bc Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 6 minutes ago, Commissioner Gordon said: Oh, and this is for you @bc Thanks! One of my favorite covers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 13 minutes ago, Commissioner Gordon said: As promised, my JIM 70 (wouldn't fit in my scanner) along with the others in my collection so far... Go man go! southern cross 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Commissioner Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 @bc I feel like an insufficiently_thoughtful_person. I posted the TTA because I saw a post a few pages back that you made about that book, then I realized you were just quoting the post... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 14 hours ago, Commissioner Gordon said: @bc I feel like an insufficiently_thoughtful_person. I posted the TTA because I saw a post a few pages back that you made about that book, then I realized you were just quoting the post... It's all good man The Commissioner and mysterio 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 @Commissioner GordonWhen I first started out on the boards, I had a terrible habit of quoting the wrong person or mangling names. (I still screw up with multi-quoting and have to regularly use the Edit function) The Commissioner, mysterio and TheWatcher 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterio Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 @Commissioner Gordon, the quote function here can leave a lot to be desired. We’ve all been there. bc and The Commissioner 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 2 hours ago, mysterio said: @Commissioner Gordon, he quote func here can leave a lbe desire. We’e all been the. I've never had any trouble with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post southern cross Posted July 24, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 24, 2019 Think this might be the only raw book in better condition. Most of the pre hero TTA I pick up I'm looking for the cheaper good to very good range raw so I can happily read them without worrying about damaging them. TheWatcher, *Bronze age fan*, mysterio and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post southern cross Posted July 24, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 24, 2019 TTA in grades like these two TheWatcher, KirbyJack, *Bronze age fan* and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post southern cross Posted July 24, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 24, 2019 And Strange tales in low grade readers The Commissioner, *Bronze age fan*, KirbyJack and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Two of my fav Strange Tales, there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 9 hours ago, southern cross said: Think this might be the only raw book in better condition. Most of the pre hero TTA I pick up I'm looking for the cheaper good to very good range raw so I can happily read them without worrying about damaging them. Love to hear that people are still reading these great books. KirbyJack and porcupine48 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Getoutandstayout Posted July 24, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 24, 2019 (edited) Mail call. Strange Tales #3. Edited July 24, 2019 by Getoutandstayout bc, *Bronze age fan*, Sweet Lou 14 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterio Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 7 hours ago, Getoutandstayout said: Mail call. Strange Tales #3. Beautiful copy for the grade! bc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Word. bc and mysterio 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bc Posted July 29, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2019 (edited) On 7/18/2019 at 1:31 PM, Getoutandstayout said: I read in a Facebook group that this book seemed to be stories of disgruntled artists/writers at Marvel taking pot-shots at Stan Lee and others. Kind of like a "here's the seamy underside Marvel doesn't want to you know" kind of thing. I hope it's not the case. Just finished reading "The Secret History of Marvel Comics" 99% of it is pulps & magazine related (I think PHMs got one paragraph). The artwork is simply amazing to a pulp newbie like myself - the masterful work of Cardwell Higgins & Peter Driben was totally new to me. Never realized how prolific JW Scott was either, always liked Norm Saunders. Jack Kirby's pulp work got about 40 pages of coverage Joe Simon got his due as well. They have several of the early Stan Lee 2-page text stories in it. Sometimes it was hard to keep track of the different companies that they devised to cover legal & financial obligations. Definitely had me thinking of a mafia-type organization at times! Learned some new terms like "shudder pulps" (ahem, Mr. Schomburg ) There is a good bit of Martin Goodman bashing, not many pot shots at Stan. Maybe bashing is the wrong term as there is quite an extensive appendix to back up the authors claims. Goodman seemed like an old school businessman, always worrying about where the next buck could be made and not who he used to make it. Was pleasantly reminded of work that Matt Baker did for World of Fantasy 17 (The Brain Pickers) and other PHM titles. The artists section could easily be expanded to a book on its own. It was cool to see that the pulp titles were re-used in so many PCH titles and how the numbering sequences were bastardized from pulps to comics and back. Really comprehensive & enjoyable read - thanks for the recommendation all ! -bc Edited July 29, 2019 by bc typo #3,982 Sweet Lou 14, Mucheee1, TheWatcher and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 (edited) On 7/17/2019 at 6:21 PM, bc said: Thanks! Didn't know that. OSPG 22 has a very extensive write-up on the history of the Atlas Implosion & PHM titles as well. This is the one that really got me addicted. I will caution that several of the charts showing what issue is produced by month do have errors. I created my own spreadsheet based on this data and had to correct it over time. Hey @KirbyJack - is there much difference between these two write-ups? -bc Hey @KirbyJack Ever look into this ? Inquiring minds want to know Edited July 29, 2019 by bc KirbyJack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 (edited) On 7/18/2019 at 1:31 PM, Getoutandstayout said: I read in a Facebook group that this book seemed to be stories of disgruntled artists/writers at Marvel taking pot-shots at Stan Lee and others. Kind of like a "here's the seamy underside Marvel doesn't want to you know" kind of thing. I hope it's not the case. I haven’t read the book but Stan was their boss. Every boss is going to have some ex employees that didn’t like him or that didn’t like being bossed around. Now take that boss and make him incredibly famous and likely quite wealthy to boot. The sour grapes factor only ramps up. The only reason there aren’t more books along those lines is because no one would find a tell all about the office machinations at Fifth Third Bank to be very interesting Edited July 30, 2019 by Bronty bc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bronty Posted July 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2019 Hey folks first time in a long time. I scaled back my high grade PHM almost completely but I've kept all the mid grade readers as I love the books. Sold the nice ones against my better judgement when I needed money for whatever else it was at the time. Anyways, first addition in a while KirbyJack, bc, *Bronze age fan* and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bc Posted July 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2019 54 minutes ago, Bronty said: Hey folks first time in a long time. I scaled back my high grade PHM almost completely but I've kept all the mid grade readers as I love the books. Sold the nice ones against my better judgement when I needed money for whatever else it was at the time. Anyways, first addition in a while Welcome back! I still have all the books I got from you tucked away in the Vault TheWatcher, Bronty, KirbyJack and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
