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BZ, In Planet stories they didn't just practice science, they practiced Jupiterian science. And a happy birthday too. bb

There were a lot of good artists working on Superman.

Most of my Ten Cent issues were hand-me-downs but I am glad that I still have this one. bb

This was an interesting cover. One of the Boardies has a Gil Kane recreation of this cover that is outstanding.

And less paperquality....... Is that true? I've heard paper conservators say that DC's paper was better than Marvel's in that era. Were Marvels just whiter? Not High Grade but at least it gets me in the club. Early GL was a teenage scifi fans delight. It will make an interesting movie and at least a visual delight. According to my experience, Charlton had the cheapest paper by far, Marvel was next and DC was slightly better paper but Gold Key had the best paper. I collected all four companies and stored all of the comics under the same conditions. Harvey was about the same as DC. This is based on comics bought at the drug store in the sixties and stored in my attic for twenty years before they were bagged and boarded.

Properly posted in the appropriate place (I think I dumped it in the GA section before).

Undergraduate students probably shouldn't be allowed to work in the lab unsupervised. You never know what they are going to do with the nitroglycerine.

The Spider Queen liked working in the lab with her hubby. Till something happened to the old Geezer.

me too!

I like the way Joe did the shading on the nickel but I don't believe that Sgt. Rock ever got his picture on an American coin.

Vicki Vale liked to work in the dark room. We used to do a lot of photography in the lab before scanners and digital camera's. I liked this negative Batman logo.

Love the subject. Great pages, BB. I was watching some Bugs Bunny cartoons the other day. Elmer Fudd played the role of a mad scientist in "Hare Remover." This is more silver than gold but it has another scientist making a tough decision. With a time machine, how could he be late? Unless he really didn't want to make it in time...

I liked those early Superboy issues when I was young. Still do. The only teacher I had that looked like that was my intermediate German instructor in college.

D ick Anderson Keith Green Gary Martin Howard Waldrop Gary Accord How about these guys? I get an indication that Keith is still working in comics but when I google his name, I find a gospel singer in the mix of references.

Apparently Don Glut has been a busy guy. His website details all of the early movies and books that he has written. Bob Butts and Jim Rossow were still active in comics and were at the Collectors Get Together back in 1997, which was attended by Schelly, Thomas, Keltner, Bails and many others.

John McGeehan died in 1980 and Bill Thailing in 2003. Thanks for narrowing it down BZ. Anyone else know about guys on the list? Are any of the board people on the list? I remember that Jerry told me Raymond Miller was sticking with snail mail but I don't know about the rest of the guys. I will have to go back and look for Alex's last name. The McGeehan's were fanzine experts. They seemed to have every fanzine, listed and reviewed. Is the data posted anywhere other than Jerry's files. Michigan State library used to have some of their collection but I think the Alter Ego collection 5-9 used to belong to me as identified by the smoke stains. Did anyone ever check for ERB fanzines on line? I thought one of the ERB sites had a lot of detail about each issue. Well obviously Buddy Saunders is still very active as he owns comic stores. I used to hear a lot about Larry Herndon, but haven't in quite sometime. I'm sure Bob O would know. Larry had a serious medical condition and died quite a while back -- he had died before I visited the store in the mid 80s that was run by his widow. The list is getting smaller but it is understandable. Most of those guy except Touhey and Rossow, I think, were older than me when the pictures were taken in the sixties and I am over 60 now (And my liver doesn't let me enjoy a Guiness anymore). Hopefully many of them will live forever and be honored in Bill Schelly's 14th book on the origins of comic fandom.

Nice one. Did you just get it? I've always wondered...is this cover possible? Can fighters fly straight down like that and survive? The angle seems steep but for reference, the Dauntless SBD dive bombers were responsible for sinking the Japanese carriers at Midway. They could dive very fast compared to the torpedo planes which were relatively ineffective. The SBDs probably wouldn't be very good in a dog fight with a Zero, however. But the F4Fs were effective when using the Thach Weave maneuver. Watching a lot of the Military Channel these days. And Semper Fi to Danny and his friends over there in Afghanistan. A later model SBD below.

John McGeehan died in 1980 and Bill Thailing in 2003. Thanks for narrowing it down BZ. Anyone else know about guys on the list? Are any of the board people on the list? I remember that Jerry told me Raymond Miller was sticking with snail mail but I don't know about the rest of the guys. I will have to go back and look for Alex's last name. The McGeehan's were fanzine experts. They seemed to have every fanzine, listed and reviewed. Is the data posted anywhere other than Jerry's files. Michigan State library used to have some of their collection but I think the Alter Ego collection 5-9 used to belong to me as identified by the smoke stains. Did anyone ever check for ERB fanzines on line? I thought one of the ERB sites had a lot of detail about each issue.

This is probably one of the last OAAW that I bought at the news stand. I still like the cover.

The back cover to issue #6 (February 1965) gave me my first look at some comic fans whose names I recognized from their being associated with various activities within the hobby. I wonder if any of them are still around? Bob Butts! I suspect Ann Foss, Sondra Bails and the lamp post were never involved in comics. Ronn Foss, Jerry Bails, Don Thompson, Howard Keltner and Grass Green passed away (and we miss their creativity cause they added so much to the hobby at one time). Either Tom or John McGeehan died a while back. Mike Tuohey wasn't heavily involved in fandom, I heard, but he came back for Jerry's funeral. I heard Buddy Saunders was still collecting. Maggie Thompson, of course, was holding together the Comic Buyers Guide. I don't know about the rest of the guys. Perhaps someone else can help? Where are these guys?? Alex Bill Thailing Chuck Moss Don Glut Jim Rossow Bob Butts Anderson Keith Green Gary Martin Howard Waldrop Larry Herndon Gary Accord John or Tom McGeehan Buddy Saunders

I liked the name "John Quincy Atom". That Atom strip can be downloaded from GA.UK. I think it was Key 4.

Enjoyed the Dr. Fudd clips. I didn't notice any safety glasses or gloves. OSHA would be on him in a second. bb

Gumps appear to be common animals in the land of Oz. They are elk-like creatures but with caprine whiskers. Specifically The Gump is actually just the head of one of these creatures mounted on a plaque, with two sofas for a body, palm tree limbs for wings, and a broom for a tail. This was all tied together with clothes line. After his construction, the Gump was brought to life using the Powder of Life. He was later disassembled, at his own request, and remained only a head for the remainder of the series. From Wikipedia ... The Gump appears in the movie Return to Oz, where he quips "I should have quit while I was a head". Dorothy was played by a young Fairuza Balk who also played a tattooed Vicki Vallencourt in "The Waterboy" And a fuzzy picture of the Gump in flight.

Ah, the good old days when a mad scientist could split atoms and make monsters with no worry about federal funding or making a product. Spurt Hammond by Kiefer. Good name too. scans from GA.UK