picture taker back to school to re-learn the alphabet and spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 4 minutes ago, sagii said: Funds should also be put aside to send the picture taker back to school to re-learn the alphabet and spelling whud i do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Today is WEDNESDAY. I don’t know about you guys but does everyday seem like Ground Hog day? I don’t need any of those, but will you be putting up some better books? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telerites Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 1 hour ago, MrBedrock said: Here is a group of comics that WILL NOT be available in tonight's sale... For some reason, I don't think that is from the P.T. Barnum School of Salesmanship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman_fan Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 1 hour ago, MrBedrock said: Tonight, Thursday May 6 at 7:00pm CST Bedrock City Comic Co. will have a live stream Facebook Live Sale. Lots of great books, both new and old, will be available. If you have a chance, please check it out. All sales will benefit the "Keep Bedrock City Open" fund which will be used to pay the expenses of one of America's most beloved comic book stores. Here is a group of comics that WILL NOT be available in tonight's sale... Is there any other way besides Facebook to see what you are selling? Sadly I don’t have a Facebook account since the “incident” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 49 minutes ago, Robot Man said: Today is WEDNESDAY. I don’t know about you guys but does everyday seem like Ground Hog day? I don’t need any of those, but will you be putting up some better books? I fixed it. WEDNESDAY, tonight, is correct. And yes, everyday is Groundhog's Day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...