selegue Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Wow, great stuff. What are the indicia titles of D ick Tracy, Famous Feature Stories and the earlier posted Charlie McCarthy? I'd like to add the covers to GCD if you don't mind, but I can't figure out where they belong. Maybe they're there under another title. Thanks, Jack the tracy (it is putting 'spoon', so we should call him "Richard Tracy') has 'No. 4' on the cover published by Dell copyright 1937,1938 by the Chicago Tribune Large Feature Comics reprints tracy strips. I have a #11 also. D ick works too. It's in the GCD under Large Feature but the index is totally buggered up. I wish I could see your copy to fix it. Famous Feature Stories one issue Dell Publishing copyright Western Printing & Lithographing co. Has some illios but reprints written stories " Tracy', Don Winslow etc. Aha, text stories. Not a comic book according to GCD. (You've got to draw the line somewhere.) Thanks! Jack hope this does the trick for you....do you want the indicia from #11? ...and rare for a larson, there is a date on the cover of "August 16"....you can update your "?" Thanks! I think there's enough info there to do a little fixing. Is the page count right? Total of 76 with 71 story pages? (plus 4 cover pages and what's the other page?) Is the Aug 16 date printed or handwritten? #11 index is in better shape than #4. Is there any indication in the book of the original dates of the reprinted strips? Hey, #11 is the one I have a nice Chicago Tribune Very Limited Edition Reprint of. Mad Doc Hump with the nitroglycerine recipe in it. I don't think I need anything from the indicia, but thanks for the offer. Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kryptonitecomics Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 (edited) A fairly common book but I still love the cover. I wanted to get a higher graded copy but the folks on Ebay were just asking moon money for the books so I just bid outright on this one and won it cheap. This belongs in the thread about books that look nicer than their grades (thumbs u Edited December 27, 2008 by kryptonitecomics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerKid Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 A fairly common book but I still love the cover. I wanted to get a higher graded copy but the folks on Ebay were just asking moon money for the books so I just bid outright on this one and won it cheap. This belongs in the thread about books that look nicer than their grades (thumbs u That is a beautiful 5.5. Awesome pickup. Buy those all day at that price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esquirecomics Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 I haven't tried to verify it yet, but I would imagine this is likely the FIRST cover featuring a LAWYER!!! Or at least one who admits to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straw-Man Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 I haven't tried to verify it yet, but I would imagine this is likely the FIRST cover featuring a LAWYER!!! Or at least one who admits to it! 7.0? what's responsible for the downgrade, mark? the book looks nearly flawless. is that a light crease, top right, and one at bottom right? still seems better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esquirecomics Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 I haven't tried to verify it yet, but I would imagine this is likely the FIRST cover featuring a LAWYER!!! Or at least one who admits to it! 7.0? what's responsible for the downgrade, mark? the book looks nearly flawless. is that a light crease, top right, and one at bottom right? still seems better. Very good question. You did identify two creases, and there is a slight crease at the middle bottom. Beyond that, I see absolutely nothing. The staples look possibly "sunken" so perhaps they are starting to separate from the cover, but one of the better looking 7.0s to be sure. (thumbs u And the fact that it is a lawyer on the cover has to at least double or triple the value!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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G.A.tor Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 argh!. maybe the WORST comic of the entire GA... shame on you mark...shame! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straw-Man Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 NOW WE'RE TALKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you can't throw it there mark, i'll hit it out the park every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.tor Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 NOW WE'RE TALKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you can't throw it there mark, i'll hit it out the park every time. and that is the worst issue of the worst comic of the Golden Age Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esquirecomics Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 NOW WE'RE TALKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you can't throw it there mark, i'll hit it out the park every time. and that is the worst issue of the worst comic of the Golden Age Ah, but what fun to have your BIG face on a comic book!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selegue Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 NOW WE'RE TALKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you can't throw it there mark, i'll hit it out the park every time. and that is the worst issue of the worst comic of the Golden Age Do you really hate them, or just the covers? #3 is indexed at GCD -- Cazeneuve, Glanzman, Krigstein... not hard to imagine worse. Jack Do coverless copies fetch a premium? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 I have been after a nice copy of this for ages! Thanks Pokerkid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 y'all aren't going to be heading over to the holiday wishes thread very much anymore. gator posted the whole damn night before christmas yesterday. i'm so proud of my reply, i'm pasting it here, too. 'twas the day after christmas, and gator grew bored, he wondered and wondered, why're my books all restored? some color touch here, and trimming seen there, "now i see what they mean, about buyer beware". cracked out some high-grade, then pressed and resubbed, 6.5 and now purple, CGC so redubbed. a box sent to mattie, for some resto removal, once more all went purple; 'neath the grader's approval. "from now on for me only original owner collections," still they went purple, after the grader's inspection. "i hate cgc," said the gator frustrated, one more came back purple, "the cover's been mated." "i'll switch over to coins," said the gator with hope, but those, too, have work, you big stoopid dope. so as gator sits, waiting for the last batch, that'll leave him with nothing, but his poor head to scratch. makes a wish for the new year, and prays it comes true, that when he makes a purchase, no more purple, but all BLUE. (a classic Billy, well done) ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.tor Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Do you really hate them, or just the covers? #3 is indexed at GCD -- Cazeneuve, Glanzman, Krigstein... not hard to imagine worse. Jack Do coverless copies fetch a premium? I cannot tell a lie...the covers alone have so turned me off, that I have admittedly NEVER given the content a chance... you just kind of shake your head and wonder outloud "what is the point" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerKid Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 I have been after a nice copy of this for ages! Thanks Pokerkid! I hope it's what you are after. It looks good in hand and I was happy with it when I got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 I have been after a nice copy of this for ages! Thanks Pokerkid! Congrats Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.tor Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 y'all aren't going to be heading over to the holiday wishes thread very much anymore. gator posted the whole damn night before christmas yesterday. i'm so proud of my reply, i'm pasting it here, too. 'twas the day after christmas, and gator grew bored, he wondered and wondered, why're my books all restored? some color touch here, and trimming seen there, "now i see what they mean, about buyer beware". cracked out some high-grade, then pressed and resubbed, 6.5 and now purple, CGC so redubbed. a box sent to mattie, for some resto removal, once more all went purple; 'neath the grader's approval. "from now on for me only original owner collections," still they went purple, after the grader's inspection. "i hate cgc," said the gator frustrated, one more came back purple, "the cover's been mated." "i'll switch over to coins," said the gator with hope, but those, too, have work, you big stoopid dope. so as gator sits, waiting for the last batch, that'll leave him with nothing, but his poor head to scratch. makes a wish for the new year, and prays it comes true, that when he makes a purchase, no more purple, but all BLUE. (a classic Billy, well done) ! way toooo much time on his hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonds25 Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 A fairly common book but I still love the cover. I wanted to get a higher graded copy but the folks on Ebay were just asking moon money for the books so I just bid outright on this one and won it cheap. This belongs in the thread about books that look nicer than their grades (thumbs u I keep looking at it, and can't seem to find anything that would keep it from a VF grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
