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Yes, this was my number one target in the Berk auction, and I was grateful that it may have had a low profile in the sea of incredible Church Foxes.

Tell him to visit adamstrange.

I think that almost all of the long-time GA Board members, including Lou Fine, are good folks who don't intend their comments to be taken personally, even though some of them may be perceived to be personal. We all have different collecting tastes and views about the hobby. I believe that when those views are expressed, they typically are directed at the issue rather than at any particular people. I think it's good to have differing views aired on our forum even when they aren't shared by all of us.

There is also a Comic-Con museum in San Diego.

I don't know about the GA selection as a whole, but I can tell you that all of the books I was eyeing went for record breaking prices.

I never would have thought that The Eagle #1 was such a prized book. The current bid (including juice) on the MH copy is over $25K. I guess the market on Fox books remains on fire despite the recession.

But how could they have known, especially when there are only 165 copies in 9.8?

I wish I could say that, and you happen to have many of the reasons I can't.

When it came to comics, Edgar had some Weird tastes.

Wow, nice!!

For comparison here's the Nova Scotia MF 57.

As one who has been vocal about the over-grading of the Promise books, I will say this. Although most issues were over-graded, the books I ended up seeing in person had deep/rich colors and lots of gloss. In my opinion, Promise books generally don't match up to high grade Church books, but they are nicer than those in many other respected GA pedigrees, including Billy Wright, Crippen, Cosmic Aeroplane, Crowley, Windy City, Rockford, Nova Scotia and Lost Valley. Bottom line: It's a very impressive collection, but one that was over-graded, which unfortunately taints its reputation.

I've always liked the Schomburg Green Hornet covers.

This one intrigues me. Was Captain America so popular by only the second issue of the title that children were already buying and dressing up in his costume, complete with shield?

The book had numerous tape stains that are not normally found on a 6.5, which may have affected some buyers.

They say they are planning to sell the collection. How is it going to be marketed, through Heritage?

I can't count all the times someone has opined that a book is the Larson copy simply because it had an "L" written on the cover. An "L" is not a Larson feature. Rather the words "Lamont" and/or "Larson" are written out. In other cases, there is specific coding that is the giveaway.

Not for a .5.

How close were you to completing a run of all Centaurs? It looked like you got most of the tough issues.

Interesting to note that another 4.5 copy of this issue sold in a 2009 Heritage auction for only $227. The current bid on this copy is over 35 times that.

ChillMan, which copy of MPFW do you own, the 5.5 copy?

I don't know if anyone else picked up on this, but at 7:48 in the above 1998 video that was posted in the Youtube thread, Flessel credits the Double Action 2 cover to Flanagan. This was over 15 years before the boards "discovered" this fact in the "Tribute to Flessel" thread. The tidbit was out there all those years, but none of us were aware of it.

That's a beaut!

Thanks for posting this. Creig Flessel was a remarkable man. Even in his 90's, he remained as sharp as a tack with a phenomenal memory about the early days and creators of the comic industry. His passing was a sad day for his many fans.