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Guess the mouse wanted some cheesecake. here another copy from the same collection, nice paper quality. [/img] Really tough book. That mouse seemed to love his bottom corners.

Got an e-mail notice from Amazon today, book is delayed (again, and again...) until January 8th, 2013. I spoke to the author at NYC. He said that the book is at the printers right now. They had found an artist who had worked with Matt Baker. They revised the original manuscript to include the new information that they received. Anyone know whether the book will include a bibliography/checklist of Baker's work in comics? If you go to the Twomorrow's preview you'll see they have included a checklist.

This just showed up.

It's a McGuffin isn't it? The fact that she is dutch is what makes the cover memorable. McGuffin? It isn't a Hitchcock movie. Unless it's Foreign Correspondent with the windmill scene. Hitchcock has no copyright on its usage - it's in common parlance! He made it famous- at least on this side of the ocean. Absolutely Dan! Ron! As in the unforgettable long take down the staircase that ends up focused on the key in Ingrid Bergman's hand in "Notorious." Fixed that. Sorry Ron!! Please pardon my nominal aphasia! Dan is of course my other pal buttock. When Alec Guinness wrote his autobiography he called it "My name escapes me". I can relate! I don't mean to derail a comic thread with film talk, but here goes. In Notorious another example of a MacGufffin is the the wine bottles filled with uranium. Important to the movie characters, but not necessarily to the audience, it is there to to motivate them into action. It has no real importance outside of that. It is a MacGuffin.

It's a McGuffin isn't it? The fact that she is dutch is what makes the cover memorable. McGuffin? It isn't a Hitchcock movie. Unless it's Foreign Correspondent with the windmill scene. Hitchcock has no copyright on its usage - it's in common parlance! He made it famous- at least on this side of the ocean. Absolutely Dan! Ron! As in the unforgettable long take down the staircase that ends up focused on the key in Ingrid Bergman's hand in "Notorious." Fixed that.

It's a McGuffin isn't it? The fact that she is dutch is what makes the cover memorable. McGuffin? It isn't a Hitchcock movie. Unless it's Foreign Correspondent with the windmill scene. Hitchcock has no copyright on its usage - it's in common parlance! He made it famous- at least on this side of the ocean.

It's a McGuffin isn't it? The fact that she is dutch is what makes the cover memorable. McGuffin? It isn't a Hitchcock movie. Unless it's Foreign Correspondent with the windmill scene.

- hooded vigilantes reminiscent of KKK -check - buxom blonde chained in shackles- check - blonde about to be lowered onto death machine- check - handsome hero severely in the bg shooting to no avail- check -drawn by Alex Schomburg- check, check, check!! Michael, you've been a busy boy.

That's one nice piece of Baker pulchritude.

Terrific tribute. The Baker book that was due out this month has been pushed back to September.

Hi Ron. Does he have this stuff on a web site somewhere? Hi Michael, Jon has a 5 page ad in this year's OSPG. There's contact info there. He's going to be set up in New York this year and he's always at Chicago. Believe me, once he starts talking he won't let you go. His prices for 9.6 Zips are 5x Guide, and 9.8's are 8X I think. There's no GPA on most of his books, so why bother. The price on the Terrific in 9.4 is $50,000. I'm sure he still has it.

I met Jon Verzyl for the first time in Chicago. I know all the stories, but I loved hearing them from him. Of course he was trying to sell me a comic or 2 from his Mile High Zip run. I was more interested in his MH Terrific #5, not that I had a snowball's chance of ever getting it.

From Chicago.

Looks 6.0-ish. What's the PQ like? OW or OW/W. Bought it in a PGX slab. I'll tell you the grade it was when I get it regraded.

This is getting graded in Chicago.

Getting this one graded in Chjcago .

Wow, that's a nice Whitman cover.

You never see that book in that grade. Baker cover to boot.

Despite the label, the 29 is a Shores cover.

Excellent Roy. One great page.

Here's my copy. Believe I got it off the boards.

$2500 for a tanned-edges 3.5 copy is really steep. Still, this is definitely really rare. I just saw a copy at last weekend's show in TO. I think the price was in the 1k range.

Ah yes. I was an under-bidder and you got a nice book.