Post your Pogos / Walt Kelly Books!

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OK, so this is clearly a placeholder. But since I got it (and issues 2-5) for just over $50 after shipping, I'm quite happy with it for the moment:

The later issues are better, and $10 an issue? Perfectly happy at that price, even in that condition.

Recent pickups. All Kelly covers, although not noted on the label, with Kelly, Barks, and Stanley stories. Great stuff. I think they present well for the grades and love the fact that they are true file copies -- a link to history.

Very nice Sqeggs! I love those file copies too. I paid a relatively big premium for this one on Heritage:

I was the underbidder for this on Heritage, and then bought it for half the price on eBay six months later. My kind of flipper.

OK, so this is clearly a placeholder. But since I got it (and issues 2-5) for just over $50 after shipping, I'm quite happy with it for the moment:

 

 

The later issues are better, and $10 an issue? Perfectly happy at that price, even in that condition.

Great buy! Congratulations!

And here's a couple more Kelly books I picked up recently (the 244 actually just showed up today):

One oddity on the 244: It has Kelly's name, very faintly, right under the logo, as well at at the bottom. It was clearly not quite perfectly removed from its more prominent spot.

Very nice Sqeggs! I love those file copies too. I paid a relatively big premium for this one on Heritage:

 

 

I was the underbidder for this on Heritage, and then bought it for half the price on eBay six months later. My kind of flipper.

 

Two nice books that look more "filed away" than my Our Gangs!

And here's a couple more Kelly books I picked up recently (the 244 actually just showed up today):

 

 

I love the Brownies! It's a classic underappreciated title. Try selling that one to your typical Golden Age collector.

Sadly the only Walt Kelly comic I have currently is my Pogo 14:

Over time I'd like to get a few more Brownies, Mary Jane and Sniffles as well as Pogo comics.

Great stuff. I think they present well for the grades and love the fact that they are true file copies -- a link to history.

 

 

 

I agree! Comics based on the days when kids were allowed to be kids, and not chauffeured around to organized activities and play dates by helicopter parents.

(thumbs u

I was happy to pick up this copy of Pogo #1 at Wonder Con yesterday. It was in a collection called the "Paul" collection notable for Paul writing his name on the cover or each book. Somehow the first Pogo escaped that fate!

Beautiful copy, Frank. I'll have to see it in hand one day. Congrats!

Great copy! A nice reward for going to the con.

Picked up this little gem recently, Animal Comics 1.

Picked up this little gem recently, Animal Comics 1.

 

That's an awfully nice looking 6.0 from what I can see!

I know others will disagree, but I think Animal Comics 1 is very underrated. It's one of the few books I've held where I can just feel the weight of history in my hand.

Picked up this little gem recently, Animal Comics 1.

 

 

That's an awfully nice looking 6.0 from what I can see!

 

I know others will disagree, but I think Animal Comics 1 is very underrated. It's one of the few books I've held where I can just feel the weight of history in my hand.

It's got a few color breaking wrinkles and creases that hold it down, but it does have great eye appeal for the grade. I like it.

I agree about the historical significance. Pogo was such a wonderful strip, and to think he started as a minor character in this book and went so far is kind of amazing.

Picked up this little gem recently, Animal Comics 1.

 

Todd, that is such a nice book, and it has so much historical and cultural significance. Congratulations.

Picked up this little gem recently, Animal Comics 1.

 

Very nice; you don't see this book very often. Congratulations!

And a recent pickup, pity about the light pencil scribble:

I think this one is quite a bit harder to find than the nn Our Gang issue; it's nice to have a copy.

Wow it has been over a year since anyone posted in the Walt Kelly thread. Well time to remedy that today with the acquisition of Four Color 148 at today's California Comic Con. And from the fabulous Paul collection as well!

A great paper cover beauty with nice structure and color.

I posted this in the duck thread as well but since it's a Kelly cover I will post here too!

Wow it has been over a year since anyone posted in the Walt Kelly thread. Well time to remedy that today with the acquisition of Four Color 148 at today's California Comic Con. And from the fabulous Paul collection as well!

 

A great paper cover beauty with nice structure and color.

Nice. First non-hero "Paul" book I've seen.