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Golden Age GGA Bondage - Girl with Arched Back

I call this category "Girl with arched back."  Often the damsel is tied to something (like a wheel or a stone block), but other times she's in other kinds of distress. Blackhawk 20 and Rangers 14 are two of my all-time favorite covers.  There are some repeats from comics I've recently showed, but that's because some comics fit into multiple categories.

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Re-slabs and CGC Customer Service

Recently I sent some books into CGC for re-slabbing.  These first 2 I dropped and the slab cracked.  I'm always worried that CGC will see the cracks and downgrade the comics, and I suppose they will if there's apparent substantial damage.  But these 2 came back the same grade.  Both are special to me.  The one on the right is, of course, the first appearance of Torchy.  And for the one on the left, first it's a Dave Nakayama cover (a modern artist I really like), and I have the original cover art.

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This next one I sent in because the label did not identify this as the 1st appearance of Omaha the Cat Dancer.  When I submitted it for reslabbing, I taped a piece of paper to the original slab, asking that they include the Omaha first appearance note.  I had some anxiety about whether they would, because there are a few editions of this book.  But, CGC did include the note, as you can see.  I'll say that I've always gotten good customer service from CGC.  I find the CGC customer service both responsive and helpful (and reasonable).

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This last one I was most worried about being downgraded.  It's the Mile High copy Junie Prom 5, one of my all-time favorite covers.  Somehow, since I bought the book from @Ricksneatstuff, a piece of hair got into the slab.  Worse, a little bug got into the slab too.  I have no idea how this happened, as they definitely were not there when I got the book from Rick.  I was worried that the bug might have caused damage to the book.  But thank goodness, it came back the same grade. (Once again, thanks CGC!)  I'm going to avoid something like this happening again in the future by putting this slab in Mylar.

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By the way, the cover of Junie 5 has always reminded me of Cindy 37, which is much more highly regarded and more expensive.  I like Junie better, but I do see why most people like Cindy 37 better (the greytone really adds to the art).  In fact, a lot of people aren't even aware of Junie 5, I don't think.

Something I've thought about ... Cindy came out in November 1949.  Junie was a few months earlier, April 1949.  Was it possible that the cover of Cindy was based on Junie?

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On 8/25/2018 at 9:13 AM, n2wdw said:

Golden Age GGA Bondage - Girl with Arched Back

I call this category "Girl with arched back."  Often the damsel is tied to something (like a wheel or a stone block), but other times she's in other kinds of distress. Blackhawk 20 and Rangers 14 are two of my all-time favorite covers.  There are some repeats from comics I've recently showed, but that's because some comics fit into multiple categories.

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How about "Girl tossing Indian over her shoulder"...?  lol

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GGA Bondage - Branding

Okay now we get to the really demented categories.  There are 2 in my list of categories, and this is the first one, branding.  So the concept is, you've got a pretty girl, she's tied up, and you're going to brand her.  How demented is that? If anything, pulps were more demented than comics.  It makes you wonder what was going on in the heads of comic and pulp creators back in the golden age.  This text from the recent C-Link auction (or maybe it was C-Connect) describes it pretty well:

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The early days of WWII were a frightening and tumultuous time, with the American people stiffening their spines and showing a brave front to the world, but inwardly full of doubt, fear, panic, and rage, with the war coming hot on the heels of a depression that seemed to grind on interminably. The frenetic, almost psychotic mood of the time exploded into the culture via anarchic humor, hyperpatriotic fervor, and, in comics, especially, a bloodthirsty hunger for more and more jingoistic derring do. Timely was in the forefront of this movement, with the covers of Captain America reaching a feverish level of ultra-violence and nearly panicked energy by early 1943. Among the most violent and hysterical of WWII covers, comics fans go nuts for these rare treasures, especially jarring and startling in our modern, PC era.

 

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GGA Bondage - Stealing Beauty (Injury to Face)

Here's the most disturbing GGA bondage category.  I call it "Stealing Beauty."  Others might call it "Injury to Face."  The concept is, a pretty girl is being held against her will, and she's being threatened by disfigurement of her face.  It could be a knife, branding, fire or (the most chilling to me), acid.  I've included a couple of Wonder Woman silver age comics as they are good examples of the category.  I find these covers to be the most chilling of all the GGA bondage categories.

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3 hours ago, n2wdw said:

GGA Bondage - Stealing Beauty (Injury to Face)

Here's the most disturbing GGA bondage category.  I call it "Stealing Beauty."  Others might call it "Injury to Face."  The concept is, a pretty girl is being held against her will, and she's being threatened by disfigurement of her face.  It could be a knife, branding, fire or (the most chilling to me), acid.  I've included a couple of Wonder Woman silver age comics as they are good examples of the category.  I find these covers to be the most chilling of all the GGA bondage categories.

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Well, let's not forget this one...

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Using a Tripod to Get Better Pictures of the Comic Room

Recently I bought a tripod for my iPad, to get better pictures of my comic room.  The room is packed pretty tight so it's hard to get good angles when I'm holding the iPad.  With the tripod, the angles are much better.  Also with the Bluetooth trigger I can avoid reflections of me in the pictures.  Here are a few examples.

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On 9/2/2018 at 5:17 AM, n2wdw said:

I've never seen this one before ... wow this one is chilling!

Super tough one. I buy pulps mostly for the covers. But, I do read a few. The Spiders always get read. And I had to read this one. Story is about a guy that lures down on their luck folks down into his basement. He then disfigures them and makes them go out on the street and panhandle and sell pencils for him. Real creepy and sick. I just reread this one and to show I’m not just some sick individual, read a couple of Super Ducks so I don’t get nightmares.   :insane:

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13 hours ago, Patriot6 said:

Comic room is looking good! Where did Casper end up? Looks like a place I could spend hours in! You'll need a Richie Rich 1 to go with that one :nyah:

Patriot - Thanks for stopping by, and for your question.  It's always nice to see that people other than @Robot Man reads this from time to time. :)

As for Casper, I rigged up a CGC display that I screwed into a shelf.  I can store about 10-15 slabs there, and I rotate the one in front for display.  At the moment I've got the Casper there.  In the background you can see my "Say Anything" Lloyd Dobler figure signed by John Cusack (at WW Philly last year).

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After many years of searching, I finally found an affordable Richie Rich #1 last year. 

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I've also got an affordable Little Dot 1.  This is the first appearance of Richie and Little Lotta, so for me it's a super major key.

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I store the 2 books on this shelf.  The Little Dot is behind the 2 Murano wine glasses.  At the moment, Richie #1 is behind Little Dot #1.  Thanks for reading!

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