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Thus explaining the sign on this cover!

Just got this one in from Comic Connect. I always have my with CC, because they don't always have the book in hand and I always worry that it has been overgrader by the seller. This one looked good in the auction, and for this issue it's important to get one with a good colour strike and few (or preferably no) colour breaking creases on that solid colour cover. This one ticks those boxes well enough for me (the corner creases are less obvious in hand). It's also really tricky to scan accurately - it's slightly 'oranger' than it looks here, but my scanner software can't reproduce it. Down to two more Mads for the 1 - 24 run now. Still looking for nice midgrades for #s 15 and 17.

Apologies if this isn't the appropriate place, but does anyone know how to contact Cheetah (Jeff)? I was part way through negotiating a purchase of some books from him last year when he headed off overseas, but he doesn't seem to be reading PMs any more. Thanks in advance - PM is fine, since I'd guess he doesn't want his details out there.

Now that there's some red! I like the colours on this one too:

Nice. I so want one of those!

I thought I might try to play with the cool kids (this rarely ends well for me). Here's mine:

I think I have a new favourite word.

All the talk around here about slabs reminded me how much I prefer raw comics. Sooo... crack, crack, crack and these Dell file copies are back in the wild.

Price variant? Edit: just saw 1Cool's post. Seems so. So what's it worth?

... as is this Weird Fantasy #16(4). A Don and Maggie collection copy:

Had a crack party at my place last night. Having been freed from their hard plastic tombs, these Dell file copies are now resting peacefully in Mylar sleeves.

This thread was sinking into the Stygian darkness, so I thought I'd revive it with a couple of great back cover movies ads from WDC&S. These are from #s 54 and 77 respectively.

Just the usual great stuff Corey. BTW, the Looney Tunes #10 in your sig line just went up a peg in the census because I cracked mine out! I just wanted to read it, so out she came.

I have no idea how much that's worth (and please don't tell me because I had my second print bound into a hardcover volume with about 20 other issues), but The Tempest is one of my top five favourite ever comics. Shakespeare writing "By my so potent art. But this rough magic. I here abjure... " after his contract with Morpheus is ended is just magic. When he's good Gaiman is amazing.

Far too long since this thread bobbed up to the top, so here are a few Australian books I picked up recently. A couple of Australian originals: And a couple of Fiction House reprints:

And here's another book from the same collection. There are plenty of mid to highish grade books in this collection. This is not one of them, but it has a rather striking cover image. Silver Flash #40 is an Australian original by Virgil Reilly. The series ran for at least 54 issues starting in 1949. I've never seen this one before (and I think I've only seen one other issue in the flesh, though the GCD has more here). The interior is a bit crude. here's the first page. The observant among you might notice the name of the missing miscreant: Dirk Henrik Tampon... ... which leads to an unforgettable panel where our hero the SF walks onstage and shouts... "Tampon"! You couldn't make this up folks. (Though Virgil Reilly did.)

Good point. Here's the inside of the Crimson Comet:

Quite a bit happening professionally of late, but I'll have a bit more time in the not too distant future to write some more here. But I want to mention a little venture that Duffman_Comics and I have just taken on. We got offered a 104 book collection of pre 1966 Australian comics by US-based board Zzutak ( Jay), which just arrived today. I think we struck a pretty fair deal, and all three parties are happy. Lots more pics to follow, but here's one that is joining my collection. By the late John Dixon, and from 1952 (despite looking like it belongs a decade earlier):

I'd count those as wins for sure!

Can't let this go uncommented. Best. Comics. Ever.

now that's a lot of green monsters Pretty sure you can't have too many of those.

Still waiting Duffbloke... Meanwhile, there's no point having one of these without the other. I feel complete now.

The tortoise inched forward another step this week. Even though this one is a little careworn, I'm pleased to tick it off for a very reasonable price. The pages are really nice, which is a nice bonus - it's usually a leap into the unknown buying on eBay.

Love that book! Yes, I finally finished it. Definitely one of the best books I've ever read, almost certainly the best nonfiction book I've ever read. It gives a nice overview of early twentieth century physics and the personalities involved. The follow up, 'Dark Sun' is worth reading as well. It's already on the list, glad to hear you liked it! I'll give a +1 on both books. The Teller-Ulam solution for the H-bomb is something I wouldn't have thought of in a million years. Rhodes does a great job of describing some fairly arcane technical matters in a readable way.

First appearence of Oversized Brain Guy.