Fox Comics Appreciation Thread! 20 20

[Timely]

I sold a few of these, only one left to go.

 

 

[lou_fine]

On 11/28/2018 at 11:50 PM, gino2paulus2 said:

On 11/28/2018 at 10:39 PM, lou_fine said:

Any guesses as to where this not the highest graded copy of Wonderworld 15 will end up at by the time it's all said and done tomorrow night:

Already at an astounding and surprising $7,300 with another almost full day to go.  

Especially surprising since the highest that Heritage was ever able to get was only $1,150 for the CGC 8.0 graded Larson copy way back in 2005.  

Coupled with the fact that this could also end up beating the Jon Berk / Edgar Church highest graded CGC 9.0 copy which sold for only $8K about a year and half ago. 

 

On 11/28/2018 at 11:50 PM, gino2paulus2 said:

So you’re saying these Fox books are doing well 😊 

Well, at least for the Wonderworld 15 in particular, relatively much more so than most of the other Fox books in general.

Especially considering that it ended up going for more than the Church copy which was the highest graded copy by a long shot as compared to this one here. 

[Straw-Man]

ww 15 is a tuff, tuff book.  i looked at that one for a minute, as it would be a technical upgrade for me, but in the end i decided mine was nicer looking, number notwithstanding.

[lou_fine]

3 hours ago, Straw-Man said:

ww 15 is a tuff, tuff book.  i looked at that one for a minute, as it would be a technical upgrade for me, but in the end i decided mine was nicer looking, number notwithstanding.

+1

Your lower graded copy definitely does appear to be "cleaner" and brighter which most assuredly helps with the overall visual presentation of the book.    

[lpsunburst]

It would have been an upgrade for me as well but I think I can still live with my lowly copy

[comicjack]

5 minutes ago, lpsunburst said:

It would have been an upgrade for me as well but I think I can still live with my lowly copy

Any copy is a good copy 

[lou_fine]

Anybody here lucky enough or had deep enough pockets to have picked up this nice looking copy of Mystery Men 25 in the recent CL auction:

Definitely a gorgeous looking copy relative to its assigned CGC grade.  Love the bright red cover to boot which makes it really stand out.  

Edited December 12, 2018 by lou_fine

[adamstrange]

I don't know, but the Church copy was super lovely when I saw it last year.

[lou_fine]

10 hours ago, adamstrange said:

I don't know, but the Church copy was super lovely when I saw it last year.

Yes, it's most definitely hard to beat a Church copy of any book.  

That is, unless you've got the highest graded copy of one of these later rare HTF Fox books that doesn't have a Church copy or in fact, any other known pedigree copy, such as:

Still a nice copy, but probably could do with a bit less of the crinkling that seems to be taking place on the top edge there.     

[lpsunburst]

I do love those later issues as well, decent copies are very hard to come by but mine is ok.

[lpsunburst]

I congratulated Gino on joining the MM 30 club and he asked about my copy so here it is, lots of amateur CT but you take what you can get with these later books.

[lou_fine]

2 hours ago, lpsunburst said:

I do love those later issues as well, decent copies are very hard to come by but mine is ok.

Not too much of a visual difference (as it should be) between your CGC 5.0 copy here as compared to Berk's former CGC 5.5 graded copy.  

The edges from what I can see appears to be a lot sharper on your copy as compared to Berk's copy, especially with respect to the top edge of the book. 

[lpsunburst]

The Sarasota Santa came a little early, here are some of the goodies he delivered. this one has what might be my favorite Kooba ad on the back cover "Drink to Me Only..."

[lpsunburst]

And since we have been talking about late run coolness...

[lpsunburst]

This one also just came in.

[lou_fine]

Well, it definitely looks like Santa's figured out that somebody's been nice, and not naughty this year.  

Congrats on all of your beautiful late Fox pickups here.  

[Straw-Man]

foxy!!

[Zolnerowich]

On 12/18/2018 at 6:36 PM, lpsunburst said:

This one also just came in.

Such a cool book!

Inspired by the crazy cover, I took the liberty of posting some splash pages, and the climactic scene promised on the cover -- rather less racy than hoped for. Courtesy of Comic Book Plus:

Miss Joan Mason, in jeopardy. Turns out she doesn't like horrible slimy serpents.

 

Green Mask: two-page splash!

By-line says George Tuska, though Comic Book Plus indicates "Pierce Rice?"

[lpsunburst]

2 minutes ago, Zolnerowich said:

Such a cool book!

Inspired by the crazy cover, I took the liberty of posting some splash pages, and the climactic scene promised on the cover -- rather less racy than hoped for. Courtesy of Comic Book Plus:

Miss Joan Mason, in jeopardy. Turns out she doesn't like horrible slimy serpents.

 

Green Mask: two-page splash!

By-line says George Tuska, though Comic Book Plus indicates "Pierce Rice?"

Sadly so few of the Fox books live up to the promise of the artwork on the cover, I think Timely fully delivered on the other hand, some amazing splash pages in Timely books. I do think that Fox did a very good job with the storytelling however.

[Zolnerowich]

4 hours ago, lpsunburst said:

Sadly so few of the Fox books live up to the promise of the artwork on the cover, I think Timely fully delivered on the other hand, some amazing splash pages in Timely books. I do think that Fox did a very good job with the storytelling however.

Agreed. The Blue Beetle story in this issue is 14 pages long and full of twists and turns.