garthgantu Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 Okay, now that I've finally made it to the end of this tremendous thread, a couple of questions and one request: - You say you've upgraded over the years, but clearly there must be a fair number of duplicates still in the collection...is there any one GA book of which you have a large number of copies? And if so, is it because it's a particular favorite? - In instances like the glorious run of 'Tecs you posted (issues 80 - 140, roughly), there are some gaps...is that because you don't own those issues or because they're not of the same high standard in terms of grade, or...? And as part of that question, do you actively seek to complete runs in any titles at this point? - Have you read Bill Schelly's "The Golden Age of Comic Fandom" - or maybe you're even mentioned in it somewhere, as an early collecting pioneer? If you've not checked it out, you should... - Among your movie posters are there any lobby cards or one-sheets for early cartoons, such as the Fleischer Bros.' Popeyes or the Betty Boop or Koko the Clown shorts? - Do you have a Batman 20, and if so could you post a scan? And I would also second or third the previous request(s) for other Eisner and Cole Spirit, Police, etc. - more pics, pleez! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garthgantu Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 One more thing: You have to have inhabited these boards for awhile to truly appreciate a few things about this thread... 1) the fact that requests for you to scan each book in its entirety (all four corners showing) can be counted on one hand, and that they were requests rather than something stronger, is a testament in itself to the collective wonderment of the forumites with respect to your collection. 2) Very little sidetracking has occurred in this thread...who wants to derail the train to Nirvana?! 3) No politicking... there are factions on these boards, and the differences they usually bring to any thread, regardless of topic/focus, are non-existent in this thread! That alone sets this one apart as "Thread of the Year" thus far! Okay, enough warm-n'-fuzzies...now get the darned scanner warmed up again, pleez! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 BZ's collection is starting to remind me of a line from an uncle scrooge story, loosely: the only reason these things are rare is because BZ has them all! (the money pit by Rosa - btw, BZ, have you read the Rosa duck stories? I think you'd enjoy them) Rosa may have written the story you describe, but it was (as usual) Barks who first used that angle. In a story that I believe originally appeared in one of the first 25 or so issues of Uncle Scrooge, Scrooge decides to make a random 1916 quarter incredibly valuable by acquiring ALL the 1916 quarters that were made, and dumping them in the ocean... then he loses the single on that he'd set aside, and has to go down to an Atlantis-like world to retrieve another of the quarters...at the end, he takes the one salvaged quarter to a coin shop, and the dealer gasps and says "why, this coin is so rare and valuable, only one person in the world could afford to buy it - Scrooge McDuck!" hehe, cool... that must be one of the few barks stories I haven't read! I didn't think there were any mainstream ones like US issues that I hadn't read yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 Yeah, sorry for the tangent but if someone could identify the Uncle Scrooge issue with that Barks story it would be a kindness. I'd like to read that one too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Hand ® Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 One more thing: You have to have inhabited these boards for awhile to truly appreciate a few things about this thread... 1) the fact that requests for you to scan each book in its entirety (all four corners showing) can be counted on one hand, and that they were requests rather than something stronger, is a testament in itself to the collective wonderment of the forumites with respect to your collection. 2) Very little sidetracking has occurred in this thread...who wants to derail the train to Nirvana?! 3) No politicking... there are factions on these boards, and the differences they usually bring to any thread, regardless of topic/focus, are non-existent in this thread! That alone sets this one apart as "Thread of the Year" thus far! Okay, enough warm-n'-fuzzies...now get the darned scanner warmed up again, pleez! Hear hear...thread of the year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 3) No politicking... there are factions on these boards, and the differences they usually bring to any thread, regardless of topic/focus, are non-existent in this thread! That alone sets this one apart as "Thread of the Year" thus far! Well said Garth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted June 6, 2007 Author Share Posted June 6, 2007 Okay, now that I've finally made it to the end of this tremendous thread, a couple of questions and one request: - You say you've upgraded over the years, but clearly there must be a fair number of duplicates still in the collection...is there any one GA book of which you have a large number of copies? And if so, is it because it's a particular favorite? - In instances like the glorious run of 'Tecs you posted (issues 80 - 140, roughly), there are some gaps...is that because you don't own those issues or because they're not of the same high standard in terms of grade, or...? And as part of that question, do you actively seek to complete runs in any titles at this point? - Have you read Bill Schelly's "The Golden Age of Comic Fandom" - or maybe you're even mentioned in it somewhere, as an early collecting pioneer? If you've not checked it out, you should... - Among your movie posters are there any lobby cards or one-sheets for early cartoons, such as the Fleischer Bros.' Popeyes or the Betty Boop or Koko the Clown shorts? - Do you have a Batman 20, and if so could you post a scan? And I would also second or third the previous request(s) for other Eisner and Cole Spirit, Police, etc. - more pics, pleez! no, yes, yes, no, no, no, yes, ok i will, no, yes, yes, yes, maybe, on my 16th birthday WAIT, change that third no to a yes, the second yes to maybe and...no that's not right. Let me start all over. ....ummm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.tor Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 Okay, now that I've finally made it to the end of this tremendous thread, a couple of questions and one request: - You say you've upgraded over the years, but clearly there must be a fair number of duplicates still in the collection...is there any one GA book of which you have a large number of copies? And if so, is it because it's a particular favorite? - In instances like the glorious run of 'Tecs you posted (issues 80 - 140, roughly), there are some gaps...is that because you don't own those issues or because they're not of the same high standard in terms of grade, or...? And as part of that question, do you actively seek to complete runs in any titles at this point? - Have you read Bill Schelly's "The Golden Age of Comic Fandom" - or maybe you're even mentioned in it somewhere, as an early collecting pioneer? If you've not checked it out, you should... - Among your movie posters are there any lobby cards or one-sheets for early cartoons, such as the Fleischer Bros.' Popeyes or the Betty Boop or Koko the Clown shorts? - Do you have a Batman 20, and if so could you post a scan? And I would also second or third the previous request(s) for other Eisner and Cole Spirit, Police, etc. - more pics, pleez! no, yes, yes, no, no, no, yes, ok i will, no, yes, yes, yes, maybe, on my 16th birthday WAIT, change that third no to a yes, the second yes to maybe and...no that's not right. Let me start all over. ....ummm but I think we all echo GG sentiments and all thank you for your generosity and time! gator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted June 6, 2007 Author Share Posted June 6, 2007 One more thing: You have to have inhabited these boards for awhile to truly appreciate a few things about this thread... 1) the fact that requests for you to scan each book in its entirety (all four corners showing) can be counted on one hand, and that they were requests rather than something stronger, is a testament in itself to the collective wonderment of the forumites with respect to your collection. 2) Very little sidetracking has occurred in this thread...who wants to derail the train to Nirvana?! 3) No politicking... there are factions on these boards, and the differences they usually bring to any thread, regardless of topic/focus, are non-existent in this thread! That alone sets this one apart as "Thread of the Year" thus far! Thanks,Garth. I appreciate the kind words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted June 6, 2007 Author Share Posted June 6, 2007 Vince, Richard, and Gator, Thanks guys. You're a fun bunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 Yeah, sorry for the tangent but if someone could identify the Uncle Scrooge issue with that Barks story it would be a kindness. I'd like to read that one too! Uncle Scrooge # 5 (1954) - The Sunken City but mostly translated as the Secret of Atlantis abroad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garthgantu Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 Who else but Scrooge would come through with that answer? How appropriate is that! I kinda get that story mixed up with "The Land of Tra La La" in which a remote, Shangri-La-esque world is turned upside down by the tops to the bottles of tonic that Scrooge's doctor prescribes (along with R&R, hence the trip to the exotic foreign land)...when the bottle tops become Tra La La's first form of currency, Scrooge has a brainstorm and figures the best way to deflate the current currency conundrum is to have a million more bottle tops airlifted into the valley of Tra La La...except that Donald and the boys mis-hear his instructions and order a billion bottle tops dropped on the valley, killing everyone below and requiring the outlay of the rest of Scrooge's fortune to cover the clean-up costs... betcha haven't read that one either! (Okay, I 'enhanced' a little bit of the ending there for any Hollywood agents who might be lurking...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted June 6, 2007 Author Share Posted June 6, 2007 Who else but Scrooge would come through with that answer? How appropriate is that! I kinda get that story mixed up with "The Land of Tra La La" in which a remote, Shangri-La-esque world is turned upside down by the tops to the bottles of tonic that Scrooge's doctor prescribes (along with R&R, hence the trip to the exotic foreign land)...when the bottle tops become Tra La La's first form of currency, Scrooge has a brainstorm and figures the best way to deflate the current currency conundrum is to have a million more bottle tops airlifted into the valley of Tra La La...except that Donald and the boys mis-hear his instructions and order a billion bottle tops dropped on the valley, killing everyone below and requiring the outlay of the rest of Scrooge's fortune to cover the clean-up costs... betcha haven't read that one either! (Okay, I 'enhanced' a little bit of the ending there for any Hollywood agents who might be lurking...) I just read that story the other day. It's another in a long list of great Barks stories. It's in Uncle Scrooge # 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norrin_Radd Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 Rosa may have written the story you describe, but it was (as usual) Barks who first used that angle. In a story that I believe originally appeared in one of the first 25 or so issues of Uncle Scrooge, Scrooge decides to make a random 1916 quarter incredibly valuable by acquiring ALL the 1916 quarters that were made, and dumping them in the ocean... then he loses the single on that he'd set aside, and has to go down to an Atlantis-like world to retrieve another of the quarters...at the end, he takes the one salvaged quarter to a coin shop, and the dealer gasps and says "why, this coin is so rare and valuable, only one person in the world could afford to buy it - Scrooge McDuck!" It's in Uncle Scrooge #5. However, a prior non-Barks Uncle Scrooge story in Four Color #353 has a similar theme. He tries to collect every silver dollar ever minted but comes up one short. It turns out that Gladstone has it and Scrooge tries to get him to sell it to him. As a side note, 1916 Standing Liberty Quarters are quite rare and very valuable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 Who else but Scrooge would come through with that answer? How appropriate is that! I kinda get that story mixed up with "The Land of Tra La La" in which a remote, Shangri-La-esque world is turned upside down by the tops to the bottles of tonic that Scrooge's doctor prescribes (along with R&R, hence the trip to the exotic foreign land)...when the bottle tops become Tra La La's first form of currency, Scrooge has a brainstorm and figures the best way to deflate the current currency conundrum is to have a million more bottle tops airlifted into the valley of Tra La La...except that Donald and the boys mis-hear his instructions and order a billion bottle tops dropped on the valley, killing everyone below and requiring the outlay of the rest of Scrooge's fortune to cover the clean-up costs... betcha haven't read that one either! (Okay, I 'enhanced' a little bit of the ending there for any Hollywood agents who might be lurking...) I just read that story the other day. It's another in a long list of great Barks stories. It's in Uncle Scrooge # 6. And a fine one that Don Rosa also revisits in his Return to Xanadu story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garthgantu Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 no, yes, yes, no, no, no, yes, ok i will, no, yes, yes, yes, maybe, on my 16th birthday WAIT, change that third no to a yes, the second yes to maybe and...no that's not right. Let me start all over. ....ummm Okay, so from what I can gather, we can expect a scan of Bats #20 on your 16th birthday... seems like a tough stunt to pull off, but I'm a patient guy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 BTW, I didn't see a Tarzan and the Golden Lion in there. That is the one I'm missing. Is it hidden in a pile? If you could put it front and center I will trade you a post of my favorite Tarzan piece. I think you will like it. (And it ain't a funnybook!) Richard, I have a copy of the book, but it's without the dust jacket. The best I can do is offer up a picture of the BLB or the serialized version which ran in Argosy All-Story 12/9/22 to 1/20/23. BZ, please ignore the goofy looking guy at left but keep in mind I, er, he is 6 ft. 5 in. This is a HUGE Jeff Jones Tarzan painting done as a commission after he did a calendar of Tarzan images in the late '90s. I got it indirectly through Heritage a few years back. Before getting it I thought comics were the be all and end all. But now I get to wake up every day and stare at this! So there you go....some All-Story please! Wow, Richard that is way cool! It is much cooler in person. I thoroughly enjoyed drinking a cup of coffee and regarding the painting at Richard's house a couple of months back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted June 6, 2007 Author Share Posted June 6, 2007 no, yes, yes, no, no, no, yes, ok i will, no, yes, yes, yes, maybe, on my 16th birthday WAIT, change that third no to a yes, the second yes to maybe and...no that's not right. Let me start all over. ....ummm Okay, so from what I can gather, we can expect a scan of Bats #20 on your 16th birthday... seems like a tough stunt to pull off, but I'm a patient guy... Did I say that? I think I was misquoted. Actually, I'll probably be posting a scan of it very soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garthgantu Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 It's in Uncle Scrooge #5. However, a prior non-Barks Uncle Scrooge story in Four Color #353 has a similar theme. He tries to collect every silver dollar ever minted but comes up one short. It turns out that Gladstone has it and Scrooge tries to get him to sell it to him. Wow - another lesson learned today! Having strictly avoided all duck artists except Barks (and Walt Kelly), I'm not that well-versed in the "bad artists" as my mother taught me to refer to them I'll take solace in the fact that both Scrooge and Gladstone were Barks creations BangZoom, on this note could you post a few early Barks books? Maybe the first couple of Four Colors he did, if you have 'em? And any March Of Comics? (I loved the FC #4 and the Firestone '48 Giveaway; you mentioned posting a WDC&S #1 but I guessed I somehow missed that?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted June 7, 2007 Author Share Posted June 7, 2007 ... BangZoom, on this note could you post a few early Barks books? Maybe the first couple of Four Colors he did, if you have 'em? And any March Of Comics? (I loved the FC #4 and the Firestone '48 Giveaway; you mentioned posting a WDC&S #1 but I guessed I somehow missed that?) I love the Four Color series. I just haven't gotten around to posting much of it yet. Yep, I've got some March of Comics. I'll have to dig through some stacks and try to remember where I put them. I think the WDC&S 1 ended up in one of the slideshows I posted. For some reason they always seem to end up disabled after a week or so. Maybe CGC thinks they take up too much bandwidth. I dunno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
