Doohickamabob Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 I tried to pull my 40 favorites out of the groups above (the slabbed comics excluded), and this is what I came up with. (If I did it again I'd undoubtedly come up with a different 40.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.tor Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 I tried to pull my 40 favorites out of the groups above (the slabbed comics excluded), and this is what I came up with. (If I did it again I'd undoubtedly come up with a different 40.) great top 40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 Agreed. Many books I'd be happy to own. and quite a few of my current want / wish list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
143ksk Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 You are looking at the results of obsessive-compulsive disorder. With results like that I'm going to have to get me some of that OCD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonwad Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 A bunch of really cool books (thumbs u . As for the OCD, you should feel lucky you're obsessed with comics and not something like balls of yarn or thumb tacks, though it would be less expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheetah Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 I tried to pull my 40 favorites out of the groups above (the slabbed comics excluded), and this is what I came up with. (If I did it again I'd undoubtedly come up with a different 40.) Awesome set of books! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickamabob Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 I really appreciate the responses from Scrooge, Gator, and the rest of you. Means a lot coming from this gang. Okay so here is one more image before I put everything away for a while. This is my fledgling paperback collection. I know it's not section-appropriate, but there isn't a paperback area in the CGC forum (as CGC doesn't grade paperbacks), and most of these represent the same time period as Golden Age comics. Not sure if I'll continue going after collectible paperbacks because it's a little trickier than collecting comics -- and just as hard to narrow your focus. There seems to be less competition than for comics, but when competition does show up it can be fierce. Obviously I haven't figured out how best to store these yet. My favorites are the paperbacks with lurid GGA covers from 1945-1965 or so. Lots of great artwork by people like Reginald Heade, J. Pollack, H.W. Perl, Robert Maguire, George Gross, Bill Edwards, Walter Popp and others. The pre-'60s books are less overt and more coded in their vice-related imagery, which makes them more appealing. A few notes: The Help! paperbacks are somewhat rare, and the 2nd one is the rare variant that still contains John F. Kennedy fumetti gags. The book was being printed when he was assassinated, so only the first run had the JFK images inside. The "Hateful Thoughts for Happy Occasions" book has artwork by Bill Elder. The Monkees book cover is by Jack Davis. The "Fox Two" paperback is an autobiography by Randy Cunningham, a California representative who was convicted of one of the sleaziest bribery schemes in recent political memory. My favorite of all the paperback covers are the Avon sci-fi GGA ones, which also have the best cross-over appeal for Golden Age comic collectors. "The Green Girl" is one of my favorites, but there are about 8 other sci-fi Avon paperback titles I'd like to acquire, including "An Earth Man on Venus," which has a better GGA cover than the comic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicparadox Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 I don't know which book I'd want to read most - so many choices: "12 Chinks and a Woman" "Hot Dames on Cold Slabs" "Naughty Virgin" "Sexecutives" What a selection! Pre-code horror had nothing on paperbacks for sheer lurid covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Beautiful group shots!!! I managed to pick up a few Avons ihn surprisingly nice condition from a book shop that was abandoning it's storefront and was trying to clear out inventory. Here are a couple of my favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondog Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Beautiful group shots!!! I managed to pick up a few Avons ihn surprisingly nice condition from a book shop that was abandoning it's storefront and was trying to clear out inventory. Here are a couple of my favorites. Wow! Great condition! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Wow! Great condition! Yeah, coming from adamstrange I was expecting something low grade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.tor Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Wow! Great condition! Yeah, coming from adamstrange I was expecting something low grade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Yeah, coming from adamstrange I was expecting something low grade \ It could happen. Here are the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 scrooge, check with bunky brian..i sold him a buttload of fourcolors at san diego this year. ask for jerry. he will know! my favorite issue is a santa claus issue numbered 666!!!! santa claus 666 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forbush-Man Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Yeah, coming from adamstrange I was expecting something low grade \ It could happen. Here are the others. Those are some amazing Avon books, Adam. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickamabob Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 I managed to pick up a few Avons ihn surprisingly nice condition from a book shop that was abandoning it's storefront and was trying to clear out inventory. Here are a couple of my favorites. WANT! Bigtime... And I've never seen the "Metal" one. Love it. The Post Fantasy Stories book has such a beautiful image (still not as great as "The Green Girl," but what is?). I'm just waiting to find a decent copy with all the gloss on the cover. Terrific score there. I hate to hear about book stores shutting their doors, but I sure would like to be there when it happens, if it means getting books like those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senormac Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 You are looking at the results of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Hey, you have a Plastic Man #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
generic user Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 So, as mentioned in the Have a Cigar thread, this is how you avoid scanning over a 1000 books. These are my Four Colors to date. That's 20 stacks of about 50 right there. I look at this and can only wonder how much the supplies alone set me back wow, a 4-color mattress! after you took this pic did you dive in like a porpoise and burrow through the books? and you should post a needed-list on these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
