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Great read! I want to check out some Stanley Weinbaum now, after reading Lovecraft's letter!

I'm feeling my arm being twisted really hard. Those books rule!

I've never seen that Hit 16 before (or never noticed). That is a sweet cover!

Just for comparison, here's the page (from a reprint) in case not everyone has it memorized. The grasshoppers, the "use of one hand" image (even though it doesn't quite match the text), etc. Amazingly similar! Jack Ahh, it's probably just coincidence.

I'm starting to think there's another Buck Rogers fan in the house!

Interesting swipe. George Bellows (1924). its uncanny! Here's the real thing - Dempsey vs. Firpo, 1923:

You know what, I never noticed the were different stamps! I love the title of the story - "The Boy Balloonist, or Among Weird Polar People." Talk about a sub-title non sequitor!

Perhaps you're remembering Bob mentioning the apparently apocryphal review of "The Gladiator" in Siegel's fanzine? Link Yep, that's exactly the the post I was thinking about! (thumbs u

That is sweet!

What do you mean? Did someone remove the four ERB stories from the individual issues and put them together in one? Just curious.

Just just getting caught up on this thread again. The early Superman references are awesome - I love this stuff! I wish Bob B. would pop in and comment every once and a while - this stuff is right up his alley. In fact I seem to remember him mentioning the Amazing Stories "Gladiator" review in a previous thread, but I might be mistaken about that. I agree there's no way no way siegel would have not read this review - and the actual book as well.

I just wonder what's it's short for. Fremont? Freeman? Freida? Fremilda? Gotta love those crazy Victorian and Edwardian names.

.... or pulps.

Dime novels probably don't count, do they?