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| Main Entrance in Baltimore Convention Center |
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| Late Saturday afternoon 8 September. |
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| Sunny Stoudemire with Fantastic Four bound volume |
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| Wayne Ehrmann owner of Zeno's Books in Chesapeake, VA brought his bound volumes of early Marvel comics to the show. These had been in storage since he bought them at auction several years ago. He had Fantastic Four, Journey Into Mystery, Tales Of Suspense among others. The Leader inspected these at Wayne's store before the show and was impressed with the better than average condition of the comics. Of course they would be worth even more if they hadn't been bound. |
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| Sunny with Fantastic Four #1 from Nov 1961 in bound volume. |
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| Wayne with Dan Day original art |
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| Wayne of Zeno's Books had lots of original art from artist Dan Day. Here's a 9 page story with dinosaurs, Breed, from an early 1990s Caliber Press comic book. $450.00 seems a fair price. |
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| Wayne of Zeno's Books with Captain America #2 |
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| This isn't an ordinary issue of Captain America #2. This was artist Jack Kirby's personal copy given to Wayne by Jack at a comic convention in New York City in 1984 where Wayne had breakfast with Jack and told him how much he liked Captain America. The #1 and #3 through #10 issues that also belonged to Jack Kirby sold as a set at auction a few years ago. Note to the buyer of that incomplete set: contact Wayne. |
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| Jack Kirby's personal copy of Captain America #2 |
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| Wayne's asking price of $3,900 is higher than book value but he isn't selling his precious memories for cheap. He says he turned down a $2,500 offer at the show. |
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| Biggest Incredible Hulk statue in the world |
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| This colossal Hulk statue belongs to the nice folks at Beyond Comics in Frederick, MD. As usual, they had the best comic book hero statues at the show. See the next 4 examples at right and below. |
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| Marvel's comic book version of the Norse god of thunder first appeared in Journey Into Mystery #83 in 1962. His Marvel movie debut was in 2011. |
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| The Destroyer, created by Thor's dad Odin king of the Norse gods, was featured in the Marvel movie Thor from 2011. The Destroyer's first comic book appearance was Journey Into Mystery #118 in 1965. |
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| The sexy vampire from the planet Drakulon, Vampirella, was created by Forrest J. Ackerman for Warren Publishing and first appeared in the b&w magazine Vampirella in 1969. |
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| Bettie Page, 1923-2008, was one of the most famous 1950s era pinup models in American history. She has been a cottage industry for collectibles for about 20 years now. |
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| Bechara Maalouf with Paul Handler |
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| Bechara Maalouf with splash page |
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| Bechara holding a Jack Kirby splash page to Journey Into Mystery #66 featuring Xemnu the Living Hulk. Estimated value: $15,000. Xemnu first appeared in Journey Into Mystery #62, 1960. Xemnu was brought back in the 1970s under the name Titan to avoid confusion with the Incredible Hulk. The Leader dearly loves these pre-Marvel monster comics but he can't afford to collect the original art. |
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| Bechara Maalouf with page from The Avengers #8 |
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| Bechara holding a nice Jack Kirby battle page from The Avengers #8, 1964 featuring one of the Leader's favorite villains, Kang the Conqueror. Estimated value: $15,000. |
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| Bechara Maalouf's 2 pages from The Amazing Spider-Man #30. |
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| 2 desirable Steve Ditko original art pages showing Peter Parker and his girlfriend Betty Brant breaking up. Estimated value: $25,000 per page. |
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| Douglas Gillock of ComicLink, one of the earliest and best comic book internet auction companies. The Leader has personally sold a few comics with them a few years ago and was quite pleased. |
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| ComicLink always has an eyecatching booth with fancy audio-visual display equipment. |
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| Dale Roberts Comics always has an extensive inventory of Silver Age comics. Here's Dale with high grade CGC graded copies of The Amazing Spider-Man #39 and Journey Into Mystery #112 featuring the famous Thor/Hulk battle. |
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| Adam Martin has been in the trading card business since 1991 but has just started out in the collectible comic book field with his new company Get Cash For Comics. This was his first time as a dealer at a major comic show and he brought plenty of cash. See photo at right. |
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| Joe Ahearn of Captain Action Enterprises LLC is one of the world's leading authorities on the 1960s action figure Captain Action. The Leader had a Captain Action figure with the Spider-Man and Captain America costumes back in the day but he lost them. All he las left is the Captain Action card set. |
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| Here's Anthony Marques of The Kubert School with 2 posters of Joe Kubert's best known character, Sgt. Rock of Easy Company. Legendary DC comics artist Joe Kubert was scheduled to attend this year's Baltmore Con but he died at age 86 in August. I read several of Kubert's Our Army At War with Sgt. Rock in the 1960s and had Mr. Kubert sign his DC Archive hardcover Hawkman book at the Baltimore Con 2 years ago. He will be sorely missed. |
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| Bob Book is a veteran comic art and collectibles dealer. The Leader used to set up close to him at the Tyson's Corner in Washington D.C. comic show back in the 1990s. Here's Bob with a large foldout cardboard poster of Marilyn Monroe. |
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| Richie Muchin of Tomorrow's Treasures in Commack, New York talking shop with a customer. The first time I set up at a comic convention was at the monthy Washington D.C. Tyson's Corner show circa 1997. Richie was set up next to me and bought enough of my inventory to pay my show expenses which was helpful for a rookie dealer just starting out. I've seen him at many comic cons in Charlotte NC, Richmond VA and Baltimore over the years and always enjoy his company. |
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| Here's Harley Yee of
Harley Yee Rare Comics presiding over some of his vast inventory. Harley is also a Senior Overstreet Price Guide Advisor. The Leader has seen him at many comic shows and Harley is the only comic book dealer I know who set up at a comic book convention in Singapore. |
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| Harley Yee with 2 Silver Age comics the Leader has never owned but has always been intrigued by: Slave Girl from 1949 and Flying Saucers from 1952 with the cool cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Both of these comics are from one of the Leader's favorite comic book companies, Avon Periodicals which specialized in science fiction themed comic books in the 1950s. |
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