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I wouldn't say she was horrible. Her "acting" was sort of in the mid-range for a fan service show. They should have recast the part. She blew up her own career, but they didn't need to blow up the character. Having said that, I don't think she or the character were really good romantic prospects. Gina could probably get work from Great American Family if she had any romantic talent, but it does not appear that she does. I like the current potential romance for Mando much better. And Ahsoka was a much better direction to go for another show.

Disney is kicking butt on Star Wars. Andor was fantastic! They proved they could tell adult stories in the Star Wars universe and make them entertaining and incredibly well-acted. Mandalorian is great fan service in line with the traditional Star Wars tone. And they are using the TV shows to fill in the gaps in the main movies much like Agent Carter successfully did. Ahsoka looks like a good show based on the teaser and it seems clear that Mando and Ahsoka are leading up to the cloning of the Emperor and the contraction of the rebellion that led to the Rey movies. I'm much happier with Star Wars today then I was in the Jar Jar Binks days, and that's clearly due to Disney.

Obscure joke to me. Who or what is it?

He sold all or part of it to a guy who worked for him. I don't know if he retained an ownership interest. But he's retired.

We had lunch during the pandemic. I get to Eugene every once in a while to visit my family but have been too busy to say hi! Here's a present to help preserve your memories:

Emerald City went through several name changes before it was known under that name and later Darrell Grimes opened a second shop under the name Nostalgia Collectibles. When I first went there a few years earlier (discussed above) he called his store The Fantasy Shop and operated out of a house between 12th and 13th across from the Hospital. He changed the name because he got to many calls from folks thinking he was some sort of sex shop and moved to the building on 13th with the Smith Family Bookstore. He bought that Action 1 from Collector's Showcase when he was in his late 20s and last I talked to him he still had it. His Reform School Girl is also very nice, but he had a lot more impressive issues than just those you are mentioning. He got local press and the WSJ coverage when he bought that Action 1. I once bought a mid-60s Avengers on eBay out of NYC and got the unexpected surprise to open it up and see this:

I discovered comic book collecting at the beginning of 7th grade in 1978 when a new friend introduced me to the OPG and told me about my hometown’s local comic book store then called The Fantasy Shop. I went there to buy the OPG. I am sure I saw GA books at the store, but do not recall that. What I do recall was being able to show my parents that old comics had value. A week or so later we drove 180 miles to my dad’s childhood home and picked up the boxes of his childhood collection from his parents attic. Suddenly I had boxes of late 1940s to early 1950s comics. DCs (Batman, Superman, WW, Action, Detective, Star Spangled, Adventure, Sensation, World’s Finest, Mystery I Space, etc.), Dell (Westerns, SF, Tarzan, Space Cadet, Etc), Fiction House (Planet, Jungle, etc), Fawcett (capt. Marvel, Whiz, etc.) and less popular publishers. The boxes included many in great shape and also many remaindered reading copies because my grandpa was the manager of the store. I looked up the comics in OPG and found out what the comics were worth and read what the OPG noted that made them special. The ones that stick out most in my memory were reading Frazetta’s Shining Knight stories (I was all about the stories) and Batman stories. The covers that impressed me the most were Man O’ Mars (green girl reminded me of Star Trek and I was a 7th grade boy) and a Batman “Indian Chief” cover that I had seen earlier in a Batman from the 30s to the 70s book at the library. It was the beginning of my education in comics!

Two games to go - one win needed. Season Two is going to be interesting!

Here's some threads I like:

Welcome to the Board! There are some great threads on here. It can take awhile to find some of them. I will send you a few links.

I went looking for that cat photo earlier today. Hard to forget.

The Caniff is still available, more to come.

I too have no direct knowledge of the situation. Everything I know was learned from posts on this site, including the one I quoted. In a nutshell, the alleged story is that E. Gerber engaged in shady dealings with R. Durrell's widow, and in part he did so to fund the Photo Journal project. No one has said anything about how much E. Gerber made off of his Photo Journals because the focus was on how Durrell's wife was treated by Gerber as he liquidated Durrell's collection ostensibly for her benefit. She allegedly did not make out nearly as well as she should have. As to your question about the economics of the Photo Journals, my guess is that Gerber spent a lot of money getting the 22,000+ photos for his Photo Journals as he was traveling all over the country for years to photo books, right? The cost of travel, film, and paper alone was probably pretty huge. So maybe that cost was a motivation for any alleged misbehavior, if it occurred. But that is pure speculation as I don't know how the dispute between Gerber and Durrell's wife shook out.

The story told on one of my threads by a guy bit older than you, but when we talked about other topics his recall was sharp (not implying you or he are decrepit!), was this: See pages 3 and 6 (on my browser) on this thread: Here's a version of the pic for those who dream in color (my guess PQ was more white in real life):

The Gerber Photo-Guides are an essential publication that I'm very glad exists. But the back story on how he allegedly funded the making of those books, if true, makes me shudder. Allegedly involved the collection of the guy on the left below. Given his reputation, he probably bought those trashy Action 1, Whiz 1, and D27 strewn about the desk. I will let others tell the story about the liquidation of his collection who have more than just the passing tenthhand knowledge that I have. I think it ended up in litigation, and I don't know how that came out.

I get that you love GA comics, but this is ridiculous! 92 G+ ow lipstick marks front cover o/w VG/F

Sold! I will pm you to get details. You guys get up too early! I am on west coast time so will take a bit before I get back to you.

Sold! I will pm you on the details.

It's yours. PM me so we can nail down details (address, etc.).

SOLD! A bit of GGA coming up. First, a no. 1 pulp. Planet Stories # 1 (UK Pemberton 1948) - $75. Offers will be entertained. SOLD! I like this pulp because it is about the same size as a GSX 1 and basically the same structure. I don't see any on the census, but I thik this should be able to be pressed and slabbed. That makes this a more appealing pulp in the long run than a lot of others. And it is a great example of late 40s GGA (and a great leaping off point to collect this title). You can find this title around, but I do not see No. 1s often at all.Condition?: I don't grade pulps. I'd call this midgrade with white pages and bright color. It would benefit from a press and clean if possible. Main flaw is a bump and chip to the bottom of the spine. See the pics.

Marvel is exactly what you are calling the "diversity agenda." Creating female, minority (ethnic and religious), and gay characters and telling stories about them. You missed Stan's point. His point is you do change your stories to keep up with society. You want to freeze them in a past you liked. Stan was ok with all the diversity at Marvel. You're upset by it. 'nuff said.

We can all watch the video, and form our own opinions. A bit over 10 minutes in, it gets weird for several minutes. A lot of complaints about ethnicities, gender, orientation and not just for Eternals. Not complaints about storytelling.

Marvel, as Stan Lee said in the video I posted up thread has from its outset chosen the following: "Marvel has always been and always will be a reflection of the world right outside our window. That world may change and evolve, but the one thing that will never change is the way we tell our stories of heroism. Those stories have room for everyone, regardless of their race, gender or color of their skin. The only things we don’t have room for are hatred, intolerance and bigotry.” So, Marvel has given us sermon's against racism in the early 60s from Sgt. Nick Fury (long before he was played by a black man - which I guess upsets you): Starting in the 1960s, we also got minority heroes, some new (Black Panther) and others derivative of existing heroes (Black Goliath). We got strong minority characters (Robbie Robertson). And that only increased in the 1970s with more and more minority characters (Sun Fire, Storm, etc.). Also more women superheroes, both derivative (Valkyrie, She-Hulk and Ms. Marvel) and new concepts. And by the 1990s we were getting openly gay characters (Northstar but hinted at earlier). All, I presume, before whatever sandwich thing you are complaining about happened. Why? Because Marvel Comics reflect reality and diversity is reality. So Marvel gives us diverse characters. Not an agenda, a reality. Not a sandwich, a mirror. So are you saying that Marvel Comics is the sandwich? Who gave them the international loans?

SOLD! For my anti-Communist comic book collecting friends! This is a package deal. Offers entertained. Double Talk (1962 Christian Anti-Communism Crusade) promotional sample variant comic book! Only 6 copies on census (7.0, 5.5, 4.0, 3.5, 2.5, 2.0) and that is of all variations. Not sure how they break down by variant. Christian Anti-Communism Crusade News Letter (June 1962) with ad/article for "Double Talk"! As a package: $75 SOLD! The comic is in G- condition with cream paper quality, pieces missing top front cover and spine, some brittleness, and a 1/2 inch rip through back cover and all pages. While this is the rare promo version, I view it as a placeholder, reading, or reference copy - hence the cheap price. The News Letter is a solid F/VF or better. It is loose leaf (no staples or other binding) with white pages. Frankly, this is the more intriguing part of the package. This is a great set to get if you already have a CGC'd copy of the comic or to be a reading copy once you find a better copy to CGC. (HINT: Heritage is auctioning off a nice copy on 4/18 that to my eyes could become the second highest. It will go well well above Heritage's estimated value.). This is your chance to get a reading/reference copy and the ad, which with the Heritage copy (submitted to CGC) would be a great grouping for a very rare SA anti-Communist comic book.

You've lost me again. What do you mean by "diversity"? The reality is we live in a diverse society. Less than 58% of our country identify as "white." More than 50% of our country are women. Over 25% of our country say they are not Christians. Over 1 in 20 Americans self-identify as LGBT. That is diversity. What do you mean by this sandwich thing? Diversity is a fact, not an opinion.