Griff's Don Winslow Journal by Saum02

[Griff]

Picked up a few more Reader DWOTn Books last night on Ebay. Funny thing is someone was actually bidding against me in those auctions.

"they got half the lot the seller had and I got half". Unlike Timely collectors and X-men Collectors there simply are not a lot of DWotN collectors out there.

Till yesterday I haven't lost a bid on E-Bay. Wonder what that will mean for the overall collectability of the book? a whoping 2 people collecting them !

 

anyway here are the pics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Griff]

So this past weekend I won an auction on SCC for these 3. they may not be top tier books, but they will fit in my collection nicely !

I love them & can't wait for them to arrive on Friday

 

 

 

 

 

 

[PowderedH2O]

If you didn't do such a good job of making Don Winslow appealing, you might have less competition. :-)

[Griff]

Oopps ! Don't collect DWotN the stories or are horrible. artwork !! total junk !

[miraclemet]

whats SCC?

[Griff]

http://www.sparklecitycomics.com/

[Griff]

Thanks to the Big Cat, I was able to pick up these DWotN books ! They are amazing ! Thanks again Cheetah !

 

#33 Crowley Copy -Red Cross cover with a classic profile pose:) I love the fleet in the background

 

 

#43 Crowley Checking Copy - portrait cover !!!

 

#46 Crowley Checking Copy - Knock Out

 

#71 Classic Giordano Cover and the best of the Charlton's

 

and last but not least my favorite book of the whole run

its the return of everyone's favorite Pistol Packing Pirate Peach Singapore Sal !!

#60 Crowley Copy ! This one book made my year

 

 

[Griff]

accidently posted this as a separate journal but it belongs here so forgive me if you read the other one

 

So if you've been following this Journal, you know I decided at the beginning of the year to start collecting Don Winslow of the Navy books

as aggressively as my budget will allow. So far I picked up 10 CGC'ed books "half of which are pedigreed". That's a pretty solid start, and I

know where I can pick up another 15 - 20 books as my wallet will allow.

 

I decided this morning to take a look at the registry to see how many of each book were available.... Imagine my surprise when I saw

how FEW books are out there to be acquired.

 

here is a break down of the books

 

Number of Graded Copies

 

Issue = # copies out there

01 = 14

02 = 06

03 = 06

04 = 05

05 = 06

06 = 04

07 = 02

08 = 02

09 = 01 "I own this Copy"

10 = 00

11 = 03

12 = 00

13 = 05

14 = 00

15 = 03

16 = 04

17 = 01

18 = 03

19 = 03

20 = 02

21 = 02

22 = 03

23 = 04

24 = 03

25 = 04

26 = 03

27 = 02

28 = 04

29 = 01

30 = 01

31 = 02

32 = 04

33 = 03

34 = 05

35 = 03

36 = 04

37 = 05

38 = 02

39 = 02

40 = 03

41 = 02

42 = 01 *** and its a PLOD I Hate PLOD's ***

43 = 01 "I own this Copy"

44 = 04

45 = 02

46 = 01 "I own this Copy"

47 = 02

48 = 02

49 = 02

50 = 02

51 = 02

52 = 02

53 = 01

54 = 01

55 = 04

56 = 01

57 = 01

58 = 00

59 = 06

60 = 03

61 = 02

62 = 01

63 = 03

64 = 03

65 = 03

66 = 01

67 = 02

68 = 01

69 = 05

 

 

 

 

 

Charlton

70 = 00

71 = 01 "I own this Copy"

72 = 00

73 = 00

 

 

merwil

01 = 02

02 = 00

 

so complete there are only 194 TOTAL CGC'ed DWOTN books out there

 

As you can see there simple is not a lot of CGC'ed DWOTN books to be had. With a few issues having ZERO copied graded

and many others having only 1-2 copies. I set my minimum grade goal at 6.0 "for budget reasons" so E-bay junk copies wont do.

 

So Fighting a limited budget, and due to the lack of the books out there I don't see ever finishing this collection in an acceptable grade

"Barring a new collection coming to market"

 

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not planning on giving up the long term goal of finishing the set in grade. I just simply don't see it as

possible with the number of books out there

[Hibou]

Those are some terrific books you got from Cheetah... I really like the cover to #33 and #60. Singapore Sal looks very cool!

[cheetah]

You can finish runs like this. I had the same issue with both Jumbo and Jungle. You just have to look at some sites that have raw book and find ones good enough to grade. It took a couple of years doing this for my Fiction House runs but I managed to get it done. I learned to settle for a bit less on some issues.

[cheetah]

Number of Graded Copies

 

Issue = # copies out there

01 = 14 (thumbs u

02 = 06 (thumbs u

03 = 06 (thumbs u

04 = 05 (thumbs u

05 = 06 (thumbs u

06 = 04

07 = 02

08 = 02

09 = 01 "I own this Copy"

10 = 00

11 = 03

12 = 00

13 = 05 (thumbs u

14 = 00

15 = 03

16 = 04

17 = 01

18 = 03

19 = 03 (thumbs u

20 = 02

21 = 02

22 = 03

23 = 04

24 = 03

25 = 04

26 = 03

27 = 02

28 = 04 (thumbs u

29 = 01

30 = 01

31 = 02

32 = 04

33 = 03

34 = 05 (thumbs u

35 = 03 (thumbs u

36 = 04

37 = 05

38 = 02

39 = 02

40 = 03

41 = 02

42 = 01 *** and its a PLOD I Hate PLOD's ***

43 = 01 "I own this Copy"

44 = 04

45 = 02

46 = 01 "I own this Copy"

47 = 02

48 = 02

49 = 02

50 = 02

51 = 02

52 = 02 (thumbs u

53 = 01

54 = 01

55 = 04

56 = 01

57 = 01

58 = 00

59 = 06

60 = 03 (thumbs u

61 = 02 (thumbs u

62 = 01 (thumbs u

63 = 03

64 = 03

65 = 03 (thumbs u

66 = 01

67 = 02

68 = 01

69 = 05

 

Charlton

70 = 00

71 = 01 "I own this Copy"

72 = 00

73 = 00

 

merwil

01 = 02

02 = 00

 

so complete there are only 194 TOTAL CGC'ed DWOTN books out there

 

 

I think I have 15 more and they aren't going anywhere until you want them.

[Griff]

You can finish runs like this. I had the same issue with both Jumbo and Jungle. You just have to look at some sites that have raw book and find ones good enough to grade. It took a couple of years doing this for my Fiction House runs but I managed to get it done. I learned to settle for a bit less on some issues.

Thanks mano I appreciate the encouragement "and if you wanna PM a list of sites so I know I'm checking everywhere I would be greatly appreciative !"

 

 

Your top on my list of peeps to pick up from. and I really want that #4. its the best of the Nazi covers to me. just have to save up pennies for a bit since its a little spendy "but worth it !"

 

I'm not giving up on this, just reminding myself it wont be a 2 month project. Heck I don't even know how long it will take to find the Merwil copies. they seem rare as heck !

 

I am hoping the odd auction book I picked up is the merwil #2 but wont know till it arrives "still not here /sigh"

 

If anyone can identify this book I would be grateful !

[Griff]

Finally got around to scanning the issue 47 Raw so I could ask ask boardies to give it a grade.

 

You can see back cover and internal page quality here "pink pages possible?"

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7540256#Post7540256

 

I'd love to here any thoughts on weather its worth submitting or not

 

 

 

First appearance of Singapore Sal !

 

 

[Hibou]

That's a great cover Griff!

 

Of course I would send it in, but that's me... especially if it's the first appearance of the villianess.

 

Looking at your PGM thread, my first impression was a 7.0, but I could also see a 7.5 possibly. You might get a designation of Pink pages but I'm not too sure on that one.

 

 

[Griff]

Check this out, its an unpublished original piece from Zoltan Szenics !

man Zully does really cool GG art

This is a great take on Singapore Sal

I found the pic looking through old heratige auctions

 

[HouseofComics.Com]

That's a super cool page. If you mention to some bigger dealers that you're looking for nicer copies, they may turn them up on their travels.

[Griff]

Thanks HoC, still gotta get some cash to cheetah first. Think ive finally decided to sell off my reader collection of X-men. "nearly a full run of books from issue 5-500"

 

Hoping that funds some more purchases otherwise it is gonna be a long wait before I can start picking up high grade books.

 

I'm still deciding if I want to invest in a CGC membership or just use a 3rd party vendor to send books in with. that's a toughy for me.

 

I'm thinking about asking Joey to press the 47 and sending it in after. Also I have to figure out how to ***REQUEST*** they add a note to the label denoting its Singapore Sal's first appearance. "of the 2 issue 47's graded neither notes that issue 47 is Singapore Sal's first appearance". I don't know why they didn't list it on the label, but if I'm going to submit it I would really like it to note its her first appearance.

[Marty Mann]

I have no idea how many different DON WINSLOW Comix Cards there

are in this series from Fawcett but I'll check it out as I go through my

books. Don't know how many every collected these but I'm almost sure

someone did.

 

(From CAPTAIN MARVEL ADVENTURES #77)

 

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[Griff]

Cool marty !

[Marty Mann]

Cool marty !

 

Here's a couple more from NYOKA #22 that includes SINGAPORE SAL.

 

 

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