Hidden Treasure: WWII Vet's Comic Book Stash

[@Kid-Comics]

Those are some insane books! Can’t believe a Captain America 1 was in that collection!

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Appreciate it, Kid!

[@tec31kid]

Thank you Keston and Jonathan for this wonderful story. And thank you Buddy Boone for your service to America 🇺🇸 and the journey of keeping these GA books.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thank you, my friend!

[@kevinwillert2860]

First and foremost, Buddy, thank you for your service at a time when it was most needed in America. Thank you for saving the comics. Pretty cool collection of goodies!

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks, Kevin!

[@precodepalace]

love the story! and thanks for preserving the future, buddy.

[@captain_uk]

Buddy's is a great story, the story of Buddy and his wife taking care of and looking after their son well into their twilight years is what I take the most from this, some of those comic books shown there are precious but not as precious as the love that held that family together, thanks for sharing Keston.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks, Cap! That was my favorite part of the story too :-)

[@rwc3500]

Such a wonderful story all the way around - this (to me) is always the epitome around the joy of collecting, the way comics can have a generational connection within the family. I'm sure Buddy is smiling down knowing he is again providing for his family. Again, such an amazing story - thank you Keston (and Jonathan) for sharing this story.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks for the kind words, Ralph. The hobby's much cooler when it's about more than old paper. It was a joy to work with Jonathan and to learn about Buddy :-)

[@robertmalinowski6804]

Keston, great video! Your friend has a truly amazing collection from his grandfather. It's rare that they survived and the family still has them. Jonathan's family is truly blessed and Buddy thank you for your service.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks for the kind words, Robert. I love that the collection has benefitted the family.

[@swpdisciple]

What a great story of character, perseverance and good old fashioned luck. Thanks to Mr. Boone for his service 🇺🇸

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thank you.Great to hear from you SWDisciple.

[@swpdisciple]

@ likewise! I hope you’re having a good holiday season 🦃🍁🎄

[@Moncomics]

This was one of my favorite comic book stories from this year. Absolutely fascinating. Thank you for bringing this story and it's books to your viewers and beyond!

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks, MonComics! It was a pleasure to produce and an honor to get to know the family.

[@JerryYamamoto-q4s]

What a wonderful story! Thanks for sharing. The one book I wished you would have noted is the first appearance of Alfred. My favorite was the Matt Baker one you pointed out. Thanks again, Keaton and Jonathan.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

I appreciate the comment Jerry. Good catch. I was going through those books in real time and missed it. I'm glad you like the Baker books!

[@ajguez]

This illustrates your videos on golden age survivability and how rare it is that these books come to market! Great story and thanks for sharing. Best of luck to Buddy’s family!

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks for the kind words, AG!

[@VintagePaper]

Great video. Batman 16 is 1st Alfred.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks VintagePaper. Good catch!

[@nowherebound2908]

What an awesome collection and an awesome family story! Kudos to Buddy Boone and his grandson!

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thank you, Niowherebound. I'm happy we could pay tribute to Buddy!

[@brute_nm]

The books are great but the story is better! Thanks for sharing ❤ BTW, 11:57 is Cap #10

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Good eye. Thanks, Derek!

[@dennishayes1505]

IDK if this has already been said, but that coverless Batman at 15:12 is BATMAN #2 . Number 2.!!!

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Great eye, Dennis. I thought the interior looked similar to Batman 1, so it's not a big surprise that it's #2! Thank you.

[@chrisfrost5646]

Great collection. Another fun and very informative video. The written name on the cover definitely adds to the provenance. Thanks Keston!

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks, Chris! I didn't realize until relatively recently that most names on comics were due to book swapping...which I think is endearing.

[@jmourgos55]

Great collection!

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Appreciate it, James!

[@michaelcalabrese2960]

Really Nice story. It's a miracle they comics survived all those years. I'm sure they will all bring a good price at auction. Thanks for sharing.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks, Michael. Miracle is right!

[@toddkey6212]

Thanks for sharing. Great comic story

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thank you, Todd!

[@wilsonri]

Nothing gets me excited like a bunch of golden age comics. I have a few of these ie four color #94. Thanks to the young man who brought these to show. Thanks Keston.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks, Wilson! It was super fun to see these old books :-)

[@knives9758]

Amazing Story and set of events

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks, Knives!

[@BertZedic]

Great story with some great books! Thanks to all involved, love hearing stories like this one!

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Appreciate it, Bert!

[@timmarshall2062]

great video back in the late 1990s i got a job cleaning an old attic and i found over 300 golden age comics and the funny thing is there was lots of nice comics but not one really big book i still have a few but watching this and to see a captain america # 1 lol that is what i wish was in the stash i found cleaning attic anyway great story awesome books

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Hi, Tim! Thanks for commenting. Cool story. Ugggh, sorry you didn't find a grail. Yeah...finding books from the golden age doesn't mean you'll find a huge key but it does improve your probability :-). Yeah...so nice that Buddy had a Cap 1! .

[@andrewdeen6319]

Great backstory of the family and man who had kept the books! This was great to watch, thanks for sharing!

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

I'm gad you enjoyed it, Andrew.

[@SchoonsComics]

Fantastic video! Finding a collection like this is every collector’s dream! Thank you so much for sharing this!

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Hi, Schoon. You got that right. Cap 1 is the grail...but many, many sweet books. Thanks for commenting.

[@heynowls3058]

Very cool find. Good for you. Great looking through them all.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks HeyNowLS. The next best thing to seeing them in the wild is seeing the pics for the first time :-)

[@robertharrison2.055]

fantastic story '''

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Glad you enjoyed it, Bob!

[@Juggernauts6312]

Congratulations. Awesome Collection.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks Dave's Finds!

[@loringbush1455]

During WW2 my Uncle Charlie collected alot of comic books but nobody knows what ever happened to them! Today they would be worth a fortune!

[@Rob-z7k]

A lot of stuff stays lost in home attics

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Hi Loring. Unfortunately, a common story. I hope you all can track the collection some day.

[@JMChick47]

Great story. Love seeing all of those books.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thank you, Jerry!

[@jeshuaperez4541]

Amazing story Great video

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Appreciate it, James!

[@Bartlebee-q8p]

Great story. Thank you for sharing it all.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks, Bartlebee!

[@rickakers1488]

Beautiful thing! I’m so happy for the family. Great work sharing Keston!

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks, Rick. I appreciate the introduction to Jonathan! I’m glad the family found you.

[@thelibrary8878]

Glorious Story and collection. Thanks for sharing !

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks, Library!

[@odontj76]

The Headline Comics is the cover with Joe Simon as a cop and Jack Kirby as the thief at 13:26 mark

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks, Thomas. It's a cool book.

[@JasonJohnson-e8r]

Awesome video! Thank you so much for sharing.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Appreciate the kind words, Jason!

[@C.Simm2024]

Love the story, great books, thank you for sharing!

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Appreciate the comment, C Simm!

[@RedRockShane]

Great video, love the history.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Shane! Thank you, my friend.

[@donaldmiller9648]

Wonderful story...never found a significan golden age collection when hunting in 1970s amd 1980s...probably less collections survived in area I lived in more rural area of south.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Hi, Donald. Yeah, they were tough to find back then and even tougher now!

[@hazeldan1216]

Great video Keston. Thanks for sharing such a wonderful story, Jonathan, and shout-out to Buddy. It actually made me emotional. Reminded me of my dad, who fought in WWII. Also reminded me of my childhood collecting comics with my best friend. Love the Archie stuff.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks, HazelDan. Thought you would enjoy this one :-). My grandfather was in WWII too, although he was in his 30s during the war. For me, Buddy encapsulated that generation that did so much for us.

[@hazeldan1216]

They are called the greatest generation for a reason. They truly were the best. I miss my dad, he was a good man.

[@louislaplante6195]

Seeing these Golden Age Goodness is awesome to see.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thank you, Louis! Fun to see in their original state.

[@louislaplante6195]

@@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842 I got some Silver Age comics from a friend of mine so I can relate to how he feels.

[@Alex-lp7dn]

As I saw a great book during the video you clicked it up. A couple issues to note are Master Comics 1 by Fawcett, which is oversized, and Guns Against Gangsters 2, which has an LB Cole cover. The woman on the GAG2 cover of this book reminds me of Ms. Tree from the 1980s. And having the Boone name on the books is great. A matter of great pride in having one of these.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks, Alex. Great catches!

[@DukeCityExplorer]

Awesome collection!

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks, Duke!

[@UPANISHAD81]

There is a detective comics # 66, the first appearance of two face

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks, Miguel, for pointing that one one. That's a big book!

[@johnrish-p4g]

Good stuff❤❤❤

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Appreciate it, John!

[@troypeterson2156]

How cool. truly awesome.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thank you, Troy!

[@allthingscoolandcommon5161]

Amazing! Thanks for sharing. 🤘😎👍

[@ComicCollectorGeek]

Awesome books. There's a bunch that are key books. Spirit 1, Bulletman 1 and several SOTI books got missed. The Cap should help his family a lot.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thank you, CCG. Can't believe I missed Bulletman 1. I'll have to take a closer look. Appreciate your stopping by the channel :-)

[@ComicCollectorGeek]

@ I meant Doll Man 1

[@jmourgos55]

I would imagine Buddy went to a newsstand that sold out of state newspapers. In the 1990s I recall seeing news vendors with papers from all over the country. Great collection!

[@johnscamardo2145]

i had a friend who asked me about comics. He had a badly broken leg in the 1930's took some time to heal so he collected comics and continued into the early 40's when he was drafted. He was thinking of getting his boxes of many comics and unfortunately his mother had dementia and took them out and burned them and neighbors stopped her when she started dragging out furniture and other things to throw on the fire.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Hi, John. Ughh. That's a tough one.

[@AlextheComicHoarder]

When you were scrolling I saw Headline comics with a photo cover. Isn’t that Jack Kirby on the cover?

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Good eye, Alex. It sure was!

[@AlextheComicHoarder]

@ what a fantastic collection. Wow! So fun to look through. It is cool to see the family enjoying the blessings from the grandfather years after he has passed. Very cool. Loved this video as always my friend.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

@@AlextheComicHoarder Thank you, Alex :-)...yeah, I love that the family of the OO benefited the most.

[@tntcomicbooks]

Very cool. Hope you can afford to save some to pass down to your family.

[@roywatson7916]

Great storyn.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thank you, Roy!

[@VaryingViewpoint]

Great video!

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Much appreciated, VV!

[@SJHFoto]

I was waiting for you to say "he was this crazy guy that decided to buy 10 copies of Action Comics #1 in 1938. We happened to find them..."

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Hi, SJHFoto. Unfortunately, he didn't have an Action #1 but I'm glad for his family that he did have that Cap 1!

[@dahur]

You just know there are other stashes out there waiting to be uncovered. They're getting rarer, but they're out there. Somewhere.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks, Danny H. Gives hope to the rest of us!

[@thegamersgalaxy2855]

I personally have a real good one 👍🏻😎

[@udub58]

Nice story Keston!

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks, J Lentz!

[@billparker442]

The Real Clue you showed is one of the few with value. Look into it.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Just checked it out. It's sweet. Perhaps I saw the Promise copy a few years ago but it had not been on my radar. Yeah...I basically was commenting on the comics in real time because Jonathan and I were looking at them together. I missed a few notable books and my eye typically goes to GGA :-) BTW: Are you the Billy Parker who owned or owns a Daring Mystery 1, 6.5? If so, we had a couple conversations on the boards many moons ago. Thanks for commenting.

[@jonassteele]

whats the estimated total value?

[@comicpadre8603]

Love the Sunday pages.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks Comic Padre!

[@arthurtripp6922]

Wonder if he kept the Superman and Batman.comic issued only to the Armed Forces during WW2 ? I hope hope who ever buys them will treasure them as part of History.That Worlds Best is real Jewel in this setting.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Great question Arthur! Agree about the World’s Best.

[@blinky705]

Interesting that these books ranged from around 1940-41 all the way to the end of the 1950s (The Shaggy Dog, 1959). I actually bought a copy of that Mouse Musketeers issue (1958) off the rack, myself.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Good eye. Cool that your collection's and buddy's overlapped a little. I also liked that Buddy collected over the decades.

[@AnthonyA-t1m]

Some books not mentioned: on Headline #37 that's Jack Kirby himself on the photo cover. Blue Beetle #32 punches out Hitler on the July 1944 cover. Young Allies #3, spring 1942, that is the Pearl Harbor issue.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks, Anthony. Good eyes! Blue Beetle #32 is a very sweet book.

[@oldhippydudeoldhippydude813]

They just sold that Cover of Archie #1 at Heritage on the 17th of this month for $3,336.00. I wonder if Heritage have sold the Captain America #1 yet? Thanks for a very Awesome video,.

[@TT-fq7pl]

You're joking! Over 3k for just a cover? And it wasn't even in nice shape. Crazy.

[@oldhippydudeoldhippydude813]

@TT-fq7pl They just sold this guys Captain America #1 in 5.5 for over $168,000.00.

[@TT-fq7pl]

@@oldhippydudeoldhippydude813 Oddly enough, that makes more sense to me. 5.5 is a pretty high grade for such a GA key. Thanks for the info.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks for the comment and kind words, OldHippyDude. I see you discovered the Cap 1 that sold. I'm not surprised about Archie 1. It's a significant first issue, and to me the first FULL cover appearance of Archie!

[@BBoy770]

Cool story. Are all of these books going to be graded and to auction or will any be for sale as is?

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Hi, BBoy, my understanding is that they will up be going up for auction. Some will be graded. Some will be sold raw. The Cap 1 is up for auction now.

[@BBoy770]

Cool- both raw and graded on Heritage?

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

@@BBoy770 Yes. Correct.

[@BrianClarkpharmd]

That cap 1 was a beauty

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks, Brian! A great copy, and it's even more cool bc of the backstory.

[@midniteman]

WOW!

[@johnedwards2051]

Wow rip

[@Deadman1957TEB]

That World's Best #1 looked complete and clean?

[@blinky705]

So, Keston....are you a letter carrier? (The hat.) I also work as a carrier for the USPS.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Hi, Blinky. I was never a letter carrier but did work for the post office for a couple of summers as a Remote Encoder. That's a fancy title for typing in addresses that the post office's scanner couldn't read :-)

[@blinky705]

@@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842 Before optical address readers, we had the LSM operators, who did ALL the address keying in. That was clerk work so I never did it, but it must have been mind-numbing.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

@@blinky705 Thanks, Blinky. Cool to hear from a fellow postal worker 🙂. It could be mind-numbing work for sure. I was fortunate to be around many fun and interesting people. We worked the graveyard shift: 9pm to 5am. It was an interesting lifestyle for sure.

[@johnedwards2051]

Wow

[@47comcom]

That area is just a hop and skip from Matt Baker's original area

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

That's cool. And, they weren't too far apart in age. Just looked it up. Baker was born in '21.

[@arthurtripp6922]

How about looking at some of the.God Fathers of Fandom. Jerry.G.Bails, Roy Thomas or Bernie Bubnis. Who started to unite fellow collectors.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thank you, Arthur. Good suggestions. I'm hoping to get some more godfathers on the show in 2025. I'm a big fan of getting some of the old timers on the show. Do you have connections to any of them?

[@reprintranch]

I checked all my early Batman reprints but did not find that Joker-standing-behind-the-castle image on that coverless whatzit book. Which makes me realize, somebody ought to do a follow-up to the Gerber book series, focused on coverless comics and showing the first page for all the Golden Age and Silver Age issues the Gerber guide included. Kind of a limited-interest item, I realize. But it'd be handy.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks for looking, Tom. A commenter correctly identified the book as Batman #2! Here's an image on Heritage! comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/superhero/batman-2-coverless-dc-1940-condition-pr/a/122447-15084.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515