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Yes.

Reminds me of the Wonder Woman's invisible jet How Wheels SDCC exclusive!

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I like the stamp. But, it looks like a homemade linocut to me, not a machine made rubber stamp. That looks like an old lino block stamp. My grandmother used them for art projects back in the 40s, and I have some. I think stamp is a little bit of the OO's original art. Far better than crayon scribbles. The kid may even have been inspired by Superman's origin to make that stamp. The stamp hurts the value of the book in my view (its not historical and it distracts from the art), so the notion the stamp was applied recently is foolish. But, the fact that the stamp doesn't exactly match the book could be due to subsequent carving the kid made to the lino block back in the day.

The key point you make is this: A soldier going to war might ask his brother on the home front to keep his comics safe until he got back because, as you put it, he'd be afraid that if he didn't make that request: "They’d be gone when [he] came home." But, Heritage doesn't tell a story about a soldier saying "keep my comics safe until I get home." And, according to Heritage, Robert had already been drafted to go to war before Junie enlisted - so why would "Junie" make his request to Robert anyway? What could Robert do to keep the comics safe from Korea, the comics were with his parents back on the home front? Both brothers were going to war. And why would Robert or "Junie" care what happened to the comics after "Junie" died, given that, as you said, "back then comics were garbage"? If the SF story is any evidence, parents would keep their sons' possessions safe when they went to war. As a parent, I know I'd keep my sons stuff safe until he returned. And I can see how some parents, like the SF parents allegedly did, might have kept their son's room and his possessions completely undisturbed either as a memorial or out of excessive grief.

It does not. But the dupes 1 7.0 sale does. This is just further proof of AC 1 strength if true.

Supposedly the best ungraded copy is the Larson - anecdotally an 8.0. But, to hit $4.5 million, wouldn't AC 1 need to be a fresh to the market copy that is in a higher range? Or did Hariri free his under copy from the holder and sell that? Either way, think this is further proof that the top three books in the hobby are AC 1, D27 and Supes 1. Sorry AF 15.

I think this reconfirms what we all knew: The Top 3 are AC 1, D27 and Supes 1.

https://imprint.swanngalleries.com/illustration-art/illustration-art/2592#lot152

All are now reprinted by Fantagraphics.

Congratulations to whoever just won the auction for some of the original art from, and a copy of, the "one good comic book" ever published according to Dr. Wertham - The Nightingale. Well worth the $4,750. There are only three copies now in private hands. This fresh to the market copy is beat-up. While it has a cover and it is a very worthy addition to any collection given its extreme rarity, there is brittle paper loss in one corner, fortunately not impacting interior images, but rounding out that corner significantly, as well as numerous other flaws. My guess, probably around a CGC 1.0 brittle-cream. HOWEVER, if you don't have one of these you can never own a complete collection of all comics mentioned in SOTI. And it presents well enough. Moreover, whoever won this lot now has the book and four pages of original art (two in color and two in b&w - as they were published), what I think was a preliminary for an unused back cover, an unused b&w version of the two color pages of OA, and four stats. The color art is quite attractive by a significant fine artist - Dong Kingman. Quite a haul. I am positive the underbidders are disappointed. Again, congrats!

Other notable early appearances are WDC&S 98 (3rd App., 1st in title), March of Comics 41 (4th App., 1st in title), WDC&S 104 (5th app., 2nd in title), WD Christmas Parade 1 (6th App., 1st in title) And there were also some surprising non-Barks story appearances, including the FC 379 BB-Gun mentioned.

In SF, it was organized crime who put together the "flash mob" attacks. They were going for fungible unidentifiable high end luxury goods (e.g. purses, etc.) which were handed over to organized crime for resell elsewhere or on the internet in an untraceable way. SF has taken a very hard law enforcement line and there have been no repeats of those kind of attacks. Many of the flash mob participants have already been arrested, and I expect that the police will move up the ladder as the investigation continues. Ordinary shoplifting is a different, in SF's case local, issue.

Nice to hear BZ's doing well! The only FB account I knew of for him (a public facing account for comic related discussion) hasn't had a new post by him since 2019. Before anyone tries to find that FB account, it is not findable without knowing his real name. I wish BZ would consider coming back to share some more stories and pics. But, if I had his collection I'd be scared of someone trying to steal it. So I hope that everyone continues to respect his privacy.

I know how that feels.

Wait, what happened to Bedrock?

Wow! Timely trigger as Lizards2 was circling in! You are the winner! We'll work out shipping details and costs via PM. (If the deal falls apart, but seems unlikely, I'll be in touch Lizards2).

If you are willing to drive over to Eugene (heart of Duckland), sure!

Been storing this at my parents' house. I am flying there this weekend. So I thought I'd see is anyone wants to acquire this as I can ship it out tomorrow. A five sided 60s spinner rack, in beautiful condition, signs stating "Comics Merry Go Round," "The Best in Comics", "Hey Kids Comics," "Wholesome Comics Entertaining," "Comics for All Ages". Would be a fantastic addition to any comic room: It is located in Oregon. I will ship with safe and secure packaging (it is a light rack because it has the lightweight style of stand), but buyer pays actual shipping cost. I can figure that amount out tomorrow, but would estimate it to be less than $100 anywhere in the country. The transaction would be contingent on satisfactory shipping costs. Usual rules and stipulations. I take Paypal and (I think) venmo. Offers will be entertained, but first "take it" wins. $800.00

Not GA, but someone scored on eBay by getting this rack I've never seen before on a cheap BIN:

Of the two, I'd go for the 6.0 Canadian. But, frankly, in the grade range you are looking at I'd consider buying a much cheaper raw copy so you can read the stories. You can also get an 8.5 blue of no. 5 for only $440 on Heritage.

New pick up, Cat? This isn't the one you picked up from the famous pin-up comic dealer, right?

Batman needs to balance out the leg work of his workout. His right leg is completely atrophied compared to his left. And this is a classic cover? Looks rushed.