KirbyJack

I have Bob to thank for turning me on to underground comics. Bob taught me how to pronounce Alex Toth's name (rhymes with "both"). Bob gave me my first lesson on EC history. Bob had us out to his place in Fremont, Nebraska just to see a complete GA Superman and Action collection. And one time, Bob was set up at a comic show, alone as usual. He was, at that time, apparently under the misimpression that I worked for Dean Phillips at Krypton Comics. He needed to smoke and pee, so he grabbed my arm, dragged me to his booth, and told me to watch it. If memory serves, I even sold a cheap book for him. When Bob got back, he immediately accused me of either allowing a comic to be stolen, or stealing it myself. When I was finally allowed to explain that I did not work for Dean, the entire matter was dropped. I assure you, nothing of any consequence was stolen on my watch. I related the story to Dean, and he was not surprised. Apparently, Bob liked to use that tactic to mitigate debt he had with Dean. There is good and bad to all of us, but there is no doubt that my life is a little better for having known Bob Beerbohm.

Bob was certainly colorful, and I could share anecdotes both good and bad about him. I choose to accentuate the positive. He was a big presence during my main collecting years; I was always running into him. I even made a few runs out to Fremont to shop his stuff or see some noteworthy collections. No matter how good the books were, he had a better supply of stories. We have lost something irreplaceable in his passing.

Marvel annual #2 to same

Sorry. The cat is going to be sent in for grading.

Right comic; wrong placement for the sig. Gotta be first page... and bigger!

Hopefully there will be a super-inclusive specimen for my budget. I would need a first page signature, of course. ( get that bc provenance, y’know )

Joker posting a Joker cover to genius posting a genius panel.

Hey! Fourth grade was the best 3 years of my life.

That is what they should put on The Sphere in Las Vegas. I can't imagine any downside at all.

Orange dragon-monster to green.

I would make two separate threads, bronze and silver. I don't check mixed very often, either. I would consider selling as lots. I hate paying $7 shipping for a $9 comic. Definitely include bulk shipping rates! You want buyers claiming stacks of books. I usually will work with people on shipping.

Oooh! Please sell them here! Cheapie bronze X-Men sound delicious right about now.

That’s a whole slabful of funny book you got there.

If it makes you feel any better, I consider raw, reading copies of Kirby Fantastic Fours to be the most entertaining (and thus, intrinsically valuable) comic books in all existence.

Already had it: but if I didn’t know it existed, you’d have converted me. Does that count?

I am not an AE guy, but, seeing as it reprints my favorite comic, I had to get this. I have spent hours staring at those pages. Some lucky SOB on CAF owns all the splash pages to this one. Lord.

I get you. I’ve referred to it as a Space Studebaker.

…it’s not all reprints.

First Marvel annual to both first Marvel annuals.

Yes he was. In my view, the single most impactful creator ever to work in the medium. His contributions are without equal.

Ok. It’s been more than a year, so I’m bumping this b1+ch.

So cool. I do admire a complete run, all in the same condition. It just reeks of a discipline I will never have.

Of course, the Cat is correct. Strange Tales collections are wonderful. I’m complete from 101-146, the end of the Ditko Dr. Strange stories. Please ignore the Millie annual. My brain forms a weird equivalence between it and Strange Tales annual 1.

Well, Claudio, if you were around more, we would have more recent quotes.

Great book! Interesting similarity between Feldstein’s attacking ship there and Wood’s mother ship here.