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Nothing esoteric about that Detective and Action. Both are on my want list.

Book is listed in the Overstreet guide as worth about $30 in good condition, most of the series are difficult to find in mint condition. Issue 7 is not as rare as the higher numbers. The two hard cover big books are very collectable (for me). I like those McManus art deco backgrounds. I posted his picture on the thread previously but in case you missed it...

That Daredevil story was reprinted in Greg Sadowski's "Supermen!" book. It is a good buy.

Silver Streak 7

Captain Silver's Log of the Sea Hound #1 or nn, take your pick...

I have seen them on ebay (once) but picked up this circus giveaway at a flea market.

Just in case you are still looking for a first edition.

I'm very fond of the early issues where he wore a red shirt.

And it looks pretty good in color.

Looks like you have two comics too many. Better give a couple of them to me so you can have a more croppable group shot. or you can just pile 'em up as if you were busy reading in the middle of the pile!

That was fun to watch BZ. I don't speak French so I am hoping to hear a comment from someone who does. Scrooge?

Jerry and Howard Rogofsky seemed to be at odds for a long time. Howard was sent the fanzines by airmail and usually scooped up the golden age comics before most fans had a chance to buy. Resale values were high but eventually Jerry increased his prices too. HIs wife, Jean, helped him a lot with the business IIRC. Howard sold me some nice books back in the sixties. I have no complaint. It just wasn't obvious, at the time, how fast the prices would rise and they stayed high too. I purchased Green Lantern 1 and Brave and the Bold 29 for less than a dollar from an ad in Comicolletor. Anyone want to sell them for that now?

It's a great strip. Nice art by Lyman and Raymond. You never know when you are going to need a Battle Ostridge and the grilled ostridge I had in Namur was excellant.

I like that Holyoke issue. Does it have Miss Victory by Quinlan and Catman from Crash 4 by Tuska or did I mix up my issues?

you are excused professor. Very cool item Thanks Bill. The Box of Doom was in pretty nice shape too.

I have always enjoyed this Captain Marvel cover. I didn't manage to buy the original but I did pick up the puzzle. Photoshopped a little, please excuse.

You're right! I have spent too much time working on the "S" box. It's time to work on other letters...and that Super collection may never be finished.

quote=BangZoom] Thanks for the scans. They certainly bring back memories. I found this nifty splash and biographical page for Ron Foss while I was looking for that photo ad. I really enjoyed his work and stories by Grass. I would have enjoyed seeing what Ron and Biljo could have done as pros if DC had given them a shot. Grass contributed to the underground comics and worked with Michael Vance on other strips too.

Those are very nice. Moon Girl is probably more rare than Phantom Lady and she is a rare EC superhero. Unfortunately, she is still missing from my collection.

I think there was a discussion at the GAC site which favored leaving some of the fanzines on the website but I haven't looked recently. Some people argued that it wasn't fair to the people who created the fanzines. Others argued that it would be a good way to preserve them. Ditto copies tend to fade and cheap paper turns to powder. Final decision was for the posting of some of the zines with Mrs. Bails permission. Batmania and Alter-Ego were posted. Some issues of Jerry's Capa were also there I think. Do you have the URL bookmarked where the fanzine scans can be found? I'm not having any luck locating it. http://goldenagecomics.co.uk/ Try the link or copy paste the above and look at the Fantastic category. The Comic Reader isn't in there but I have twenty, or so, issues in my Fanzine Box.

I remember having TCR #22 so I'm guessing that is probably where I saw Jerry's ad. I found a pic of that issue at mycomicshop.com. DCM used to have lots of scans of old fanzines at their website, but they don't any more. I wonder why? I think there was a discussion at the GAC site which favored leaving some of the fanzines on the website but I haven't looked recently. Some people argued that it wasn't fair to the people who created the fanzines. Others argued that it would be a good way to preserve them. Ditto copies tend to fade and cheap paper turns to powder. Final decision was for the posting of some of the zines with Mrs. Bails permission. Batmania and Alter-Ego were posted. Some issues of Jerry's Capa were also there I think. You may have read the ad below which is from The Comic Reader.

It looks like someone, perhaps NC, added a few fancy bits to the original picture. It is still pretty nice and large size in the museum. The museum is small compared to the New York Metropolitan Museum or Philadelphia Art Museum, but it has a large number of paintings by Andrew and N.C. Wyeth and Howard Pyle that were used in childrens books. They also have paintings by Horace Pippin who lived in West Chester and Orange County New York. A few years ago, they had a collection of Maurice Sendak drawings on display. I wish they had the Schomburg paintings used for the Winston scifi series but who knows where those ended up. And the train collection, which is on display thru Jan 8, is especially nice. Thanks for the link BZ.

And a late entry into the Christmas gift discussion...We took my grandson to the Brandywine museum to see the annual model train exhibit. and I noticed they had one of the original paintings that defined the appearance of Santa for our generation. Old Kris by NC Wyeth

I remember Glen. He was the second or third fan I corresponded with after I discovered comic fandom in 1963. I think he was a teacher at an Indian reservation in New Mexico at the time. Thanks for jolting my memory about the back cover of the first Superman annual. I acquired that issue many years after it was published. In 1960 I was still exclusively a reader of Dell comics. Jerry had ads for photographs in the Comic Reader 22 and 36. I found an additional ad in the box which may be from a letter to Academy members or part of RBCC 29. I am not sure where I first saw the Action 1 image but Batman annual 5 had a photo of the first Batman issue and Dectective 27 on the back.

Any idea when DC first reprinted the image of Action #1? I'd also be interested in learning what other DC comics reproduced historic covers from the past. I'm aware of the celebratory covers of Batman #100 and Superman #100. Were there other issues that did anything similar? BB, if you can find any of your old Jerry Bails photographs I'd love to see a photo of them in your album. Can you remember where Jerry advertised them for sale? Was it in The Comic Reader? I'll have to dig through my closet and find my old photo album which contained Jerry's photographs. I don't remember where they were listed. Jerry may have sent out a mailer. He often sent additional information to collectors who were members. Below are the back covers for Superman annuals 1 and 7. The Superman 1 cover was on the back of annual 1 (1960) and in the interior of annual 7. I also noticed that the Jerry's cover photographs were used by Glen Johnson who printed TCR #38.