Popular Post bc Posted January 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 8, 2021 Wow! Stumbled across this museum piece in the upcoming Heritage auction: I see a lot of high grade copies of this book. Was it one of those warehouse finds? -bc Von Cichlid, Mmehdy, Jasonmorris1000000 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonmorris1000000 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 19 minutes ago, bc said: Wow! Stumbled across this museum piece in the upcoming Heritage auction: I see a lot of high grade copies of this book. Was it one of those warehouse finds? -bc Wow! Is it the only 9.8 out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 1 minute ago, Jasonmorris1000000 said: Wow! Is it the only 9.8 out there? Yep, just looked on the census. Guess there aren't as many high grade copies as I thought -bc Jasonmorris1000000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sweet Lou 14 Posted January 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 9, 2021 2 hours ago, bc said: Wow! Stumbled across this museum piece in the upcoming Heritage auction: I see a lot of high grade copies of this book. Was it one of those warehouse finds? -bc No idea. But TOS #38 seems easier to find in 8.0+ than most PHMs as well. Here's mine. Frisco Larson, Jasonmorris1000000, Mmehdy and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Frisco Larson Posted January 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 9, 2021 I picked this up a little while back but don't think I posted it here. A fun book to have a raw copy of. FoggyNelson, DR.X, Get Marwood & I and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyNelson Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 gomdulla 🤪🤣 that is a good one‼️The living pharaoh 👍‼️ 1950's war comics and Frisco Larson 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 19 hours ago, Frisco Larson said: I picked this up a little while back but don't think I posted it here. A fun book to have a raw copy of. A notable book for me for two reasons. Firstly, no pence copy exists for JIM #61. That's by design though, as it only has a single bold font 10c cover price version: #61 To have a pence copy, an alternative US font would need to exist: #60 #62 #63 #64 #65 Secondly, it has a ridiculously child like cover image of Gomdulla. Imagine if the cover had the more menacing splash page image instead of the big footed google-eyed cover one: Now that would look cool wouldn't it. KirbyJack, Mucheee1 and bc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucheee1 Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 13 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said: A notable book for me for two reasons. Firstly, no pence copy exists for JIM #61. That's by design though, as it only has a single bold font 10c cover price version: #61 To have a pence copy, an alternative US font would need to exist: #60 #62 #63 #64 #65 Secondly, it has a ridiculously child like cover image of Gomdulla. Imagine if the cover had the more menacing splash page image instead of the big footed google-eyed cover one: Now that would look cool wouldn't it. The mummy on the cover always makes me think it was drawn like a Mad Magazine character. bc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Just now, Mucheee1 said: The mummy on the cover always makes me think it was drawn like a Mad Magazine character. Yes. I spent many years looking for the pence copy (before discovering the US font link) and grew to dislike it bc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucheee1 Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Does the cover mummy have different numbers of fingers on each hand!! bc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 18 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said: A notable book for me for two reasons. Firstly, no pence copy exists for JIM #61. That's by design though, as it only has a single bold font 10c cover price version: #61 To have a pence copy, an alternative US font would need to exist: #60 #62 #63 #64 #65 Secondly, it has a ridiculously child like cover image of Gomdulla. Imagine if the cover had the more menacing splash page image instead of the big footed google-eyed cover one: Now that would look cool wouldn't it. 100% agree that the splash is better than the cover with the googly-eyed, big-footed, 3 fingers on his right hand version. Rumor has it that Gomdulla was a tribute to Al Ludmog, who unsuccessfully peddled Ace bandages as a fashion trend back in the day. If only Al had survived to see his design take off. -bc KirbyJack and Mucheee1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 42 minutes ago, Mucheee1 said: Does the cover mummy have different numbers of fingers on each hand!! Yes Mucheeeeeee. It's symbolism. The whole cover is giving us the missing middle finger, if you know what I mean... bc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Hey Guys, Some very sad news...haven't seen anything posted here, but the originator of this thread, PUNYHUMAN, recently passed away. His son created a thread to relay the news: In honor of the OP, gonna post the first book he highlighted in this thread: R.I.P. Fellow Goofy Monster Lover -bc 01TheDude, Get Marwood & I, Jasonmorris1000000 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 The TOS 37 in 9.8 is up to $5,250 with 2 days left on HA.....that is before live bidding starts (the fun part) C'mon Powerball! https://comics.ha.com/itm/silver-age-1956-1969-/tales-of-suspense-37-marvel-1963-cgc-nm-mt-98-white-pages/a/7239-92110.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515 -bc The Commissioner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 On 1/8/2021 at 6:46 PM, bc said: Wow! Stumbled across this museum piece in the upcoming Heritage auction: I see a lot of high grade copies of this book. Was it one of those warehouse finds? -bc Holy Hagg ! It sold for (drumroll noise inserted here)...... $11,500 ($13,800 with buyers premium). Don't know what to say other than congrats to the new steward! -bc (still picking his jaw off the floor) Jasonmorris1000000, Sweet Lou 14 and KirbyJack 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucheee1 Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 1 hour ago, bc said: Holy Hagg ! It sold for (drumroll noise inserted here)...... $11,500 ($13,800 with buyers premium). Don't know what to say other than congrats to the new steward! -bc (still picking his jaw off the floor) Well I can tell you straight off that I didn’t win it. Too rich for my blood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 26 minutes ago, Mucheee1 said: Well I can tell you straight off that I didn’t win it. Too rich for my blood. Makes me wonder if the winner of the recent TOS 2 CGC8.0 and this sale are one in the same. Either way, those books didn't get those hammer prices with only 1 bidder. -bc KirbyJack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucheee1 Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 I’ll just have to be contented with my copy, which probably cost me $10 back in the day. bc and KirbyJack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Lou 14 Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 How many PHMs even exist in 9.8? This is the kind of book that isn't just rare (unique?) as compared to other copies of the same issue, it's also incredibly rare as compared to the entire class of books to which it belongs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
