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Thanks for posting--this is really interesting. What was his pricing like? Was everything used-book priced, like half off cover, or did he ask more for the older books and/or keys at some point? My first comic shops were in Mpls/St Paul too. Started going to Schinder's Read More and Comic City (I think the shop an earlier MN poster was referring to), and occasionally Midway Book Store in the late 70's, probably around 1977. I was always under the impression that Midway had been carrying "used" comics since at least the late 60s. Do you have any idea when they started carrying back issues and pricing them as collectibles? How about Schinders?

Nice find on the Warriors DVD, but I hope you found the original version! I was thrilled to find a very fancy looking DVD copy (to replace my decades-old VHS) of "The Director's Cut," at a garage sale a few years back. Thrilled, that is, right up until I watched it. Terrible. Completely butchered. They inserted all these comic book panel effects, that completely ruined all the great transitions in the film. Worse yet, they even inserted these ridiculous still panels in some action sequences. I can't go into more detail though, I've tried to wipe the painful memory from my mind. Now, of course, every time I've seen a copy of the Warriors DVD for sale since then, it's always that same terrible cut too. Argh.

If I remember correctly, the Abner illustrations in this are ghosted by Frazetta. Several years back I attended a local estate auction with many, many vintage Life mags. The auction company had tied them up in bundles/stacks of about 30 issues each, but had used a green-tinted twine. What had been a beautiful VF copy of this issue was on top of one of the stacks. Unfortunately the green from the twine bled off onto the magazines. This cover was absolutely destroyed, with a huge green cross over the entire cover. The auction was not a total loss however as I picked up a nice little box of 1940s Catholic Comics like Heroes All, for about $5. The other "miss" at this auction was a pretty weird one too. Paid a couple bucks for a box of random old newspapers and let the nice lady next to me take the next one for just a couple bucks. As she dug through, way at the bottom were about two weeks worth of all the Ed Gein headlines. Gein was from a very small town, and this particular newspaper was the closest thing to being his "local" paper. Pretty grizzly stuff, but fascinating to see from a small-town local paper perspective.

Fantastic! Clark almost exactly quoted Einstein's Theory of Relativity! I love it when the science in old comics actually works, and this is probably one of the most off-hand mentions I've seen! BZ, you do find the best stuff!

Wow. Great thread. Opened it up expecting all super-hero toys that I never had, but what do I find, Navaronne Playset references and links! I thought I was the only kid that went hog wild over that set! I never knew anybody else who had one. I remember drooling over that exact same JC Penney's Christmas Catalog ad for the set (thanks for the link, you wouldn't believe the memories it's brought back!). I was ten years old, the perfect age for Christmas, and this is the gift I remember most. Santa brought this set, so it didn't show up until morning. I was up at the crack of dawn, and I remember thinking I was oh-so-smart by taking the big box and weighing on the bathroom scale (we weren't allowed to open until everyone was up--oh the torture!) to see if it matched the weight listed in the catalog. I was heart broken when it didn't! Aaargh! But, of course the weight in the catalog was the shipping weight and probably included whatever shipping materials Penney's used at the time. Needless to say, when I finally opened it I was probably just about as happy as a 10 year old boy could get! Wow. Good times. BTW, the Coleco pocket quartback kicked the $h!# out of the Mattel one! And I'm not too humble to mention that I was unbeatable in Jr High!

Interesting stuff here. Thanks for posting. A few years back I had posted some scans of a 1953 Confidential magazine article on the NY report as it pertained to Lil Abner. It should be here (if my link works): http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2503344&fpart=5

Congratulations on your purchase. That's one I've never owned. How scarce is that book? A local antique store here use to have a copy that looked pretty decent (considering) but was missing the spine and had a long piece of duct tape in its place! Argh. I think it was priced at about $20-30 but even I (low grade fan that I am) didn't want to touch it at that price.

argh--it also appears that there was an exhibit of items from his collection in Madison. It ended on 12/30/2009. http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/calendar/index.asp?id=2023

Hmm, after a little searching found a photo of August Derleth with his collection on the Wisconsin Historical Society website. here is a link, if it works: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/fullRecord.asp?id=68053

I've got some raw, lower grade books on the for sale page tonight. Here's the list: Shadow Comics Vol 4 #12 Wings #94 SOLD Chilling Tales #16 SOLD Jungle Comics #155 Human Torch #38 Marvel Tales #129 Suspense #1 Also relisting a Superman 14, but the sale is pending as I type this. Thanks for looking. And if anyone can provide the link for me I'd appreciate it ( I haven't figured out how to do that!)

Hey, I hope it is not out of bounds or outside board rules, but just wanted to let you war comic collectors know I have posted a raw All American Men of War #128 (#2, 1952) for sale in the marketplace. Put it up last night and dropped price once already. Thanks for your time.

Thanks for your help. Just about to get started now.

Hello all--I'll be listing another batch of lower grade Golden Age books tonight. I should be able to get started in about an hour, maybe less. I'll be listing very low grade copies of Marvel Mystery 62 and All Select #8 and a bit better Marvel Mystery 67 (all from a local estate). All American Men of War #128 (second issue, 1952) Phantom Stranger #6 --unfortunately missing pages Zip-Jet # 1 Planet Comics #71 If anyone would be so kind as to help me provide an actual link from this post once I've started I would appreciate the help. Thanks for your attention.

Yes, that sideways format is the same in all three. That was the same format that they often used in Mad reprints, particularly for the early "comic book" issues. It is really annoying to read, and probably the only reason the Mad reprints sold well was the enormous popularity of the magazine. It is also a likely cause why these books are so often pretty well worn, they are hard to open enough to even get a decent view.

Sweet copy and also on my want list! That one and the Incredible Science Fiction book are advertised in the babc of the VoH. Here is the ad from the back cover of Incredible Science Fiction. Note that it calls Crypt the "first... in a new series." Granted, they did publish two horror and a sci-fi, but i've always thought there were probably more planned, but they probably didn't sell very well. My guess is they picked this format based on the success of Mad reprints, but it just doesn't do justice to the horror/sci-fi stories and art. I always wonder if they would have picked a larger format that was more art friendly if the reprints might have sold better, and ECs might have made a mid-60s resurgence.