Twistty1 Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 (edited) Here's the issue that's from. What a gorgeous copy!! I've always really liked that interior splash. Edited February 4, 2010 by Twistty1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 Zowie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 Here are a couple more of Jack Cole's spectacular splash pages. Police Comics #17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 Police Comics #21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 BZ, Your collecting story seems similar to mine. Did you get a copy of Alter Ego after contacting Jerry or did you get a copy of On the Drawing Board? Jerry sent me a copy of On the Drawing Board. I think the first Alter-Ego I bought was #5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 (edited) I still have my original copy of Alter-Ego #4 but it has been taped and restapled to hold it together. These are Jerry's scans. By the way, I don't consider myself a pioneer. I think I would be considered one of those city dudes who preferred to read about the wild west in a Penny Dreadful. Raymond Miller, Roy Thomas, Jerry, Howard Keltner, Don and Maggie Thompson, Biljo White, Grass Greene, Ron Foss, Mike Vosburg, Len Wein, Robert Butts and many others really built Fandom (settled the Wild West) while the rest of us read about it in their fanzine articles and letter pages. bb Edited February 6, 2010 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 (edited) Alter-Ego #5 was one of my favorite fanzines because it had Ed Lahmann's article "So you want to collect comics". This must have had an effect on you, BZ, since your collection is so diverse and has so many of the goodies that he lists. I tried to follow Ed's philosophy but ended up with a lot of bits and pieces because some of the books were rare or too expensive. But the idea was there and I didn't collect just All Stars or Timely's. The last page list some single series like Tarzan #20 and Four Color 10. But we can add Four Color 9, 29 and 62 to the list. Thanks again Ed. Edited February 6, 2010 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Fascinating collector's list, BB. Batman # 4 - Easier to get than the earlier one, and has some fine art by Bob Kane ; some of his best. Agree here - Batman 4, along with Amazing-Man 6, are probably my two favorite GA comics. At least Ed mentions Centaurs, though he is rather harsh ("just one good magazine")! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Fascinating collector's list, BB. Batman # 4 - Easier to get than the earlier one, and has some fine art by Bob Kane ; some of his best. Agree here - Batman 4, along with Amazing-Man 6, are probably my two favorite GA comics. At least Ed mentions Centaurs, though he is rather harsh ("just one good magazine")! I agree with the comment about Centaur but some people would rather collect Timely to pick up those Everett and Burgos stories. I am still trying to buy Batman 4 but I do have a 3 and 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 (edited) Fascinating collector's list, BB. Batman # 4 - Easier to get than the earlier one, and has some fine art by Bob Kane ; some of his best. Agree here - Batman 4, along with Amazing-Man 6, are probably my two favorite GA comics. At least Ed mentions Centaurs, though he is rather harsh ("just one good magazine")! I think Ed reviewed his article a few years ago for Alter Ego and he mentioned that he had left out a few companies. By checking the Keltner Index, I can see a few that had a lot of Superheroes like Quality, Nedor, Hillman, Lev Gleason, Street and Smith and Continental, need a list. For Continental I would recommend: Catman 15-32, lots of Quinlan art and a few LB Cole covers in that batch Captain Fearless, 1 or 2, silly costume but nice work by Quinlan and a Ms. Victory back up Captain Aero 13-16, 21-26 Cole and Quinlan art again, never enough Suspense 4-8, hard to find, get an issue 3 if you can afford it Terrific 4 or 5, both have great covers Cyclone 1-4, I don't have any of these but the scans I have seen look pretty good Contact 10-12, more great covers by Cole Edited February 6, 2010 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Central Valley copy (white pages) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 I have purchased replacement copies of Alter-Ego 5, 6, 8-11 in the past 10 years but only have scans of AE 7. This copy is hand-colored by the original owner who was better than I at staying between the lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 I'm a huge fan of Chas Quinlan - here's Captain Fearless #2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Central Valley copy (white pages) Wow, where is Central Valley? Orange County New York or California? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Northern California - the small collection was discovered by Brian Peets (of A-1 Comics) and consisted of mostly non-superhero items. He held onto the books for about a dozen years before finally bringing them to market several years ago. Without a doubt, some of the freshest and whitest books I have ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 I'm a huge fan of Chas Quinlan - here's Captain Fearless #2 Oops, I corrected my Fearless mistake in a Fury when I saw your post. Here is my issue 1 which is a little beat up but the paper is nice inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 I think the Street and Smith issues could be sorted through a little and some of the better covers could be real treasures. Later issues of the Shadow, like volumes 7-9, have art by Powell which is fun to have but the early issues, V1 N1-6, have pulp reprints for covers and they look great. Get one from each era and pick up a V2 #3 if you see it on sale cause it has the first Supersnipe story. Buy Supersnipes from volume 2 or 3 but they are all pretty good. The most collected issue are volume 1 #8 and #9, which have Hitler covers. I would like to have an Army and Navy issue too, with a Jack Farr cover. Look for Super Magician covers that strike your fancy and Red Dragon issues. Red Dragon 7 and 8 have especially good covers. Air Ace is also a Street and Smith title with some nice Sci Fi covers but the racist cover for V2#2 has been more interesting as a collectors' item. Doc Savage covers from the first volume are pretty neat and the cover of Vol 2#7 is fantastic. I would pick up a couple if I could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 (edited) My apologies for phrasing these remarks as if the Board members were novice collectors but I am trying to keep with the original purpose of Ed's article. Consider it time traveling like Billy Pilgrim in Slaughterhouse Five. Edited February 6, 2010 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Central Valley copy (white pages) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 7, 2010 Author Share Posted February 7, 2010 Alter-Ego #5 was one of my favorite fanzines because it had Ed Lahmann's article "So you want to collect comics". This must have had an effect on you, BZ, since your collection is so diverse and has so many of the goodies that he lists. I tried to follow Ed's philosophy but ended up with a lot of bits and pieces because some of the books were rare or too expensive. But the idea was there and I didn't collect just All Stars or Timely's. Thanks for the scans, BB. It's been many decades since I read Ed's article and I have to admit I don't have any memory of it, but I subscribe 100% to his collecting philosophy. I like having a little bit of everything, rather than focusing on a character, title, publisher, artist, or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
