bc Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Shot that up on the 65" screen...so many with White pages...just fantastic to see such pristine copies! -bc KirbyJack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 4 hours ago, RICK STARR said: I am having heart palpitations looking at these. A 9.6 TOS 10 and the 9.0 JIM 60 (impossible issue in grade). They looked pretty sweet raw. bc and batman_fan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 2 minutes ago, adamstrange said: They looked pretty sweet raw. Amazing eye candy on the big screen ! -bc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 ...and to think my wife wanted a smart TV, and I talked her out of it... 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosland Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 On 7/18/2017 at 0:34 PM, adamstrange said: Got some White Mountains back from CGC. Holy Granola! I'd pay admission to see your collection Hoping there's more to come... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Been playing around with the new Gallery feature : Has some issues with sort ordering but it was a fun exercise! If you are going to make a gallery, it sorts by the text string not the actual number. So I had to label my issues that were #1's as "01" and the #2's as "02" in the caption text for them to show in a numeric sequence. Also the in-picture Comment editing seems to fail, so you need to edit each one individually. Think it allows 500 images per gallery. -bc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Interesting. I've been playing around with options for when I finally get around to posting my FF run. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Snagged a few early Tales of Suspense issues in the July Clink auction mysterio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterio Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Great pickups bc! I got this one, and also went after the #33 that Bomber-Bob ultimately walked away with (it's the last pre-hero TOS I need now). Bomber-Bob and bc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Big Collection of Beautiful Comics, bc! 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 7 hours ago, mysterio said: Great pickups bc! I got this one, and also went after the #33 that Bomber-Bob ultimately walked away with (it's the last pre-hero TOS I need now). Too funny that you & Bob targeted the other two on my list ! Glad everyone got something they needed ! Seems like several of us are near completion - I'm down to needing a ToS #8 to complete the run (but not all in the grade I'm hunting for, so there will be some upgrading as they pop up in the wild). Also picked up a JIM79 in an eBay auction that was in MUCH nicer condition than I expected. Will try to post that this weekend. Down to 18 to complete the set ! Gotta make some progress on BAF -bc mysterio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 (edited) I haven't been picking these up much lately, but as a teenager there were very few comics that packed the punch for me that these PHM books did. I just couldn't resist this one when Bill posted it for sale..... in my experience, it was always one of the hardest to find in grade and also has one of the few Ditko covers. This is the first copy I ever owned and while the Kirby and Ditko offerings were their usual awesome, I was especially impressed by this issue's Don Heck story....which also happens to be the cover story. Oddly enough, Kirby did the splash for the story which Heck inked.... it then segues into pure Heck inked by Heck. My pal Richard and I are both Heck fans...especially the early stuff before Marvel started trying to pigeonhole him into a house style..... GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Edited September 12, 2017 by jimjum12 bc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 4 hours ago, jimjum12 said: I haven't been picking these up much lately, but as a teenager there were very few comics that packed the punch for me that these PHM books did. I just couldn't resist this one when Bill posted it for sale..... in my experience, it was always one of the hardest to find in grade and also has one of the few Ditko covers. This is the first copy I ever owned and while the Kirby and Ditko offerings were their usual awesome, I was especially impressed by this issue's Don Heck story....which also happens to be the cover story. Oddly enough, Kirby did the splash for the story which Heck inked.... it then segues into pure Heck inked by Heck. My pal Richard and I are both Heck fans...especially the early stuff before Marvel started trying to pigeonhole him into a house style..... GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Beautiful copy jimbo - glad it found a great home ! If I wasn't eyeballing something in a current auction - would have picked that one up from the sales thread. -bc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 17 hours ago, jimjum12 said: I haven't been picking these up much lately, but as a teenager there were very few comics that packed the punch for me that these PHM books did. I just couldn't resist this one when Bill posted it for sale..... in my experience, it was always one of the hardest to find in grade and also has one of the few Ditko covers. This is the first copy I ever owned and while the Kirby and Ditko offerings were their usual awesome, I was especially impressed by this issue's Don Heck story....which also happens to be the cover story. Oddly enough, Kirby did the splash for the story which Heck inked.... it then segues into pure Heck inked by Heck. My pal Richard and I are both Heck fans...especially the early stuff before Marvel started trying to pigeonhole him into a house style..... GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) I'd forgotten how cool that Kirby splash was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterio Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 Just picked up a book that I am really excited about, and will post it here when I get it in hand! (Admittedly it was kind of a preemptive strike against the sorrow I would inevitably get from tonight's Clink losses going after some of those pre-hero beauties.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterio Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 Ok, so I got this too (somehow, that Clink auction got pricey), but this isn't the book I was talking about a couple of posts ago. Now I really need to sell some stuff to plug the hole in my budget! I hope BC came away with one of those like the #42 or the #67... bc and *Bronze age fan* 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 11 hours ago, mysterio said: Ok, so I got this too (somehow, that Clink auction got pricey), but this isn't the book I was talking about a couple of posts ago. Now I really need to sell some stuff to plug the hole in my budget! I hope BC came away with one of those like the #42 or the #67... Great pickup @mysterio ! Really bright colors on that one & love the Everett sig below the guys knee that sorta looks like a skull. No Strange Tales for me this Clink auction, solely focused on the Tales of Suspense 8 (an 8.0 OW/W from the other guys). That completes my ToS 1-38 run! Will try to post a group shot when it arrives. BTW - gorgeous books in your sales thread @adamstrange - very, very tempting ! -bc mysterio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterio Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 (edited) 38 minutes ago, bc said: Great pickup @mysterio ! Really bright colors on that one & love the Everett sig below the guys knee that sorta looks like a skull. No Strange Tales for me this Clink auction, solely focused on the Tales of Suspense 8 (an 8.0 OW/W from the other guys). That completes my ToS 1-38 run! Will try to post a group shot when it arrives. BTW - gorgeous books in your sales thread @adamstrange - very, very tempting ! -bc I suspected that the TOS #8 might be in your sights as well. Congrats!! I need to go back and see what the #6 sold for, it seemed cheap last I saw it but I didn't see it as a huge upgrade over my 7.5. I also went after the 8.5 TOS #34 a bit. It would have been a solid upgrade over the 7.5 White I currently own, and it also went for a very fair price I thought. But after buying this #13 plus the purchase I made yesterday morning I would have felt even more irresponsible if I had bought the #34... I could have spent a lot more on those early Strange Tales if I had the budget at the moment. You just don't see those books very often, and 5.0-5.5 is right in my wheelhouse for the eye appeal/price combo on those. Edited September 15, 2017 by mysterio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 4 minutes ago, mysterio said: I suspected that the TOS #8 might be in your sights as well. Congrats!! I need to go back and see what the #6 sold for, it seemed cheap last I saw it but I didn't see it as a huge upgrade over my 7.5. I also went after the 8.5 TOS #34 a bit. It was a solid upgrade over the 7.5 White I currently own, and it also went for a very fair price I thought. But after buying this #13 plus the purchase I made yesterday morning I would have felt even more irresponsible if I had bought the #34... I could have spent a lot more on those early Strange Tales if I had the budget at the moment. You just don't see those books very often, and 5.0-5.5 is right in my wheelhouse for the eye appeal/price combo on those. Thanks! The ToS 6 CGC8.0 went for $756 (which is a pretty good value). Have an old label 8.5 that will stay in the vault for a long time Understand the fiscal limits With all the quality books up for sale this year, hard to keep within the budget. -bc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
