The LL&P Collection - Pedigrees, file copies, and collections
Okajima pedigree.
Slap Happy Halloween cover.
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Big Shot Comics 82
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Grade:
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8.5
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Pedigree:
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Okajima
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Certification #:
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0089426001
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Owner:
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Best2u
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
My wife lets me have one wall in the main floor bathroom where I get to display my comics. I use "Frameitagainsam" comic frame and I have room to put three comics up at a time. This issue always goes up in the fall around Halloween time. As for the comic itself, it seems to look a point or more higher then the grade given. We all say that right. It does have two date stamps on the reverse cover (SEP - 1947) and on the front cover, F98, is written in pencil on the left side. Best part of the cover is the owl sitting in front of the harvest moon. The worst parts for me are the fact that the dog only has one eye and I can't figure why Slap is holding the fence gate.
Big Shot Comics #82 Okajima pedigree (Columbia, 1947) CGC VF+ 8.5 White pages. Overstreet 2009 VF 8.0 value = $62; VF/NM 9.0 value = $86. CGC census 6/09: 1 in 8.5, none higher. Paid $48.
The Okajima Collection originated in the midst of one of the darker moments of American history. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December of 1941, the knee-jerk reaction of the U.S. Government was to deport all Japanese Nationals residing in the States, and then round up all U.S./Japanese citizens and place them in internment camps. It was at one of these interment camps that a young Japanese/American girl used the four color world of comics as a means to escape her prison surroundings. Many years later, after the collection had been stored away and forgotten by her family, the books were rediscovered at an estate sale. A price was set, and three lucky attendees walked away with one-third of the comics each, forever splitting apart what would become known as the Okajima Collection.
Word quickly spread about the collection after copies made their way to those "in the know." Okajimas have established a reputation for their white pages, which many have attributed to the temperate climate of California. Such whiteness puts this collection far ahead of its many pedigreed peers, as it ranks 8th overall. There are still many copies from the Okajima collection anonymously floating around the hobby, waiting for sharp-eyed collectors to spot their easily identifiable markings.
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