Robot Man

And it just might have that pencil code on the top of the first page…

Ha! See that little blinking icon at the top of your page?

Got a well appreciated tip from one of the coolest guys on the boards. He knows I collect vintage magazines with Surfer Girls on them. He had told me about this one but I figured I had near zero chance at finding this 1923 issue. I immediately jumped on it.(very unlikely I will ever see another). Muchos gracias amigo! This one has found it’s forever home!

Thanks for your observations. Glad it has been a favorable experience. I submitted my first ever submissions to CGC at WonderCon on 3/29. Two pulps in Vintage and one in High Value all on one form. About all I can tell yet is they charged my card. The High Value one supposedly is less time than the Vintage ones. Not sure if I can track them through the process. Also not sure if they will be returned to me as a group of 3 as submitted or multiple deliveries. My only concern so far is that there was no “Notes” area on the form. One is a Yakima ped with a copy of the COA in the back of the backing board. The other is a file copy printout from the major dealer I purchased it from. I would have like to note it and “flag” them when the books arrived. Just crossing my fingers. Being a long time GA collector, I have learned the concept of patience. So I guess I will just have to be optimistically excited. As far as grades go, I have no idea what I will get since pulps are so much different than comics.

Washington Confidental goes to Jimbo. In your pile it goes! Thanks!

Probably my favorite one in the run. Don’t think I have ever run into one I could buy. Maybe some day…

Nice! Now you gotta get a copy of this to go with it…

Nice! I spy some real cool ones there. I have a sickness for those great Popular Library books with Belarski covers. Few could paint a terrified woman like ‘ole Rudolph. Now might be a good time to run a sale Steve. I wouldn’t say they are “hot” but gaining a little steam. My current sale has done real well. If priced right, you will move a lot of the ones you decide not to keep. This is one area where a smart collector can put together a nice collection without breaking the bank. Problem is, they just don’t turn up out “in the wild” likely used to so replacing them is a lot harder now. Just be willing to put in a little work and you might be suprised…

Glad you had a good show Rickster! I would think if one had some reasonably priced pulps, one would do well. I imagine there were quite a few priced at “dream expectations”. A year ago, there were quite a few comic dealers and speculators buying up everything they thought was remotely cool. Folks with NO knowledge of pulps. I suspect a number of them have learned the error of their ways.

There are a number of “All Picture” titles with comic pages on each page telling a visual story similar to comic books. Some also had “flip corner” illustrations that simulated animation.

Still some cool “Cheap Thrills” left… will leave this up until tomorrow then send invoices and close it up. Remember if any buyers would prefer Media Mail, let me know otherwise postage will start at Ground Advantage. Thanks!

3 Sherlock Holmes, I the Jury and FREE Counterfeit Eye go to mrwoggieman! And Media Mail it is! Muchos Gracias!

Thanks! Well, there goes that idea…

Let’s just say, the cover on the Private Life of Helen of Troy probably sold a few more books… and classic works of literature like Sherlock Holmes are still sitting here. And nobody will even take Lost Horizons for free…

Sin Street, Journey into Ecstacy & Flee Angry Strangers go to OuterboroGuy. Many thanks! Will add to your pile. Hey, no judgement on my part why anyone wants these…

Can’t remember if I posted this or not. One of my favorites. Dated Dec 22, 1934, my, how festive! Was thinking of sending it in for grading. I spent about an hour searching the net for pricing but like a great many, no pricing available. I wonder how CGC would value it? Most certainly, the Bookery guide wouldn’t work.

Jane Mansfield goes to Cushing Fan. Some how that sounds so wrong…Thank you sir!

Flying Saucers goes to Jimbo.

CRAZY price reductions now in effect. Some up to 50% or more! Priced to move. I will leave this open until Friday and will send invoices then and close ‘er down. If any buyers are on a budget and prefer Media Mail, (these qualify), please let me know and I will invoice that way.

The Phantom seems to be more popular “down under” than anywhere else in the world. Seems like every time I have been there, I have seen quite a few. Have the older ones pretty much dried up there now?

I would much prefer a couple nice SA books or one nice GA books over countless boxes of common easy to get copper or modern books. Takes up a lot less room and much easier to keep track of. In all my years in this hobby, I have found that good scarcer GA books have way out preformed newer ones.

The Barks ducks are masterpieces. Some of my favorite books in the hobby. I find the Fawcett stuff a bit less exciting. I have quite a few nice ones but would sell them off first before a lot of my other books. Just personal taste. I discovered ECs at a young age. They grabbed me like no other books. Lead me into PCH, Crime & Sci-Fi. My tastes in superhero have always been darker characters like The Spectre, Dr. Fate, early Batman, Capt. America and other fringe characters. Always seemed like “forbidden fruit” Not that I don’t like some light hearted Capt. Marvel or Superman from time to time but I would have been long gone from this hobby without the weirder stuff. Then again, I was always more of a Rolling Stones fan than a Beatles fan in the early days. No wrong answers here, just different tastes…

Frankly, that’s up to Mitch. He obviously had his own personal reasons and I respect that. It is really none of our business what he or any other collector owns. There are other board members here that probably have jaw dropping books and don’t share either. Not that I’m anything more than a minnow in this pond, I have no problem sharing most of my stuff. There are things I have kept my trap shut on for my own reasons, but generally, I am a lover of junk and enjoy posting stuff that might be fun for others. Back to the recent Action #1 sale. Wasn’t this collection originally found by Don and Maggie Thompson back in the Stone Age? I wonder what Maggie feels about this sale?

Lot of 10 Tarzan books go to mrwoogieman. Thank you sir!

I do too. Luckily, I don’t see them very often.