KirbyJack

 

Just bought a G+ OAAW #85 for $30!

 

Congratulations! 1st Ice Cream Soldier. (thumbs u

 

Andy

 

Not to mention the 2nd Kubert issue. . .

 

In some ways I think it's MORE like a "#2" (if #83 is #1) than #84.

 

The definitive Kubert Rock stuff begins with a "one off", so to speak, in #83.

 

Then in #84, it's Rock all right, just not a Kubert Rock. Love Novick's stuff, but it's just NOT that Kubert grit, abstraction, graphic dissonance, and beautiful inking all in one. We get treated to the same KILLER stuff in #85 that we got in #83. #86 and #87 are Kubert again. #88 and #89 are MISSING Kubert again. It's like Kanigher still needed MORE convincing. Always experimenting.

 

And then Kubert draws #90 which is where the Kanigher/Kubert team REALLY kicks into high gear with an origin no less!!!! Then it's no looking back for 16 uninterrupted issues of utter inspiration and brilliance from Kanigher and Kubert!!!!

 

Criminy! My adrenaline gets pumping just thinking about how cool that run is.

Mine too! I'm even gladder I bought it now! This is my oldest Kubert Rock. Thanks for the jolt!

Holy beans! That's stupifying!

Just bought a G+ OAAW #85 for $30!

I like that FF 98 page. Wish I had the cover to that book. What are the other from?

The other FF is #78. At the far left is an Eternals page, and I couldn't get the Capt. Victory in the shot.

I just kinda stumbled into OA with a $2 Sal B Hulk page a billion years ago. What that purchase mostly did was create a genuine need for a Fantastic Four page by Kirby. (Great Perez pages, BTW. I remember them well!).

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Maybe someday I'll trade 'em all for a better Kirby FF page, but for now I'm happy.

My copy of NY Fair '40 has blank covers; dunno about the rest. My World's Finest 10 has a contents page in front and a 1 pager in back, all in blue for whatever reason.

Those 5 comics don't get nearly enough love. Beautiful!

The New Blackhawk Era! These always come up when we discuss the worst silver age comics ever. Naturally I want them all!

Cool! Thanks, guys.

I really just dabble in DC war, so I'd like some expert feedback if you'd all be so kind; Is G.I. Combat #88 really easy to find? I just had a guy at our tiny, local show sell me a great VG copy for $20. I would have thought the second Haunted Tank would command more respect.

Hard to believe my copy must have started out looking that way...

TOS #1 was my first exposure to Al Williamson's pencils. Been a big fan since.

Hulk Annual 5 is what got me into PHMs. I did a little happy dance when I scored Diablo's appearance; it completed my set of all the Hulk Annual 5 monsters!

I envy anyone who gets to savor the experience of a first reading of a Kirby FF.

Enjoy, effendi!

A great example from a great era of the greatest run in the history of The World's Greatest Comic Magazine!

Now we're in my neighborhood!

Seriously, tho, colugo. Those FFs are glorious.

Man daybeds and magenta futons...

Sounds like somebody's better half is not so much allowing a comic room as comprimising on the decor of the guest room.

I can't talk, though. If we get pregnant, my Comicland is history. Great spaces, folks.

BTW- How does he get his billy club to bounce off three walls and have enough juice to still knock someone silly.

Pressure points.

Im wondering just how bad Chefs will be this year

Great googley-moogley!

Awsomey!

I think I'll go burn my comics now.

Got a few...and I do!

The later issues really are neat, and you know how much fun the pre-heroes are!

I'm on too tight a budget to ever run with the high grade pack. I'd have to give up some cherished books to swing it, or stockpile money for months. (It's no fun to go a year without buying something. Also, I'm afraid I'd convince myself that the money would be better spent elsewhere) So what's left for me at this point is under $100 comics. No problem! I still need tons of pre-hero Marvels, not to mention the Lee/Kirby westerns I don't even know about yet!

Now that I think on it, once a Marvel guy completes his hero runs, where else is he going to go? Even the highest of rollers would be tempted if a beautiful, CGC run of pre-hero Strange Tales were to present themselves, wouldn't he?

Great, under-appreciated books!

If you're still open to suggestions, I recommend collecting Strange Tales from #67 to 168, including of course, those amazing annuals!

Picked up a JiM 83 the other day. It's low grade, but I have never owned one before. Pretty cool.

 

Nice looking low grade copy. Very cool! I think JIM 83 is my favorite non-FF key.