Robot Man

Mysterious Adventures #8

On 10/3/2017 at 2:24 PM, MrBedrock said:

This one goes well with this!

2 hours ago, sagii said:

This weeks post, Cookie #19. Teen Humor is all the rage now. Lesser known titles like this one have some cool covers too. Love the 'fright hair' and Skulls 

Cookie is a great title and cheap. Nice cover, never seen that one!

Another recent board purchase. Was so glad to find a copy at last. These Crowns are tough to get!

A recent board purchase. Glad to add another scarce motorcycle cover to the junk pile! Thanks Corey!

Mysterious Adventures #7

Such a tough short run. Several of those I have never seen before. There were a few I really wanted and picked those up. Looks like a ke I now have to add a couple more...

Dang, my favorite Centaur! Too bad my transmission just went out yesterday.   

Mysterious Adventures #6

Another big skeleton cover. Really lady "shoot it"???

10 hours ago, Jayman said:

One of my favorites! Great color. And, a "Paul" copy to boot!

4 hours ago, n2wdw said:

NY Comicon Report 5 - Things I Want But Can't Afford

Well, the first day of the con is in the books.  I got to the con at about 1pm Thursday and stayed until about 430pm (I had to do some work).  It is very crowded here, stifling so at times.  They also have the con spread across 4 venues.  Artist alley, while in the Javits Center, is a long walk from the dealer's room (the walk made even longer by the crowds). 

Still though, yesterday was productive.  I managed to see the 2 artists I most wanted to see, Terry Moore and Joe Benitez.  Also, I set up a few commissions.  I'm debating whether to get a commission by Tim Sale.  He's pricey, so we'll see.

 

Here are a few things I saw that I won't be buying, unfortunately.  Anthony has this Steranko on sale.  I very much want it.  It's perfect for an empty space I have in my wall.  But at $12,000 it's way outside what I have budgeted for this show.

 

This Terrific Comics is high on my want list.  The dealer has it at $4500.  Honestly I'm not sure if that's a good price, but it's outside my budget so doesn't really matter.

 

Crimes Does Not Pay 24 is also high on my want list.  I'm actually tempted by this.  It's in rough shape but the cover art presents well.   The dealer has it at $2000 and he is firm.  Seems high to me but it's hard to tell because they are rarely offered.   If you think $2000 is a fair price I'd be very interested to know.

I like Tim Sales sign. He spells it right out to you. I also love it that he will sign 2 books for free (for real fans!). The CDNP is a great book. It's hard for me to sale if it is a "great deal". It is one that everybody wants so the price reflects this. What is it worth to you? I doubt you would lose money if you needed to sell it in a couple years. I would consider it...

Mysterious Adventures #5

Now, we are getting somewhere. Torn red dress blonde in bondage, another skull guy with a pile of bones, and what's with the little talking shrunken heads? I know where my dime would have gone in Dec 1951!

3 hours ago, G.A.tor said:

Issue 14

A sentimental favorite for me. The MLJ that popped my cherry on these. Still love the little grey guy so tough. 

3 hours ago, PopKulture said:

Does anyone else enjoy a little disorder now and then?

Collecting, whether it's comics, coins, cards - whatever, usually entails organizing: in runs, by publisher, by genre, etc. While I appreciate all my Blackhawks sorted by issue number as much as the next boardie, I strangely appreciate it when other books are grouped solely by approximate era. I don't know... I somehow find the randomness refreshing, like this handful that lives together:

Nice little group! The only time those would be together for me is if I bought them all together at one time. They would be soon split up forever into, let's see, 4 boxes. I just can't help myself...

3 hours ago, GermanFan said:

Wow, what a score. That's about $11. each (with some nice keys). I have 3 similar bound volumes from the same era with horror and other books in them. Just random stuff some one had bound. I love stuff like this!

Mysterious Adventures #4

The first of the "bony" covers. Most every issue from this point on featured skeletons or skulls usually drawn way out of proportion.  "Little coffin that grew" how cute!

I sure miss the days of going to a con with a hundred bucks and coming home with a stack of books and a Jack Kirby autograph...

Have fun Mike!

2 hours ago, n2wdw said:

A Dodgers fan and now you don't like onion rings.  I'm not sure about you Robot.

Allergic to onions. And always a fan of the team with the best record in baseball this year. 

6 hours ago, MrBedrock said:

Now that is cool!

1 hour ago, Sqeggs said:

Bob's not up on the lingo you whippersnappers use. 

Tomato / tomato Let's just say it didn't actually go on AT the party it'self. I told you guys, these guys were rock stars there were plenty of cute hippie girls at these get togethers. They wern't exactly students of the graphic arts. Also, in those days, comic books we quite popular on college campuses. 

19 minutes ago, n2wdw said:

If I have time I'm going to Carnegie Deli.  Here are my onion rings and corned beef on rye from a past visit.

 

 

And I love NYC's food trucks.  I'll be hitting them for breakfast.  Grab a sausage, egg and cheese on a bun and a Diet Coke for a five (with change back) on the way to the con.

I can leave the onion rings but that corned beef samich looks killer!

14 hours ago, Larryw7 said:

One of, if maybe not the best Halloween books ever published. I will pull out my copy and re-read for the upteenth time pretty soon. If you have never read it, you owe it to your self!