Ken Aldred

I have a 232 9.4, no image. Here's my 251...

I've never understood why there was even a debate about its significance when measured up against the first appearance of Ra's Al Ghul, or the first Bronze Age psychopathic Joker comic, with its many pages of absolutely brilliant, original, non-homaged Adams art and a nice cover too.

+1 Absolutely brilliant read.

At the end of GOTG 2, Ayesha calls the being in the cocoon Adam, so doubtful there'll be an intermediate stage featuring Him.

Sounds like a shop with a very good selection. Were you as impressed with their more locally-created French / Belgian bandes dessinées comics?

It's been hitting the low 30's (Celsius) here in the UK but, as Jimmers said, it's the discomfort of the humidity as well. One of our most consistently-hot summers.

No need to look for a special purpose.

Problem is, there are far too many hoards of pristine comics from 1983. WTTB !

Still convinced that if his hovering chair is ever destroyed, he has The Copter ready and waiting as backup transportation.

Memorable for being some of the first ASM issues I bought as imported ND copies, 35c = 35p, (overpriced as it was just 12p distributed at the time) as well as the Stegron and Will O’the Wisp issues. I always found the battles with Kingpin to be incredibly boring.

He has a surprisingly poor success rate.

It’s actually a very interesting range of material.

As much as Batman 251 is my favourite Adams-drawn DC comic, I’d still consider the first appearance of Ra’s Al Ghul, my favourite Batman villain, to be far more significant. The trajectory of 251 relative to 232 has surprised me.

Yup. I was thinking the same thing. Basically very similar to Gunn's approach in his two GOTG films. A guest appearance by Korg would be nice.

Very slow-burning. It took years for the Thanos Copter issue's brilliance to become widely appreciated.

Also, managing to put together the most impressive group of consistently-excellent, ultra-talented A-list comic artists ever to work for a single comic book company, during any one period, in the entire history of the medium. As a lifelong EC fan, and thus, completely unbiased and immune to hyperbole, that makes Gaines one of comics' immortals.

Not well enough for a place on Mount Olympus, or Rushmore, nor for the final look for Batman, which was Finger’s design.

Shouldn’t be included. Swipe artist who got lucky with having a more talented collaborator; Bill Finger, later Jerry Robinson.

Interesting change of image. You’d suspect the presidency to be a closed shop, recruiting from within, and as a Brit it’s interesting to see what they’d look like, somewhat more disinhibited than usual, while attending a Masonic gathering.

Classic Bronze Age.

Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Will Eisner, Bill Gaines

IIRC, wasn’t there a lot of water damage to other parts of Church’s hoard, including some non- comics material? 40 years is a long time to assume that optimum preservative conditions could be persistently sustained, and it’s perfectly possible that the comics could’ve suffered considerable damage in the interim period, and would no longer be the superb specimens we know them as today. If Chuck had still been the discoverer then there’d be a silver lining as, even with water staining or mould damage, the books would still grade NM on his website.

This is possibly the worst multiple spam attack ever on the boards. It used to be one or two at once, but nothing quite this concentrated, and quite so tedious as a result.

It most likely translates as ' My client is a Nigerian prince in very difficult circumstances who would like to pay you to help him facilitate a transaction by using your bank account.'

Yup. Despite the pound sterling plummeting in value to near worthlessness after the Brexit decision, Lancashire Kitchens were so brilliantly designed, built to last, and such terrific value that even in those dire circumstances it was still worth importing them into North America. Unfortunately, as you said, the recently-introduced additional tariffs have pushed it too far, past breaking point, tragically depriving your country of their genius-level products.