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Yes, well done.

Yeah, there's no doubt that some of the publishers were really pushing the limits. I'm not at all surprised that they got into trouble.

I like it‼️

Yep. Most 1940s and 50s Australian comics were printed without specialised cover stock. The paper stock on this one is particularly poor. The same printer did the Australian issues of Piracy, and I'm yet to see one of those that hasn't aged badly.

I like that the portrait on the wall appears to be reacting to the unfolding scene 

No idea. This is the only one I've ever seen and none of the Australian comic archive sites had it. So sales data = what I paid for this one. I have been offered (and declined) a lot more than that for it though...

Yes it does. The Extra! covers were quite good - in fact probably the best thing about a mostly lackluster comic.

Neat early non face mask helmet football cover🫡👀

Neat little war theme cover👍

Highest on the census is 9.2 with only a handful of high grade. But the overall numbers aren't very different for issues around that number.

Yes, one of my favourites. It goes very nicely with the Looney Tunes #10 cover that came out the same month. There were MANY flag covers dated July 1942.

It’s cool👍

The US edition had a photo cover. This cover is adapted from an interior panel, so the whole comic is drawn in that style.

I think there's trouble all round on that cover. The P-80 isn't going to pull out from there... (one of my pet gripes about a lot of air combat covers - a crash is inevitable as drawn).

I don't think they'd be bothered with coins very often!

one of my favorite stories in the Bible !

It caught my eye when one sold for a really solid price at Heritage earlier this year. Then this one popped up at a very reasonable price... no brainer.

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Yeah - I really like a nice bright Dell book.

Why didn't I think of that?

Hey, @FoggyNelson - check out the thread I started in gold about basketball covers. Turns out there are a couple of dozen earlier ones.

Can that be right? Basketball is a popular game and I'd expect that to be reflected on comics. But now you mention it... I can think of baseball and football GA covers but...

Great action plus babe cover👏👏❤️

Good question. Actually it happens more on the covers than in the interior stories. I'll post some examples in my journal thread.

Not entirely sure what the US planes are meant to be, though they have a bit of the B-52 about them. The bad guys are the usual Fiction House "mystery Soviet fighter" - I wrote about this in my 'comic notebook' thread.