Fox Comics Appreciation Thread! 20 20

[lou_fine]

On 8/5/2023 at 1:29 PM, Spyder! said:

Finally grabbed an unrestored copy.

Congrats on a fantastic pickup here as I've always loved the stunning colors, especially the deep blues and red, on this classic cover.    

[Marty Mann]

[Straw-Man]

On 8/5/2023 at 3:29 PM, Spyder! said:

Finally grabbed an unrestored copy.

SOO-PUH!

[Spyder!]

Thrilled to upgrade another Science! This little run is full of great covers, especially 1 through 4. This is my forever copy. 

[Straw-Man]

a beaut!

[Kevin76]

I should try and get 2-4 now  

[comicjack]

On 8/19/2023 at 5:58 AM, Kevin76 said:

I should try and get 2-4 now  

You should 

[lou_fine]

On 8/19/2023 at 2:58 AM, Kevin76 said:

I should try and get 2-4 now  

An absolutely gorgeous pickup on your part here and you can never beat the strong deep blues when it comes to the Science 1 cover.    

[Spyder!]

Group shot of my Science Comics after the recent upgrades to 1 and 3. I sure do love this short-lived title!

[sagii]

On 8/22/2023 at 2:18 AM, Spyder! said:

Group shot of my Science Comics after the recent upgrades to 1 and 3. I sure do love this short-lived title!

Believe the Science!

[lou_fine]

In advance of this coming Thursday's Fox Showcase Auction on Heritage, I came across this article that I found rather interesting:  

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/what-does-the-fox-say-about-some-very-rare-early-fox-comics/

Believe this article was authored by our very own @markseifert, and no doubt that Mystery Men 7 is indeed a rare early book in the MM run, especially in grade which is non-existent with even low grade beater restored copies now selling for thousands of dollars.  

Found it rather interesting though that the article goes on to list Worldworld 22 as a contender for the toughest issue in the entire Wonderworld run.  Especially since I always thought a stronger contender would have been Wonerworld 24 as it has only come to market 3 times (2 at HA and 1 at CC) while Wonderworld 22 has come to market a total of 10 times (8 at HA and 2 at CC) to date.  Looks like Wonderworld 24 is also the only issue in the run that doesn't have a Church copy or any other listed pedigree copy, with a CGC 5.5 being the highest graded copy to date.  So, from my personal POV, I'll take Wonderworld 24 to be a stronger contender for one of the toughest issues in the WW run along with Wonderworld 31, and not so surprsingly I guess, no copy of either one of these two books at all in this week's coming Fox Showcase Auction.  

Edited September 25, 2023 by lou_fine

[lou_fine]

When it comes to the Fox books, although I having always tended to focused much of my collecting interest in the earlier issues of the various Fox titles, it looks like there are actually quite a few diamonds in the rough when it comes to some of the later issues which are often rare as hen's teeth, with this apparently being one of them:  

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/superhero/weird-comics-20-fox-features-syndicate-1942-cgc-gd-vg-30-off-white-pages/a/40239-82121.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515

Currently the second highest bid behind Mystery Men 1 in the Fox Showcase Auction that's ending tomorrow evening at a hammer bid of $4,200 with just one more day.  I guess not only does it have of those much in-demand Hitler covers, but also a much rarer cover appearance of Winston Churchill himself who you don't see on very many covers with one of the other ones being of course Subby 3 featuring the Churchill assassination cover. 

Not sure where this copy of Weird 20 is going to finish up at, but thought this was a pretty strong price until I noticed this copy going for a rather astounding out of this world price of $16,200 back in December of 2022, considering its assigned grade of only CGC 1.5 Fair/Good:    

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/superhero/weird-comics-20-fox-features-syndicate-1942-cgc-fr-gd-15-off-white-pages/a/40214-81144.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515

Edited September 28, 2023 by lou_fine

[lou_fine]

With only a few more hours to go, looks like it's still a neck and neck race between these two books to see who takes the silver medal behind Mystery Men 1 as the second most valuable book in the MM run, unless there's a dark horse in the form of one of the later hot issues that comes up from behind to nose them out:  

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/superhero/mystery-men-comics-2-fox-1939-cgc-gd-vg-30-off-white-to-white-pages/a/40239-82071.s?type=lotlink--bidnotice-dailystatus

Mystery Men 2 in that fugly oversized holder with a slight lead for now at a hammer bid of $1,550 while Mystery Men 3 sniffing right behind with a current hammer bid of $1,500:  cc

 

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/superhero/mystery-men-comics-3-fox-1939-cgc-gd-vg-30-cream-to-off-white-pages/a/40239-82072.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Open-ThisAuction-120115

This second run at a Fox Showcase Auction doesn't seem to have the same depth as the first one they had back in December of 2022, but should still be very interesting to watch for all of the Fox aficionados.   

 

[lpsunburst]

On 9/25/2023 at 3:15 AM, lou_fine said:

In advance of this coming Thursday's Fox Showcase Auction on Heritage, I came across this article that I found rather interesting:  

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/what-does-the-fox-say-about-some-very-rare-early-fox-comics/

Believe this article was authored by our very own @markseifert, and no doubt that Mystery Men 7 is indeed a rare early book in the MM run, especially in grade which is non-existent with even low grade beater restored copies now selling for thousands of dollars.  

Found it rather interesting though that the article goes on to list Worldworld 22 as a contender for the toughest issue in the entire Wonderworld run.  Especially since I always thought a stronger contender would have been Wonerworld 24 as it has only come to market 3 times (2 at HA and 1 at CC) while Wonderworld 22 has come to market a total of 10 times (8 at HA and 2 at CC) to date.  Looks like Wonderworld 24 is also the only issue in the run that doesn't have a Church copy or any other listed pedigree copy, with a CGC 5.5 being the highest graded copy to date.  So, from my personal POV, I'll take Wonderworld 24 to be a stronger contender for one of the toughest issues in the WW run along with Wonderworld 31, and not so surprsingly I guess, no copy of either one of these two books at all in this week's coming Fox Showcase Auction.  

Tough indeed but here is my #7.

[Professor K]

On 9/28/2023 at 4:09 PM, lou_fine said:

With only a few more hours to go, looks like it's still a neck and neck race between these two books to see who takes the silver medal behind Mystery Men 1 as the second most valuable book in the MM run, unless there's a dark horse in the form of one of the later hot issues that comes up from behind to nose them out:  

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/superhero/mystery-men-comics-2-fox-1939-cgc-gd-vg-30-off-white-to-white-pages/a/40239-82071.s?type=lotlink--bidnotice-dailystatus

Mystery Men 2 in that fugly oversized holder with a slight lead for now at a hammer bid of $1,550 while Mystery Men 3 sniffing right behind with a current hammer bid of $1,500:  cc

 

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/superhero/mystery-men-comics-3-fox-1939-cgc-gd-vg-30-cream-to-off-white-pages/a/40239-82072.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Open-ThisAuction-120115

This second run at a Fox Showcase Auction doesn't seem to have the same depth as the first one they had back in December of 2022, but should still be very interesting to watch for all of the Fox aficionados.   

 

Looks like #2 blew #3 out of the water. 5,040 to 3,360. And of course you remember the 2.5 #2 that just sold last week for 4,320 but looked nicer than this 3.0. 

A few others from tonight's auction that I thought were notable......

Science #1 4.0 5,280 - Sale from last December on CC a 4.0 for 6,500. Both looked about the same to me.

Wonderworld #3 4.0 Slightly Brittle with large dust stains on top 6,600 - HA sale last December 3.0 Cream/OW with writing on cover 10,200.

Wonderworld #32 2.0 cbcs with a big X stamped on the cover 2,880- Last year a CGC 2.0 with the same big X in the same spot sold for 4,080. 

Weird #20 3.0 with nice color but with a prominent spine roll 22,200- Last December on HA a 1.5 sold for 16,500. Lotta money just for an Adolf cover. No one cares about Winston. 

So I guess it's official by now, Mystery Men 2 gets more love than Mystery Men 3. 

Edited September 29, 2023 by Professor K
spelling correction

[RedGiant]

On 9/28/2023 at 6:39 PM, Professor K said:

Looks like #2 blew #3 out of the water. 5,040 to 3,360. And of course you remember the 2.5 #2 that just sold last week for 4,320 but looked nicer than this 3.0. 

A few others from tonight's auction that I thought were notable......

Science #1 4.0 5,280 - Sale from last December on CC a 4.0 for 6,500.

Wonderworld #3 4.0 Slightly Brittle with large dust stains on top 6,600 - HA sale last December 3.0 Cream/OW with writing on cover 10,200.

Wonderworld #32 2.0 cbcs with a bix X stamped on the cover 2,880- Last year a CGC 2.0 with the same X in the same spot sold for 4,080. 

Weird #20 3.0 with nice color but with a prominent spine roll 22,200- Last December on HA a 1.5 sold for 16,500. Lotta money just for an Adolf cover. No one cares about Winston. 

So I guess it's official by now, Mystery Men 2 gets more love than Mystery Men 3. 

MM2 has definitely taken over #3. Frustrating for someone looking for a #2🤣

[lou_fine]

On 9/28/2023 at 6:39 PM, Professor K said:

And of course you remember the 2.5 #2 that just sold last week for 4,320 but looked nicer than this 3.0. 

Yes, like I had said, from a strict front cover visual appearance only, the CGC 2.5 from last week clearly presented nicer than today's CGC 3.0:  

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/superhero/mystery-men-comics-2-fox-1939-cgc-gd-25-off-white-pages/a/122338-15216.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515

As compared to the less visually appealing CGC 3.0 graded copy in that fugly oversized magazine holder:  

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/superhero/mystery-men-comics-2-fox-1939-cgc-gd-vg-30-off-white-to-white-pages/a/40239-82071.s

I actually thought the final price for the CGC 2.5 copy from last week might have been held back a bit by the presence of the CGC 3.0 copy, but nevertheless, both are still clear evidence of the continuing strong prices for Mystery Men 2 in today's marketplace.    

[Point Five]

Sheesh, and I've been using my MM #2 as a footrest all this time! Doesn't *everyone* have one of these things?
 

[RedGiant]

On 9/28/2023 at 8:20 PM, Point Five said:

Sheesh, and I've been using my MM #2 as a footrest all this time! Doesn't *everyone* have one of these things?
 

😱 come on Jon. I’ll take it. 

[lou_fine]

On 9/28/2023 at 6:39 PM, Professor K said:

A few others from tonight's auction that I thought were notable......

Science #1 4.0 5,280 - Sale from last December on CC a 4.0 for 6,500. Both looked about the same to me.

Since I was busy driving during the auction, greatly appreciate you doing this as I am just too lazy to go through everything.   

You actually made me go back and look at these two copies of Science 1 with your post here:  

https://www.comicconnect.com/item/966227

Have always absolutely love the deep strong blue colors on the Science 1 and thought they presented better on the CC copy above as compared to the HA copy below.  Then again, that could also just be due to scanning issues more than anything else.  Although the CC copy appears to have less wear on the front cover spine, it's probably a wash with the big long obtrusive looking tape on the back cover and the qualifying label note for the "minor amount of glue on spine of cover".  

https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/science-fiction/science-comics-1-fox-1940-cgc-vg-40-cream-to-off-white-pages/a/40239-82101.s#

Any bets that the consignor of the CC copy must be pretty stoked with this result, considering that he's probably got a couple thousand more in his pocket given the lower auction fees with CC as compared to the consignment fees with Heritage.  

Edited September 29, 2023 by lou_fine