Popular Post mikeyc67 Posted December 14, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 14, 2018 Some stunning comics. Here are my Western Comics - don't have a big scanner unfortunately Sqeggs, szav, MrBedrock and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 It's especially to nice to see the post code issue as not everyone realizes that the Church collection extends into the code era. Larryw7 and Cpt Kirk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post adamstrange Posted December 14, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 14, 2018 (edited) Some Church Westerns Edited December 14, 2018 by adamstrange Cpt Kirk, Dr. Love, Sqeggs and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyc67 Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 11 minutes ago, adamstrange said: Some Church Westerns Great to see those many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sqeggs Posted December 14, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 14, 2018 comicnoir, Hutch88, Mr. Lady Luck and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 2 hours ago, Sqeggs said: Beautiful Tony!! I hear you have had some offers on that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 15 minutes ago, Ricksneatstuff said: Beautiful Tony!! I hear you have had some offers on that one Yes, indeedy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 7 hours ago, adamstrange said: It's especially to nice to see the post code issue as not everyone realizes that the Church collection extends into the code era. Do we know the last book (or the last month's books) in Edgar's collection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 16 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: Do we know the last book (or the last month's books) in Edgar's collection? I don't. @Timely might. My best recollection is that someone mentioned there were ever a few from the early 60s but I think 1956 is the latest I have personally seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Just now, adamstrange said: 18 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: Do we know the last book (or the last month's books) in Edgar's collection? I don't. @Timely might. My best recollection is that someone mentioned there were ever a few from the early 60s but I think 1956 is the latest I have personally seen. I was also thinking mid-1950s. It would be interesting to know how and why he made the decision to stop. I don't know if anyone ever tried to talk with the family. Of if they knew (or would have said) even if someone did talk with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Chuck says that Church was in a nursing home and died not too many months after the collection was sold. Chuck did not contact him and the family offered little in the way of explanation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 11 minutes ago, adamstrange said: Chuck says that Church was in a nursing home and died not too many months after the collection was sold. Chuck did not contact him and the family offered little in the way of explanation. Right. I seem to remember Chuck writing that he had assumed that Edgar had already died and was surprised to find out that he hadn't. If Chuck had fully realized the impact of the collection on the hobby, maybe he would have quizzed the family a little more. Or maybe not, given that Chuck's situation was a bit precarious. If Edgar was still alive, did the family actually have the legal authority to sell the books? That may have been a point that Chuck felt it best not to explore. At least we know the basics of the Church story, unlike with, say, the SF/Reilly books where the contradictions in the story will probably never be resolved. There are also aspects of the Okajima story that it would be interesting to fill in. Someone should write a book on pedigrees! Hutch88 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 (edited) With the family having expressed hostility about the comics Chuck was in no position to press them without risking the whole deal. Seeing Church's comic original put a whole different twist on the collection for me and it's sad we don't know more. Edited December 15, 2018 by adamstrange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearmint Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 And Edgar’s kids, Richard and Doris, have both passed away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearmint Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Edgar was alive for 16 months after the collection sold. Chuck reports that the call came in about the collection in mid-January 1977. Edgar passed away in May of 1978. Of course, it’s possible one or both of the kids had power of attorney over Edgar and had every right to sell the books. He was pushing 90 at the time. Cpt Kirk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Straw-Man Posted December 15, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 15, 2018 13 hours ago, Sqeggs said: I was also thinking mid-1950s. It would be interesting to know how and why he made the decision to stop. I don't know if anyone ever tried to talk with the family. Of if they knew (or would have said) even if someone did talk with them. this '57 book is the church rep. in my s.a. type-set. Larryw7, Cpt Kirk, adamstrange and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 15 hours ago, nearmint said: Edgar was alive for 16 months after the collection sold. Chuck reports that the call came in about the collection in mid-January 1977. Edgar passed away in May of 1978. Of course, it’s possible one or both of the kids had power of attorney over Edgar and had every right to sell the books. He was pushing 90 at the time. Good point. Ill, in his eighties, and in a nursing home, you would expect that he would have executed a power of attorney. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Straw-Man Posted December 23, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2018 no-no label cropped. edgar and mac make a fine pair! adamstrange, Cpt Kirk, entalmighty1 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpepx78 Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 While doing research at the library, I came across this Edgar Church artwork in the 1925 University of Colorado yearbook "The Coloradoan". He was credited with all the art mountings in the 456 page(!) yearbook. Larryw7, buttock and Brandon Shepherd 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RareHighGrade Posted December 24, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2018 Here's one to fit the season. adamstrange, batman_fan, Larryw7 and 4 others 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
