VAZ Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Part of an OO collection I purchased 2 years ago of approx. 400 PCH, Sci-Fi, Jungle and Crime. Comics were mailed to me raw, no bags or boards just wrapped in old plastic bags, This comic survived nearly 70 years unprotected in this man's home. Then it gets handled by someone else cleaning out the home. She takes pictures of the comics by putting them out on her driveway. She still has to ship and then I have to handle it page by page and then it gets shipped again to CGC for a press and a grade. I just think it's a great story. I'll post the slabbed pic next. Back cover was flawless as well. Anyone want to guess on grade? SOLAR BOY, Ricksneatstuff, Marty Mann and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eschnit Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 3 hours ago, VAZ said: Part of an OO collection I purchased 2 years ago of approx. 400 PCH, Sci-Fi, Jungle and Crime. Comics were mailed to me raw, no bags or boards just wrapped in old plastic bags, This comic survived nearly 70 years unprotected in this man's home. Then it gets handled by someone else cleaning out the home. She takes pictures of the comics by putting them out on her driveway. She still has to ship and then I have to handle it page by page and then it gets shipped again to CGC for a press and a grade. I just think it's a great story. I'll post the slabbed pic next. Back cover was flawless as well. Anyone want to guess on grade? Awesome! Really high. Looks like a Gaines Copy. I think I just saw a 9.8 of that book recently. I'm not sure I see anything worth dinging it for on the cover. Possibly a slightly fuzzy bottom left corner. The minuscule color break a couple inches in on the top isn't worth marking down for. Could be a 9.6. I'd never say that on any gold book, but we've seen the covers of probably 1000+ EC file copies ranging from about 8.5-9.8, most of which are 9.4s, 9.6s, or 9.8s. That looks as good as they do from what I see. VAZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inaflash Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 4 hours ago, VAZ said: Part of an OO collection I purchased 2 years ago of approx. 400 PCH, Sci-Fi, Jungle and Crime. Comics were mailed to me raw, no bags or boards just wrapped in old plastic bags, This comic survived nearly 70 years unprotected in this man's home. Then it gets handled by someone else cleaning out the home. She takes pictures of the comics by putting them out on her driveway. She still has to ship and then I have to handle it page by page and then it gets shipped again to CGC for a press and a grade. I just think it's a great story. I'll post the slabbed pic next. Back cover was flawless as well. Anyone want to guess on grade? Beautiful copy. Was the whole collection high grade? Ken VAZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VAZ Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 14 minutes ago, Inaflash said: Beautiful copy. Was the whole collection high grade? Ken It was a mix. Not everything was high grade like this but there were a lot of keys and cool smaller runs, Inaflash 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Readcomix Posted March 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted March 10, 2019 From Fight Comics #50. GCD attributed this one to John Forte, though most of the other Patsy Pinup pages are attributed to Forte and/or Kamen with question marks, so I'm not 100% convinced on the artist, but it's a nice page likely from one or both of them. Ricksneatstuff, badback83, comicjack and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post VAZ Posted March 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted March 10, 2019 19 hours ago, VAZ said: Part of an OO collection I purchased 2 years ago of approx. 400 PCH, Sci-Fi, Jungle and Crime. Comics were mailed to me raw, no bags or boards just wrapped in old plastic bags, This comic survived nearly 70 years unprotected in this man's home. Then it gets handled by someone else cleaning out the home. She takes pictures of the comics by putting them out on her driveway. She still has to ship and then I have to handle it page by page and then it gets shipped again to CGC for a press and a grade. I just think it's a great story. I'll post the slabbed pic next. Back cover was flawless as well. Anyone want to guess on grade? Hutch88, Badger, badback83 and 5 others 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Readcomix Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 20 minutes ago, VAZ said: Amazing story, congratulations! VAZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Readcomix Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 (edited) On March 8, 2019 at 7:47 PM, Tri-ColorBrian said: In the mail today... LOL WTF? Holy Karp, Brian! If that Little Lulu was a Little Archie with say Moose and Betty, it would be worth a fortune! Also, that western nobody collects -- I kept the same Bobby Benson; it was the only non-CI that I kept after culling that large collection of 16 long boxes that was 85% Classics Illustrated. Edited March 10, 2019 by Readcomix Added thought VAZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Is this considered "Bad Girl Art"? Tri-Color Brian and Badger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Marty Mann said: Is this considered "Bad Girl Art"? Yes, probably. But these are even badder... pmpknface and Marty Mann 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 TRACY MONTHLY #1. pmpknface, Tri-Color Brian and Mr.TawkyTawny 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 6 hours ago, VAZ said: 9.8? I must grade too harshly. I bet i have a lot of 9.8s that I thought were 8.5s...wow...oh, and congrats. That's a stunner... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Zolnerowich Posted March 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted March 10, 2019 "Swooping down from the skies THE EAGLE rescues Diane" Supernerd, TheWatcher, Marty Mann and 10 others 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 gino2paulus2, Tri-Color Brian and pmpknface 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SuperBird Posted March 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted March 11, 2019 Had a few come in today in a succession of packages. *Mostly* golden age... pmpknface, Marty Mann, VAZ and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gino2paulus2 Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 On 3/9/2019 at 10:47 AM, sagii said: Ginooooooo!! Congrats brother, i know that one has been on your radar for years. Sweet pickup and one of the great Hero/Horror mash-up covers! On 3/9/2019 at 10:48 AM, sagii said: Outstanding, and sooooooo rare! And you've got two!!! Thanks Brother!! I knew you would like these!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post batman_fan Posted March 12, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2019 This book is in my box now. D84, Ltpink2002, Gotham Kid and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Straw-Man Posted March 12, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2019 got me a g.a.tor centaur, and lamont's book, to boot. pmpknface, batman_fan, TheWatcher and 7 others 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D84 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 37 minutes ago, batman_fan said: This book is in my box now. batman_fan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zolnerowich Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 2 hours ago, Straw-Man said: got me a g.a.tor centaur, and lamont's book, to boot. Was eyeing that one closely. Big congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...