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[TheMightyMidget]

Probably a total NOOB question, but what the hell is a Pop Hollinger Rebuilt comic. I keep seeing these on ebay and they usually look pretty beat up. Can someone enlighten me as to what these are?

Thanks!

[BitterOldMan]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Hollinger

 

http://www.ebay.com/gds/1st-Comic-Collector-Dealer-POP-HOLLINGER-/10000000000009986/g.html

 

Google?

[Bronty]

Iirc he'd take the spines up with paper tape as a form of early non deceptive resto

[TheMightyMidget]

So reading about him, I think it'd be pretty cool to own one of his books for sure. Of course the condition of most of them gives them low values, but it'd still be a cool conversational piece....

[VintageComics]

Iirc he'd take the spines up with paper tape as a form of early non deceptive resto

 

It was a more innocent time. Readability was king.

 

 

[Mike's Rack]

So reading about him, I think it'd be pretty cool to own one of his books for sure. Of course the condition of most of them gives them low values, but it'd still be a cool conversational piece....

I agree, Pop messed with a lot of books but I imagine that many of them would have been lost entirely without him. The work he did was from a different era, he wasn't trying to defraud unsuspecting buyers, he was trying to keep the books in one piece so people could read them. His was one of the first LCS and I appreciate that nostalgia factor.

[Sqeggs]

Iirc he'd take the spines up with paper tape as a form of early non deceptive resto

 

It was a more innocent time. Readability was king.

 

 

Yeah, I remember reading Don Rosa's old RBCC columns where he advocated the liberal use of tape on books to help them hold up through repeated readings.

 

Turns out, though, he was apparently also putting aside the pristine copies that came up for sale a few years back. Although maybe he started setting aside high-grade copies some time after he published those RBCC columns.

[EC ed]

Of course the condition of most of them gives them low values, but it'd still be a cool conversational piece....

 

+1

 

...happy to bump this old thread with my first Hollinger book, just snagged off of eBay...it's the only Hollinger EC copy that I can recall coming across...glad to get one in the collection, just for the hobby-historical factor:

 

 

Anyone else out there have a Hollinger book?

[Sqeggs]

Of course the condition of most of them gives them low values, but it'd still be a cool conversational piece....

 

+1

 

...happy to bump this old thread with my first Hollinger book, just snagged off of eBay...it's the only Hollinger EC copy that I can recall coming across...glad to get one in the collection, just for the hobby-historical factor:

 

 

Anyone else out there have a Hollinger book?

 

Needs a press!

[porcupine48]

ed,didja just get a new one?

[Doohickamabob]

I got a comic from the "Pop Hollinger Rebuilt Pedigree" a couple months back. Will post photos. Because the grade is automatically so low, sometimes it's an easy way to snag a hard-to-get comic for a decent price -- and without seedy resto factor.

[EC ed]

ed,didja just get a new one?

 

I don't think so...usually on Pop books there's brown paper tape visible on the exterior, I believe...

[porcupine48]

I was hoping for you.

[TFGregory]

I just discovered I have a Hollinger-rebuilt copy of World's Finest #13 which I bought in 2000. Tape only on the interior covers. 

[AeroJim]

I think my copy of Superman 2 is a Pop Hollinger rebuilt. What do you think?

[Robot Man]

On 10/24/2013 at 6:23 AM, TheMightyMidget said:

So reading about him, I think it'd be pretty cool to own one of his books for sure. Of course the condition of most of them gives them low values, but it'd still be a cool conversational piece....

Actually, Pop’s books are kind of a weird “pedigree”. Historical artifacts if you will. I’ve had a few and sold them quickly. 

[Tri-Color Brian]

On 12/28/2023 at 9:30 AM, Robot Man said:

Actually, Pop’s books are kind of a weird “pedigree”. Historical artifacts if you will. I’ve had a few and sold them quickly. 

"Tape is not a defect"... 

Edited December 28, 2023 by Tri-ColorBrian

[batman_fan]

On 12/28/2023 at 9:30 AM, Robot Man said:

Actually, Pop’s books are kind of a weird “pedigree”. Historical artifacts if you will. I’ve had a few and sold them quickly. 

Am I the only sick pervert who would like a "Pop" superhero book?

[KirbyJack]

On 12/28/2023 at 6:19 PM, batman_fan said:

Am I the only sick pervert who would like a "Pop" superhero book?

No you aren’t.

This isn’t super, but it is the first appearance of The Lone Rider. I snagged this right out from under Bob Beerbohm’s nose, and he was on tilt about it for while.

[IngelsFan]

On 12/28/2023 at 4:45 PM, KirbyJack said:

No you aren’t.

This isn’t super, but it is the first appearance of The Lone Rider. I snagged this right out from under Bob Beerbohm’s nose, and he was on tilt about it for while.

Love that issue and the cool NYWF back cover art.