Old photos of yourselves with comic books, costumes, toys, etc. 11 11

[Ivan Ivanstein]

J. Wellington Wimpy.

[Ivan Ivanstein]

Captain America, 1977. 

[Ivan Ivanstein]

Comics clothes

[Ivan Ivanstein]

Nice hat

[Senormac]

19 hours ago, Ivan Ivanstein said:

Captain America, 1977. 

I used to work for that guy.  He really did have a lot of books in his inventory.  Don't know if he is still alive or not.  Been a long time 

[Robot Man]

7 hours ago, Senormac said:

I used to work for that guy.  He really did have a lot of books in his inventory.  Don't know if he is still alive or not.  Been a long time 

Nick Scotto The Comic Vendor. He had lots of cool books but WAY over priced. I used to go in on the weekends and deal with one of his workers to get better deals. (Maybe you!). I saw him about 5 years ago at the Shrine Con and he looked fine then. But don't know now. Man, back in the day LA was the mecca for great shops selling vintage books. Not any more...

[Robot Man]

Found this at my local flea market just this morning. Man, you really have to look at a lot of photos to find the cool ones.

[Jaylam]

Christmas 1967. My brother and I with some of our haul. Man, I wish I still had some of those Captain Action pieces, especially that Spider-Man outfit mint in box like is was there before I tore it out 5 minutes later. Even though comic books and related toys were my life back then, this is actually one of the only pictures I have of me with any of it. 

Edited November 4, 2019 by Jaylam

[Crimebuster]

1 hour ago, Robot Man said:

Found this at my local flea market just this morning. Man, you really have to look at a lot of photos to find the cool ones.

 

That lamp shade behind him reminded me of this: https://www.comicartfans.com/subnewsdetails.asp?nid=96

[Robot Man]

1 hour ago, Jaylam said:

Christmas 1967. My brother and I with some of our haul. Man, I wish I still had some of those Captain Action pieces, especially that Spider-Man outfit mint in box like is was there before I tore it out 5 minutes later. Even though comic books and related toys were my life back then, this is actually one of the only pictures I have of me with any of it. 

Great photo!  Looks like your brother got gypted!

[Senormac]

2 hours ago, Robot Man said:

Nick Scotto The Comic Vendor. He had lots of cool books but WAY over priced. I used to go in on the weekends and deal with one of his workers to get better deals. (Maybe you!). I saw him about 5 years ago at the Shrine Con and he looked fine then. But don't know now. Man, back in the day LA was the mecca for great shops selling vintage books. Not any more...

Yea Nick.  I was a delivery driver for him for a year or so.  Delivering comics to stores and markets that used his comic services. He had a lot of them too. There were 3 of us and we drove 5 days a week, 8+ hours a day delivering comics.  This was mid 80's.  His back issues were kind of high in the price dept, but he was always thinking a year or two ahead.  The Overstreet prices always caught up to him.   

[Jaylam]

10 hours ago, Jaylam said:

Christmas 1967. My brother and I with some of our haul. Man, I wish I still had some of those Captain Action pieces, especially that Spider-Man outfit mint in box like is was there before I tore it out 5 minutes later. Even though comic books and related toys were my life back then, this is actually one of the only pictures I have of me with any of it. 

9 hours ago, Robot Man said:

Great photo!  Looks like your brother got gypted!

I was 7 and my brother was 14. His interests were becoming a little more grown up. If you notice he got some black leather gloves that's he's wearing in the picture besides the clothes he's holding up. The Old Spice and the Magic 8 Ball were his too. I remember playing the h**l out of that Operation game with him and the family. This is also about the time he was handing off his comic book collecting days to me and I was picking it up.

 

[Robot Man]

[Ssantoss]

A newspaper clip was the first evidence of my fall into comics.
Translation of text: What "Summer with speed"? <my name>, 4 years old, wasn't even remotely interested in the board of recreations new summer parolle. He took it easy and ignored both windsurfing and soccer.

[1950's war comics]

21 hours ago, Jaylam said:

Christmas 1967. My brother and I with some of our haul. Man, I wish I still had some of those Captain Action pieces, especially that Spider-Man outfit mint in box like is was there before I tore it out 5 minutes later. Even though comic books and related toys were my life back then, this is actually one of the only pictures I have of me with any of it. 

i see the Mouse Trap game!! and that toy jet is awesome !!

i also see Chutes and Ladders !! everyone had that board game

Edited November 5, 2019 by 1950's war comics

[Jaylam]

32 minutes ago, 1950's war comics said:

i see the Mouse Trap game!! and that toy jet is awesome !!

I couldn't remember what jet that was, I remember it was battery powered with the engines lighting up and making jet sounds. After some research, I found a few images that are like the one I had in the Christmas picture. Mine had white wings like in the 2nd image of the jets.

 

Edited November 5, 2019 by Jaylam

[Jaylam]

I'm so excited, I found the Spider-Man outfit from my earlier 1967 Christmas picture. I can't believe I still have it after 52 years. It's in pretty decent shape (except where Wolverine must have got him in the left shoulder). I put it on my original Dr. Evil toy as my original Capt. Action toy broke. I do remember changing the outfits was a real bee-itch, the Spider-Man boots were super tight and a real problem to get on and off, and may be how I broke Capt. Action. Anyway, here's a picture of it I just took.

 

[Robot Man]

1 hour ago, Jaylam said:

I couldn't remember what jet that was, I remember it was battery powered with the engines lighting up and making jet sounds. After some research, I found a few images that are like the one I had in the Christmas picture. Mine had white wings like in the 2nd image of the jets.

 

Mouse Trap was a blast. A group gift to all the kids in my house one year!

[ADAMANTIUM]

19 minutes ago, Jaylam said:

I'm so excited, I found the Spider-Man outfit from my earlier 1967 Christmas picture. I can't believe I still have it after 52 years. It's in pretty decent shape (except where Wolverine must have got him in the left shoulder). I put it on my original Dr. Evil toy as my original Capt. Action toy broke. I do remember changing the outfits was a real bee-itch, the Spider-Man boots were super tight and a real problem to get on and off, and may be how I broke Capt. Action. Anyway, here's a picture of it I just took.

 

That's awesome

glad to see it is still sturdy enough to be put on something!

 

[Jaylam]

12 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

Mouse Trap was a blast. A group gift to all the kids in my house one year!

There was another game similar to Mouse Trap we had, it was called Crazy Clock. It was even more difficult to put together.