Brave and the Bold Collecting Thread 1 1

[comick1]

[comick1]

[comick1]

 

I was waiting for a copy of B&B 15 to be posted and am thrilled that we could move forward. I have posted all the rest of the pre-heroes, but I'd be thrilled to see other collectors' copies. I know some of you have 'em and I never get tired of seeing more of these tough issues. Post away!

Edited December 24, 2012 by Comick1

[Stevenrams]

[Silver]

Once we get to Hawkman it will rip!

[comick1]

 

Nice one, Steve. The 14 is one of the toughest in the run. . .in any grade.

[jimjum12]

 

I was waiting for a copy of B&B 15 to be posted and am thrilled that we could move forward. I have posted all the rest of the pre-heroes, but I'd be thrilled to see other collectors' copies. I know some of you have 'em and I never get tired of seeing more of these tough issues. Post away!

 

....nice 24. I haven't checked in a while, but top census was the 8.0 Savannah copy.....yours looks possibly nicer. Tough book and one of my favorite covers....wish I still had mine. GOD BLESS...

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

[Silver]

Besides the 15 I alrealy said I liked, one of my favorites is the 22, what a great cover. B&B 20-24 are just awesome.

[Hepcat]

 

...I never get tired of seeing more of these tough issues.

 

Oh fabulous copy!

 

(thumbs u

 

 

[jimjum12]

 

...I never get tired of seeing more of these tough issues.

 

Oh fabulous copy!

 

(thumbs u

 

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.....I know, I keep coming back to it......a backstory on it's acquisition would be nice........I think I would have gotten the tremors from that one. GOD BLESS....

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

[Jaylam]

You gotta hand it to the Viking Prince; a different hot babe hanging off his shoulders every issue....rock star status for a comic book guy, not bad!

[PreHero]

Wow, nice copies: #14 is one of the tougher issues (still looking to upgrade my copy), and the #16-24 run is really sharp! My copies are in the VGish range, but I'm happy to have them.

 

My B&B focus is the first 24 issues, but do have a couple later issues, so let's move on to SS:

 

[Silver]

Trying to post from an iPad arrrgh

[comick1]

 

...I never get tired of seeing more of these tough issues.

 

Oh fabulous copy!

 

(thumbs u

 

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...a backstory on it's acquisition would be nice.......

 

Hiya Jimbo,

The #24, #23 and #21 came along with the #14 and #16-19 in a group of Cal Slobodian books that made it's way through Dwight Furough about 20 years ago. There were other issues like #20 and maybe a couple other early ones, but Adam Strange snatched them up. I paid high prices for them back then based on the premise that you never see them this nice. Over the past 20 years, it's played out that way more than I could have predicted. The #22 was from A-1 Comics in Sacramento, and the #20 came from Heritage [as I recall] more recently. I have put the earlier ones together more by piecemeal. One at a time every few years. Love them like the war books because they just have wonderful art inside. In this era defined by CGC, it's easy to lose track of actually reading the comics and these were just outstanding stories every step of the way.

[comick1]

Wow, nice copies: #14 is one of the tougher issues (still looking to upgrade my copy), and the #16-24 run is really sharp! My copies are in the VGish range, but I'm happy to have them.

 

My B&B focus is the first 24 issues, but do have a couple later issues, so let's move on to SS:

 

 

Nice one Pre-Hero! I didn't start looking for the 25-27 until a number of years after the 1-24 and I regret that very much. I love those A&E issues. The 25 especially has cool colors that you rarely see on a DC book. They tend to be pretty tough to get across the grades and I just haven't seen one in higher grade that I can afford.

[PreHero]

Nice one Pre-Hero! I didn't start looking for the 25-27 until a number of years after the 1-24 and I regret that very much. I love those A&E issues. The 25 especially has cool colors that you rarely see on a DC book. They tend to be pretty tough to get across the grades and I just haven't seen one in higher grade that I can afford.

 

I too ignored the post-Viking Prince issues. Picked up #25 up on a lark, when they were cheap a long time ago. The colors on these cvrs is great and now wish I'd picked more up.

 

Thanks for the background info on your issues - explains way the condition is so uniformly sharp. Imagine the early issues are scarce in grades VF or above!

 

Like the #25, my copies are in the VG to F range. Always nice to see what they may've looked like on the newstand.

 

 

[Silver]

Thought I had a 26 scanned, but its a 27

[john72tex]

I don't have a 26 or 27(yet), but here's my 25.

 

[jimjum12]

 

...I never get tired of seeing more of these tough issues.

 

Oh fabulous copy!

 

(thumbs u

 

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...a backstory on it's acquisition would be nice.......

 

Hiya Jimbo,

The #24, #23 and #21 came along with the #14 and #16-19 in a group of Cal Slobodian books that made it's way through Dwight Furough about 20 years ago. There were other issues like #20 and maybe a couple other early ones, but Adam Strange snatched them up. I paid high prices for them back then based on the premise that you never see them this nice. Over the past 20 years, it's played out that way more than I could have predicted. The #22 was from A-1 Comics in Sacramento, and the #20 came from Heritage [as I recall] more recently. I have put the earlier ones together more by piecemeal. One at a time every few years. Love them like the war books because they just have wonderful art inside. In this era defined by CGC, it's easy to lose track of actually reading the comics and these were just outstanding stories every step of the way.

 

....I first became aware of Viking Prince by way of a DC Special in the early 70's and was blown away. I had no idea that the awesome War artist had done other type of material.....and then I saw a reprint of B&B 35 If your copies came from Slobodian maybe they were part of his OO run....that would explain a lot.....that 24 looks 9.0 or so. Thanks for the reply....GOD BLESS...

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

[comick1]

 

...I never get tired of seeing more of these tough issues.

 

Oh fabulous copy!

 

(thumbs u

 

[/quote

 

...a backstory on it's acquisition would be nice.......

 

Hiya Jimbo,

The #24, #23 and #21 came along with the #14 and #16-19 in a group of Cal Slobodian books that made it's way through Dwight Furough about 20 years ago. There were other issues like #20 and maybe a couple other early ones, but Adam Strange snatched them up. I paid high prices for them back then based on the premise that you never see them this nice. Over the past 20 years, it's played out that way more than I could have predicted. The #22 was from A-1 Comics in Sacramento, and the #20 came from Heritage [as I recall] more recently. I have put the earlier ones together more by piecemeal. One at a time every few years. Love them like the war books because they just have wonderful art inside. In this era defined by CGC, it's easy to lose track of actually reading the comics and these were just outstanding stories every step of the way.

 

....I first became aware of Viking Prince by way of a DC Special in the early 70's and was blown away. I had no idea that the awesome War artist had done other type of material.....and then I saw a reprint of B&B 35 If your copies came from Slobodian maybe they were part of his OO run....that would explain a lot.....that 24 looks 9.0 or so. Thanks for the reply....GOD BLESS...

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

 

As I understand it, they were Cal's original owner copies. They're all really pretty and considering how tough they are in grade, I feel incredibly fortunate to have jumped on them when I did. My copy of B&B 44 is also from Cal's collection. Slobodian had other runs including TOU, MIS, and SA. Adam Strange might be able to post a couple as I recall a few Slobodian copies eventually making their way to his collection. DC Special Series also had some nice reprints of Robin Hood, Shining Knight, and Viking Prince. VP is Kubert's answer to Prince Valient with the dynamic action of Hogarth's Tarzan.