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One of my favorites from the run. I think I saw this one in my dentist's office when I was a kid. He had a box of totally random comics, like Pink Pather, Bugs Bunny, and then horror stuff like this. Not sure what he was going for...

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One of my favorite purchases this year I finally got around to scanning. I didn't find it in the wild, though. Picked it up on eBay from a Whitman collector in California. Although I'm not a Whitman variant collector, I wanted this book for my DC BA war collection. I think I'll post it in the CG best buys 2016 thread, too!

Always loved WWT, but I believe this is my favorite cover of the run! Great Dominguez cover!

My advice would be to pick up a few cheap, low grade BA war books and judge for yourself how realistic they feel to you. (I think everyone has their own personal metric they would use to determine such a thing.) For example, personally, I feel like out of all the BA DC war titles, G.I. Combat is the least realistic, mostly because of the premise -- the ghost of Jeb Stuart advising a US tank crew during WWII. Afte that, I'd probably go with OFF as the second less realistic. SSWS/ Unknown Soldier has an espionage vibe, which I think works well for most of the series. OAAW/Sgt. Rock is, frankly, all over the place. Some issues are quite realistic, while others are not. Bob Kanigher was writing most of these books (and sometimes all of them) and he is definitely not Garth Ennis. (Although to compare them is really unfair to both writers, as they are/were working in different eras, etc.) If you feel like casting a wider net, I heartily recommend the British BA war stuff. Alot of it is being reprinted these days in hardcover collections. The BA Brits were very adpet at writing exciting, historical war material that also managed to pack a real punch. In terms of quality, try checking out Charley's War, followed by Darkie's Mob, Johnny Red and a series called Battle Classics (with intros by Garth Ennis,who talks about his debt to the 70s British war comics and how they inspired his writing.)

It's an old XTC song. They have a few songs you may have heard. "Making Plans for Nigel," (which was covered by Primus, of all groups) 'Dear God," and the "Mayor of Simpleton."

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I seem to remember that Dr. Graves was mostly a host character, right? Dr. Spektor is the main character in this book, sort of like a proto Fox Mulder or Carl Kolchak. Most of the stories are pretty good. Jesse Santos is a Filipino artist who draws in a style somewhat similar to the other BA artists from the Philippines. And the Gold Key painted covers are usually pretty cool.

Any love here for Dr. Spektor?

Great book!

What happened to that sweet G.I. Combat book someone posted?

Wow, awesome!

I just read Jonah Hex is going to be on tonight's episode!

Well, I tried to get the NES classic at Best Buy this morning. The limit was one unit per person. The store had exactly 25 units, and I was number 26 on line. So it goes. Anybody here able to get one?

Congrats on the sale...but why is this book suddenly hot? It's not suddenly hot. It's sought after in high grade and there are many people willing to still pay highly for it as there aren't many high grade examples. I sold a CGC 9.6 copy about 3 years ago for nearly $300 USD This book is not in my wheelhouse. I don't think I've ever heard of it before, unless it's the one with Thanos in a helicopter? That could be fun. EDIT: I see there's already a thread about the Thanos copter!

Congrats on the sale...but why is this book suddenly hot?

So, I think this was one of the Easter eggs, but somebody back me up -- Before Dr. Strange gets into the car accident, he's speaking to one of his assistants on the phone. The assistant mentions an Air Force pilot with a spinal injury caused by an experimental armor malfunction (or something to do with a suit of armor). This is a reference to War Machine, right?

Once again, Aaron is the man.

Saw it. Liked it. Went with a Ditko-era Strangehead who thought it was great. Neither of us were sure if the Inception-style effects meshed all that well with the Ditko stuff, but, eh, no big deal.

That HOS 100 is sweet! I forget which pedigree that little silver sticker represents...

You're right -- I guess I thought those were more Kid Colts!

Hey, Barton -- great books! Got any Mighty Marvel Westerns or Western Gunfighters? I've been thinking about putting together a run of those titles.

Some great covers from the Weird Western era... The next two books are an essential two-parter about Hex's past, and the appearce of another of his enemies, Quentin Turnbull, a man seeking revenge... Finally, this one's a classic. Why? It reveals the true fate of Jonah Hex! Do old gunslingers never die? Read on...