Kevin.J

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 

On 2/24/2024 at 9:29 PM, Mr.Fantastic said:

More Justice arrived today. X posted in Crime thread.

 

I always loved these Crime & Justice type books, there is always so much going on on the covers 

On 2/18/2024 at 8:24 PM, Jayman said:

One of the rare occasions that the word balloon is the highlight of the cover.

Farrell made a habit of it 

Yep, CGC hated my stickers  

On 2/10/2024 at 9:52 PM, Karen's Pages said:

I'm glad you took a chance on my long video.  I was worried that most people would not watch it because of the length.

Hi Karen, I have always been interested in the Okajima pedigree (even though I only have 2 lowly books) the story has always been fascinating.

I started to watch your video only planning on flicking through it due to the length, wow, the time really flew by and your style and emotion on the subject really came through the screen and I found myself hooked in after a few short minutes and I never wanted it to end.

I do really think you are on to something and have advanced the story massively, thanks for all the hard work and study that most of us just cant be bothered to do 

On 1/29/2024 at 2:15 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

If anyone goes near the Charlies, they're dead meat 

Not sure if the researchers in this thread would have interest in this.

On 1/21/2024 at 12:52 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

I was never happy with beep beep. I heard meep meep as a kid. I'm sure of it

100% meep meep.

On 1/21/2024 at 12:52 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

Only 3 more needed now to have the full set of 122 Golden Keys of Penceville

That will be some achievement 

On 1/15/2024 at 6:27 AM, nmtg9 said:

Going to school in Middlesbrough and Leeds I didn't meet another kid who read or collected comics until I was 16. Or at least the didn't publicly acknowledge it...

I was the same Neil, UK comics yes but I never knew anyone who collected US comics until my first day at work as an apprentice aged 16, I walked in and another lad (Beefy) starting that day aswell was sat on the wall reading a Superman comic and that was enough to bond and become friends immediately.

On 12/24/2023 at 8:52 PM, Albert Tatlock said:

 Frederick Ebenezer Thorpe tossed, turned and groaned, but sleep eluded him.

 He was having repeated flashbacks to the previous afternoon.

 It was, he lived through the experience once again, just one minute after 1.30 pm on December 24^th, when the lunch break in the stamping shed is officially over.

 Ethel was gossiping with Myrtle and Cynthia, when the door flew open and a besuited figure strode into the room.

 ‘Back to work, ladies, back to work’ boomed Fred (for it was he). ‘What d’you think I pay you for?’

  Ethel hurriedly slipped her hip flask of gin back into her corset, hoping Fred had not noticed. She was finding it harder and harder to get through a shift without      at  least a couple of nips.

 From the other side of the room little Daisy, the youngest recruit, timidly spoke up: ‘Mr Thorpe, sir, do you think we could get away a little early today, just half an   hour or so, so we could finish off the Christmas shopping? It would help so much.’

 Fred’s jaw dropped and he felt he was about to faint. Never had he experienced such a mutinous sentiment.

 Regaining his composure, he rallied and pointed to the clock. ‘When that says 5 o’clock’ he announced, ‘that is when the shift is over, and not a minute before.’

 Slamming the door behind him, he was suddenly gone, but the girls never thought of slacking, as Fred wore rubber soled shoes, and could take them unaware   at  any time.

 Ethel knew that the appeal was foredoomed to failure, just like the request to turn up the heating. Fred had brandished the electricity bills and told the girls that   the winter solstice was behind them, and Spring would soon be on the way.

 Sighing, she picked up the top copy in the stack in front of her and wielded her stamp. She crashed it down with vigour on the face of Aquaman, pretending it   was Fred.

 Her Steptoe style fingerless gloves were just about sufficient to keep her circulation going, as long as she kept up a rapid tempo.

 ‘Just (stamp) you wait (stamp), Fred’ she muttered under her breath, ‘when (stamp) my Pools come up (stamp), I’ll buy (stamp) this place (stamp), then you will   need (stamp) at least three promotions (stamp) before we let you be the lavatory cleaner (stamp).

 But it was only a dream, she knew. Where else could a girl get a living around these parts? It wasn’t the West End, it wasn’t even the West End of Leicester, just   a drab and dingy bit of the sticks called Oadby.

 Fred sat up with a jolt. What was that mysterious figure materialising through his bedroom wall?

 ‘I am the ghost of Christmas 1966’, were the words that Fred sensed, rather than heard.

 ‘Unless you mend your miserly ways, I will use my supernatural powers to bring about a hiatus in your supplies. Others, including pornographers, will muscle in   on your racket.’

 Fred trembled and pulled the blankets over his head. When he re-emerged, the figure had vanished.

 ‘Just a cheese sandwich induced nightmare’, he told himself, ‘that could never come to pass’.

 

 

On 12/22/2023 at 2:17 AM, Malacoda said:

Kid Colt, Outlaw

On 12/22/2023 at 2:17 AM, Malacoda said:

If you have any Classics Illustrated

Found a couple with sticker/stamps, dunno the dates, I have others that are $, off to the docs today so time is short for now, let me know if you need me to look inside etc

I will look for other stuff on the list later and post if I have any.

On 12/21/2023 at 7:06 AM, Garystar said:

Whilst MWOM is a fairly common comic the whole issue, including covers, was produced on cheap newspaper so to have one in 8.5 or even 8.0 must be quite scarce. 
What do CGC do with the free gift - leave it inside the comic?

On 12/21/2023 at 8:05 AM, rdz30606 said:

my understanding is CGC do exactly that - leave the free gift in the pages of the comic.

On some Captain Britain #1s I have had slabbed you can see a small edge of the Mask coming through  

I guess that would only work on some comics  

On 12/21/2023 at 2:46 AM, Malacoda said:

I've never read the romance titles, but I agree they seem to be (unintentionally) funnier than the funny comics ever were. 

I think I am just a sucker for stuff I dont have  and apart from Haunted Love, I didnt have many love type comics back in the day.

When I had pretty much everything else, they became a priority and like anything in this game, its easy to become obsessed 

On 12/21/2023 at 2:46 AM, Malacoda said:

I know people like their 50's horror comics which were supposed to be genuinely nasty.

Count me in there too 

On 12/21/2023 at 2:09 AM, Malacoda said:

I've never got into the humour & romance titles

I hate Humour, Funny Animal and Romance titles especially from Marvel & DC

I didnt mind the romance stuff from Charlton for some reason and still buy them when they turn up 

On 12/20/2023 at 10:23 PM, Redshade said:

Do you know Robot I was thinking exactly the same thing. "I'd give a tenner for it but not much more in that condition".
The £70 jobbie? Nah! Go whistle son.

If I had seen that, I would have easy went a tenner, even though I have it, I would have had another at that price 

I think if I didnt have it, I would have went maybe £20, no chance in that condition for £70 though

Good luck on a speedy recovery Jim, you are one of the good guys