Scrooge Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 FANTASTIC array of books In an attempt to counteract so much gruesomeness, I pulled out the Aww Shucks Brigade - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BustedFlush Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Obviously you need more books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrightson fan Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 FANTASTIC array of books In an attempt to counteract so much gruesomeness, I pulled out the Aww Shucks Brigade - Thanks everyone for the kind words. It has been alot of fun and work finding all of those books. Scrooge, I absolutely love Christmas books...and yours are wonderful. If I ever choose to branch off into another genre, it would probably be holiday books such as these. Seriously...your books bring a smile to my face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedy-D Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Wrightson fan, those pre-code horror comics are incredible. How do you do it? Are you rich? Been buying them for years? Both?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrightson fan Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Wrightson fan, those pre-code horror comics are incredible. How do you do it? Are you rich? Been buying them for years? Both?? No....not rich....not even remotely. I have been collecting comics since I was about 7 years old...but didn't really have the funds to start buying nicer books until I was in my early 20's. I have sold a large amount of my other books to fund the purchase of most of these books. I simply shifted gears and started to look for the books that I loved the most which are pre-code horror and crime books. My collection of total books was alot larger 4-5 years ago, but most of those other books have been moved on to other collectors. Some of these are the highest "graded" copies, but I am sure there is a raw copy or two out there to trump most of them....isn't that right adamstrange? Thanks for the kind words. I love showing off my humble collection. I love seeing everyone elses books too. That is why these boards are so great...especially the Golden Age forum. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Here's my contribution. I had Pogo as one of my priorities for 2009. I just love Walt Kelly's covers and these are charming books. As it happened, I didn't have to wait long. In January an ebay seller listed #1-15 'in VF except for one or two'. Well, I didn't really expect that, but what I got was a lot that ranged from VG (only one, #5) with the rest F+ to VF+. I already had #16 (but have a better one coming from the VCC). But I couldn't wait to show off the group so, without further ado, here is the run of Dell Pogo Possum (still gotta find the two Four Color issues). [blatant plug - selling thread of undercopies coming soon...] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telerites Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Well...here are my pre-codes.....the family went to Houston for the weekend and I had some free time to do stuff like this. Sorry for the blown up pics. We have a new digital camera and I am still tweaking it. Forgive me this once for making you scroll your screen. Hope you enjoy seeing them all in one post! Scott WOW I love the Kelly Freas cover on Witchcraft #5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 FANTASTIC array of books In an attempt to counteract so much gruesomeness, I pulled out the Aww Shucks Brigade - wonderful!!! I really have to get the other frosty's I only have 1. They look great with the Santa books. Thanks for posting them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Here's my contribution. I had Pogo as one of my priorities for 2009. I just love Walt Kelly's covers and these are charming books. As it happened, I didn't have to wait long. In January an ebay seller listed #1-15 'in VF except for one or two'. Well, I didn't really expect that, but what I got was a lot that ranged from VG (only one, #5) with the rest F+ to VF+. I already had #16 (but have a better one coming from the VCC). But I couldn't wait to show off the group so, without further ado, here is the run of Dell Pogo Possum (still gotta find the two Four Color issues). [blatant plug - selling thread of undercopies coming soon...] Great collection! Makes me want to get some myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Killer collection Scott! I love the WTOTF the best. I once used an image from #5 on my business cards back when I still owned comic stores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Trading is such fun! I recently traded these two books: For this group of books. I am quite pleased with the deals. This was a multi-team trade comprised of me, Billy Parker, Mr. Bedrock and Agro23. There was some cash in the deal too and Gator and Mr. Bedrock/Dave Kapelka got most of that. Still have some of the cash left to secure something/somethings else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agro23 Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 That's the wrong torch. I WISH it was the 6.0. Of course if that's the one you MEANT to trade me, I'll gladly mail back the 4.0 to swap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 That's the wrong torch. I WISH it was the 6.0. Of course if that's the one you MEANT to trade me, I'll gladly mail back the 4.0 to swap! Actually, that was the one Bill started with. Parker upgraded into that and gave Bill the 4.0 and the Batman 11. Then Bill parlayed the 4.0 Torch 1 into the books you sent him. He is a trading machine. What would be interesting would be to see what these get traded for, and how big the pile will be ten years from now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comicopolis Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Great comics, great trade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agro23 Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 That's the wrong torch. I WISH it was the 6.0. Of course if that's the one you MEANT to trade me, I'll gladly mail back the 4.0 to swap! Actually, that was the one Bill started with. Parker upgraded into that and gave Bill the 4.0 and the Batman 11. Then Bill parlayed the 4.0 Torch 1 into the books you sent him. He is a trading machine. What would be interesting would be to see what these get traded for, and how big the pile will be ten years from now! Too bad there's no way to radio tag a book like a whale in the wild so you can follow it on migration! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telerites Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Trading is such fun! I recently traded these two books: For this group of books. I am quite pleased with the deals. This was a multi-team trade comprised of me, Billy Parker, Mr. Bedrock and Agro23. There was some cash in the deal too and Gator and Mr. Bedrock/Dave Kapelka got most of that. Still have some of the cash left to secure something/somethings else Get that SA Captain America out of there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Buy it and it will be gone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 That's the wrong torch. I WISH it was the 6.0. Of course if that's the one you MEANT to trade me, I'll gladly mail back the 4.0 to swap! Actually, that was the one Bill started with. Parker upgraded into that and gave Bill the 4.0 and the Batman 11. Then Bill parlayed the 4.0 Torch 1 into the books you sent him. He is a trading machine. What would be interesting would be to see what these get traded for, and how big the pile will be ten years from now! Or maybe I will trade them all for one particular book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 I'd never get tired of seeing that pile of books Bill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 That's the wrong torch. I WISH it was the 6.0. Of course if that's the one you MEANT to trade me, I'll gladly mail back the 4.0 to swap! Actually, that was the one Bill started with. Parker upgraded into that and gave Bill the 4.0 and the Batman 11. Then Bill parlayed the 4.0 Torch 1 into the books you sent him. He is a trading machine. What would be interesting would be to see what these get traded for, A red paper clip? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
