Forbush-Man Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 Thanks SS & Puny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 Fuelman, some cool Centaurs, my favorite golden age books to collect. I think , I posted this some time ago , but here's a book that I bought about 4 or 5 years ago . love this cover & the rest of the book is also cool. into the blade she sped. - Indeed!!! Great cover! One of the MMs I hope to pick up someday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norrin_Radd Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 Got this back from CGC a little while ago. It was an Ebay purchase I dropped off at San Diego. Took weeks and weeks (I'm an economy kinda guy) but it was worth the wait. The scan is crappy because I'm still figuring out settings for slabbed books on my ancient machine... Well I'm sure Red Hook or FFB could have done a better job (what with their fancy-schmancy software and their gamma adjusting), but here's a slightly better scan or your neat comic. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agro23 Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 Thanks man! I changed the image, as you can see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agro23 Posted October 31, 2005 Share Posted October 31, 2005 Just got this in from Ebay yesterday... It's stained, it's ripped, written on, creased, abraded, spine rolled and staple torn, and the pages are cream to off-white in the center. Note the nice coffee-can circular stain on the cover and the accounting! Good? Good plus? G/VG is a stretch...but who cares?! I read it cover to cover last night! I think I need to stop looking at Ebay for a little while... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted October 31, 2005 Share Posted October 31, 2005 Excellent pick-up. One of the classic Superman covers. Easy 2.0, maybe 2.5. I've got an old romance cover with similar "top of the bundle" accounting scribbles on the cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ft88 Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 Does it have the "Lucent" coffee ring as well? as a 2.0+ it may be worth having the cover cleaned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agro23 Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 Cover cleaned? But that would be...Restoration! I thought about it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstryinspc-migration Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 cleaning is NOT restoration never was NEVER will be OVERSTREET even says they don't consider it restoration. Will it NEVER END? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Surfer Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 Have shown these in another thread but what the heck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agro23 Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 cleaning is NOT restoration never was NEVER will be OVERSTREET even says they don't consider it restoration. Will it NEVER END? I thought CGC considers it restoration. I have seen purple labels that included "cover cleaned". Classics Incorporated lists it under "slight" (http://www.comicrestoration.com/). So, no, it will never end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 I already posted this in the Pedigree thread in general, but I'm really happy to have found this and I want to show it off some more; and this is one of the first times I got a GA book that I thought was really cigar-worthy. Besides I don't have anyone else to show my cool finds to, since none of my friends collect comics and all I ever get from the wife is "That's nice dear." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocketeer Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 ...awesome cover,...can't believe how similar Adam Strange is to this pic,... I already posted this in the Pedigree thread in general, but I'm really happy to have found this and I want to show it off some more; and this is one of the first times I got a GA book that I thought was really cigar-worthy. Besides I don't have anyone else to show my cool finds to, since none of my friends collect comics and all I ever get from the wife is "That's nice dear." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 ...awesome cover,...can't believe how similar Adam Strange is to this pic,... That was my first thought. Cool cover Theagenes- The Frazetta ones seem to overshadow other great Famous Funnies covers like this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 ...awesome cover,...can't believe how similar Adam Strange is to this pic,... That was my first thought. Cool cover Theagenes- The Frazetta ones seem to overshadow other great Famous Funnies covers like this one. There was very little science fiction back in the 20s and 30s and Buck was the first sci-fi hit in the newspapers. Murphy Anderson, original designer of Adam Strange, grew up reading Buck Rogers and even drew the strip for a time in the 40s. Before Adam Strange, he created two other Buck Rogers type characters - Lars of Mars and Capt Comet. I think the similarity is more than accidental. Cool book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timulty Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 (edited) ...awesome cover,...can't believe how similar Adam Strange is to this pic,... That was my first thought. Cool cover Theagenes- The Frazetta ones seem to overshadow other great Famous Funnies covers like this one. There was very little science fiction back in the 20s and 30s and Buck was the first sci-fi hit in the newspapers. Murphy Anderson, original designer of Adam Strange, grew up reading Buck Rogers and even drew the strip for a time in the 40s. Before Adam Strange, he created two other Buck Rogers type characters - Lars of Mars and Capt Comet. I think the similarity is more than accidental. Cool book! I can definitely agree with that. Captain Comet and Adam Strange way too similiar. Now, I know where they got their looks from. hehehe. Edited November 19, 2005 by Timulty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Yeah, Buck Rogers definately has the patent on the whole "crested helm and jetpack" look that became such an archetype in mid-20th century sci-fi, even up to the late 60's with Captain Marvel of the Kree (crested helm anyway sans jetpack). Flash Gordon and Brick Bradford are also usually cited as Buck Rogers knock-offs as well. Of course they are all John Carter of Mars knock-offs as he was the original contempory earthman transported through space and/or time to an alien world in your basic fish-out-of-water scenario. Early sci-fi kicks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seank Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 Two recent acquisitions: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrunkenhead Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 Hey guys, so I just nabbed a book from Harley Yee that was in no way, shape, or form on any want list of any kind. But, I am a sap for these rare-as-hell esoteric giveaways, and I thought the price was right at roughly 30% of guide. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...N%3AIT&rd=1 Whatcha all think, did I get a steal, or is this wildly overvalued in the guide? No doubt the market for this stuff is pretty thin, but still pretty groovy. Not that I'm at all looking to flip this one; just always curious as to other's opinions. Either way, I'll be pleased as punch to own it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 My guess is it's ovevalued in guide - as it lists for over half what an actual copy of Comics Cavalcade #9 does, but at the price you picked it up for, especially considering it's slabbed, I'd say you did all right. Your right though, giveaway prices in general are all over the map - on ebay they always seem to sell for either a fraction of guide or several multiples Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
