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I sold my best Thrilling book (41, duh) and only purchased one since then, I think. Exciting is way ahead.

I got nice covers for my coverless Action 36 and 54 and I purchased a couple more because they looked pretty good. I usually add a cover to my coverless copies when I find a nice scan but Tom does a much better job. He makes back, front and insides look pretty good most of the time.

There are a few ringers in there but mostly real covers.

I probably posted this already but I do like those robots.

Love that All Star cover Jack. I saw a similar version at the NYC con a few years ago and gave it consideration before buying more Harvey Comics.

Not sure if they replaced them with other copies...there were so many different titles displayed. A lot of newsstands and newsrooms would hang comics on a clothesline with clothes pins. I don't remember ever having to ask for an EC COMIC...but they did display them on the top racks out of the reach of little kids. mm Interesting. Did you ever ask for a comic that you thought should be on the stand but you weren't able to find it? No...their was very little conversation between the guy behind the counter and kids. mm So I guess if the comic wasn't there, you were out of luck. I remember when I was a kid in the 1960s, there always seemed to be multiple copies of books, either on the spinner racks at the local pharmacy or on the shelves of the local soda shop. That's why there is such inconsistency in my collection...just couldn't always find what you were looking for and I'm sure at times it just wasn't there...and of course there was the money factor...sometimes I would see something I wanted and by the time I got back it was gone. mm And the guy behind the counter would not put out another one in its place? Interesting insight into distribution strategies in those days. Apparently, at least in your area, stands would order just a few copies -- maybe just one -- of a lot of different books. I remember that there were always bundles of magazines stacked up and the clerk piling up the SATURDAY EVENING POST, LIFE, LOOK, COLLIERS and other magazines on the floor in front of the racks that held PULPS and COMICS that were fanned out in slots across the wall. I'm not sure if the store owners ordered what they had or if the distributor gave them copies of what they thought would sell. As far as the newsstands it always seemed to me that there was limited space for comics. mm I used to visit the drug store every Wednesday night and purchased all of the latest superhero comics after they opened the package delivered by the distributor that day. Sometimes I had to wait because they were busy. This went on from1962 to 1965. My family moved to Toledo in 1966 and I rarely went back to the old store in Monroe. I probably should have stayed in Monroe. The selection of comics was better there than at the bus stop in Ypsilanti where I attended EMU and Toledo had a multitude of drug stores but only one or two that had all of the Marvel comics published in 1966 and 1967.

I got a chuckle when I read an article on-line (EgoKick) about Betty White and her three husbands. It featured the above photo from Alan Light which was probably taken at the Emmy Awards. I don't think they were ever married. I hope it is the quality of the photo and not the mistaken identity that caused the authors to use Alan's photo.

I like Thrilling Detective.

i I may have posted this before but I thought it should be in here in case I forgot. The Showcase 36 was purchased by me at the local drugstore back in the sixties.

Color looks pretty good. I have never been happy with my replacement scanner. It is multi-functional and takes up less room but I don't think the colors or the scans are as good as my digital camera photographs.

I like all of those Nedor titles and Startling is as close to Marvel Mystery as you can get.

Our Gang has added a lot of goat covers. I suspect a few are on Animal Comics and WDCS too. I never would have guessed that the title to check if you're looking for a bunch of goat covers is Our Gang Comics. Another day, another lesson learned. (thumbs u Goats on the cover of Animal comics doesn's seem unusual. But Our Gang had a BZ and Grandpa Goat story...

Hey, I recognize that guy...

and leave us not forget Uncle Carl's octopus from "The Ghost of the Grotto"...

Our Gang has added a lot of goat covers. I suspect a few are on Animal Comics and WDCS too. As others have noted, goat may well be the meat consumed by the largest number of people although a larger weight of pig is consumed worldwide. I have eaten rabbit on more than one occasion in Belgium but only had goat curry in Pearl River, NY.

and this one only had a few tentacles...

I noticed this one is in the octopus list but doesn't fit in the category. Octopuses have tentacles but not all animals with tentacles are octopuses.

I like those Schuco Micro Racers.

It looks a little awkward for Baker but could be an ink job by Feldstein who added something to the work.

I don't have the South Seas with an octopus but I do have a Vooda.

From a flickr friend who shared his scan...

Here is an interior page from comic plus

I like the car and the motorcycle covers.

Captain America had a lot of cycles. Sometimes he rode a Harley and other times he rode an Indian. Top one is an Indian and bottom is a Harley. He let them fall into lakes, valleys and under trains. Below is a picture of me with a WWII Harley in Brussels during a liberation day celebration.