Truly a house of porn. Great collection. And a Kirby page? beautiful.

I guess my knowledge of the english language is missing the vocabulary to let me express my astonishment. So I keep it simpel: Wonderful collection. Absolutely wonderful.

Wow!

I so approve. What a wonderful thing you found the right wife. You have something from so many of my obsessions.

Thanks for sharing.

I was impressed, thinking the piece finished, when you hit me with the “man cave” photos. Knockout punch.

Best Shelf Porn ever. Beautiful stuff. I’m so jealous of all the animation cells.

Just one word/expression: AWESOME!
One of nice Shelf Porn collections posted here, nothing fancy but still nice.
Cheers!

Oh my god! No point at looking at any more man caves now.

Love all the animation cels and wall art.

I like how it started out all neat and manicured and then ended up with, what the hell why not? REALITY! Please tell me you don’t like in a flood zone. Excellent porn!

Incredible.

Not sure what I covet most: the Starlin art, the Kirby art, the animation cells, teh space to display everything or the accommodating wife!

Fantastic collection. Thanks for sharing!

And you have a Man Cave? Dude, your whole house is a Man Cave! What a great place to have.

(Can I move in?) : P

That is absolutely gorgeous. Thank you for sharing!

Holy crap!
On a top shelf of the man cave you have the Godzilla toy with the launching fist and fire tongue!
I still have that somewhere at my mom’s house!

Incredible collection.
I wish I could afford to buy even a fraction of that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxrzmroRL-s

Thanks for all the wonderful comments, everyone. I really appreciate all the kind words.

As some people commented, the most important treasure in this whole thing is my wife, who not only tolerates my collection, but actually encourages it and involves herself in it (how many other guys can say their wife has read through the entire LEGION OF SUPERHEROES ARCHIVES and can intelligently discuss the Galactus Trilogy?) Face it, Tiger, I hit the jackpot.

My wife reads over my shoulder at night. It’s fantastic. Great collection. A whole lot of years in all that. Well done.

Incredible wife! Incredible collection!

This edition of Shelf Porn should be renamed in your wife’s honour!

Hail, Mrs Petty! The REAL First Wife!!

one word: WOW!!!

This is absolutely awesome. Mind if I camp out for a week? Just lock me in the basement and throw me down scraps every once in a while.

Home.

that is one big collection espically love all the art work including haveing stuff from kirby plus those masks of some of the great horror legends are impressive i am blown away with it

Dead brilliant you are.

The bound portion of your collection is nice. If you don’t mind me asking, what bindery bound the majority of your comics?

Mark: The majority of the binding was done either by Capital Bindery (through a gentleman named David Banks), or by Library Binding of Waco, Texas (sadly no longer in business). I’m currently looking for a new binder that combines quality work with reasonable prices.

What is your address? I would never show up when you’re not home to lay my hands on that dual Batman/Joker animated print. Nope, never! Too long a drive from Canada!

This was an amazing collection – I love the comics, the pulps, the rare early science fiction/fantasy books, the bound comics, the bound pulps, the theatrical posters, the animations cells, and the unique objects like the lugosi mask and the megos. Fantastic!

At first, I was amazed by how similar our collections are. But then I kept reading… and reading…and looking… Dude, that’s a whole lotta stuff.

Wow. I am totally impressed. And congrats on the amazing wife!

Kudos John, from a fellow metroplex resident and comic binder. You may want to do some investigation on Herring and Robinson Bookbinders in California. Great quality, service and price. As many have said already, thanks for sharing.

Great Godzilla stuff. You collection would not be complete without a 1964 or 1972 Godzilla Aurora model kit.

I actually met John a number of years ago and I didn’t know who he was, we just struck up a conversation while waiting on line to see Sal Buscema at a convention in NY. It wasn’t until I saw him in an ad for Heritage that I said to myself, he looks familiar.

One other question, what are the hardcover books (looks to be non comic) that you have in plastic bags. Are they 1st editions. Just curious.

Just when I think I should submit my one measly wall to shelf porn, this puts me to shame. Wow!

Hi Mike: The books you’re asking about are first edition Arkham House and Gnome Press titles. It’s a small collection, but I still add to it from time to time.

John, what is your favourite item in the room? Also, I noticed that you had a binder of cards labeled Mars attacks, do you have a set of those? What other cards do you collect? Assuming rare ones.

So much awesome, I may weep.

Stuff I would very much love to have: The Phantom mini-bust, the Golden Age Daredevil statue (where the heck did you get that?!), and the Superman w/ eagle statue.

Really though, incredible collection!

WHAT CAN YOU MAN THANX FOR SHARING……ALL OF IT IS WICKED! N I AGREE WHERE THE HELL DID YOU FIND YOUR WIFE WHERE CAN I ORDER ONE OF THOSE….HA HA!

Mike: It’s hard to pick a favorite, but I am partial to the MISTER MIRACLE splash. If I ever had to sell, that would likely be the last piece to go.

Yes, I do have a complete set of MARS ATTACKS cards. I used to be much more into card collecting, but have backed off considerably in the last few years. I still pick up older cards when I can, particularly BATMAN, GREEN HORNET, and anything from Hassan (older cards, dating to around the turn of the century). My wife and I also started collecting Liebig cards several years ago. They were advertising cards that came in sets (usually of six) on a variety of themes, anything from Greek mythology to plants of Singapore to barnyard animals, etc. They’re beautiful, and surprisingly inexpensive. If you’re into cards, look them up online for a real treat.

Derek: The GA Daredevil bust is from Bowen Designs. As I recall, it was available for about 15 minutes, and I was lucky enough to snag one.

And Skywalker1: Unfortunately, my wife is a true limited edition, 1/1. I was very lucky to snag the only existing example.

This is an incredible collection. Well done!

My only question is, what was Joe Jusko’s “ERB collection”? It looks fantastic!

Carter: That was from the first ERB card set that Jusko did in the mid-1990s. If you haven’t seen them they’re definitely worth searching out, as each card is a small masterpiece.