50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 36 minutes ago, Robot Man said: They came from a house in Colton,CA. (same area). One of the other dealers I buy from that are from that area had this one time. I about wet my pants as I slowly un-rolled it. They are not baseball fans... Wow did the Pirates do spring training in Colton? Who knew!! I'm not a huge baseball fan so the names don't mean much to me but what a fantastic artifact with all those signatures. That part of California is relatively unknown but pretty interesting. Lots of early history from Southern California. It was pretty much the badlands when LA was young but when the orange groves took hold and they figured out how to ship things with some refigeration back east the area boomed. Today it is not so great. My son and I were visiting the University of Redlands two years ago and on the way back we detoured into San Bernadino to look at the train station. I got lost and ended up in California's version of Detroit with huge swaths of unclaimed land in downtown. Pretty sad. On the way out we say a sign for the location of the original McDonalds and headed up there and ended up in some seriously bad neighborhoods before we got to the location. It's no longer owned by McDonalds but has a funny little museum there and they even had a Mystery Mobile (from Scooby Doo) out back; don't ask why I don't know! On the way home driving up to the freeway we came across a gang of Mongol bikers. Man that was some little side trip and I still never got to see the train station!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 3, 2019 Author Share Posted September 3, 2019 The Pirates did do spring training there in the ‘30’s as did a few other eastern teams. As you said, very rural and pretty well to do back then. The Angels used to do theirs in Palm Springs. As I unrolled this photo, the second guy in was Honus Wagner (as a coach). One of the first 5 inductees to the Hall of Fame. As I kept un-rolling, I spotted 4 other HOF players. Mind blowing surprise find! Sounds like you were in San Bernardino or Fontana. Both very rough areas and yes, home of the Mongols. The only time I’m out that way, is when I am passing through on to some where else... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 4, 2019 Author Share Posted September 4, 2019 Scarecrow covers? Anybody else got any? Pat Calhoun, PopKulture, KirbyJack and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sagii Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 37 minutes ago, Robot Man said: Nice subset RM! These should get more love like Robot and Gorilla/Ape covers. With the second installment of 'IT' coming soon, probably long overdue for some Clown cover love too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopKulture Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 23 hours ago, Robot Man said: This is definitely the first example I thought of when you mentioned scarecrows. I walked into a local shop today to buy some treasury bags and bought the leap year issue for a fin (no. 53?). I think it's an upgrade to mine, but I won't know til I do some digging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 6, 2019 Author Share Posted September 6, 2019 Probably my favorite MAD cover... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopKulture Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 34 minutes ago, Robot Man said: Probably my favorite MAD cover... So, so tough to pick. I love 50, 58, 59... so many good Freas issues to choose from. Plus, I love some of the simple pun covers such as the "spring" issues (like Alfred thru the trampoline) and even simple gags like the "back to colege" issue. I like the "turn on, tune in, drop dead" cover as well as 151. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 6, 2019 Author Share Posted September 6, 2019 Yeah, #59 (Headless horseman Halloween issue) is right there with it. So is #32 (Egyptian tomb) as is #64 (slot machine) and #69 (AEN Joker card hand). Heck, it is hard to find a bad Kelly Freas cover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 (edited) Not a comic but an amazing score from a retirement home spring cleaning sale about ten years ago. I picked up a pile of kids records and buried in the pile was this rare beauty. I think I plunked down a ten spot for the whole pile. Edited September 6, 2019 by 50YrsCollctngCmcs BitterOldMan and Robot Man 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 8, 2019 Author Share Posted September 8, 2019 Just got home from a little Saturday comic book meet up. Buy, sell, trade. Just local guys and a few gals too. Everything from Moderns on up. A fun time was had by all and pretty much everybody went home with some books and s little extra “folding money”. Day started out with a bang! Hutch88 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 8, 2019 Author Share Posted September 8, 2019 The boards own Dream2Real1 (Pablo) co-organized this affair and brought some cool stuff. Thanks for finally talking me into going Pablo! jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 8, 2019 Author Share Posted September 8, 2019 A few of the many cool GA offerings... PopKulture and jimjum12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 8, 2019 Author Share Posted September 8, 2019 A new convert to the wild world of pulps! jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 8, 2019 Author Share Posted September 8, 2019 Remember when you would never have seen a pretty girl any where near comics? jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 8, 2019 Author Share Posted September 8, 2019 No comic gathering would ever be complete without the king of SA comics... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
