Kevin.J

On 4/16/2024 at 4:06 PM, Kevin.J said:

I dont care about the stamps.

On 4/16/2024 at 6:17 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

 

You really dont want me to start caring about stamps, do you ? 

 Laurel & hardy are the greatest comedy duo of all time, one of the few things that still makes me laugh.

Things I found funny when I was a kid, even up to just a few years ago just doesnt do it anymore, but Laurel & hardy never gets old for me.

On 4/16/2024 at 8:05 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

Back on Len, I've posted at length, here and elsewhere, about Miller's distribution of Harvey comics from 1960 to 67, but this book below is still the only T&P stamped that I've seen on my travels for the publisher:

The exception that proves the rule, I suppose....

I just had a quick look at my Harvey's, most of my collection is too old to fit the criteria and I only have 71 books scanned, a couple have stamps but alas not T&P  

On 4/16/2024 at 7:13 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

I'd have liked to have added these two Miller distributed 'Top Quality' books to my stamped collection but the bidding went higher than I expected:

They're not books that come up often, especially in that shape, but I was still surprised by the sale prices. I wonder if the bidders were oblivious to or encouraged by the LM 6d stamps? Always nice to see the stamp variations in play too - a centred 6d and one to the right of the circle.

 

Not coming home with me, alas, but still very nice to see.

I would have liked those too, but not at those prices, I dont care about the stamps.

I thought I was the only person collecting IW.

Whats going on ?  

On 4/5/2024 at 10:27 PM, Ken Aldred said:

Being OCD, I would never buy a slab that's been in contact with a potentially dirty carpet.

I hate it when the picture is someone holding the comic and his finger nails are rotten, no chance of me buying that, puts me right off  

Or even worse you can see his cheesy feet in the photo, yuk

Ebay is minging.

On 4/3/2024 at 11:42 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

Charlton did love a Hot Rod 

On 4/3/2024 at 11:42 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

And then there are idiots like me who have doubles....

 

Yeah, I have been known to have a couple of duplicates  

On 4/3/2024 at 11:35 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

 

Well some people think thats all they are good for  

On 4/3/2024 at 11:12 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

I'll give you a fiver for all the Charltons, Mrs Kevin 

She knows what to do with my, I mean your Charltons  

On 4/3/2024 at 2:55 PM, Redshade said:

dealer's "great offer"

I would agree, go with a proper Auctioneer, never a dealer offer.

Anderson and Garland sold the Ian Penman collection for a supposed 500k+ that was just a mid sized collection with a lot of missing keys and no Golden age books, the thing it did have was great publicity, I saw it on the national and local news a few times, thats the key to a nice sale, I think, nerds around the world 

Ian Penmans sister knew nothing about comics, imagine she rang Silver Acre first, Darryl would have made what seemed like a sweet offer to her I am sure 

I have spoken to John Anderson a couple of times about my missus cashing when I am gone, she knows nothing at all about values despite living surrounded by comics for 25 years  

On 4/1/2024 at 2:14 PM, Redshade said:

I had my Beano and Dandy (and later Victor and Hotspur) delivered by the paper boy.

I was a paperboy who couldnt afford comics, so someone got their comics a day late as I read them overnight and delivered them the next day, there I have admitted it 

Okay, okay, I read Jackie, Bunty & Mandy too 

On 3/28/2024 at 6:09 PM, Malacoda said:

This one is nice.  Did you buy this really recently?  That crease / colour break from the middle top to the right side looks hauntingly familiar.  

Nah, I have had it years.

The only FF book I have tried to upgrade in recent years is FF 49 from a local auction house (lesson) never bid without seeing for yourself in hand, especially if its partially obscured 

On 3/28/2024 at 4:20 PM, OtherEric said:

I've got the 260, luckily.  283 (First Zod & Phantom Zone) is the major one I'm still lacking in the post-247 range.

Do you mean 503, or 529?  I'm including the revival where they continued the numbering a few years ago.

Do you have the Frazetta Shining Knight issues complete?  Finding a 150 is driving me nuts at the moment, I've got the other seven.

Not sure the exact numbers of Frazetta without looking them up, I have never seen them in hand in years.

This is what I have, my 283 is nice enough I suppose, I had it a long time.

I was a Superboy fan so chased Adventure for the Superboy stories originally, I still need a few, the main Superboy title I need 11 issues, so I may have a realistic chance to complete that.

On 3/28/2024 at 1:43 AM, Malacoda said:

It was sold as a FN 6.0, but I reckon he could have got away with a 7.0 or even VF if it weren't for the flaw / nibble at top left.

Thats really nice and a pity about the top left, I think its a tough book in nice grade, I have upgraded this book a number of times and never been happy with what I got.

I think this is my best copy but still not happy and will go again if I see another and the price is right.

A couple of others that have stamps just to keep my post legit.

All pretty scabby I guess, I just never come across a real nice copy in the UK

On 3/27/2024 at 3:04 AM, Malacoda said:

I would imagine being an Adventure Comics completist would be no small challenge. 

On 3/27/2024 at 3:56 AM, OtherEric said:

I'm not crazy enough to try for a complete Adventure Comics run, that would be borderline impossible at this point.  However... I'm currently eight issues short of having Adventure 247-529 complete.

I am short 17 issues from 149 - 523, the latest issue I need is #260, there was a reasonably priced one on here a few months ago but I dithered when I should have grabbed it, it can be pricey due to Aquaman origin 

I wont ever complete this and most DC titles, but c'mon you gotta try 

On 3/26/2024 at 11:28 PM, Malacoda said:

I have a collection, but I'm no longer collecting because this is the last one I need.  After 48 years. 

My first Fantastic four was #100 and the title was the 2nd Marvel I completed after Amazing Spiderman.

Maybe 10 years or so ago, I pretty much completed all main Marvel titles up to late 90s when I stopped buying new books, apart from a few pre-hero, Western and the Millie the Model type books, I could just never find them.

My first love was always DC though and my collection of DC is much larger than my Marvel and my DC collection is dwarfed by everything else.

I collect all titles from all companies so will never be complete though and continue to upgrade anything if an opportunity rises.

My none DC & Marvel books are boxed and not in any particular order (okay a mess) recently I searched through for Charltons and manage to put together 3 long boxes as I was sick of buying books I already have.

I have never really collected British books since I was a kid, however I am feeling nostalgic lately and that will be what I look for in the next rummage.

Its never the end, there is always something to collect  

Love all those Star Treks 

Makes me want to dig mine out for a look as never seen them for years  

 when I first seen Mike post here, I thought we were gonna get told off for all our Philip Kaying around  

On 3/22/2024 at 3:57 PM, OtherEric said:

It's surprising to me the character hasn't done better in US comics

I have to agree, even more so that a recent big budget movie has never been made, they seem to have revisited everything else.

I have all the old serials on video and DVD somewhere, I have to find and watch them again at some point, they remind me of Saturday morning local cinema in the early 70s, there would be a monster movie like Gorgo, followed by Flash/Buck and a few cartoons.

Great run of comics, its been good to see them altogether, I think I still need a few to match you 

On 3/21/2024 at 8:47 AM, themagicrobot said:

So there's no way to say Philip K. ? Perhaps Philip KDick or Philip KindredDick?

Philip K. Knob ?

On 3/18/2024 at 7:39 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

"That's a Streamline reprint of a Charlton comic"

Fawcett/Arnold.

There was an Arnold copy on ebay a few months ago, the only copy I have ever seen.

I wanted it so bad, but of course I forgot about it until the auction was over due to being ill.

It went for about £30 

On 3/14/2024 at 2:34 AM, BuscemasAvengers said:

Completely failed to realize this is a silver thread! Doh!  Posted them over in the Atlas thread in Gold.

None of this ever bothers me, these were real nice books I hadnt seen before and seem perfectly at home, I post SA in GA all the time, no one complains much as we all love nice books 

On 3/13/2024 at 6:55 PM, BuscemasAvengers said:

I'm curious as to whether the 'Miss America' (Patsy Walker starring in ...) issues that ran between 1953-1958 are tougher to find than the regular Patsy Walker issues than ran between the same years.

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Over here in the UK, I think they are both very tough, I only have maybe 6-10 of each and I buy them if I see them.

Just seeing them makes me wanna dig mine out and read them, they remind me of Christmas as a kid, I didnt usually get much as we were poor but I always got an Annual