Seduction of the Innocent7199

Originally Posted by BrianGreensnips
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Originally Posted by X51
I woke up one day in the 90's. My goal was to stop by one shop (#1) with the money to buy a 1973 copy of SOTI that they were selling. Then I was going to head out to shop #2 and hang out there for a portion of the day. I stopped by shop #1 and chatted for awhile. I forgot to buy the book. When I arrived at shop #2, I realized what I'd done and called shop #1 to let them know I was coming back to buy it. The manager at shop #1 informs me that he'd just sold it. I asked who bought it. Ironically, it was sold to the wife of the owner of shop #2. She'd bought it as a birthday gift for her husband who owned shop #2. So I'm there talking to the soon to be recipient of the book that I was going to buy. I couldn't say anything because it was going to be a surprise. If I'd bought it, it would have messed up her plans for a birthday gift.

That was my brush with owning a copy of SOTI.

Very ironic how things can unfold.

Originally Posted by BrianGreensnips
I was an AC service tech about 5 years ago for residential customers. I would come across homes that had comicbooks and similar items once in awhile. There was a late middle aged single guy with a bunch of comicbook boxes. So we got talking about comicbooks and he had 8 short boxes of Bronze age books that he said he would sell me. There were some nice books in there and some decent titles. I also mentioned to him this book called "Seduction of the Innocent" and that I had been looking for one for a few years and was intrigued by it's content. He walked me over to a book shelf and he slid a 1954 hardcover copy with the slip cover intact off the shelf. I really liked it and told him this was the one that I was looking for. It was not for sale. I told him I was looking to spend $100 for one.
So anyway, we agreed on a price of $500 for the 8 half boxes and I told him that I would be back later with cash after I went to the bank and had to run a couple more service calls. So when I came back he said that he did not feel that they were worth $500 and that a couple of the boxes were not completely full. So he said that he only wanted $400 for the 8 boxes of books. He then went on to say that being I was looking to buy a copy for $100, he said he would throw in the copy of SOTI and make it $500. I happily agreed to that. So I got the 8 half boxes of Bronze Age books and the copy of SOTI for the $500. I guess it was meant to be that day. He still had many more boxes and showed me some really high grade DC Silver Age books in his long boxes. I should try to touch base with him again and see if he is ready to sell some more books. He was a really nice guy who really loved comic books. It is nice to meet people who have the same passion as me.

Originally Posted by michaelekrupp
There is a current reprinting of SOTI available on Amazon. $45 for the hardcover.

Originally Posted by BLBcomics
THE WORLD OF FANZINES was Wertham's last book published in 1974 year of his death. He had a subscription to RBCC then subbing to all the zines which advertised therein. Matter of fact, he subscribed to my zine Fanzation mentioning and referencing it 9 times I counted. He even quoted most of the Steve Ditko letter we published in #3 from 1969.

I talked with Wertham on the phone when he called up to make his subscription. Exchanged a few letters with him. If there is any interest, I will expand on communicating with him back then.

Any one else here mentioned in his TWOF book?