Robot Man Posted June 6, 2019 Author Share Posted June 6, 2019 21 hours ago, Zolnerowich said: Thanks for sharing RM! That Liquid Man is somethin’ else! Yeah, one of the weirdest covers I've seen for sure. Just wonder what the dame is for... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopKulture Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 On 6/3/2019 at 10:21 PM, Robot Man said: Even the older guy said he sold a lot of Big Little Books! Those were selling at the Windy City show here in Chicagoland back in April. Heck, I even bought some nice western Saalfields that you never see in nice shape. The guy I got those from had three large plastic bins full to start the day. I believe a certain fleet-of-foot dervish strongly resembling Carbo bought all of them as well as cleaning out a few other dealers of BLB's. He must have buyers for them. I like that you can get nice copies for $5 to $20 and they display so well. I'm not a completist by any means - I only need one Apple Mary, after all, and I don't care much for those covers where it's all text. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 6, 2019 Author Share Posted June 6, 2019 Big Little Books might be making a little upsurge again for the right price. I have always liked them. Other than a few, never really sought them out specificaly but have bought quite a few over the years if in real nice shape and priced cheap. The All Picture ones are my favorite, Just like a little comic book you can hold in your hand. Problem is other than just few few, there are very few real superheroes in them. But a very wide selection of titles and the spines look so cool lined up on a book shelf. damonwad, adamstrange, Marty Mann and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 8, 2019 Author Share Posted June 8, 2019 Was giving the mongrels a walk this morning and just by chance hit a local garage sale. Found a small stack of 10 cent cover price comics from around 1960. Unusual to find in my neighborhood. Usual suspects, Looney Tunes, Archie, Ritchie Rich, a couple of minor DC superhero ect. Paid $20. For about 25 or so comics. Most will be given away to kids. But these three are keepers! How weird are these? PopKulture, AJD, shiverbones and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 That’s some great luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmehdy Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 you have that natural luck...to find great stuff...Cong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Ran across these while cleaning out some old boxes...almost forgot about them. PopKulture and BB-Gun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopKulture Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 (edited) On 6/6/2019 at 12:29 PM, Robot Man said: Big Little Books might be making a little upsurge again for the right price. I have always liked them. Other than a few, never really sought them out specificaly but have bought quite a few over the years if in real nice shape and priced cheap. The All Picture ones are my favorite, Just like a little comic book you can hold in your hand. Problem is other than just few few, there are very few real superheroes in them. But a very wide selection of titles and the spines look so cool lined up on a book shelf. The Dime Action books have always been in higher demand than most other big littles. and those premium books are great! All the ice cream premium books in grade seem to do well at Hake's or on the Bay. Edited June 9, 2019 by PopKulture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 On 6/6/2019 at 1:29 PM, Robot Man said: Big Little Books might be making a little upsurge again for the right price. I have always liked them. Other than a few, never really sought them out specificaly but have bought quite a few over the years if in real nice shape and priced cheap. The All Picture ones are my favorite, Just like a little comic book you can hold in your hand. Problem is other than just few few, there are very few real superheroes in them. But a very wide selection of titles and the spines look so cool lined up on a book shelf. I am a fan too. I think Maximo got me interested and Flash Gordon issues always seemed special to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 9, 2019 Author Share Posted June 9, 2019 4 hours ago, Marty Mann said: Ran across these while cleaning out some old boxes...almost forgot about them. Nice Marty. I assume yours? Circa 1941. Marty Mann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 9, 2019 Author Share Posted June 9, 2019 3 hours ago, PopKulture said: The Dime Action books have always been in higher demand than most other big littles. and those premium books are great! All the ice cream premium books in grade seem to do well at Hake's or on the Bay. I have a lot more of the premium ones. Just picked them up when I found them. Some are pretty scarce. I have the ice cream ones as well as Pan Am Gasoline ones. PopKulture 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 9, 2019 Author Share Posted June 9, 2019 3 hours ago, BB-Gun said: I am a fan too. I think Maximo got me interested and Flash Gordon issues always seemed special to me. Looks like you got all the good titles! Still need The Laughing Dragon of OZ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share Posted June 10, 2019 Fun flea market find yesterday... Complete with all the small different uncut cereal boxes inside. Build your own city! KirbyJack, shiverbones and PopKulture 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 I wanna park Matchboxes in front of those! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share Posted June 10, 2019 AJD, PopKulture, KirbyJack and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Soooo cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlansdown Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 12 hours ago, Robot Man said: Fun flea market find yesterday... Complete with all the small different uncut cereal boxes inside. Build your own city! Bob, if you ever decide to offer a tour of your collections, I will purchase the first ticket. I'm serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 If he’s guiding it, absolutely! I wouldn’t appreciate what I was seeing without him. But yep, I’ll buy the second ticket! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 13, 2019 Author Share Posted June 13, 2019 1950's Hot Rod Diner! KirbyJack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 On 6/9/2019 at 12:11 AM, Robot Man said: Looks like you got all the good titles! Still need The Laughing Dragon of OZ. I purchased my copy of Laughing Dragon from Roger at Sandlin Toys. I was present the day he purchased an upgrade and I jumped on the old copy. I hesitated when offered his other copy of John Carter and still haven't picked one up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...