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

[Surfing Alien]

Couple more digest pickups

Not quite as nice as the one I had years ago but pretty good for now.

Always love me some hillbilly romance 

[EC Phanatic]

So.....when CGC grades a comic they make sure every page is accounted for.....When you see a pulp for sale on HA.COM......Did they count every single page or assume all pages were there?  Everybody knows they don't count the 500 or so pages to see if one is missing...There will be a need for a pulp grading service soon....mark my words....if CGC is smart they will jump on this quickly.

[Surfing Alien]

On 3/27/2020 at 7:53 PM, davet75 said:

Love the Avon comics / paperbacks swipes

 

Ok, after a LOT of searching I found the thread with the comics that swiped paperback covers. It's embedded in a larger thread about comic art cover and panel swipes - a testimony to how much knowledge has been shared (and buried for that matter) on these boards over the years. The paperback section starts at the bottom of page 8. The rest of the thread has a lot of cool swipes as well. Well worth going through, even with lots of broken links. The paperback section is all there though.

 

 

 

[Randall Dowling]

Mail call

[Pat Calhoun]

'The Night Reveals' in Six Times Death is way beyond a masterpiece...

[Randall Dowling]

Mail Call!  I really like these giants from Popular Library!  

[damonwad]

On ‎2‎/‎23‎/‎2020 at 11:30 PM, OtherEric said:

My favorite of JDM's SF/fantasy novels is "The Girl, The Gold Watch, and Everything".  It's probably best described as Science-Fantasy and it's far more a comedy than his normal work.  I still need to track down a 1st edition.  @Pat Calhoun showed his other two SF novels, although Planet of the Dreamers is normally published as Wine of the Dreamers.  It's arguably his actual first novel; although "The Brass Cupcake" was published as a book first the magazine version of Dreamers showed up in Startling Stories a few months earlier. 

I finished The Girl, the Gold Watch and Everything last week and really enjoyed it. Glad I trusted your taste in books.

[OtherEric]

16 minutes ago, damonwad said:

I finished The Girl, the Gold Watch and Everything last week and really enjoyed it. Glad I trusted your taste in books.

Glad you enjoyed it.  That's a nice copy of the 1st edition, the earliest I've got is the 2nd.

[frozentundraguy]

A few books arrived the other day. I was all set to be on vacation this week & had not bought a PB in a while. Looks to be an excellent double header by Dickson, who has Midwest roots in common with me, as he was a Minneapolis native and a graduate of the University of Minnesota. I'm going to restrain myself and just list one a day. 

 

[porcupine48]

@frozentundraguy  I need to PM ya to catch up!

Found this in a local book box library today,grabbed it with a plastic dog stuff bag(new!) and brought it home and gave it a disinfecting clean.Seems it was in a smokers house,the yellow that came off!Anyhow,can't be too safe-I walk by several of these boxes on my dog walks,hard not to look in.

A fun little UK Pan,I'm very happy!

Edited April 6, 2020 by porcupine48
Book BOX library,not just a book library

[porcupine48]

On 4/4/2020 at 3:57 PM, OtherEric said:

Glad you enjoyed it.  That's a nice copy of the 1st edition, the earliest I've got is the 2nd.

🧡❤ the stick on tattoo!

[porcupine48]

@Randall Dowling that Emerald Bikini 

[porcupine48]

On 3/13/2020 at 9:58 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Cross posting this here LB Cole digest, i'd include it in my Drug/JD book collection with its dope addiction element...

I love this-the signature on the ashtray!Fantastic!Okay,I missed you gang,can you tell?

Hope everyone's doing great 

[frozentundraguy]

Next up from the recently received batch, Ace D-465. The cover for The Martian Missile was drawn by Valigursky, and is often the case, the flip side, The Atlantic Abomination was drawn by Emsh. This might well be the ugliest monster among the 75 Ace "D" double sci-fi books.

[frozentundraguy]

On 4/3/2020 at 4:19 PM, Randall Dowling said:

Mail Call!  I really like these giants from Popular Library!  

If you havent already read Dragons Island, you are in for a true classic, and its regarded as one of Williamson's best. That book is extremely well written, and has the first reference to genetic engineering.

My copy pictured below.

Edited April 7, 2020 by frozentundraguy

[Randall Dowling]

On 4/5/2020 at 7:09 PM, frozentundraguy said:

Midwest roots in common with me, as he was a Minneapolis native and a graduate of the University of Minnesota

Right on, sir!  

[OtherEric]

7 hours ago, frozentundraguy said:

Next up from the recently received batch, Ace D-465. The cover for The Martian Missile was drawn by Valigursky, and is often the case, the flip side, The Atlantic Abomination was drawn by Emsh. This might well be the ugliest monster among the 75 Ace "D" double sci-fi books.

 

75 1/2 Ace "D" double Sci-Fi books.

(Sorry, the shelter in place is making me even more willing to repost stuff and be a pedantic twit than usual.)

[Surfing Alien]

7 hours ago, OtherEric said:

75 1/2 Ace "D" double Sci-Fi books.

(Sorry, the shelter in place is making me even more willing to repost stuff and be a pedantic twit than usual.)

 

It's ok, that "Cry Plague" cover is too current NOT to post and re-post  

[comicjack]

How fitting of a cover anyone else having nightmares from what has been going on 

[damonwad]

I bought this one for the cover but it turned out to be a pretty good read too.