I commented last week about finishing up a mini-run of the 80 pg. Giants sprinkled throughout Action Comics and Superman, but there's also another nice little run that I finally finished up a few weeks ago with this eBay purchase...

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #148 from April 1972

Since I don't really collect any Silver Age Marvel (aside from the odd Avengers or Doctor Strange book that crosses my path) my collection has a serious lack of Jack Kirby goodness.  I started to finally address this gross oversight about six years or so ago by going after the Fourth World titles.  The Jimmy Olsen's were already on my collecting radar, as that's a Superman proper title, but the other's weren't.

With SPJO#148, this issues polishes off my run of the Jack Kirby Fourth World titles.  This one took me a while, as trying to find some of the white cover issues from this time period can be tough as there are a lot of yellowed covers out there.  That's especially so on the first issue of Forever People!  This one's not bone white, by any stretch, but it's good enough for a non-key issue.

My 1st Darkseid, however, came rather early as I picked it up in an auction lot of SPJO#133-135 for under $20.  The auction house definitely didn't do themselves any favors by neglecting to state either "134" or "Darkseid" in the auction listing.  This was obviously before the whole market re-oriented on key issues, but I still thought I got a steal at the time.

It's obviously not a high grade copy, but a solid low-grade copy was good enough for me for the time being while I searched for a high-grade copy.  I mean, after all...this was what the big deal was about anyway...one freaking panel!

Needless to say, I'm still on the hunt for a high-grade copy, but it'll probably never happen as the prices these days are crazy for this issue, and I just can't justify it.  I usually like my twelve centers to be at least a 7.5 or 8.0, if not higher.  When it comes to expensive key book upgrades, this one will more than likely stay on the bottom of the list.

The rest of the Jimmy Olsen issues from #133-148 I picked up dirt cheap, as this was right when my LCS was starting up their auction business and I was apparently the only one interested in the post-Marvel work of Jack Kirby!  Crazy...