1950's war comics Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 15 hours ago, SuperBird said: It used to be the "atomic radiation cover", but I guess the Overstreet designation changed at some point? to now be designated a "classic cover' i think is even better FoggyNelson and SuperBird 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCOComics Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 15 hours ago, SuperBird said: Action Comics 61: wow! What a cover. Definitely one of the most dynamic of the run, and one of my favorites. It used to be the "atomic radiation cover", but I guess the Overstreet designation changed at some point? This copy is one of many I bought raw from Metropolis Comics ten or more years ago when they had their downtown office, with the gallery of classic movie posters hung on the wall, including a one-of-a-kind gigantic Frankenstein 6-sheet. I probably went there a couple dozen times; it was just 1 subway stop from me. Our office later moved uptown, but Metropolis followed us! Their new office was even closer, just a block away. (The classic movie posters went into storage, replaced with a monster of an OA collection.) Bought as a VGF, CGC gave this great looking copy a 4, probably due to the tape, which in hindsight I should have had removed. It's got great color! Beautiful book! SuperBird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SuperBird Posted March 28, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 28, 2020 Action Comics 60! The "other" one where Supes is busy helping our troops, instead of taking the fight to the Axis. This is from highly-sought-after "Peg Hill" collection, as signed in the upper portion of the cover. Bought raw from Metropolis with some Atlantic City blackjack winnings as a Fine-. I went down here one weekend with some friends, my first and only real gambling experience. We sat at the table 'til 4am, sucking down free drinks and just betting what the dealer told us to. Which was good, 'cause he knew what to bet, and I was drunk as a skunk. I left with $600 in my pocket, and left him a $50 tip in return. MusterMark, Point Five, OtherEric and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manofsteel Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 2 more great books and stories. CGC Was sure tough on those books with their grades! SuperBird and 1950's war comics 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 Just now, manofsteel said: 2 more great books and stories. CGC Was sure tough on those books with their grades! IMO there are specific things they seem to mark down for, and others they forgive, which one might otherwise not agree with. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 7 hours ago, SuperBird said: Action Comics 60! The "other" one where Supes is busy helping our troops, instead of taking the fight to the Axis. First Lois as Superwoman!!! The most important aspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 8 hours ago, SuperBird said: The "other" one where Supes is busy helping our troops, Superman brought a Red Cross box with some malaria pills along with the other supplies..... FoggyNelson and SuperBird 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SuperBird Posted March 29, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 29, 2020 Action Comics 59! The one that started it all. There was some version of the Big Apple Comic Con, or NY Comic Con, or something, in downtown NY 15 years ago, before it moved to where it is now, across from Penn station. This was back when comic shows were actually about buying comic books. I had started going with @Point Five, whom I have worked with at a design and advertising firm for perhaps 2 decades, and he was big into GA. I think I wasn't really collecting at that point, and was more of a reader, into mostly Vertigo and the like. After following him around for a while, I started digging into the same boxes and came across a copy of Action 59 for $100. It had some issues— a detached cover being the obvious one—but it was cheap and looked great. I set it aside and wandered on. Seeing a Superman 11 at Metro's booth for $100, Jon explained that "brittle was bad!" I had never even heard the term. $100 was twice as much as I'd ever spent on a comic to that point, after dropping $50 on a "rare" issue of Cerebus 21 and a counterfeit 1 a few years back to complete my run on that title. I gritted my teeth, dropped the money, and you know what happened next.... This was the last issue in my Action collection that I sent to CGC, hoping to have what I suspected as color touch to be removed, and a spine roll fixed. I know it seemed a waste on a low grade book such as this one, but my copy looked great, and it's actually one of the harder ones to find, and I had not bought a replacement for mine in all my years collecting the run. CGC replied that the cover was married as well, so they wouldn't touch it, and sent it back unslabbed. I later sold it on eBay for $550, and it ended up in one of those gigantic oversized slabs after the new owner submitted it. (bullet dodged, as I would never want to own an oversized slab) I replaced that copy with this one, bought raw for Ted at Superworld as a VG. MusterMark, pmpknface, RetiredOldMan and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 #61 is no longer the "atomic radiation" cover because someone finally figured out it wasn't radiation. It's an oil fire... I remember there was some discussion here several years back about that, and some of us had to show the old time fire fighting suits for oil fires before a lot of boardies would believe that's what it was. Maybe the word got to Overstreet Inc. about our discussion... SuperBird and Keys_Collector 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCOComics Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 4 hours ago, SuperBird said: Action Comics 59! The one that started it all. There was some version of the Big Apple Comic Con, or NY Comic Con, or something, in downtown NY 15 years ago, before it moved to where it is now, across from Penn station. This was back when comic shows were actually about buying comic books. I had started going with @Point Five I was probably at that show. I was finishing high school and working at Kmart in CT. My buddies and I would take the train from New Haven to grand Central and go to the conventions. It was before eBay was fully mature and conventions were all about buying books. Lots of fun. SuperBird and aardvark88 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SuperBird Posted March 30, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 30, 2020 (edited) Action Comics 58: Slap-a-Jap! This is one of the most desirable covers in the run, and probably the hardest to replace should I ever sell it. My wife, who is Asian, is displeased with the cover art; but not nearly as much as she is with my MOKF collection. So I guess it's safe for now. I was fortunate to have found this one on the boards from someone who'd bought it as a raw VF-, then rage-sold it to me when it came back a 3.5. Apparently the cover was attached on purchase, but came off somewhere in the encapsulation journey. I wonder if he'd have been happy with a VF- PLOD? hmmmmm.... Edited March 30, 2020 by SuperBird pmpknface, MusterMark, Hollywood1892 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 7 hours ago, SuperBird said: Action Comics 58: Slap-a-Jap! This is one of the most desirable covers in the run, and probably the hardest to replace should I ever sell it. My wife, who is Asian, is displeased with the cover art; but not nearly as much as she is with my MOKF collection. So I guess it's safe for now. I was fortunate to have found this one on the boards from someone who'd bought it as a raw VF-, then rage-sold it to me when it came back a 3.5. Apparently the cover was attached on purchase, but came off somewhere in the encapsulation journey. I wonder if he'd have been happy with a VF- PLOD? hmmmmm.... Nice date stamp! SuperBird and FoggyNelson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Yorick said: Nice date stamp! Yep, the date stamp is so perfectly placed in the corner that it looks natural SuperBird and FoggyNelson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Superman is helping that printing press crank out those flyers SuperBird and FoggyNelson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollywood1892 Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 9 hours ago, SuperBird said: Action Comics 58: Slap-a-Jap! This is one of the most desirable covers in the run, and probably the hardest to replace should I ever sell it. My wife, who is Asian, is displeased with the cover art; but not nearly as much as she is with my MOKF collection. So I guess it's safe for now. I was fortunate to have found this one on the boards from someone who'd bought it as a raw VF-, then rage-sold it to me when it came back a 3.5. Apparently the cover was attached on purchase, but came off somewhere in the encapsulation journey. I wonder if he'd have been happy with a VF- PLOD? hmmmmm.... SJWs will be out on this one and demanding a recall 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 29 minutes ago, Hollywood1892 said: SJWs will be out on this one and demanding a recall They're only... 80 years too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manofsteel Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 37 minutes ago, Hollywood1892 said: SJWs will be out on this one and demanding a recall LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SuperBird Posted March 31, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) Action Comics 57! The second third Lois Lane cover! I have questions: who collects Lois Lane? Who seeks out Lois Lane covers? I bought this copy from a Comic Connect auction a few years back, a stack of books slabbed by "that other company" which I guess Metropolis prefers to use? They seem to carry a lot of that competitor's slabs.... they had graded it a 3.5, and CGC disagreed by a half point. Edited March 31, 2020 by SuperBird Keys_Collector, pmpknface, FoggyNelson and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SuperBird Posted April 1, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 1, 2020 Action Comics 56! I picked up this cool cover on eBay one Christmas season, as a present to myself. I believe it's the only Superman comic with an actual Hitler story, but could be mistaken. piper, pmpknface, Yorick and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureFlash Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Nice books! Gratz on finishing your run. SuperBird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
