Popular Post G.A.tor Posted July 12, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 12, 2019 (edited) This is a sales ad our own bangzoom ran in 1967 pretty neat if you ask me! Edited July 12, 2019 by G.A.tor Primetime, batman_fan, lou_fine and 9 others 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatCaesarsGhost Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 1 hour ago, G.A.tor said: Bob Beerbohm posted this recently. This is a sales ad our own bangzoom ran in 1967 pretty neat if you ask me! My head is exploding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 1 hour ago, G.A.tor said: Bob Beerbohm posted this recently. This is a sales ad our own bangzoom ran in 1967 pretty neat if you ask me! Supe 1 $80. Cap1 $60. All Star 3 $65. Green Lantern 1 $30. Heck, I’ll fly out, pay cash and take ‘em all! Sqeggs and duplicatecomics 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Bat Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 1 hour ago, G.A.tor said: This is a sales ad our own bangzoom ran in 1967 pretty neat if you ask me! No PCH? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstances Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 9 minutes ago, Black Bat said: No PCH? In 1967 PCH were copper age! Pat Calhoun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 PCH, excepting EC, was quarter bin stuff; I bought JIM #1 that way... circumstances, Black Bat and jimjum12 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfing Alien Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 2 hours ago, G.A.tor said: This is a sales ad our own bangzoom ran in 1967 pretty neat if you ask me! My eyeballs are rolling all around my head. It's boggling to think these were dupes/undercopies of what he has posted. jimbo_7071 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo_7071 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 On 7/11/2019 at 11:21 PM, Surfing Alien said: My eyeballs are rolling all around my head. It's boggling to think these were dupes/undercopies of what he has posted. It would be a thrill to be able to see his collection in real life, wouldn't it? Surfing Alien 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Everytime I see this thread pop up my heart skips a beat hoping Bang Zoom might be back... Surfing Alien, porcupine48 and Pat Calhoun 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 On 5/1/2019 at 11:01 AM, G.A.tor said: On 5/1/2019 at 6:58 AM, RedFury said: Page 2 and still here! Page 1 and still here. And BZ posts on Facebook every so often , so he’s still kicking it large! Looks like I am a step behind you guys as mines was Page 3 and still here. I imagine this is going to be the first thread on these boards to eventually hit the 1,000 millennium page mark. Definitely good news to hear that BZ is still keeping himself active. RedFury 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsmokin Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Anyone know what Bang Zooms handle is on Facebook? Would love to send him a friend request. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 2 hours ago, gunsmokin said: Anyone know what Bang Zooms handle is on Facebook? Would love to send him a friend request. His name. jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopKulture Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 How about this quote from early in the thread: "I think the most I ever paid for a single issue was $55 for Superman #1." Priceless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 I love "Very Impressive S" on page one. It is a VERY rare day when the Fish makes an appearance on these here boards... jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 Anyone know how BZ is doing? I saw he did some fresh posts on FB after a few years off. Hope all is well. This was one of the best threads ever. I really appreciated his insights and, of course, his collection. jimjum12, Point Five, The Black Hand ® and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrange Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 On 2/27/2023 at 1:43 PM, sfcityduck said: Anyone know how BZ is doing? I saw he did some fresh posts on FB after a few years off. Hope all is well. This was one of the best threads ever. I really appreciated his insights and, of course, his collection. Do you have a link to his FB posts? I also miss his posts here. Hope he's doing well. jimjum12 and Point Five 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 On 2/28/2023 at 3:05 PM, mstrange said: Do you have a link to his FB posts? I also miss his posts here. Hope he's doing well. Sorry, but I would not want to pierce his anonymity out of respect to him and his collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 (edited) I will give you a story about something I think is near to his heart. I discovered this while researching Dave Wigransky of Washington D.C. as I wanted to find out where his legendary collection went and to make sure that BZ's collection wasn't originally Wigransky's. As you probably know, BZ once said that the 2,000+ lot of his most impressive books came to him after they were pulled from a garbage can by someone who sold them to him. But, BZ learned who the original owner ("OO") was because his name and address was written in some of the books. And BZ once stated the OO had the initials "WTG." In another post BZ stated he had several groups of books that came from OOs, and he rattled off some of the names including "Gilchrist." BZ also said that the OO purchased his books from Campbell's Bros. in D.C. There was a William T. Gilchrist who the 1940 census shows lived in Central DC. He was about 10 in 1940. And in 1940: William T. Gilchrist lived at 622 Massachusetts Ave. N.E., Washington D.C.; BZ said the Campbell Bros. where the comics were bought was at 8th & C, Washington D.C.; There's a mere five minute walk between the house and the drugstore if you walk down 8th and around the corner to Mass. Ave; and BZ once said: "One day, approximately 20 years after purchasing the collection, ... my wife and I made a point to drive by the spot where Campbell Bros had been in business. Not surprisingly the store was long since gone, but decals advertising various 1930s/40s items were still on the windows. I took photographs of the storefront and then we walked around the corner to where the original owner of the comics had lived." BZ said he walked over to the house of the OO (my recollection is it was a medical office) and was able to walk through it and get a sense of where the OO lived. I'm guessing, though, that the books were discovered at a different address in 1970s. BZ did not learn the OO's address from the seller who would have known where they came from. And William T. Gilchrist died in Maryland in 1963 and his wife died in Maryland in 1973 (which would be consistent with the books being sold to BZ in the early 70s). That's the back story on BZ's best books, I think. Remember you read it here first! (Recently an auctioneer borrowed from my thread on Wigransky without attribution for a lot description and so did a bookseller for a description of a HC book I was buying from him (no discount for providing the ad copy) - so I'm sensitive). P.S. What's amazing about that ad BZ took out selling books back around 1967 is that he was selling a Superman 1. At that point in time he hadn't picked up the Gilchrist collection yet. My impression is that his Supes 1 came from the Gilchrist lot, and what little I saw of it in the pic he posted (and the great copies of other early Supes) makes me think it was very nice. I get the impression he upgraded his Supes 1 several times. The big mystery is does he have have an Action 1? I would not bet that the man who owns the check paid to Shuster for his work on Action 1 does not have an Action 1. I'd love to see his biggest books. The "lesser" books I've seen pictured on this site and elsewhere are just so impressive! Edited March 1, 2023 by sfcityduck lou_fine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 On 2/28/2023 at 4:02 PM, sfcityduck said: I will give you a story about something I think is near to his heart. I discovered this while researching Dave Wigransky of Washington D.C. as I wanted to find out where his legendary collection went and to make sure that BZ's collection wasn't originally Wigransky's. As you probably know, BZ once said that the 2,000+ lot of his most impressive books came to him after they were pulled from a garbage can by someone who sold them to him. But, BZ learned who the original owner ("OO") was because his name and address was written in some of the books. And BZ once stated the OO had the initials "WTG." In another post BZ stated he had several groups of books that came from OOs, and he rattled off some of the names including "Gilchrist." BZ also said that the OO purchased his books from Campbell's Bros. in D.C. There was a William T. Gilchrist who the 1940 census shows lived in Central DC. He was about 10 in 1940. And in 1940: William T. Gilchrist lived at 622 Massachusetts Ave. N.E., Washington D.C.; BZ said the Campbell Bros. where the comics were bought was at 8th & C, Washington D.C.; There's a mere five minute walk between the house and the drugstore if you walk down 8th and around the corner to Mass. Ave; and BZ once said: "One day, approximately 20 years after purchasing the collection, ... my wife and I made a point to drive by the spot where Campbell Bros had been in business. Not surprisingly the store was long since gone, but decals advertising various 1930s/40s items were still on the windows. I took photographs of the storefront and then we walked around the corner to where the original owner of the comics had lived." BZ said he walked over to the house of the OO (my recollection is it was a medical office) and was able to walk through it and get a sense of where the OO lived. I'm guessing, though, that the books were discovered at a different address in 1970s. BZ did not learn the OO's address from the seller who would have known where they came from. And William T. Gilchrist died in Maryland in 1963 and his wife died in Maryland in 1973 (which would be consistent with the books being sold to BZ in the early 70s). That's the back story on BZ's best books, I think. Remember you read it here first! (Recently an auctioneer borrowed from my thread on Wigransky without attribution for a lot description and so did a bookseller for a description of a HC book I was buying from him (no discount for providing the ad copy) - so I'm sensitive). P.S. What's amazing about that ad BZ took out selling books back around 1967 is that he was selling a Superman 1. At that point in time he hadn't picked up the Gilchrist collection yet. My impression is that his Supes 1 came from the Gilchrist lot, and what little I saw of it in the pic he posted (and the great copies of other early Supes) makes me think it was very nice. I get the impression he upgraded his Supes 1 several times. The big mystery is does he have have an Action 1? I would not bet that the man who owns the check paid to Shuster for his work on Action 1 does not have an Action 1. I'd love to see his biggest books. The "lesser" books I've seen pictured on this site and elsewhere are just so impressive! I think he stated he had no Action 1. He did, however, have a Detective 27 and pictured it I believe. Was in the large purchase of books tied up with string and left out for the trash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 (edited) On 2/28/2023 at 4:47 PM, Robot Man said: I think he stated he had no Action 1. He did, however, have a Detective 27 and pictured it I believe. Was in the large purchase of books tied up with string and left out for the trash. My recollection is he only said he didn't get an Action 1 in the Gilchrist books. But he had a LOT of books that didn't come from that pick-up. The guy rattled off literally four or five names of OOs for books that he's kept segregated by where he got them. Given that he was a hardcore collector starting in the very early 60s, and he was smarter than the average collector in how he was going about getting books for his collecting and to deal, I think he certainly had opportunities to buy (or more likely trade) for an Action 1. He was selling off a Superman 1, CA 1, All-Star 3 in an ad in 1967 (all big books back then), as well as lesser books like All-Winners 1, GL 1, Plastic Man 1, CM Jr. 1, Action 3 and 4, etc. If he wanted an Action 1, he certainly could have got one. I do remember seeing the D27, All-American 16, Pep run, Supes 1, etc. Somewhere there's a thread where someone saved as many pics as possible. Edited March 1, 2023 by sfcityduck lou_fine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...