PUNYHUMAN Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 Here's a Rare Oddity from Centaur Comics , I picked up a few weeks back. It has beautiful white pages, nice colors but a mouse chew on lower spine. Gerber gives it a 8. I know I've never seen one before in years. Cover by Bill Everett . Published in Sept. 1938. A interesting note:I was looking through my collection a couple of weeks back& came across a letter in Amazing Mystery Funnies Vol.2 no.# 8 by Joe Hardie "the publisher" of Centaur Comics. Now this book AMF Vol. 2 # 8 is almost a year later, has a Ad on the inside front cover stating : Buy any 3 Centaur comics"latest" ,tear off the tops of the comics where the title is ,send it in with a 2 cent stamp "postage" & a note with your name & address & we'll rush you your FREE Comic!! This tells me it wasn't a great seller when it hit the newstands. Plus I wouldn't call it a comic book per se , but it does fit the qualifications 64 pages ,etc. Centaurs were known for there ,not so quite Great disrtibution system. From what I gather when they folded as a Comics company , Joe Hardie still published years afterwards with crossword puzzle books . Maybe Jon Berk, if he's reading this could give us some insights on this book of how it was a odd 1 shot amongst there other comics at the time ,such as Funny Pages, Amazing Mystery Funnies, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Surfer Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 Punny good to see you back. Very nice pickup you got there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryw7 Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 What an interesting oddity. Congrats on your purchase(and welcome back)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forbush-Man Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 Nice pick up, Puny!!! The mouse-chew doesn't look all that bad, either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArAich Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 Very interesting book PH... This one's a keeper... Charlie McCarthy #1 1949 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 Gorgious copy with great bright red ... even if it almost looks like a RedHook special Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffreykli Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 Here's a recent pickup...I really like this robot cover. Really nice book, except for the bottom and right edges. Also, there might be a tear seal near Wonder Woman. Not sure if this is a keeper or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearmint Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 Very cool cover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Surfer Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 Cool book but Hawkman has no face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffreykli Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 Cool book but Hawkman has no face. Maybe the Robot stole his face! I haven't had a chance to read the book yet, but am looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryw7 Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 Great book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CW Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Got this the other day: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryw7 Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Nice! I've always loved that cover! Looks like something from a Universal horror movie from the thirties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CW Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 It caught my eye when I first got the grading guide and saw the copy they had pictured. There were a few copies in SD but they were pretty low grade with the exception of the CGC 6.5. I thought I'd thumb through it once before I decided whether to slab it. The stories look pretty cool, very Fritz Lang-Style or like you said Universal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 It caught my eye when I first got the grading guide and saw the copy they had pictured. There were a few copies in SD but they were pretty low grade with the exception of the CGC 6.5. I thought I'd thumb through it once before I decided whether to slab it. The stories look pretty cool, very Fritz Lang-Style or like you said Universal. I LOVE the art in those early Fox books (Eisner-Iger shop) circa 1939-40. Some of it is really crude, but it so evokes that anything-goes early-GA period where the artists were trying things out and weren't being forced into more of a house style. I would love to own a Weird #1 someday. Beautiful pick-up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CW Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Thanks Point Five. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
143ksk Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 (edited) Some Chicago pick-ups Edited August 9, 2005 by 143ksk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
143ksk Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 (edited) I was very happy to finally find this one. It's #23--which is hard to tell since it's got some of another book's back cover stuck to it Edited August 9, 2005 by 143ksk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
143ksk Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 (edited) And finally...a book that I bought about a year ago and just got back from Matt Nelson at the Chicago show--I think he did a pretty good job Edited August 9, 2005 by 143ksk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybolt Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 Nice books that I hadn't seen before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
