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GA Signature Series - it doesn't get much cooler than that!

It's pretty rare but it does come up occasionally. I've only ever seen three or four for sale. Heritage sold a restored one a couple of years ago. Steve/Shocase had one for sale a while back. i think I've seen one other one on ebay a couple of years ago. I'll defintely post some interior pics when I get the chance. (thumbs u

Posted this in the pulp thread but I don't think anyone ever visits it anymore. This is the very rare Flash Gordon Strange Adventures Magazine No.1 pulp from 1936. According to some sources it was not licensed by King Features, which probably accounts for its scarceness as well as the fact that the second issue promised in an ad was never published.

Sweet!

I've wanted one of these for a long time.

That's the thing that has had me going about the comments on Forrest while Calkins gets a free pass art-wise? Granted, I recently saw some later Calkins Sundays with Buddy and Allura and comparing them with earlier pages when Buddy first meets Allura, it's like night and day. Wonder if it was a natural evolution of Calkins or if it's simply the heavy use of ghosts. I don't know enough about the strip to be sure. The Sundays were mostly either Keeton or Yager from what I understand. From the examples posted here, Forrest is clearly a better artist than Calkins. You guys know I love Buck Rogers, and I think Calkins' primitive style and awkward anatomy is charming and fun, but let's face it, there are 12-year-olds that can draw better than he can.

So I don't really collect BA much any more, but a few years back I picked up several raw 30 cent variants after hearing about them here. The recent price hike for submitting 1975-80 books finally got me to dig them out and send them in.

Got back a few of the 1975-1980 books I sent in before the price hike. Some early Byrne X-Men appearances: And some 30 cent variants including a sweet ASM 157:

Glad I am not the lone loony out there. I know I have a rep to give props to most artists but Horn's a little harsh. Here's a non-adventure half-Sunday of the strip and I've seen far worse by a long shot Man, I really like his work. I wasn't familiar with it until now. Looking on Wikipedia, it says that Tailspin Tommy began in 1928. So why doesn't it get credit as the first adventure strip since its debut predates Tarzan and Buck Rogers? :shrug: Probably b/c whoever decides those things didn't like Forrest's art Joking aside, it's probably because Tailspin is thought of as an aviation strip (same as SkyRoads and others) that got its start one year almost to the day after Lindbergh crossed to Paris. When it started Tailspin was focusing on relating the daily experience of commercial aviation: transporting freight, ... (think Bright Eyes or even Steve Canyon for that matter) instead of being pure adventure, it isn't until the '30's that the strip took its turn to adventure.* * - info based on Horn's description of the series content. That makes sense. Of course what we think of as typical aviation-related stuff was more of an adventure in 1927 or 28.

Glad I am not the lone loony out there. I know I have a rep to give props to most artists but Horn's a little harsh. Here's a non-adventure half-Sunday of the strip and I've seen far worse by a long shot Man, I really like his work. I wasn't familiar with it until now. Looking on Wikipedia, it says that Tailspin Tommy began in 1928. So why doesn't it get credit as the first adventure strip since its debut predates Tarzan and Buck Rogers? :shrug:

Kudos to marvelcollector for superfast payment and a great transaction!

Cool! That's a nice-looking 4.5!

Holy cow, David! That's awesome!

I'm pretty happy about it.

Thanks Bill! Though I have to admit, this one had a little help reaching it's potential. You pressed a Mile High? Yeah, I know I'm evil. The whole book had a kind of bend to it so that it didn't lay flat. It was originally a cgc 7.0 old label. It was professionally pressed by Matt. This is the first book that I've had pressed for purely aesthetic reasons.

Thanks Bill! Though I have to admit, this one had a little help reaching it's potential.

I love it when I come back home from a long couple of weeks in the field and I have a box from Sarasota waiting for me.

Sweet books, Ryan!

Best thread ever!

Probably my favorite cover of the run! And this is one the nicest copies I've seen. Berdanier was an engraver before he started working in comics and it really in some his linework.

I know how much some of you guys liked Archie, but he just never did it for me. All Star 3.

What a gorgeous book! And congrats on the new job! (thumbs u

Nice books Lauren!