(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:

Carey Salt, sponsors of The Shadow radio program, offered the "Magic Shadow Ring" for only 5c and proof of purchase of any Carey product. It was released in 1945 and again in 1947. The ring was promoted by Carey Salt in commercial breaks and during the Shadow radio show through both the 1945-46, and again in the 1946-47 seasons... "You will find only 1 of these rings for every 20 Blue Coal Rings."

The Secret Squadron http://thesecretsquadron.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-shadow-carey-salt-magic-shadow-ring.html

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?)