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MikeTheMook	CAPTAIN COMPANY Memories	Lead	[-]
(12/28/07 7:55 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	So, what cool stuff did you order through Captain Company, out of the old Warren magazines? I got many of the Warren back issues, some great iron-on transfers, books, posters, too many things to name. And, do you still have any of that stuff? My whole life I've been playing jacks with a square ball.
yendor1152		#1	[-]
(12/28/07 10:12 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	The one and only item I ever ordered from Captain Company was a doozy--the disembodied "crawling" hand, complete with jeweled ring! I'd looked at that thing many, many times in the mags and finally begged my folks to buy me one. I wasn't disappointed! It came in a box, was a mechanized wonder with a battery compartment in the bloody stump of a wrist, and actually crawled across the floor when you flicked a hidden switch. Granted, it made a whirring sound, but hey, this was 1969! The outside of the hand was a kind of flesh-colored rubber that eventually deteriorated with age. Somewhere, I still have the skeletal structure! Rod
MikeTheMook		#2	[-]
(12/28/07 10:44 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Is this it? My whole life I've been playing jacks with a square ball.
cabmangray		#3	[-]
(12/28/07 12:45 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	When I was much younger I ordered several back issues of Monster World and FM from Captain Company. It seemed to take f o r e v e r for them to deliver! I remember waiting for weeks for the mailman to come, hopefully carrying with him a manila envelope containing my goodies! I also remember in 1974 for a brief time Cap had original 1-sheets for Dr. No, From Russia With Love, and Goldfinger for sale. I wish I still had them!
yendor1152		#4	[-]
(12/28/07 4:33 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Yes! That was it! Oh, my Gawd, where did you find that pic? Do you have one of those hands?! Rod
PhantomXCI		#5	[-]
(12/28/07 6:56 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I never had a good experience with the Captain Company. I ordered a few back issues of FM, and (as cabmangray said) it took f o r e v e r for the stuff to arrive. I should have learned my lesson, but I went ahead and bought their Darth Vader helmet in 1977 (it was the first Vader mask on the market). It took 6 months, numerous threats, and a call to the BBB before the item finally showed up on my doorstep. I still have the helmet, and the mere mention of the Captain Company still makes me twinge!
rvoyttbots		#6	[-]
(12/28/07 8:27 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I ordered back issues of FM & Monster World, and Screen Thrills Illustrated. Only disappointment was issue 26 of FM was sold out when I ordered it. My first order took months because I foolishly sent cash. My ma wrote a letter and eventually I got my order except for the previously mentioned FM 26.
back lot charlie		#7	[-]
(12/28/07 8:49 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	The photo above is an original box, but a 'replacement' (aka newer) hand. Pictured below is an original box and hand...
Chesterbelloc		#8	[-]
(12/29/07 11:36 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I ordered quite a few items from Captain Company, but the ones that come to mind right off the bat are MONSTER WORLD #7(the Son of Frankenstein issue), HORRORS: FROM SCREEN TO SCREAM by Ed Naha(which I foolishly traded for a copy of Marvel's PLANET OF THE APES magazine; I have since gotten a new copy of Naha's book), a Poe album(I can't remember which one), and some other back issues and books. I never really remember a problem with Captain Company's shipping. If anything, they were faster than some other companies. DC Comics used to take a really long time to ship their Famous First Editions and Limited Collectors Editions. It took forever to get those, but it sure was a thrill to see that giant cardboard envelope being slipped in the door by the mailman.
Hausenfan		#9	[-]
(12/31/07 10:22 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Captain Company shipped from NYC. Living in Jersey City, my orders always came quickly. I ordered several back issues of FM, Creepy, Eerie, Vampi and The Spirit, completing my collection of the latter 4. I also ordered the Aurora Vampirella model, and several posters of Warren covers. I always thought the Company used very sturdy packaging. The back issues came in flat boxes, not envelopes. One of my prized item was the six foot tall Vampirella poster. I kept it for years. One day, when my future wife stayed over at my apartment, the tape holding the poster up gave way and the poster landed on her head! I guess Vampi was jealous!
MikeTheMook		#10	[-]
(12/31/07 10:33 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Hausenfan wrote; I always thought the Company used very sturdy packaging. The back issues came in flat boxes, not envelopes. I did get some back issues in yellow envelopes, but, miraculously, none were ever damaged in the least. Other times back issues came in hard white cardboard "envelopes". Nothing ever took that long (in hindsight) although at the time 2 weeks seemed like forever! My whole life I've been playing jacks with a square ball.
GhostofChaneysLiver		#11	[-]
(12/31/07 12:41 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I think I may have helped put somebody's kid through college at Captain Co. All my allowence's, paper route money went to tell. Besides the many back issues of FM, MW, Creepy, etc I recall ordering: SCAR STUFF -- (this was during my Lon Chaney Jr phase) A lot of model kits that I couldn't find at my local 5 & 10 Store. Some Super 8 horror / Sci-fi films. I ordered a lot of these, but I mostly remember my first (Mighty Joe Young). Those poster reproductions of King Kong, The Black Cat and Frankenstein. Not being able to save a dime as a kid I never did get what I really wanted...those incredible Don Post monster masks and hands! Alas, those were only for millionaire monster kids as far as I was concerned. Cromwell
Chesterbelloc		#12	[-]
(12/31/07 6:16 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Captain Company shipped from NYC. Living in Jersey City, my orders always came quickly. I'm in Philly, so that's probably why my stuff always arrived in a timely manner. Not being able to save a dime as a kid I never did get what I really wanted...those incredible Don Post monster masks and hands! Same here. The Don Post stuff may as well have cost ten grand apiece, that's how out of reach 39 bucks was for me when I was 10. Last Edited By: Chesterbelloc 12/31/07 6:19 PM. Edited 1 times.
DonM435		#13	[-]
(01/01/08 12:33 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I was in Chicago, and my one or two Captain Company orders took the better part of a year to be filled. That was better than Gothic Castle. I'm still waiting for those.
horribleherman		#14	[-]
(02/20/08 3:39 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	The only thing I ever ordered were early issues of Creepy when I was in college and just getting back into collecting.My handle"Horrible Herman" is from the gimmick offered in Capt. Co. ads in the good old days.I actually found a case of "Horrible Hermans" at a collectible show...neat stuff.I always wanted that darn flight suit they offered for a while!Could anybody really afford those Post masks?I didn't dare to dream....
yendor1152		#15	[-]
(02/20/08 10:37 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	So, I'm dyin' to know--exactly WHAT is a "horrible Herman?" Rod
back lot charlie		#16	[-]
(02/21/08 6:07 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Horrible Herman was a little lead- bodied thing that looked like a fishing lure, sort of. HH had rubber band antennae, a feather glued to it's back, beady red eyes (as I remember) and sprinkled with dark colored glitter. An ugly little bugger, and each came packed in a little green box. I have a dimestore shelf display of them somewhere, if I come across it, I will take a pic and post.
rvoyttbots		#17	[-]
(02/21/08 11:59 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	All my back issues of FM came in envelopes. If I ordered 4, all would be stuffed in one envelope. I guess I was lucky they made it thru the mail.
GaryP11111		#18	[-]
(02/22/08 1:28 PM) Burgomaster Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	back lot charlie wrote: Horrible Herman was a little lead- bodied thing that looked like a fishing lure, sort of. HH had rubber band antennae, a feather glued to it's back, beady red eyes (as I remember) and sprinkled with dark colored glitter. An ugly little bugger, and each came packed in a little green box. I have a dimestore shelf display of them somewhere, if I come across it, I will take a pic and post. The body of the critter poked through the bottom of the box so you could wiggle HH with your finger. There was some tissue paper nestled around it, which made a rustling noise when you moved Horrible Herman. GARY L. PRANGE "Sic gorgiamus allos subjectos nunc." Check out my YouTube Video of the Week! (updated 3-24-08)
horribleherman		#19	[-]
(02/24/08 2:29 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	My forum handle is therefore especially appropriate,because as fate would have ,I too make a rustling noise when someone wiggles me with their finger.
yendor1152		#20	[-]
(02/24/08 11:28 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Yeah, but what do you do with the tissues? Rod

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