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A few months back I was kidding in a PM with another boardie that I was doing a deal with that I was going to head to the PL thread with the following plan: Sadly, it seems that my business plan has been copied, although in a more efficient version that goes straight to step 5.

Brian Walker showed it as a full-page picture on p.32 of his excellent first volume, "The Comics Before 1945." I will try and post scans of it and the art later today. If anyone can post it before then, I would appreciate it. Then allow me. It's a great piece (and those two volumes of The Comics are wonderful).

Ooo - very nice! The top census copy can be seen at Heritage here.

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A few - see about eight posts back.

That was after Captain Atom solved the case of the giant ugly baby riding a train... New thread - weird GA covers... ?

Great thread. Don't get on the wrong side of the Grey Domino!

Sounds like a job for the Crimson Comet and his oversized holster:

I thought I'd add some thoughts to this. I got my slabbed 6.5 in hand. Here it is cracked out (yes, we're back to only 3 blue label copies of this book): The overhang at the top, which is the usual state for this book, is rolled back towards the outer edge and there are a few colour breaks as a result. It'd be hard for that not to happen and the book would have to live an especially charmed life. I'd say that it's possible, but pretty unlikely that there'd be a 9.x of this book for that reason.

And a Planet I couldn't resist in a Heritage auction. A two-headed Barney - what's not to like?

Another couple of ducks for the WDC&S run. This one came out of a CGC 5.5 slab. Looking at it raw, I'm not sure I'd grade it that high, though the PQ and colours are really good and it's a nice tight book. So much for the "can only grade 4.0 with a sub crease" school of thought: The eye appeal to $ ratio was so good on this one I couldn't resist. If I'm ever going to complete WDC&S 1 - 100 I'm going to have to compromise a bit on the grades of the more expensive ones, so I'm looking for nicely presenting lower middle grades. An ex bound volume copy, but very neatly removed.

The truly observant among you might've noticed the turtle crawl along a little lately. Here's the 70th and 71st steps: This one hasn't come to live with me yet, but will be liberated from its plastic tomb when it does. Very happy with the eye appeal to $ ratio on this. My second single digit WDC&S.

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Awesome. I am somewhere in that bidder list. My plan was to get some leafcasting done on the cover, but it got a bit rich for that to be viable. Glad another boardie snagged it.

Well, clearly that didn't work. Anyway, it's always nice to increase the number of Dell ducks in Australia. Incidentally, the first Dell I ever saw in the flesh was an Uncle Scrooge #12 I bought at Lee's Comics in California in the 1980s. It was probably a 1.5 or so, but I felt like I'd made an incredible find.

Wow, that's a great copy Marty. Many (most?) of that print run has really washed out red colours, but yours is nice. Can I have it? Please? (Kidding, of course, though it would go to a good home. )

Why was there a tracking number if the order wasn't being filled?

The Daffy Duck video is great. The key Supergirl appearances is a good idea, but you should've at least grabbed cover pics from comics.org or somthing to illustrate it, and maybe you could've explained who some of the characters are for those who don't know. (I have no idea who Di-k Wilson is, though I am well acquainted with Streaky the cat. ) Just showing your handwritten list isn't that exciting, although it's still better than Jupiter Ascending.

Yup, just add new posts as you go and there'll be a record for future historians who chronicle your path.

Only just noticed this. As a big duck fan, I wonder what you got?

I've picked up a few books lately, but they've been very slow coming in the mail. But this one arrived yesterday: This #15 is my 69th of the first 100 WDC&S. Progress on this set is slow these days, but I also have a #37 on the way in the post. To tell the truth, I'm not sure if this set will ever be completed. I'm missing some expensive books - nine of the first ten, #31 (first Barks) and the few after that. When the Australian dollar was US$1.10 it seemed doable. At US$0.78 I'm much less enthused. Thankfully there are always Australian GA books to chase as well. I usually don't have to pay Forex on those.

The quest continues. This #15 is my 69th of the first 100. I have another on the way in the post, but progress is slow these days. Still, lots to like about this copy, and the colours are lovely.

It's marked with a copyright, so I won't post it, but there's a nice picture of a girl enjoying Carl Barks' third contribution to WDC&S on ebay here.

I never knew that's where that cover art was from. Very cool! I think Daughters of Doom would have made an even better album title. BZ: That's really cool, thanks for the lesson. P5: I always thought a better album would've made a better album. Not Bob's finest moment...

Well, relatively big bucks, for the Australian comic market. The #4 above sold for $2,200 and I've seen similar prices for early copies. #1 is the biggie, though I haven't noticed one selling for a while. It's at least a $10k book though. The only Australian comics that run The Phantom close are early Disney reprints. WDC&S #1 and #3 are both hard to find and expensive (#2 is easier than #3, but again that's relative).