Tony D

Wilbur and Carol Post with Mister Ed

There were several news stands I frequented and sometimes the books were not all in the best condition at one news stand. If I had to go to another news stand, it was not much of an effort because in Brooklyn they were at every train station and there were numerous stands along the main Avenues. There was never a problem buying multiple copies, although I got a few strange looks and comments occasionally about buying multiple copies of the same book. In my neighborhood in Brooklyn, new comics came in from the distributor on Tuesdays and Thursdays in bundles tied with string. The comics on the top and bottom of the bundles were generally not in the best condition due to how tightly tied they were. I got friendly with a couple of the owners and they would let me cut open the bundles to find the best condition books before they were put out for sale.

In 1968, when Marvel expanded their line of comics by giving Ironman, Captain America, Hulk, Submariner, Nick Fury Agent of Shield and Doctor Strange their own titles, I bought multiple copies of each of the first five issues of those titles. Fifteen of the first issues, ten of the second and five of the next three issues. I also bought fifteen issues of Silver Surfer #1, Captain Marvel #1, Not Brand Echh #1 and those same multiples of each of the next four issues. I had previously bought ten issues of Tales Of Suspense #63 which was the Silver Age origin of Captain America and some other issues which I thought might appreciate in value.. These were all purchased at news stands in Brooklyn, NY where I lived. I sold or traded some of them eventually to obtain other comics I wanted and when I sold the majority of my collection in 1989, I still had a good number of those books.,

Currently, I am reading, Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky. It is a novel about a post apocalyptic society that resides in the Moscow underground rail system. My son gave it to me after he read it and played the video game based on the novel.

The redrawn Spider-Man figure just doesn't look like Kirby to me. And Marie was on staff at the time doing coloring and some penciling and inking. It makes more sense to me that Marval would have her do the new figure and to my eye, it looks like her work but I could be wrong.

I do know who Nelson Muntz is but I had no idea this was a quote from the character on The Simpsons. I am grievously at fault for not being familiar with the dialogue quoted by you. Please accept my humble apology.

The square root of a million is 1000. 1000 X 1000 = 1,000,000

I enjoyed reading the old journals and did not visit the new journals after a few exploratory forays. To say I am disappointed by the closing of the old journals would be a vast understatement.

A very sad day. RIP Marie, you were one of most talented comic artists. My condolences to her family and friends.

Picked these two up from ebay. They were the last two issues I needed to have all the covers done by Neal Adams on World's Finest.

What I find particularly ironic in this case is how San Diego has become less and less about comics and more a multi media convention.

When those comics were being thrown away, I was not a collector, I agree, but by the time I was carefully saving them, I had become a collector. I had many friends whose road to collecting was similar, if not identical, to mine. You do not have to encapsulate or use boards and bags to be a collector, although I eventually did put my comics in plastic bags to help preserve them.

When I was six and seven years old [1956 and 1957], I read comics my father bought for me. These were Warner Brothers and Disney characters like Bugs Bunny and Donald Duck. I didn't preserve them in any way and read them over and over until they fell apart and were thrown away. By the time I was eight and nine I was buying my own comics and they were DC superhero comics mainly Superman and Batman titles but any comics were read and treasured. By that time I was keeping them in numerical order stacked in my closet. They were reread by me but carefully, so as to not cause them any deterioration. Ten cents an issue was a considerable expense to me and I didn't want to have them thrown away because they were falling apart. As other kids lost their passion for comics they would sell them for a nickel each and I was one of the kids who bought issues I was missing. I bought the three JLA tryout issues in Brave and Bold that I needed to go with my run of issues from #1 up. If I wasn't a collector, what was I?

I am very sad to hear of Russ Heath's death. My condolrnces to his family and friends. Russ was an excellent artist and consummate professional. He will be missed.

As far as I know, the original art for the unused Amazing Spider-Man 10 is still in the possession of the person to whom it was gifted.

I remember reading that the unused Ditko cover for Amazing Spider-Man #10 was gifted to someone.

A few years ago, I ordered a self feeding electric snake for drain stoppages. FedEx notified by email me of the day it would be delivered and that my signature was required. The day they picked for delivery was a day I and my family were going to a picnic and no one would be home to accept and sign for the delivery. I responded to their notice by calling and informing them to delay the delivery, which they confirmed for me. If you haven't guessed what happened yet, here it is, I got home from the picnic at about 9:00 PM to find the carton containing the snake on my front porch. Luckily, no one had taken it but I still wonder who signed for the delivery if no one was home?

On June 29, Katy Beerbohm-Young. Bob's daughter, informed her friends, " My dad had a stroke this morning, and is in the hospital in Omaha."

I bought these, also. Iwas so disappointed with them because they were almost two dimensional, thinner than a dime.

I can remember looking for thrown away soda bottles to get the two cent deposit on five of them in order to buy a new ten cent comic.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Shel Dorf.