He Was An

 Undercover Agent!

Engineer Bill

Collectibles!

One of the earliest things I can remember from my childhood was when my dad who was in the Navy was stationed in Long Beach.

It was during that time that Engineer Bill (Stulla) hosted a kid's TV show on KHJ Channel 9 in Los Angeles.

He was a favorite TV show host during the 1950's and 1960's.

His show was broadcast on every week day about when school had been out for a while, with enough time to get home to watch his show.

What really stuck out in my memory was his 'Red Light - Green Light' portion of the show, where my brother and I would drink, stop, drink, and so on when he would say 'green light' for us kids to drink the milk out of the glass, and 'red light' to stop drinking!

Some of the things that stick in your mind don't always make sense years later, but it was here that I found that drinking and eating what's good for you was fun!

By the way, other local televised kid's shows of Los Angeles during that time were Sheriff John, Chucko the Clown, and Bozo the Clown.

I don't remember many 'National' shows that I watched during that time but one for sure was Captain Kangaroo seen in black and white format.  

I was recently emailed asking if we had any more Engineer Bill collectibles for sale, from a reader who saw my previous blog post on Engineer Bill. We don't, and I noticed there is a dearth of them on eBay! So anyone out there with some to possible list, let us know and we'll blog about for you!

For those of you new to us, we have an ongoing pop culture - comics convention here at Make It So Marketing, what with our daily blog posts and listings of items for sale!

Beatles

Comic Book

Going...

 Going...

Gone!

On April 21st we had an email from an eBayer who had a comic book like the one to the right that they wanted to know the value of!

Since our 2,000+ archived blog posts are listed on search engines and blog directories, we are easy to find.  And we don't mind answering questions!

This eBayer had a copy of the Dell Beatles Comic Book with all the posters intact and wanted to know the 'value' of it.

Without seeing a scan of the actual item it was hard to know, but I pointed out to them the completed listings on eBay to see what the comic has recently sold for.

As a matter of fact, one copy was sold by a fellow dealer friend of ours close by in San Marcos, California for $77.64, while another copy was recently sold for $53.77!

So, we then received another email from that eBayer 'maddoxn' who had listed it on auction for only three days with NO Reserve! The item listing number was: 140226676443, and at the time of our post was then at the bid price of $1.00! However, eBay then proceeded to have a '10 cent listing day sale for Powersellers only' which flooded the market of listings for comics! 

Well, we are still pleased to announce that this copy, (which with writing on the front cover could not be any better than Very Good 'VG'), sold for $51.00!

Please note: We are not affiliated with this eBayer, nor had we seen the actual comic book or a large scan either. Just that this item is desirable by both Beatles Fans and Comics Fans! A cross-over collectible reaches more potential buyers!

For those of you new to us, we have an ongoing pop culture - comics convention here at Make It So Marketing, what with our daily blog posts and listings of items for sale!

Anne Francis 

aka

'Honey West'

My thanks to a fellow eBay Blogger 'sholmes202' for blogging about Anne Francis last night.

I was not aware that she was battling cancer.

Anne has been known for her charitable causes, but earlier in the 1950's and 1960's I too remember her as a very good actress!

The standout film for me of hers is of course 'Forbidden Planet'!

Plus she was the star of a 1966 TV Series, 'Honey West' when she was 36 years old.

She even had a one shot comic book title, 'Honey West' shown at the above right from September 1966!

My thoughts are with her during her battle with this cancer...

Do YOU 

Want To Know The 'Guide Value' Of Your Comic Books?

Then what you need is a Comic Book Price Guide!

For those of you that go to either estate sales, comic book conventions, swap meets, or even garage sales, having a 'hard copy' comic book price guide is the way to go! Having an 'online guide' doesn't help when your'e not connected!

When collectors ask "what does it guide for?", this is the 'Guide' they are usually referencing to. And no, it doesn't mean that you will get that much for your comic, just that it is a 'guide' as to what value is placed on it. Sometimes you'll see listings as 'half guide', or '2x guide' etc.

We use the one standard reference that has been in print since the 1970's, and that is the 'Overstreet's Comic Book Price Guide'!

Since we refer to it so much we purchase the Spiral Bound Edition, which is coming out the final week of May 2008 if you want to wait for that edition!

And the latest edition, #38, is out now for purchase.

No, we don't have it for sale, but just wanted to give all of our blog readers a 'heads up' that it has been published!