Cobbledclam Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Back in the mid late 90s and early 2000's seemingly billions of those in the bay area. Yes I said billions, prove me wrong! Thing, Blue Beetle, a couple of different True Life, a couple of oddball Star westerns and a couple of Charton crime as well as a bunch of misc LB Cole cover titles. You could go to a knitting needle convention and there would be Little old ladies with big stacks of all of them for sale. Mostly high grade, but if you were lucky you could find a good VG copy, those are the scarce rare ones.👌😃😂Especially if you were allowed the privilege to dig through Gary Arlington's, bookstore. Boxes and boxes.Buy them for a buck and put them out at five dollars apiece and then...money money money! OtherEric, Sqeggs, MrBedrock and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 48 minutes ago, Cobbledclam said: You could go to a knitting needle convention and there would be Little old ladies with big stacks of all of them for sale. Mostly high grade, but if you were lucky you could find a good VG copy, those are the scarce rare ones. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say this is exaggerated just a little... However, I remember a twenty-something guy that always set up at SDCC in the mid-90s who had a bunch of Thing #16s. He only displayed one at a time, but you could see the stack behind his table if you were nosy enough. He sold them at guide, but was well aware of the warehouse find. I wonder how many he had, and if he's still selling them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobbledclam Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Wee bit. Actually the little old ladies were set up at the PMA antique shows in San Mateo and the collectors shows at the Cow Palace, and it was in the early nineties. They would also have stacks of Kaluta Shadows and misc. Wrightson Swamp Thing along with Kirby Jimmie Olsen and other 4th world titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 12 hours ago, Cobbledclam said: Wee bit. Actually the little old ladies were set up at the PMA antique shows in San Mateo and the collectors shows at the Cow Palace, and it was in the early nineties. They would also have stacks of Kaluta Shadows and misc. Wrightson Swamp Thing along with Kirby Jimmie Olsen and other 4th world titles. Any Major Inapaks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobbledclam Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Yes. If you were on the funny book circuit between Sacramento, Central CA and the Bay Area there was plenty of all of the above and more including these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobbledclam Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 (edited) Such fun artwork! Sorry getting off topic of thread, but I guess it's romantic fantasizing about the nostalgia of our hobby. And the fact that you can find these in people's boxes at for 1,2,3 bucks apiece Good times always worth the price of admission. Edited May 12, 2020 by Cobbledclam Forgot some text MrBedrock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 And a great Powell cover for that price Cobbledclam and Tri-Color Brian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted May 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2020 Recently picked up a copy of this one. Been after one for a while. What a hot babe! Any red blooded guy even notice the rusty staples? Cobbledclam, pmpknface, jimjum12 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobbledclam Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Good Golly Miss Molly!!! Hubba hubba! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 7 hours ago, MrBedrock said: 19 hours ago, Cobbledclam said: Wee bit. Actually the little old ladies were set up at the PMA antique shows in San Mateo and the collectors shows at the Cow Palace, and it was in the early nineties. They would also have stacks of Kaluta Shadows and misc. Wrightson Swamp Thing along with Kirby Jimmie Olsen and other 4th world titles. Any Major Inapaks? They always liked him. I think maybe because he outranks Captain 3-D. MrBedrock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 21 hours ago, Tri-ColorBrian said: 22 hours ago, Cobbledclam said: You could go to a knitting needle convention and there would be Little old ladies with big stacks of all of them for sale. Mostly high grade, but if you were lucky you could find a good VG copy, those are the scarce rare ones. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say this is exaggerated just a little... However, I remember a twenty-something guy that always set up at SDCC in the mid-90s who had a bunch of Thing #16s. He only displayed one at a time, but you could see the stack behind his table if you were nosy enough. He sold them at guide, but was well aware of the warehouse find. I wonder how many he had, and if he's still selling them... Way OT, but when I was a kid, the only adult comic collector I knew (a used car salesman--make of that what you will!) had a box of March of Comics 20 (Barks DD in Darkest Africa), many in high grade, or what we considered high grade in those unenlightened days. I just looked and there are only 28 copies on the census, although 13 of them are 9.0 and above. Don't know what became of that box and whether any of them survived to be graded and on the census. Tri-Color Brian and FoggyNelson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sqeggs Posted May 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 15, 2020 Cole used this collage approach a number of times on his romance covers. I think it works well. Book isn't nearly as yellow in hand as it appears in my scan. Point Five, damonwad, FoggyNelson and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 49 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: Cole used this collage approach a number of times on his romance covers. I think it works well. Book isn't nearly as yellow in hand as it appears in my scan. Another AMAZING book T. Gorgeous! Sqeggs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Just hammered for $2,222 the romance on CC is absolutely blowing up Sqeggs and pmpknface 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 On 5/11/2020 at 6:41 PM, Cobbledclam said: Back in the mid late 90s and early 2000's seemingly billions of those in the bay area. Yes I said billions, prove me wrong! Thing, Blue Beetle, a couple of different True Life, a couple of oddball Star westerns and a couple of Charton crime as well as a bunch of misc LB Cole cover titles. You could go to a knitting needle convention and there would be Little old ladies with big stacks of all of them for sale. Mostly high grade, but if you were lucky you could find a good VG copy, those are the scarce rare ones.👌😃😂Especially if you were allowed the privilege to dig through Gary Arlington's, bookstore. Boxes and boxes.Buy them for a buck and put them out at five dollars apiece and then...money money money! I absolutely believe you, as just a couple years ago I got a Crime & Justice 20 and a Space Adventures 13 (with Blue Beetle) for $5 or so from KAYO books in SF. There was clearly a find of late '54 Charltons down in that area a while back. Cobbledclam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Dr. Love said: Just hammered for $2,222 the romance on CC is absolutely blowing up One of Hartley's best. sacentaur and Sqeggs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Dr. Love said: Just hammered for $2,222 the romance on CC is absolutely blowing up Hmm, what can the appeal be? Maybe it’s his groovy swim shorts or the phallic lighthouse in the background? Sqeggs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 24 minutes ago, sacentaur said: Hmm, what can the appeal be? Maybe it’s his groovy swim shorts or the phallic lighthouse in the background? I thought it was just me with the lighthouse …. GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatCaesarsGhost Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 (edited) paid 12 times Guide on these books. Ye gads! Edited May 22, 2020 by GreatCaesarsGhost pmpknface, szav and Yorick 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusterMark Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, jimjum12 said: 1 hour ago, sacentaur said: Hmm, what can the appeal be? Maybe it’s his groovy swim shorts or the phallic lighthouse in the background? I thought it was just me with the lighthouse …. GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) jimbo and Steve, you're not alone! Edited May 22, 2020 by MusterMark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
