Popular Post dannyboy Posted September 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 27, 2018 My ears are burning fellas! My dad really did know how to pick a good book. These are the Black Magic's that he bought that I've managed to hold on to...I'm breaking rules here as these are neither recent acquisitions nor purchased (at least not by me)...but I figure any book that was last purchased for 10 cents should be appropriate here... Larryw7, Hutch88, Jayman and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fett Posted September 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 27, 2018 On 9/25/2018 at 7:20 PM, Darth Corgi said: Not a recent purchase but a Prize favorite from the @dannyboy dad collection! I think it's one of the best of the BM run. (Is that a Baxter Building prototype in the background? ? (Yikes! This is a Gold zone. Can I get away with saying such a thing here? The Gold zone is for loading and unloading only....? Ok now I'm I the eighties..double yikes). Ditko issue but great cover story by Kirby as well. Darth Corgi, Larryw7, Haunted Thrills and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Cool story but Johnny must have felt like this after realizing he was kissing her!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Corgi Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 5 hours ago, fett said: Ditko issue but great cover story by Kirby as well. @fett Such a great story! Total Kirby Precode Classic. IMO it really hangs with the best interior stories of this era. Just so friggin weird. Look at that last page! Haunted Thrills 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cupny Posted September 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 27, 2018 This beauty arrived yesterday. Really nice looking book - I wish the registration was sharper thou.. SAKI, szav, Ricksneatstuff and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 57 minutes ago, Darth Corgi said: @fett Such a great story! Total Kirby Precode Classic. IMO it really hangs with the best interior stories of this era. Just so friggin weird. Look at that last page! Pretty knarly descriptions too! "blasting into its face" "hideous face disintegrate into red ruin" Haunted Thrills and originalisbest 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haunted Thrills Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 10 hours ago, fett said: Ditko issue but great cover story by Kirby as well. Great story. Black Magic really had some cool stories, and considering the talents of Kirby and Simon, you'd think these books would be worth a lot more, but alas they can still be picked up rather reasonably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
originalisbest Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Love Kirby work on superheroes! But (for me) his horror and romance output always left me flat. Just not doing much for me. But being able to pick them up reasonably is definitely a plus outcome of that type of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Corgi Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 (edited) 14 hours ago, Jayman said: Pretty knarly descriptions too! "blasting into its face" "hideous face disintegrate into red ruin" Such precode poetry! Edited September 28, 2018 by Darth Corgi Artboy99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telerites Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 22 hours ago, cupny said: This beauty arrived yesterday. Really nice looking book - I wish the registration was sharper thou.. You and Nancy have good taste - great book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jayman Posted September 28, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2018 I've been workin' in the Cole mine! Goin' down, down... vaultkeeper, Larryw7, lbcolefan and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 17 minutes ago, Jayman said: I've been workin' in the Cole mine! Goin' down, down... WOW! Love these Jayman! Congrats! jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Point Five Posted September 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 29, 2018 Feeling good about locking this one in after watching a CGC 3.5 copy with orangey reds sell for $1,255 on ComicLink. This one's missing its centerfold, but ah well! Larryw7, porcupine48, Haunted Thrills and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artboy99 Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 6 hours ago, Point Five said: Feeling good about locking this one in after watching a CGC 3.5 copy with orangey reds sell for $1,255 on ComicLink. This one's missing its centerfold, but ah well! nice pick up. The 3.5 sale makes me feel pretty good about my copy: Larryw7, Point Five and Jayman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterio Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Another fun (and expensive) Clink auction. Getting hooked on these “picture frame” Timelys (if there is a more accepted term please enlighten this life long SA collector). Larryw7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 59 minutes ago, mysterio said: Another fun (and expensive) Clink auction. Getting hooked on these “picture frame” Timelys (if there is a more accepted term please enlighten this life long SA collector). Great books! That Cap is super cool! mysterio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fett Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 (edited) On 9/27/2018 at 1:54 PM, originalisbest said: Love Kirby work on superheroes! But (for me) his horror and romance output always left me flat. Just not doing much for me. But being able to pick them up reasonably is definitely a plus outcome of that type of thing. Same. Started out as a hardcore FF guy. But some of his 50s work has really grown on me over the years. Big fan of this story and his work on Bullseye. IMO some of his best work. I've always wondered how much some of the great artists of the 50s paid attention to each other. Double page splashes like this one have almost a Frazetta look to them. Edited September 30, 2018 by fett originalisbest, Point Five and Larryw7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Microbia Posted September 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 29, 2018 Baltimore con pick ups Ricksneatstuff, adamstrange, lbcolefan and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Haunted Thrills Posted September 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 29, 2018 The mysterious Iger Shop artists So Iger shop did a lot of covers and stories for Ajax/Farrell and Superior in the pre-code days but trying to figure out who did what is kind of tricky. Go to GCD for example, and they have "artist unknown" for most Journey into Fear covers, art and stories. It is widely known that Ruth Roche wrote many stories during her tenure at Iger Shop, so she probably did quite a few for Journey into Fear. But the art is another thing. Here are two pieces of original art (I only own the Journey into Fear 7 piece) and the one originally listed in Heritage auctions from issue number 2 they credit the artwork to Robert Webb who was art director at Iger for years. If you look at the similarities of the OA and then compare them to the covers of issues 7 and 9, it appears that ALL of this art was done by Robert Webb, and that Webb did a ton of art of Superior under the Iger Shop name. I refer to the faces, the eyes, the expressions and the art style. It is very hard to find any books or articles which pin individual artists at Iger to any given comic book cover or artist, but some of these Iger artists were top notch and deserve the credit for their work. Larryw7, SAKI, jimjum12 and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 23 minutes ago, Haunted Thrills said: Hulk prototype? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
