Like my father before me.... 1 1

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

After posting on another topic it made me reminiscent of my father's comics which after his passing I just had to track down. I know they are not high dollar books , however they do hold value to me. So I have decided to post them here and welcome comments or other to so the same. It was one of the reasons I ended up following in his steps and become a "Collector" also known as a Horder depending on who you ask.. 

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[Tri-Color Brian]

Are these issues you have tracked down and found, or are they your father's original photos? 

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2 minutes ago, Tri-ColorBrian said:

Are these issues you have tracked down and found, or are they your father's original photos? 

These are all pictures I took tonight of my father's actual comics , which several of them had been divided between family and some of them had sold them. So I tracked them down and got them back.

[Tri-Color Brian]

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Just now, Tri-ColorBrian said:

Thank you. I knew they didn't mean a lot to most of the family. To me it was a reminder of what got me into collecting. Added value that these were books he went to the local five and dime, bought , read , & enjoyed. 

[Tri-Color Brian]

6 minutes ago, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

Thank you. I knew they didn't mean a lot to most of the family. To me it was a reminder of what got me into collecting. Added value that these were books he went to the local five and dime, bought , read , & enjoyed. 

Are those the only one's he saved?  My dad didn't even read comics, or I might have an Action #1 now...

Edited April 25, 2019 by Tri-ColorBrian

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

Just now, Tri-ColorBrian said:

Are those the only one's he saved?

So far it is all I have been able to track down. I know there are more. Although a lot were missing the covers. Have found some just by hunting through old photos and seeing them and asking family members about them. Still hope more turn up. My own personal scavenger hunt.

[Tri-Color Brian]

The closest thing I got to comics from my dad were a bunch of Model Airplane magazines...but some of them have cool covers...

[sfcityduck]

My dad gave me his collection a few weeks after I started collecting comics.  Changed my life.  Late 40s and early 50s.  Mostly DC, Dell, Fiction House, Fawcett, Ziff Davis, and ACG (I may be forgetting some).  No Timely or E.C.  

Edited April 25, 2019 by sfcityduck

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

Funny you bring up magazines. When searching for the comics that's mostly what I found was magazines. They included Popular Mechanics, Model Railroads, Almost every National Geographic, Adult titles including early Playboy, his Roy Rogers Lunchbox , and these

[Robot Man]

Looks like your dad was a child of the fifties. Great stuff. Love the Robert Robot in the box!

My dad was a kid of the late 1930's. He said he never had any comics and never saw any until he went into the service in WWII. All I have from his childhood is this stuff that I got from my grandmother when I was a kid. I believe I have a few more BLBs as well. Both of the guns still work!

My dad is long gone now but I really have that connection to him when I handle this stuff.

Here's a photo of him during WWII when he was reading comics around the barracks.

Edited April 25, 2019 by Robot Man

[Robot Man]

I also have a bunch of boardie sacentaur's dad's stuff. He was good enough to sell me a large box of his toys a few years ago. I think he kept a few things but sold me the rest. They have gone to a good home. This is part of the boxfull. Being a motorcyclist, I especially love the motorcycle toys. Thanks again Steve!

[OtherEric]

I think it's deeply cool that you've managed to track down some of the copies of books your Dad owned.  My Dad's comics were thrown away by his parents when he went to college.

[Dick Pontoon]

I've had my dad's Lionel trains and tin soldiers since I was a kid. A while back I passed down the army guys to my son.

 

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15 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

2 minutes ago, Pontoon said:

I've had my dad's Lionel trains and tin soldiers since I was a kid. A while back I passed down the army guys to my son.

My dad is long gone now but I really have that connection to him when I handle this stuff.

 

Very Awesome guys love the stories, connections, photos, and memories! That is why I started this topic!

[Robot Man]

My mom threw away all my comics and toys when I moved out and didn't take them with me. My brother and I shared a room with two small closets. One for clothes and one full of our comics and toys. The toy closet not only included our comics but all the kids in the neighborhood who's parents wouldn't let them have them. I shudder when I think about it because most were early SA books and probably several copies of many... 

I kept the stuff they didn't like like a handful of ECs my uncle gave me, my MADs (which they thought were subversive), some Playboys in a box in the tree house. Only one comic survived. This beat up Jimmy Olsen.