Point Five's Golden Age Nook!

pwog · **Posted:** Jul 29, 2012 2:12 PM

That is a great cover. Nice book

PaulGC · **Joined:** Nov 23, 2010 6:09 PM **Posts:** 284

These are wonderfull. All these Rangers have single staples correct? War ration?

Thanxs

Point Five · **Joined:** Sep 21, 2009 10:03 AM **Posts:** 918

PaulGC wrote:

These are wonderfull. All these Rangers have single staples correct? War ration?

Thanxs

That's right, these are from 1944 and were printed with just one staple to save on metal.

Point Five · **Joined:** Sep 21, 2009 10:03 AM **Posts:** 918

Here's Rangers #27, another great war cover. There's something about these bright orange Fiction House covers I really like. You don't see many comics with these color schemes today... And on this issue it's back to two staples, go figure.

pwog · **Posted:** Jul 31, 2012 3:47 PM

That is an awesome cover! My favorite so far

Point Five · **Joined:** Sep 21, 2009 10:03 AM **Posts:** 918

pwog wrote:

That is an awesome cover! My favorite so far

Yeah, it's a cool one. :righton:

Way underrated.

Point Five · **Joined:** Sep 21, 2009 10:03 AM **Posts:** 918

Here's one more Rangers. This is one of the toughest issues to find, and I foolishly sold a nicer copy way too cheap before realizing that. This copy is missing its centerfold, but it's a nice placeholder that I'm happy to have scored. Wild cover!

pwog · **Posted:** Aug 01, 2012 2:11 PM

Yet another great cover! Jon, you must have an amazing collection. Wonderful books. :hail:

Point Five · **Joined:** Sep 21, 2009 10:03 AM **Posts:** 918

pwog wrote:

Yet another great cover! Jon, you must have an amazing collection. Wonderful books. :hail:

Thanks bro! :yipeeeee:

Point Five · **Joined:** Sep 21, 2009 10:03 AM **Posts:** 918

On to Fight Comics. I've just got a few left. Here's #42. The color strike on this one is amazing!

One of the challenges of Fiction House collecting is that some copies have really weak cover colors, especially the reds & oranges which often fade back to a pale orange. It's a fun challenge to find the bold ones that still look vibrant, regardless of their technical grades.

pwog · **Posted:** Aug 03, 2012 8:20 PM

Great color strike! Very vivid.. Nice

Point Five · **Joined:** Sep 21, 2009 10:03 AM **Posts:** 918

Cheers mate. Still got some fun Fiction House coming up! I'll be away a bit but will resume posting next week. :righton:

pwog · **Posted:** Aug 05, 2012 10:31 PM

See you then. :righton:

Point Five · **Joined:** Sep 21, 2009 10:03 AM **Posts:** 918

Fight Comics #37. Another cool orange cover...

pwog · **Posted:** Aug 13, 2012 1:54 PM

Welcome back! You're right there is something about the orange covers. The #37 looks great!

Point Five · **Joined:** Sep 21, 2009 10:03 AM **Posts:** 918

Fight Comics #35, great 'topless native' war cover... :whistling:

Another Joe Doolin classic.

pwog · **Posted:** Aug 14, 2012 9:49 AM

I've always liked that cover from the first time I saw it; (is that wrong). I'm trying to remember where I saw it first, as it wasn't too long ago...

Point Five · **Joined:** Sep 21, 2009 10:03 AM **Posts:** 918

Yep, it's a really cool cover, with an unusual color palette. Fight #31 (decapitation cover) probably gets the most love, but this is one of my favorites. Tough one to find too.

Point Five · **Joined:** Sep 21, 2009 10:03 AM **Posts:** 918

One more Fight, just picked up. Another cool cover, and geez, no 'damsels in distress' here! 8-)

pwog · **Posted:** Aug 15, 2012 9:41 AM

Cool! She has the enemy scared!

Point Five · **Joined:** Sep 21, 2009 10:03 AM **Posts:** 918

Now on to Planet Comics! :righton:

OK, go ahead, make fun of the condition of this book. I can take it. But it's a friggin' Planet #10, and a cool book from cover to cover (or at least what's left of the covers).

pwog · **Posted:** Aug 16, 2012 3:26 PM

I'm not going to make fun of this book. Once again, I am astounded by the books in your collection. I do not have any Planet Comics. I love the Planet covers.

Point Five · **Joined:** Sep 21, 2009 10:03 AM **Posts:** 918

pwog wrote:

I'm not going to make fun of this book. Once again, I am astounded by the books in your collection. I do not have any Planet Comics. I love the Planet covers.

Thanks.

You should see the collections of the CGC Gold Forum folks, they dwarf what I have here. But I appreciate the kind words as always!

The Planets really are awesome books, inside and out. I particularly like the early ones... I'd love some of the single-digit issues, but they do get expensive. Got a few more coming up though...

Point Five · **Joined:** Sep 21, 2009 10:03 AM **Posts:** 918

Planet #18. This one's missing the centerfold, but a cool cover nonetheless! Artist Dan Zolnerowich did some terrific covers for Fiction House in their early years.

pwog · **Posted:** Aug 17, 2012 3:10 PM

I love the G.A. Sci-Fi covers!

Point Five · **Joined:** Sep 21, 2009 10:03 AM **Posts:** 918

pwog wrote:

I love the G.A. Sci-Fi covers!

Me too! They are so imaginative and wacky. Great fun.

Planet #21...

pwog · **Posted:** Aug 20, 2012 8:23 PM

Great colors on #21. Love the rocket ship on fire in the background.

Point Five · **Joined:** Sep 21, 2009 10:03 AM **Posts:** 918

Sorry... been a bit too busy to post much lately. But I'm hopeful this massive shark babe will help to make up for it.

pwog · **Posted:** Sep 02, 2012 10:08 AM

Point Five wrote:

Sorry... been a bit too busy to post much lately. But I'm hopeful this massive shark babe will help to make up for it.

No need to apologize. I love that cover! One of my favorite Planet covers.

Point Five · **Joined:** Sep 21, 2009 10:03 AM **Posts:** 918

pwog wrote:

No need to apologize. I love that cover! One of my favorite Planet covers.

Mine too!

This cover is by cult fave artist Lily Renée. She's remarkable for many reasons, among them that she was a female artist active in the 1940s and that she's still alive today. She's done a flurry of interviews in the last few years, well worth a Google and read.

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