Popular Post Robot Man Posted July 17, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 17, 2018 10 hours ago, The-Collector said: I can identify. Double your pleasure, double your fun! Knightsofold, The-Collector, TheWatcher and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 (edited) Edited July 17, 2018 by fifties pmpknface and Point Five 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post batman_fan Posted July 17, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 17, 2018 Just put this sweet baby down today while in Seattle Mr.TawkyTawny, Sqeggs, Ricksneatstuff and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Got this at the Torpedo show. Never seen it before. Was a nice copy fished out of a box from one of the smaller dealers and priced cheap. Weird idol, chained up babe and a snake. Oh my! Mr.TawkyTawny, Point Five and Larryw7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Yorick Posted July 17, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 17, 2018 I am quite happy to add this Fine book to my collection! Top five of his covers in my opinion. I hadn't noticed the exposed undergarments before having it in-hand. batman_fan, entalmighty1, gino2paulus2 and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 58 minutes ago, Yorick said: I am quite happy to add this Fine book to my collection! Top five of his covers in my opinion. I hadn't noticed the exposed undergarments before having it in-hand. Somehow that book looks nicer in the slab with that green label! mwotka, Yorick and Point Five 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zolnerowich Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Yorick said: I am quite happy to add this Fine book to my collection! Top five of his covers in my opinion. I hadn't noticed the exposed undergarments before having it in-hand. 35 minutes ago, Jayman said: Somehow that book looks nicer in the slab with that green label! You're totally right! The green matches much better than blue would, with regard to the color palette on this cover. Of which, those are some nice vivid colors on this copy; they're often pretty washed out. Fine also did the masthead illustration... so you get a little bit of Fine in each and every issue of Jungle, all the way up to issue #163 in Summer 1954! Point Five and Sqeggs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearmint Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 21 hours ago, Robot Man said: Double your pleasure, double your fun! The copy on the right looks like a beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamtoreal1 Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Strange Fantasy 4 Larryw7, Point Five and comicjack 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ricksneatstuff Posted July 18, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 18, 2018 Some more pretty books came in.. Sqeggs, ThothAmon, pmpknface and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 1 minute ago, Ricksneatstuff said: Nice! You never see it with reds like that. Ricksneatstuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post valiantman Posted July 18, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 18, 2018 (edited) Hi, my name is Greg. I'm 42 years old. I've been a fan of Superman for 40 years, since I saw Christopher Reeve at the drive-in movie theater. This is my first purchase of an early issue of Action Comics. It won't be my last. The true 1st Lois cover, Action Comics #27, is already in the mail to me, so I'm covered on that particular non-debate. If anyone is wondering why I purchased this book first, instead of Action Comics #27, it's because I have made up a story about Action #29 and it's got nothing to do with Lois. On the cover of Action Comics #1, we see the famous green sedan being destroyed by Superman, presumably because it belonged to the bad guys. Now, since I don't have a million dollars lying around, I looked for the next best (affordable) book after Action #1. In my made up story, the gangsters who had their sedan destroyed by Superman on the cover of Action #1 got the car fixed and they had the roof removed so they could shoot at Superman next time. That's what I see on the cover of Action Comics #29... my imaginary sequel to the Action Comics #1 cover. The 2nd Lois cover is just a bonus. Edited July 18, 2018 by valiantman imaginary reason Mr.TawkyTawny, ender, Larryw7 and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zolnerowich Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 1 hour ago, Ricksneatstuff said: Some more pretty books came in.. Nice as always! What is that "Planet" decal (with rivets no less) near the shiny CGC symbol at the top right of the slab? Ricksneatstuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 23 minutes ago, Zolnerowich said: Nice as always! What is that "Planet" decal (with rivets no less) near the shiny CGC symbol at the top right of the slab? The previous owner, a famous Planet boardie, had his collection called Marathon Planet Collection and had decals to distinguish them. I could remove them easily but they tell some of the story of provenance. entalmighty1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 On 7/17/2018 at 1:29 PM, Robot Man said: Got this at the Torpedo show. Never seen it before. Was a nice copy fished out of a box from one of the smaller dealers and priced cheap. Weird idol, chained up babe and a snake. Oh my! ACGs are kind of the undiscovered country. Their books from the 1950s are pretty tough to find. That book, for instance, has only two copies on the census. As a kid, I remember liking their Unknown Worlds and Forbidden Worlds books. Not as good as the Lee/Kirby/Ditko pre-hero books, but still good reads. Larryw7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 3 hours ago, valiantman said: Hi, my name is Greg. I'm 42 years old. I've been a fan of Superman for 40 years, since I saw Christopher Reeve at the drive-in movie theater. This is my first purchase of an early issue of Action Comics. It won't be my last. The true 1st Lois cover, Action Comics #27, is already in the mail to me, so I'm covered on that particular non-debate. If anyone is wondering why I purchased this book first, instead of Action Comics #27, it's because I have made up a story about Action #29 and it's got nothing to do with Lois. On the cover of Action Comics #1, we see the famous green sedan being destroyed by Superman, presumably because it belonged to the bad guys. Now, since I don't have a million dollars lying around, I looked for the next best (affordable) book after Action #1. In my made up story, the gangsters who had their sedan destroyed by Superman on the cover of Action #1 got the car fixed and they had the roof removed so they could shoot at Superman next time. That's what I see on the cover of Action Comics #29... my imaginary sequel to the Action Comics #1 cover. The 2nd Lois cover is just a bonus. That's great! I think we've had the first Lois cover debate before and I'm on team 27, but it looks like Overstreet/CGC are still hanging in there on 29. valiantman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 I think we've had the discussion before about whether the guy on the left is supposed to be Stalin. I think he is, making this one of the few WW II covers showing Stalin. Main argument against, in my view, is that if you are making one guy Stalin, why not make the other guy Hitler, rather than a miscellaneous Nazi? Only five copies on the census. Ricksneatstuff, gino2paulus2, Badger and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 20 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: I think we've had the discussion before about whether the guy on the left is supposed to be Stalin. I think he is, making this one of the few WW II covers showing Stalin. Main argument against, in my view, is that if you are making one guy Stalin, why not make the other guy Hitler, rather than a miscellaneous Nazi? Only five copies on the census. Nice! And yes, rare cover subject during that period. To again state the obvious, SUPER collection T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.TawkyTawny Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 20 hours ago, valiantman said: On the cover of Action Comics #1, we see the famous green sedan being destroyed by Superman, presumably because it belonged to the bad guys. Now, since I don't have a million dollars lying around, I looked for the next best (affordable) book after Action #1. In my made up story, the gangsters who had their sedan destroyed by Superman on the cover of Action #1 got the car fixed and they had the roof removed so they could shoot at Superman next time. That's what I see on the cover of Action Comics #29... my imaginary sequel to the Action Comics #1 cover... Your correlation sounds plausible to me. Everything imaginable is possible in comic books. valiantman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted July 19, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 19, 2018 Had to take “Astro abuse” to grab this from Mr Bedrock at the Torpedo show. Was worth it though because it was the last Joker cover from Batman I needed. Larryw7, TheWatcher, entalmighty1 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
