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Post by Red Oak Kid on Apr 2, 2016 10:04:15 GMT -5
I bought Superboy 130 and Detective 352 that month. I may have bought Superman 187, not sure.
And Adventure 345. My first Legion story. I probably bought this because Superboy was on the cover and Superboy was probably my favorite comic at this time.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Mar 29, 2016 17:46:13 GMT -5
Uhh... well...her legs are in a different position.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Mar 29, 2016 15:34:08 GMT -5
The painter had no mud on his shoes. If he had chased the shooter like he said, he would have had mud on his shoes.
And don't paint when it's raining. And don't kill your Aunt.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Mar 27, 2016 8:29:12 GMT -5
In the late 60s I found out about OTR and I went to some record stores looking for old shows on record. I found an LP titled Great Moments in Radio(I think) It had some short clips from shows like The Shadow, Gangbusters and it had the recording of the the Hindenburg going down in flames. It had a photo of a cathedral style radio receiver on the album cover.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Mar 26, 2016 7:56:33 GMT -5
In the 60s in Dallas there was WRR AM which was part of the Mutual Broadcasting Network. Mutual News at the top of the hour. Just before the news the station had a segment called Library of Laughs. They would play a bit from a comedy album. Usually by Jonathan Winters or Bob Newhart. Another comedy bit was called Ajax Liquor Store. I can't remember the two comedians who recorded it.
I also remember Mutual carrying some of the Ali/Frazier fights. But they could not carry them live. The announcers would talk during each round but when each round was over they would give a recap of what happened and how they scored it.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Mar 25, 2016 19:15:18 GMT -5
I will agree with some of the antique mall statements in that they tend to price things way above what they are worth. I think they just look at it, see it is from the 70's and assume someone will back $5-10 for an old comic in rough condition. However, you do also find this as a benefit, especially when they take this approach with a book that is collectible or does have value. As a rule, I enter antique malls looking for a laugh...because it seems like there is the most oddball stuff present. For example, a recent stop I made had me find the following: - A stuffed dog's head lamp (the head wasn't real...I hope...but was furry) - A 3-D picture of an angry deer jumping through the photo frame at the viewer - Life size camel statue - Mannequins (old ones, with missing limbs...always creepy) - A misspelled wedding sign with two arrows... One said "Ceramony" and the other said "Coctail Hour" spelled as I typed them. If I do find comics, I approach with low expectations so that if I do find something, I am happy. Best finds for me so far was a $2 copy of Maus, a $2 copy of a somewhat rare Kitchen Sink Press comic and a $2 copy of Daredevil #292. Nothing fancy folks I remember dept. store mannequins. They usually had chipped fingers. But they fascinated me.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Mar 25, 2016 18:54:31 GMT -5
It is with some trepidation that I start this thread.
I've always loved the radio. Receiving free sounds over the airwaves was a big thrill to me.
As a kid, in the 60s, I built a copper wire antenna on the roof of our house. I hooked it up to my Realistic AM/FM radio and later to an old shortwave radio that I bought at Goodwill.
I still like to fall asleep at night listening to far away places like Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans and Denver.
However, more and more stations subscribe to syndicated programming like America Coast to Coast. And that's OK.
But I would like to hear local programming.
I have begun to buy MP3 discs of Old Time Radio.
I like:
Richard Diamond-Dick Powell
Johnny Dollar-Bob Bailey
The Shadow-Orson Welles
Sam Spade-Howard Duff
Leave It To George-Bob Bailey
Well, that's kind of the tip of the iceberg.
Does anyone have any radio memories they would like to share?
ROK
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Mar 25, 2016 18:01:55 GMT -5
Betty and Veronica Slumber Party Yeah. I've bought a few of those in the bargain box. Those guys at Archie know exactly what they are doing to us males when they publish this TRASH!
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Mar 25, 2016 14:01:25 GMT -5
How do we know it is the detective who is holding the gun in the final panel?
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Mar 25, 2016 9:54:14 GMT -5
I'm probably overthinking this but when the photographer had his head under the cloth, he would be seeing the image on a piece of ground glass and it would be upside down.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Mar 25, 2016 9:27:36 GMT -5
I agree with the comments here about antique stores selling comics.
The only time I have bought comics at an antique store was when I was on vacation. I guess I justified overpaying because I would never be in that store again. Maybe that's what antique stores count on. But this was before you could buy comics on the internet.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Mar 24, 2016 16:38:09 GMT -5
How can these things be slabbed and given a CGC rating if they can't be opened? Investing minds want to know! Good question. Has anyone ever seen a bagged comic that was also slabbed?
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Mar 21, 2016 20:06:20 GMT -5
Just wondering how many here ever read comic books on the newstand or rack without buying them.
I never did. I always assumed the owner was looking at me. I think paranoia is in my DNA.
As a kid, I would mainly buy comics based on the cover art. Bought a lot of Batman issues with Infantino covers and crappy interior art.
As a teen, I would flip to the first page to see who drew it. If it was by Adams, Wrightson, Smith, Chaykin or Kaluta I would buy.
But I never read a comic while standing at the rack.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Mar 21, 2016 18:35:43 GMT -5
This may not qualify technically, but it must be one of the first suggestions that old comics were rare, out-of-print, valuable, that they were being collected and that this might be your only chance to read the gems contained within these covers. Oddly, Superman makes it seem as if they're all from different issues, but the two on top both were in Superman 19. He makes it seem as if a collector would pay that amazing 30 bucks for the story itself. Might as well rip it from the comic and try to sell it separately! The tagline "Prize Stories from the Superman Library" was irresistible to a kid who wanted in on a legendary tradition of characters and stories that went back nearly 30 years. Trust me on that. Thanks for posting this. I don't think I've ever seen it. It reminds me of a Batman Annual I bought around 1968. On the cover Batman is holding a negative image of a Batman page about Joe Chill, the guy who killed his parents. Batman is saying something about how historic this story is and why you should buy it. At that time it kind of broke down the fourth wall to me. Something about the Batman acknowledging that he was aware of comic books about him. So I bought it. And I'd like to know why the page was in negative form. It certainly caught my eye and made it more interesting.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Mar 20, 2016 16:56:12 GMT -5
I think it is safe to say that any comic with a "Collectors Item" blurb probably isn't a collectors item. The first appearance of Wolverine and the Punisher do not have such blurbs.
I think the one off "Sub-Mariner, Iron Man" comic had a Collector's Item blurb. Same with Kamandi #1. I think.
All comic books are collectable by someone, somewhere.
There are different levels of collectors. Those that buy only slabbed comics pay the most. Then there are those collectors who buy unslabbed comics that they can read. Two different price levels.
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