rjpb Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 paull - beautiful pick ups - congratulations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbanner Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 Great looking Power, congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 You guys are killing me with these great books! I just got back from the Big Apple show. Overall, I didn't see a huge amount of stuff that I'm looking for, but I always go in with a very narrow range of books that I'm looking for. This has been a very light year for me in comic book collecting, and I thought it was time I treated myself. I found a couple of nice ones today. The first: I have been looking for a copy of this book pretty much all year and have only been able to find a couple of lower grade copies (outside of the stellar Crippen copy in 9.0 which sold for $1300). I was content to find a beater of this book with a decent cover, but really lucked out today on this copy. It does have a flaw, however.... a one-inch by half-inch coupon cut out in the middle of the book. This is my kind of flaw, especially when it drops the price significantly as in this case. In 2003, Heritage sold a 7.0 for $373. I paid about half that price for this copy, and to my eyes, this book is about a 7.0 if not for the missing coupon. I'll take books like that all day long. Detective #168 with missing coupon, anyone? Nice pickup! Nothing like getting the first horror book from a publisher! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 Nice books paull! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 LOVE the slogan on that one Mark! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norrin_Radd Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 Here's book #2 from the Big Apple National show. Power Comics #3 with cover by L.B. Cole. I consider this cover to be one of L.B. Cole's top 5 or 10 covers along with Mask 1, 2, Captain Flight #11, Contact #12, Blue Bolt 111 and 113, and a few others. Thanks to Motor City Comics for this book. I've been wanting a copy of this book since the mid-90s when I saw the cover in the Nick Kronfeld and Dark Adventure auctions in CBG. I finally found a nice copy that was reasonably priced. This copy perfectly matches my Mask 1 and 2 and Contact Comics 12, since all of them are in about VG or VG+. This copy has some edge chipping on the right front cover (due to slight overhang) and a small piece out of the bottom back cover. Classic cover! It was the first L.B. Cole cover I remember seeing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 Tha Amazing Mysteries has always been a favorite, I used to have a copy that looked VF but had a 1" piece out, I miss it.... Great Power too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicdonna Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 Here's book #2 from the Big Apple National show. Power Comics #3 with cover by L.B. Cole. I consider this cover to be one of L.B. Cole's top 5 or 10 covers along with Mask 1, 2, Captain Flight #11, Contact #12, Blue Bolt 111 and 113, and a few others. Thanks to Motor City Comics for this book. I've been wanting a copy of this book since the mid-90s when I saw the cover in the Nick Kronfeld and Dark Adventure auctions in CBG. I finally found a nice copy that was reasonably priced. This copy perfectly matches my Mask 1 and 2 and Contact Comics 12, since all of them are in about VG or VG+. This copy has some edge chipping on the right front cover (due to slight overhang) and a small piece out of the bottom back cover. Very nice book! You don't see one of these every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selegue Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 I wonder what's the first cover appearance of this "And how!" gag. Could this be it? Stan Lee later reused it once every month or two. Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 also posted this in the Short Bus thread, along with the Vigilante splash inside... The story of course has nothing to do with a turtle, but a gangster with the last name of Aesop. He was taunted for it as a kid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*paull* Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 (edited) Hey guys, thanks for the kind words about my two new books. Regarding the Power 3 cover, I wish that L.B. Cole had done more covers utilizing the inking style that he used for Mask 2 and Power 3. I love that swirly line work. Anyone else get books at the Big Apple show? I didn't see a lot of GA buyers on Saturday. It seemed like a slow show to me for the big GA dealers. Edited November 20, 2006 by paull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
143ksk Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 (edited) Edited November 20, 2006 by 143ksk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArAich Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 Nice book...but Donut is gonna hate you.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 Great book!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esquirecomics Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 Nice book...but Donut is gonna hate you.... That is an understatement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esquirecomics Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 Read through this copy tonight. Very cool stories. The first one pits The Hangman against Captain Swastika!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Hand ® Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 There are some great Harry Lucey splashes in that book. I liked his Hangman as much as Fuji's Hangman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
143ksk Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 Hangman is one of the great GA titles and you can't go wrong with Lucey or Fujitani Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 Read through this copy tonight. Very cool stories. The first one pits The Hangman against Captain Swastika!!! And a cool cover to boot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonds25 Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 Here are the 3 books I won from the recent Heritage auction. Even after the BP, I only paid guide price combined for all 3, even with a 9.2 and 9.4 included. I think I did pretty good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
