Comics, Pulps, and Paperbacks: Why such a discrepancy in values? 25 25

[comicjack]

6 hours ago, Surfing Alien said:

This was broken way out in the Warren guide back in the nineties. I never knew why because I never saw a copy...  Now I know it's because there are no copies... incredible Maguire bondage cover

Some cover 

[Randall Dowling]

5 hours ago, Surfing Alien said:

Group shot... Couple of hi grade Digests 😁 ...

That’s a pretty spectacular group shot!  

[Surfing Alien]

3 hours ago, Randall Dowling said:

That’s a pretty spectacular group shot!  

Thanks - It's fun to imagine ogling these on a rack in Woolworths in the 1950's - in fact I really need a 50's newsstand rack to display these! 

[Surfing Alien]

3 hours ago, comicjack said:

Some cover 

It's fun to still come across wild stuff you've never seen 

[OtherEric]

A couple cheap pickups today:

[frozentundraguy]

Visited a local bookshop I had not frequented before. It's on the other side of town from me, but the trip was worth it.

 

[JollyComics]

On 2/3/2020 at 2:09 PM, porcupine48 said:

I know folks are a little more mature in this thread,but everyone enjoys a laugh.Saw this today.

It's not awful,but spoilered for the sensitive,I don't want to offend anyone at all

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Vibrators?

[Surfing Alien]

2 hours ago, frozentundraguy said:

Visited a local bookshop I had not frequented before. It's on the other side of town from me, but the trip was worth it.

 

Jackpot!  Awesome for you brother! Man that is a great find...

[Surfing Alien]

I don't post a lot about comics but they're on my 1st love list  I have a couple of copies of this Journey Into Mystery number one which I love for the Robert E. Howard story and Gil Kane art

 

 

 

Edited February 21, 2020 by Surfing Alien

[comicjack]

Great cover 

[frozentundraguy]

7 hours ago, comicjack said:

Great cover 

Thanks.

 

Usually I'm late to the party in any given collectible. It's happened to me with marbles, baseball cards, comic books, but with PB's I'm finding them mostly affordable. One odd thing, I had checked the prices on these two books just before I drove to the store, as they were listed on the Abe site, but the price increased on the Werewolf book, but only slightly. On the other hand that book was much nicer than I had expected.

[Surfing Alien]

5 hours ago, frozentundraguy said:

On the other hand that book was much nicer than I had expected.

That copy of Werewolf looks minty fresh!

[frozentundraguy]

8 minutes ago, Surfing Alien said:

That copy of Werewolf looks minty fresh!

There is a stamp on the outside of bottom pages, from an EJJM of Massachusetts, also with a PB number of 2761. I'm guessing he had quite a collection & yes the book looks to never have been read.

Edited February 21, 2020 by frozentundraguy

[OtherEric]

A fairly recent edition- only about a decade old- but this is just the FUNNIEST paperback cover I've ever seen.

[Surfing Alien]

9 hours ago, OtherEric said:

A fairly recent edition- only about a decade old- but this is just the FUNNIEST paperback cover I've ever seen.

Not sure I get it but i'll take a guess - because the cover has zero to do with the story?

[Surfing Alien]

Couple more Monarch pickups, Maguire bondage babe menaced with a blackjack on All I Can Get and a classic 60's DeSoto Barbie babe who is Most Likely to Love. Not quite in top condition but were cheap enough not to be too choosy.

[OtherEric]

4 hours ago, Surfing Alien said:

Not sure I get it but i'll take a guess - because the cover has zero to do with the story?

It's a classic Sherlock Holmes novel presented as a lurid paperback.  Here's the back cover as well:

[Surfing Alien]

2 hours ago, OtherEric said:

It's a classic Sherlock Holmes novel presented as a lurid paperback.  Here's the back cover as well:

Thats what I thought. I definitely had the original Bantam paperback. I may still have it but i'd have to dig to find out. 

[damonwad]

Here's a little group shot of my slowly growing 6 month old paperback collection.

I got the collecting bug from following this thread for the last year or so and had some much appreciated help on collecting and authors from Pat C. to get me started.

It's been lots of fun but I just wish I had more time to read. Still 5 of these I haven't got to yet.

[OtherEric]

7 minutes ago, damonwad said:

Here's a little group shot of my slowly growing 6 month old paperback collection.

I got the collecting bug from following this thread for the last year or so and had some much appreciated help on collecting and authors from Pat C. to get me started.

It's been lots of fun but I just wish I had more time to read. Still 5 of these I haven't got to yet.

Some very sharp looking copies there.