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Considering the fact that Steve Ditko was an Objectivist who followed the tenets of Ayn Rand, I think it is unlikely that his artwork will be donated to anyone, His will, if he left one, would probably state what he wants done with his possessions but making a charitable contribution would not be in keeping with his beliefs.

On 7/12/2018 at 3:45 PM, tabcom said:

Steve Ditko's Daring Love #1 fits the bill for this thread. Hakes.com results.

I'm glad I got my copy about 30 years ago.

4 hours ago, Lucky Baru said:

I'm regretting having to look at Spider-Man's fanny.  Yikes!

I think Ditko was sending a message to Stan with this cover... KISS MY !

R.I.P. Steve Ditko. I am very sad to hear of his death and wish he had given the fans an opportunity to show how much he was appreciated.  

25 minutes ago, kav said:

Very nice,Kav. Have you ever tried your hand at Uncle Scrooge or Donald Duck?

$700 for Thing #13 CGC 8.0 several years ago.

The figure of Spider-Man was redrawn for this cover by, probably, Marie Severin. The original cover is  below.

2 hours ago, F For Fake said:

That check list/fact sheet is interesting. As a rule of thumb, I'd always gone by what my local postal workers had told me, which is that comics couldn't go media because they contain advertising. Therefore, graphic novels/trades were fair game for media. At least that was my interpretation, and was how I'd operated for years. Interesting to see that the distinction is not solely due to advertising, but also because the books are primarily made up of pictures. Odd. My standard has always been to ship comics first class if they'll make it under the weight cut-off, or priority if they won't, but I've been shipping trades as media mail for 20+ years now (I think it was "Bound Printed Matter" before it was Media Mail, does that sound right?) Never had a package inspected or returned in thousands of shipments, but I thought I was doing the right thing anyway. Never intended to cheat the system.

I have read many paperback books which contained an ad for other books from the publisher. Do these not qualify for media mail?

If the ad is from the publisher, is it alright because it did not generate money for the publisher? If that is the case, then Mad magazine did not accept paid advertisements. Does that exempt them?

The ads in old comics are no longer valid. Why should a non valid ad disqualify an old comic book? 

Just trying to show the absurdity of postal regulations in my own Devil's Advocate way.

Amazing Spider-Man #248 - The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man.

Some of my favorites are: The Atomic Knights, Congorilla, Eclipso and Rip Hunter Time Master but I agree with the choice of Adam Strange as most significant. I still have my run of Mystery In Space and the Showcase try out issues even though I sold the other DCs years ago.

5 hours ago, NoMan said:

Don’t really know jack about Moderns. So let’s say silver/copper/bronze. 

I suppose, like nearly everything in this hobby, it’ll be the result of movie hype. 

Not a precipitous drop but Overstreet dropped the value of Charlton's Thing #16 in NM from $345.00 to $200.00 in 2000 due to a warehouse find of many copies. This also happened to Harvey's Captain 3-D #1 in 1979, when the value of NM copies went from $30.00 to $15.00 due to a warehouse find.

I compiled a list many years ago but I have no idea how complete or accurate it is. I don't even remember where I got the information.

Archie's Joke Book Magazine

#41 - 1 page 

#44 - 1 or 2 pages

#45 - 1 or 2 pages

#46 - 1 or 2 pages

#47 - 1 or 2 pages

#48 - 4 pages

Adventures Of The Fly

#4 - 1 panel

Adam Austin is Gene Colan and Scott Edward is Gil Kane. 

Mickey Demeo is Mike Esposito.

On 5/3/2018 at 2:22 PM, gadzukes said:

I picked this up recently.  I've never seen one before.  1957 Charlton

 

Nice pick up. That's a Bill Ward cover signed as McCartney. 

His art work looks very much like Alex Raymond.

The Art Of Rock by Paul Grushkin

I would have included witzend #1, published in 1966 by Wally Wood. It was the first prozine and attempt to let comics artists publish self owned work.

Just finished reading, Storm Of The Century by Stephen King. It was in screenplay form. Now reading, Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. D! ck. This is the story which inspired Blade Runner.

I got the first issue of The Buyer's Guide or Comic Fandom at a NYC Comic Convention when Alan Light was giving away free copies to try to establish it's presence on the comic book scene. Prior to that, I subscribed to Rocket's Blast Comicollector from which I made many purchases when I was accumulating my collection.

On 1/29/2018 at 3:09 PM, Timely said:

1st of 3 big scores set in motion for this year. ASM Ditko battle action page. CAF comments appreciated! 

 

http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1449498

 

 

I find it unbelievable that no one on this board has commented on this Ditko Spider-Man page. It is a beautiful page with Spidey in action in every panel. What does it take to impress the board members?

On 1/6/2018 at 9:49 AM, 1950's war comics said:

That was a British TV show,.. i never saw it before and not even sure if it played in the states

i really liked McGoohan from a couple episodes of Columbo and some other stuff... like "The Prisoner"

i'm surprised there never was at least a one shot  Columbo Gold Key comic book....

nice eye for your high grade Gold Key submissions  

 

Secret Agent was shown in the USA by local stations who bought the syndicated series. It morphed into The Prisoner series which was also in syndication in the USA. By the way, Jack Kirby did an adaptation of The Prisoner which unfortunately never saw print. You can check it out here http://www.forcesofgeek.com/2014/03/read-jack-kirbys-prisoner.html

Here is a good explanation of comic book distribution by Jim Shooter, http://jimshooter.com/2011/11/comic-book-distribution.html/

I like the technique the artist used to execute the painting but the image itself is not evocative of the accepted body type for Batman. It looks like a squat Ron Perlman in a Batman costume.