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One personal aside, the author of that No. 1 book is one of my old college debate opponent's Peter Schweizer (at the time he was at Pacific Lutheran University). One of the funniest book reviews I ever saw was of one of his books in the journal Foreign Policy. It stated, in full: That must have hurt! I would not recommend his "No. 1" book, as it probably only got that status because he bought a bunch of copies himself to give out. LoL!

The best revenge:

Sell them for cash.

What probably did it was one of six panels (one sixth of a page) from the Prisoner of the Hell Planet sequence which shows Art's thoughts about his mother's suicide in a bath (it has the "nude" and the "bad word"). I think 8th graders should be able to handle it::

For context: My graded copies of the first Maus prototype and the first appearance of any portion of Maus - Prisoner on the Hell Planet - which featured the illustration of Art's dead nude mother (suicide) that is being cited as a reason for the work being unsuitable for an 8th grader:

The forces of comic censorship seen in the 50s are raising their heads again! https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/maus-pulitzer-prize-winning-book-holocaust-pulled-tennessee-school-dis-rcna13730 Spiegelman reacts on video:

Anyone got Bill Thailing's catalogs from the 60s to 1970 (especially 212 the double size issue)? I have heard that Bill picked up a massive collection of interest to me, and I'd like to see if his catalogs might have reflected that pick-up.

Back to the colors on the Promise books. Worth noting that Heritage's pics might not be doing the view of the colors on the Promise books a favor. A friend recently got a notable Promise copy in the mail from Heritage (not my book to identify). He sent me a pic. While it looked really nice on Heritage, the pic of the book taken with a good camera phone showed that the colors were as deep and fresh as could be dreamed of! No modification to the pic. Just a book with an image and colors and contrasts that made it look incredible! A real museum quality piece of art with vibrancy that would make Van Gogh proud. Anyone concluding that the Promise books look better in hand than on Heritage?

Super complex debate. The restorers decided that Michelangelo used a particular technique in painting the ceiling, that he painted on wet plaster so the paint infused in, and that embellishments added on the dry plaster (additional detail and black highlights) weren't him. So they went beyond just cleaning off the dirt and grime, which is the usual conservative practice, and took an approach that might have been overly aggressive in also removing paint (which may or may not have been original). It's a cautionary tale with the moral that a conservative approach is probably best as you can always clean more, but you can't really add back what you took off. The moral is not "don't clean" as part of conservation, it is clean appropriately.

I only talk up what I got. The things I'm still trying to get are a state secret, not to be mentioned at all, that I don't want anyone to know exists.

So do I. And that was not my intent. As you said above, we all have our preferences. For me, a tear should not take down the grade of a comic more than a dust or sun shadow. It's a matter of personal opinion, not an attack. Apologies if it came across otherwise. Obviously, you have a many great comics that I'd love to own. Hard to disparage your collection.

Could be. Certainly I'm out of step with a number of comic collectors. But, attitudes can change, and I think ultimately some of the traditional notions might fade away.

I hate dust shadows. I hate sun shadows more (at least a dust shadow might be cleanable with responsible conservation techniques whereas fading cannot). IMHO both of those "shadows" often result in a significant and distracting deterioration in the quality of the art being viewed. I would not buy fine art with such shadows, nor would any museum. So I don't understand why a huge shadow down one side of a book gets a bigger pass than a much much smaller tiny tear easily sealable with a reversible conservation technique. It is one of the attitudes that makes me believe the comic market could learn some from the fine art market.

Sounds cool! And I have the perfect mood music!

TLS is what I meant. Sleepy.. yeah I was rereading it too. Gave likes that I should have given long ago.

I can't believe you revived this thread! I was PMing something about this thread tonight. Coincidence? Anyway, I'm in the market for True Life Confessions 21-27 with exception of 23. PM me. LoL!

Yes. Here's what Matt Nelson of CGC and Brian Weidman of Heritage had to say in the hype interview that came out on Youtube prior to the first auction:

It would not be the first time that folks used comics to launder money.

It is like the Okajima Pedigree: The backstory on the collection is boosting the prices on these books.

STEEEERIKE THREE! LoL! Thanks for what I hope is the final correction!

My dad (b. 1939 and still alive) gave me his childhood collection (late 40s-early 50s) when I first got into comic collecting in the later 70s. He also instilled in me a love of science fiction. For which I am grateful.

There are, unfortunately, other "D" books than Crippens. Your "D" is more ornate than Crippens I've seen. So might be a hard sale.

Thanks! I love being wrong, LOL! Because it means I'm learning something new. At least it is a Ghost Rider cover of sorts. I hope we can now put Frazetta to bed! Anyone else want to offer a correction!?! I already have two strikes! Here's the image:

Oops! My apologies. Dumb misstake. GR # 2 is what I think is the first Frazetta cover! I know of no Frazetta covers before his Ghose Rider run. Again, let me know if I'm wrong! Here it is: EDITED: I WAS WRONG AGAIN!

And this is what I think is Frazetta's first cover (again let me know if I'm wrong): Edited: I was wrong!