(A bit of) The Collection, currently
Been awhile since I’ve shared anything from The Collection, but now that Paintshop reconstruction is nearing its end, several pieces have found their new shelf-home. So…
kaluta(!)
One of my five favorite comics of all time is Denny O'Neil and Michael Kaluta's 1973 run on THE SHADOW for DC - and owning a piece of original Kaluta Shadow art has long been a dream, a dream delivered via post office this morning:
And very soon it will find its new home in NuSanctum…
THE SHADOW “Carey Salt Magic Shadow Ring” (1945/47)
Latest addition to my sub-collection of THE SHADOW radio show premia: the extremely rare 1945 (or 1947) Carey Salt ring (right), joining the far-less so 1941 Blue Coal ring (left).
According to the excellent Secret Squadron site:
the collection: recent additions
Been in a bit of a collecting lull of late, mostly sticking with new comics releases and the occasional “ok I can’t pass this up” splurge, this sheet of Walter B. Gibson’s memo paper being among them…
Been on a Spectre kick lately, too…
Scratch one off the “comics I must own before I die and even then” list…
With No. 6, DICK TRACY SMASHES THE BOMBING RACKET, I’ve now only one more to go to complete my set of the 1934 Goudy Big Thrill booklets…
And, finally, in “I’m sure I’m now on a list somewhere” additions...
1970s Shadow “Crime Fighter” toys, ctd.
Finally added this piece to my collection of the delightfully strange and anachronistic 1970s Madison SHADOW toys – because every 1930s crime fighter needs a programmed 'computerized' 1970s supercar (the box was split and opened long ago; just glad to have it):
Think I've only a few pieces left to go – a large copter, jet, and costume, IIRC – but here's a shot of this mini-collection inside The Collection as it stands now:
(Who knows what evil revs in the hearts of men?)
THE SHADOW promotional matchbooks, 1945
Second of my two promotional matchbooks for THE SHADOW radio show, from 1945, joined The Collection today. While this latest procurement has far better and more inventive visuals, the first one still has some of the matches inside.
According to Martin Grams, Jr, in his definitive history of the radio show:
The aforementioned, still-combustible set…
Not sure if there are more variations of them or if I now have the only two variants. If so, very cool. If not, please correct me.