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MattHawes
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https://www.ebay.com/str/comicsunlimited
Hi gang!I just listed a good number of comic books to the COMICS UNLIMITED eBay store! Many great comics including:CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1 (1970),THE SAVAGE SHE-HULK #1 (1980),WOLVERINE #1 (1988),The DAREDEVIL "BORN AGAIN" Issues,The SECRET INVASION mini-series,TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #1 (1987),INCREDIBLE HULK #256 (1981, the 1st full appearance of SABRA),as well as theMARVEL SUPER-HEROES Role-Playing Game Box Set (1984),and the now out-of-printX-MEN: CHILDREN OF THE ATOM Hardcover Box Set Collection,and MORE stuff! Check out the C.U. eBay store at the attached link!.thumb.jpg.2a273bfe99ebc85c80beb1787321238b.jpg)
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I have listed a number of CGC graded comics at my eBay store, as well as a batch of raw comics. Check them out, if you will...
Savage She-Hulk #1 (1980), CGC 9.6.
Spider-Man #1 (1990), green variant, CGC 9.8.
Spider-Man #1 (1990), silver variantm CGC 9.4.
Tranformers: HeadMasters #3, CGC 9.2
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As I was going through my comics. getting ready to sell at a show this weekend, I came across "Flash" # 332 (1984) and became inspired to do a little Photoshop.
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I found the video I mentioned in my previous post:
The guy is around the 1:22 mark. You see him very briefly in this upload, as the video acts up, but I saved the footage from the site years ago and the file I had didn't have the same video jump. Hm.
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On 6/3/2022 at 10:52 AM, woowoo said:
The sad thing about this photo, if I am correct, is that I believe this is taken at a test site for the atom bomb in the 1950s, and this soldier and many others were there as basically "guinea pigs" to see how radiation effects humans. There's a video on Archive.org (and I'm guessing YouTube) where you see the soldiers crawling out from trenches after a bomb was detonated, and then walking towards the mushroom cloud.
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Okay, it's been awhile since I've taken some time to identify the remainder of the covers to the 1945 photo of a comics and magazine display from Readmore bookstore in Evansville, Indiana (my home town), but I did merge the colorized version I made (using an app) with the "reconstructed" version I have been putting together (where I use scans found online of identified covers in color, then I resize, rotate, and warp to fit the position the same title has in the original black and white photo). The three photos uploaded in this post is the merged version, the reconstructed version where the magazines and comics yet to be identified are in black and white, and then there's the picture where I removed all the original elements from the black and white photo to show which covers I have reconstructed and added to the photo.
The colorization done with the app looks cool, but the app naturally relies on an algorithm to decipher what colors to use, and its mostly wrong, though it still looks cool. I still hope to get my reconstruction version as finished as close as possible, but that may actually be impossible. Some covers are really hard to make up, or only a fraction of the cover can be seen. Still, I have, with the assistance of some here and on other boards, been able to ID quite a number of the trickier covers, so anything's possible, I guess.
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eBay user in question: mauremal_kkc92
The story:
It's pretty sad that you can't trust people to do the right thing. For instance, a couple of months ago, I had a fellow on eBay purchase three separately listed items from me. He had actually asked me before bidding if I could knock off from the price if he bought all three items. It was a reasonable amount, so I agreed.I sent them off quickly, and then as soon as he got them he opened three return cases through eBay, claiming they did not match the description. He used a "cut-and-paste" excuse for requesting the returns, and did not make any mention of how the actual items differed from the pictures I had provided. That's because I took great pictures, if I might humbly say, and they were representative of the books he received. It was obvious to me that he had "buyer's regret" because these were fairly pricey items.Anyway, I decided to accept the returns so as to not have any more hassle over the items. Unfortunately, I mistakenly had hit the "refund" button instead of the "return" button, which eBay makes less conspicuous. I realized this error after having refunded the first two of three items. Resigned to it, and because I was having difficulty in sending a return for the final item, I sent out that as a refund, too. Still, I wanted to get my items returned to me and sent the buyer a message telling him I would appreciate if he did that. He ignored my request.It's now past the point of him being able to leave me feedback, which he never did one way or the other. Also, I am sure this buyer, who I learned also sells on eBay himself, would eventually list or otherwise try to unethically sell the items he received from me. I waited to see if that was the case up to the point where the opportunity for him to leave feedback expired. I did so, in case he tried to leave me a negative, and if I needed to prove to eBay the kind of fellow we were dealing with. It's now past that time, so it's moot and a done deal in any event.It's very sad that people can't be honorable, ethical, or just decent about things. This guy basically stole those items from me. I am sure he would try to justify it, as people who do wrong often bend over backwards to justify their wrongs. Sure, nobody is perfect, but some don't even try, or use imperfection as an excuse to wrong others of not honor their commitments to people.- Mapleleafvann and NP_Gresham
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I listed a three day auction for a raw copy of BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE, 9th Print, on eBay tonight:
No reserve, and I am starting it out at the VERY low bid of 99 cents.
Also, I put up a slew of cool comic books as "Buy It Now" listings, which you can view at my eBay store:
More cool stuff to be listed soon, too!
Thanks!!
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Okay...
This is NOT the finished version of the 1945 Readmore comics and magazine display that others and I have been "colorizing" by identifying and locating online scans and pictures of the publications displayed in the photograph. NO, this IS an actual "colorized" photo I uploaded to the My Heritage In Color genealogy website, using the DeOldify app to have its algorithm determine how to colorize the photo.
I did this for a number of reasons:
1) Simply as a fun experiment to see what it would come up with. I am surprised it came as close as it did in spots. Plastic Man's outfit appears to be colored red, and Captain Marvel, Jr.'s appears to be blue. The app is completely automatic, and is done within seconds, with no input by the user, so this is pretty cool!
2) When it truly appears that neither I, nor anyone else, am able to identify or locate examples of the remaining titles in the original photo then I plan to use this app to "complete" the rest. I am NOT ready to throw in the towel, yet. However, I just recently discovered the "My Heritage In Color" web page and thought this would be a cool to use when the time comes to finish off the Readmore display project. This version I made on that site was done merely to see how it would turn out.
3) I also realized that by using "My Heritage In Color", the colorizing of the thus far unidentified covers might make those titles easier to distinguish and figure out what is what.
If anyone still is interested in helping find those remaining titles, please continue to post anything you find here. My previous post in this thread has the last updated version of that display.
Oh, and that My Heritage page is FREE to use! It asks you to give a name, email, and password, but otherwise you can upload as many pics as you want to colorize. There was once a limit for conversions before the site made you officially sign up for more, but for the time being they lifted that limit.
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12 hours ago, GermanFan said:
I haven't seen it before. Thanks for sharing.
That video appears to be a compilation of TV news segments and such. Does anyone know where the footage of the 1950s-1970s sections at the beginning of the video can be found in original form online?
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Link to large version over at FLICKR!
I have decided to post another update, though I was hoping I could find a few more covers before doing so. It appears we may have ran into a standstill for the time being. Still, I am amazed you guys found so many as it was. Thanks again, all of you who helped.
If you still look from time to time, and find anymore to add to the display, please share the covers here. I will be searching again from time to time, as I get the opportunity. I will share any new covers I locate here, too.
This is, of course, open to EVERYONE who wants to help find the other covers.
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Very cool! Thanks again, David!
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2 hours ago, David Buck said:
to the right of Wink
Cartoon humor - Summer 1945 - I had guessed at the title but couldn't find this one online and there it was on MCS again; the woman's foot and the man's body and head are visible in the bottom left corner
Sweet! Thanks again! I will add it to the photo.
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1 hour ago, David Buck said:
Asia and The Americas Magazine - to the left of the Atlas Shelf
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/asia-magazine-1945-jan-dec-china-1883136134
Nice catch! --And I was able to get another scan with an uncurved version of the cover.
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FULL-SIZE picture viewable at FLICKR.
The "Jungle Comics" cover didn't really seem to fit the spot in question, so I have not added it to the update. I have save the graphic of the cover in case it might still fit in some spot we may have overlooked.
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14 minutes ago, Scrooge said:
Have a look at Jungle Comics # 67 - July 1945 - for the one on the right. I can convince myself I see the main figure of the man at shoulder level and the circle from the gong right above center and the shadow to the right of the gong has the same shape as the black spot we see to the right … You be the judge -
I'll try and see what it looks like, but the right side of the cover doesn't seem to match, and the logo would be more visible, I would think.
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On 8/20/2020 at 3:13 AM, MattHawes said:
The next pics are in the detective and adventure pulps area...
Here's a tough one! See the center graphic above? The magazine to the far left in that photo could be "Detective Novel" from August 1945. There is very little to go on, and it is in a dark corner. What do you guys think?
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Speaking of the titles in the back row, another frustrating one, not because I can't ID it, but because the cover isn't apparently available online, is "Love Fiction." Just like the "Love Book" in the front, it's just a matter of finding the image somewhere since we know the title. Sigh.
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So far you guys have helped to find more than 30 title! Very nice!
It's both fun and frustrating trying to fit the color versions into the original photo. It really is like a puzzle, but each cover is going to have varying degrees of twists and bends and such that make it impossible to perfectly place the color pic atop the black and white counterpart. I am also limited at how many times (two, btw) I can warp an image after shrinking it down already, before the pixels turn to mush. LOL!
I really appreciate all the assistance. We've honestly gotten further than I thought. I know it's not possible to get all those publications ID'ed, as some on the very far right are so washed out there are no details to go on, and those back row comics and magazines are really difficult to make out. Still, it's great seeing what we can fill in.
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2 hours ago, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said:
Any idea what those giant magazines are on the upper shelf past the pulp section?
By the Atlas? One has an American flag on it, and I think the word "united states" is on the cover, but I may be wrong about that.
Sad thing for a Google search is writing "United States" or "America" 1945 and not getting a deluge of WWII stuff to sort through. Eep! Still, that is one I have especially been trying to figure out for some time now.
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2 hours ago, David Buck said:
Popular Western Sept - to the right of Lariat
both guns visible and the angle of the W up to the 10c box
Another nice catch! Yayy!!!
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1 hour ago, Scrooge said:
And I just solved where the Leading might actually be! Check for the Leading Western as the one behind the Thrilling Western. The hat and the guy on the horse to its right is a match -
I think that's right!
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SALLY FORTH #8 Adam Hughes Cover, raw!
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I listed a copy of the rare SALLY FORTH #8 (1995, Eros Comix) on eBay. It's really nice-looking overall, but unfortunately has rust on its staples. Still, this is a very hard to find comic, and otherwise is really snazzy. The only other issues with it are light indentations and light creases, which could be pressed out by a professional with no problem, I'm sure.
The direct link to the SALLY FORTH #8!
Be sure to check out other cool stuff at my eBay store! :-)