Red Hook

My biggest concern back then, as it remains, is transparency. For the benefit of both the experienced and the new collector. I, along with others, made the case for upfront clarification from all parties involved, over and over, and in the end, with more knowledge than they began with, collectors generally decided to adopt a "don't ask, don't tell" attitude towards the shifting policy moves. Was the shift towards changing the definition of restoration over time part of some master plan on CGC's behalf from the beginning? I don't think it was. I spent way too much time in the debates and in the end (2008 - when I got tossed from the boards for various reasons) was very happy to not deal with it anymore. I have purchased one slabbed book in the last nine years. I think the toothpaste has been long out of the tube. The hobby turned into a business, and I simply don't want to play the role of someone else's mark. I'm more interested in discussing the aesthetics of the art and writing at this point. I feel less interested in acting as some kind of consumer protection presence at this point. All the energy expended wasn't quite worth it in the end. :-)

Thanks, Jim. All is extremely well! I put the fifteen years I was off the boards to very good use! :-)

Here is my raw copy of the ASM Annual #3. Date stamp is almost in the exact same position. :-)

Hey Jim ... yes I am! I still have the FF#21 CCG you sold me.

Thank you, CW!

Thank you very much! 15 years goes by like a shot.

I wandered around in the wasteland for many years and find myself here. Thanks for the welcome! :-)

Hey guy! Thanks! Been a while! :-)

Hopefully this is better ...

He was not. For a time he was a suspect. He did run up some other legal fees unrelated to the Green River case.

Sorry for the late reply. None of the Green River date stamps after December of 1966 contained the year. So for instance, "Dec 13 1966" was followed by simply "Jan 3" a month later. So the easy answer is no, this isn't a Green River. Nice book, though.

Now in its eight year of operation ... Now in it's eighth year, the most comprehensive site on an individual pedigree collection begins its new update with the addition of new books to the Tales of Suspense Gallery. All the other galleries will receive updates this summer. A shout out to all the good folks on the boards ... and remember, all the info at www.greenriverpedigree.com is free.

Clarification. The addition of the picture of Nik to the Cap n' Mandi package was my tribute to him. The drawing of Cap (which I originally did btw) was removed and filled with black as a symbol of the loss of a good friend. I knew Nik. Visited with him at his garage. I miss him too. End of story. Thanks to all the folks who wish me back. All is well on my end and I post semi-regularly on www.comiccollecting.org. Best to you all, Brad To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.

"I think more emphasis should be paid to "interesting" collections and not just those accumulated by mere financial brute force. With all the attention paid towards "Going Green" this year, whether it be hybrid cars, solar houses or small carbon footprint living, I think it's time for CGC to recognize oddball registry sets and collectors that have taken the hard road and tried to pull together collections that can't be built just by pulling out a credit card. The registry has plenty of BSD collections, without scans, that just aren't that interesting to look through. What's the big deal about a list of numbers? I say, get imaginative and stop using registry point totals as a measure of a collections uniqueness and intrinsic value. #1 registry sets, especially those owned by dealers, are a yawn. Come on, amigos. Come on Scott and Harshen and Mark. Get with the program and give some recognition to those low point total collections that aren't just accumulations of big number pressed books! Make the Registry Awards Interesting Again! Go Green! :-) BTW... I had no idea this would end up on the CGC Chatboards. I was as surprised as you guys! If they want to cut me off from posting on the CGC Boards that's fine. But that has nothing to do with having registry sets. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.

You asked for it, you got it. Here's the sticker for the white mountain pedigree collection ...

Hmmmmm.... Well, that's a good question Crazy, but I don't think "obscure" is the right term. Both are pretty well known among serious Silver Age collectors. I think that it would be fair to say that the White Mountain pedigree is vastly more wide ranging and of generally higher quality than the GR pedigree. I've seen more examples of early Marvels from the White Mountain collection than from the Green River collection. What's nice is that both collections carry markers on them including date stamps and hand written dates (WM only), and are probably a little more protected from manipulation, pressing and resubbing for higher grades. It's easier to track both collections, although there isn't a White Mountain database online... yet. Oh, if you made a list of the top Silver Age pedigree collections, I think White Mountain would make it into the top five, Green River would make it into the top ten list. Hope that helps.

Yep, it's not only on Ebay! I was perusing various registry sets when I came across a raw scan of Daredevil #10 in another registry set. The member's sets seemed to be filled with scans that didn't match the books registered. Now, I've heard of Ebay scammers using scans stolen from other auctions or websites to sell books they didn't actually own, but this is the first case I'm aware of where a registry member is using scans that are not his. I think that's pretty lame. BTW... here's a scan of my registry book, after it was slabbed:

Yep, it's true. Below is a scan of my registry copy of Daredevil #10 before it was slabbed. The registry member to whom I refer has apparently loaded up his sets with loads of borrowed scans, as I recognized a couple of other scans he's using that he took from my website www.macartistry.com/greenriverpedigree which is a site devoted to the GR collection. I'm not going to mention the name of the other registry member because I want to give him a chance to clean up his scans. All I can say is...if you're going to put scans of books into your registry sets (and it does take some effort to scan and upload) at least USE YOUR OWN BOOKS! SHEESH! Happy Holidays! - Red

You're pedigree'd FF run is pretty dang nice! It's good to see a little activity here among the comic geeks... seems the coinees get all the action here in the registry. :-) Good to see a journal entry by Arcade (yes I read it, so call the cops if you want!). My GR collection is something I fell into about five years ago, and doesn't come close to Captain Tripps' monumental runs of the Pacific Coasts. CGCWorld's White Mountains are pretty awe inspiring too, as are Dr. Watson's growing collection of Northland X-Men books. Check those out too! Mark it up to an even higher level of OCD than most comic collectors have. It's fun. Green Rivers don't cost as much as many other silver age pedigrees. I couldn't afford a Curator run, that's for sure! If CGC will allow me, I'll post a scan here of an FF not in my registry, because it's graded by the company whose name must not be spoken. I'd certainly prefer if it was in a CGC slab, and perhaps at some point I'll go to the bother of reslabbing it. And I highly recommend you avoid the unnamed company for anything other than modern slabbing. They're untrustworthy. But for now....

Not the highest rated set, but one of the more cohesive. This set of books presents 15 Green River 80-Page Giants all in one place. I'm wondering (besides collectors like Captain Tripps who rules with Pacific Coast pedigree sets), how many other registered sets contain as many books from one pedigree as this. If you have a set with ten or more books from one Gold or Silver Age pedigree... let's hear about it! As a bonus, I'm attaching a scan of my 16th Green River Giant...an unslabbed copy of 80-Page Giant #43 aka Batman #198. I purchased this from Jim Haack exactly five years ago. Haack, along with John Hauser, was one of the original pair of dealers who purchased the collection and named it, back in 1993.

Some never seen before... I finally got all 15 of my TOS Green River books scanned in slab, so I reloaded all of them up in new, larger versions. Enjoy, and if you have any questions (or Green Rivers to sell) please drop me a note. Happy Collecting! Red http://www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/PeopleSetDetail.aspx?PeopleSetID=1095

This may sound like a dumb question....but do you actually hear the falls from where you live? Red

Pretty close to a swipe on the horse .....

I love this space! It's also nicely hidden, I don't know why this is important to me... Because you live in Brooklyn. Red - a former long-time Brooklyn resident.

Thanks!! It is a rather rare promotional ,Published by FELLOWSHIP RECONCILIATION, in 1956. It is a 16 page paper cover comic. Martin luther King is one of my heroes as I am sure he is to millions maybe billions worldwide. This Comic has been on my radar for a long time! You ought to get it slabbed for the sake of preservation.GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u Yeah, but that's one piece you'd probably like to read every once in a while. Some high quality backing boards, a mylite and a mylar should do the trick just as well! Nice pickup!