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Never seen this before:

I think that when it comes to Dell there were several types of "file copies." The "Random House Archives" were sold by Heritage. "Poughkeepsie file copies" came to market earlier, but I'm unclear if they were from the same warehouse. And, complicating matters, the "Poughkeepsie file copies," my vague recollection is, may have come to market through different employees at different times with a late batch being sold by Metro.

One reason was the emergence of file copies.

I've always thought that FC 328 was one of the very best DD covers, with great composition and awesome colors, ( I down graded from this census topping 9.6 after getting it slabbed - congrats to the current owner! ). The thinhg is though, it is NOT a Barks cover. IT is a beautiful Beuttner I believe.

The lesson i take from this thread, and the many un-submitted copies that are posted on it, is that there are a lot of books that folks just don't think are worth submitting. I know some dealers try to hype books by arguing a book is rare based on census numbers. But this thread does a good job of refuting that.

Interesting topic. To me, the answer depends on whether you mean unappreciated back in the day or unappreciated now. Because Centaur, Star, Nedor, Fiction House, and just about every other publisher mentioned on this thread so far are highly appreciated by devoted droves of collectors on this very site. Of the publishers mentioned so far, I'd agree that Quality comics are, by far, the least appreciated by collectors as a whole (with some notable titles as exceptions). But I do think that there is a GA publisher that is ever more unappreciated: Harvey Comics. Here's why: * Harvey is a true GA publisher starting with superhero comics in 1940. It published superheros throughout the war: * Harvey Comics gave us what is perhaps the least appreciated GA superhero of them all: The Black Cat. A superhero in continuous publication from 1941 to 1957 (outlasting many other superheros) and which was revived in 1962 (a better record than Timely's characters). First Black Cat cover: * In the latter 1940s, Harvey commenced serving up a helping of classic adventure comic strip characters: * In 1949 Harvey dove into the Romance genre with several long running titles: * Harvey Comics had a healthy helping of PCH horror in the vein of EC starting in 1951, which features some absolutely classic covers; * Harvey helped pioneer and dominate kiddie comics starting in 1951. NO pictures necessary. I could go on, as they published other genres and collectable comics. BUT, most here just don't appreciate this output, I think, as much as it deserves.

That was Bill Placzek in 1965. Wigransky was older than Richard and Len, and he is notable for the profile he acheived in the late 1940s. Len Brown is a legend of the late 1950s and 1960s. He and Richard were ahead of their time. But Wigransky was even further ahead.

Nothing makes me happier than seeing the right collector get the book they want. And I'm not even a dealer.

Check out this old thread I started when I first stumbled across this mystery: And here's a link to a relevant news article from 1945: https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QRxSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rHcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6762,2308741&dq=war+production+board+comic&hl=en And here's my analysis of the mystery:

LoL! I hope you're right, but although the 50 Objects project started strong, they have not updated their site since they posted "part 1" of a piece on a Bonzai, and that was back in June 2019 I think. So

I started to post something, then realized I'd already posted on this thread years ago.

Thanks for putting this together!

Somewhere, there are bags full of Everett votes in a garbage can.

What was the score in Wood v. Everett? I'm surprised Wood won. For his style of art, he's not even in my top 2 of EC artists.

My votes are presently Everett and Frazetta. Easy decision. Make it Frazetta v. Schomburg and it may take me a little bit more time to decide.

It is an easy solution. Revert to the half-time scores. The only impact is that Schmburg wins and Cole loses. And then, everyone votes by putting up a post on this site with their two selections. If its too much for telerites, several of us can count up the votes.

Still my favorite Batmobile. Read this all the way to the end: http://1966batmobile.com/history/original-1/

It is fine to have biases. My personal final four didn't all make the final 8 we have to choose from. Lots of disappointing results and over early matchups to get what I wanted. But, I have really enjoyed the process and it is has caused me to re-think the place in the GA pantheon of some of these artists. If the results hold up, I'm going to pushing one of these artists just because I think he has been hugely underrated - at least by me.

No offense intended. I started collecting in the 70s and view myself as a "younger guy" in comic collecting, but I'm old enough to know real old school collectors. The older guys I know who started collecting in the 60s. They were buying great comics for a pittance, long before auctions, benefiting from an information disparity about the true value of old comics. Consequently, they are secretive and very very protective of their comics. They started collecting back when most folks had no idea comics had value. They didn't necessarily wants guys to know what they had or what they were looking for in order to avoid generating interest in their targeted books. I can see how this would be baffling to a collector in CGC times. But, most of those older guys are like me, they don't see comics as "baseball cards" where they only thing that matters is the front and back covers. They also see no reason to get a comic graded when (a) they can grade it themselves, (b) don't want to sell it, and (c) can store it safely without incurring the cost. This not unusual, some of the most famous collectors in comics have this attitude - on the boards Bangzoom's collection is a good example. His fantastic collection was unknown to most for over 50 years. So your assertion that DA is "strange" is ignorant of a common attitude of a large segment of participants in this hobby. As for other fields, I can't speak to collector attitudes in them. I do know that in the segment of the fine art market I collect, there are collectors who are guarded about what they have and what they want. Most auction buyers don't publicize that they are the purchaser. And pieces disappear into private collections.

i am not shocked by any of those half-time scores and I can't claim any of the results are a "travesty." All of the leading artists did good work and have their fan bases.

What does that mean?

I went with Frazetta over Baker, but it was a very very hard choice. Ultimately, I voted Frazetta because I remember how blown away I was when I was reading my Dad's old Adventure Comics in the late 1970s and came across Frazetta's Shining Knight. I then noticed other Frazetta stories that really blew me away in other comics from my Dad's collection. It was not Frazetta's covers that won me over, but his interiors. I voted Schomburg over Cole, but it was an easier choice than I thought it would be. Schomburg is, to me, the ultimate cover artists. His Timely covers are the best. I voted Everett over Fine. Everett was a GREAT cover and interior artists for the entire length of the Golden Age (30s to 50s), and he did so many classic covers and stories - I am now re-evaluating his place in the pantheon of all time comic greats. I think he might well deserve to win this competition. From his Centaur covers with their early GA style, to his classic Subby work, to his ultra-realistic Atlas covers, he is a true master of many hats. I'm increasingly thinking he has a very strong case for the best GA artist of all time. I voted Barks over Wood. It too was a very hard choice. For me Barks is a top, maybe the top, GA storyteller, but he's a one genre artist. And really, his reputation is based on Donald. That's good enough to get you into the top 10, but the top 4? The thing is, though, Wood is not even close to a top four artist for me. I don't think his output is as good as Frazetta and Williams and Giunta and Foster (but no one is as good as Foster). I don't think he should have gotten this far and would lost out Baker. So I'm taking the best funny animal artist of all time over a guy who is not, in my mind, the top tier SF/Fantasy artist.

Thanks! Bought it.

I agree with you on both counts. I don't think Foster, Caniff, McCay, and Raymond really belonged in this tournament, although a great case can be made that they are four of the greatest cartoon/comic artists of all time. I don't think any of those guys have any work originally published in comic books. I suspect that all four have lost votes for this exact reason.

Very sad if true. I can tell you must be a tech guy. But, would not surprise me if some Euro boar die posted this poll to Euro barks site. Don’t want to see any poll Freeped.