Don't blame me there is no spell checking. Star Trek #1 needs fixing.

First I'd like to say "Sorry" for all the bad spelling that happens in my journals. I just got done reading a few of my old entries and saw how many misspelled words and typos there were. I don't know how to type, I just pick, and sometimes spend 20 seconds looking for the right letter. There is no spell check for the journal and I'm to lazy to go back and correct them all. Once again "Sorry" and I'll try to do better.

I'd like to take a look at the rarity of the Gold Key Star Trek #1 issue. I was recently looking at the auction lots at Vintage Collectables where they have a Star Trek #1 photo back up for bids. The auction discreption calls this-This copy has the rare variant photo back cover, the most valuable version of the run's most valuable issue. Ya right, the photo back version is the least valuable of the three variants. There is a variant for the photo back, I've never seen a picture of it, where something on the front cover is differant that has only one copy graded, a quaified CGC-5.5. Then there is the ad back, which I've seen but never up for auction which has only 20 copies graded, three are CGC-9.0 and two CGC-8.5s. Then there is the photo back that you always see up for sale and listed as rare. There are 161 graded copies with 1 CGC-9.6 and 6 at CGC-9.4 and a bunch more in the mid grades.

My guess is that every dealer that has ever sold one of these photo back issues knows that it is very easy to find and not rare, maybe scarce, at all. I think it all started with Overstreet calling it rare many years ago and never changing it. Shame on them.

I'd love to have one of the ad backs but it's hard not to like the photo backs the most. I mean, William Shatner as a Pin-Up. That's hard to beat