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Disclosure I was listening to a Barry Manilow song while I did so but you're not going to see me admit that in public. I have my limits.

On the list it goes! Love me some RQ Sale.

Gorgeous colors Scrooge!

much like the 1950's funny pages and other funny animal books, they are generally considered "scarce"... in my years, I have found the last 10 issues or so of CC to be available in lower grade, but really scarce above fine... 58 is a tough one for sure...I only owned the one copy that was in my runs years ago Let's stop talking about your runs. This is a family-friendly board.

Just WOW.

Lordamercy Bill!!! That looks like a whole lotta fun.

Bought a Wings 21, had the book in 2 days as described. Couldn't have gone better!

"The pig that cost a hundred lives"

+1. New one to me too! +2. Wow! I sure wish I owned more than a cover scan especially now that I've drawn the attention of you high-rollers to it. Iron page Clueless Jack I've got a true beater (no back cover) if anyone wants it. Just shoot me a PM.

Holy goat, did you just print that?

Hey Shep, Congrats on the copy of SSWS 6. Because Pedrin's guide listed that book as "extremely rare", I bought every copy I ever stumbled upon, unless the price was ridiculous. I ended up with 7 copies. I did the same with G. I. Combat #87, and I ended up with 21 copies. I did the same with SSWS 151 and I ended up with about 35 copies. Is SSWS 6 "extremely rare"? I doubt it. Tough to find? Yes. I don't have a copy anymore and I other than my last copy that I sold in 2010, I don't think I've seen another one in 2010 or 2011 so far. It is tough. Andy It's extremely rare because no child could get past the ridiculous cover! Shep, you'll always be sheep to us now.

I pledge to take them into account every time I sell, and to ignore them every time I buy. So nothing really has changed.

I pledge to take them into account every time I sell, and to ignore them every time I buy.

I've always thought the same!

When I first got the book, I read ~200 pages and was bored senseless. Then I had a long plane flight & just grabbed it to see if it would occupy my time. Couldn't put it down.

Cryptonomicon... Currently reading: Norman Stone, The Atlantic & its Enemies Robert Gellately, Lenin, Stalin, & Hitler Doris Kearn Goodwin, Team of Rivals Waiting for: Timothy Keller, The Reason for God

Send it to me and I'll figure it out!

The recent book on Bill Everett, "Fire & Ice", made mention that Hardie & Kelly were the pubs of the pulps. Happened to strike me at the time.

Nice pick up Billy. Not sick anymore but lost all my #'s. Call me tomorrow so we can finally catch up Great cover! thanks guys; i love it, but it's cap't midnight 17 i'm hot for now--go check that bad boy out. just a killer raboy cover, missed by o'street.

Slick Chick was the first that came to mind too!

This one is driving me nuts. I know I've seen it a hundred times.

DC had agreed to distribute no more than eight Atlas titles per month (which amounted to sixteen bi-monthly titles at the time) in 1957 when Atlas could find no other distributor which was probably a fallout from the Kefauver Senate hearings on the threat to the nation's youth poised by comics. I doubt, however, that the Incredible Hulk's cancellation was linked precisely to the desire to launch the Amazing Spider-Man. The title that gave way to the Amazing Spider-Man was none other than Amazing Fantasy. The timeline fits since with the cancellation of Amazing Fantasy Marvel had room for one more title. Moreover the last issue of the Incredible Hulk ran in March 1963 which was the same month that saw the launch of Amazing Spider-Man which would have amounted to a doubling up in that month. In 1958, 1959 and 1960, Independent News was distributing 8 titles per month for Atlas/Marvel. In June 1960, they began publishing 10 titles per month -- with the exception of December 1960 when no titles were released. 11 titles were distributed in June 1961, 10 titles in July and 12 titles in August. The numbers alternated between 10 and 12 titles (with the odd exception) until June 1963 when annuals pushed the monthly release to 15. The monthly numbers ranged between 11 to 16 until the end of 1965 (this is where my area of interest ends). We can see the numbers of books crept up slightly but books still needed to be cancelled in order for Martin Goodman to juggle the titles. ___________________________ Amazing Fantasy #15 was cancelled June 1962 and replaced in August 1962 with the return of Two-Gun Kid with issue #60. Note that these are newsstand distribution dates and not cover dates which post-dated the actual month of release by two or three months. Linda Carter, Student Nurse was cancelled with issue #9 in October 1962 and was replaced with Amazing Spider-Man #1 in December of 1962. The Incredible Hulk was cancelled with issue #6 in January 1963 and replaced in March of 1963 with Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #1. Gunsmoke Western was cancelled with issue #77 in May 1964 so that Amazing Spider-Man could go monthly in July 1963 with issue #5. Images courtesy of the Grand Comics Database. Great information, thanks for sharing ! Yeah, what he said!

I remember it like it was yesterday, sitting behind the table working out that deal with you. I bought it after you had failed to sell it to someone else because they didn't want to pay over guide. I was at the bootht and told the potential buyer that it was the kind of book that went for a premium and that it was smart, in that case, to pay over guide. My logic didn't work for him but when he turned it down it worked on me, and I wasn't previously even looking for that issue. Bedrock the gouger.