Or, at least the other set that I pursue currently

As if 530+ books in the go-go check set were not enough to keep a man occupied, those books also reminded me of some of the other books I really loved as a child.

Three things I loved more than anything else: Sci-fi reprints, Justice League of America, and Weird War Tales...

As I started working on the go-go check collection, I purchased a number of raw books to submit myself as well as acquiring slabs. Of course, I read them. Send in reading them, I was reminded how much I loved the Science Fiction stories that I had read in From Beyond the Unknown, a reprint set from the seventies, and one that I may yet collect for the memories. Only now I was in a position to collect the books that those stories originated in. Most of them, or most of the cover stories anyway, are from Strange Adventures in the many, many years pre-dating Deadman and Neal Adams. Many with beautiful Carmine Infantino covers and art, or Murphy Anderson covers and art.

With the internet, I was no longer restricted to the poor copies I could find locally - but I was able to find books that I wanted at a reasonable price, layer issues anyway. Early issues aren't difficult to find either...just the books from the middle & late fifties - those books suck to find that present well...but I love them, and they are still more reasonable than copies of a Mystery in Space.

When the day comes that the go-go check collection is complete, or as complete as it is going to get - and I sell it - the eighteen issues of Strange Adventures will stay behind. Because.

For now

Happy Hunting!

P.S. Grade my books! I'm getting tired of the delay.

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