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Went to see the movie yesterday. Came here to put out some thoughts, but obviously silly bickering is taking precedent so I'll just move on.

God gave up on you?

Great cover!

Ok if it's invalid?

Step 1 completed, I'll need your help with step 2.

I don't want to see his junk.

That era for Quality, like many other publishers, was just awful. It has taken me decades to find some of the Blackhawks in the 50s in decent shape. This book, for example, top census is 6.0.

Relisted with no change. https://www.ebay.com/itm/225852926948

I think this is the last of it for Atlas war books (I don't have Combat Kelly 35 because those panel covers are just boring). His last work before transitioning to DC was 4/57, although he did the odd story here and there after a couple of years passed. Navy Combat 9 is such a strange cover. The top half is Everett and the bottom half is Heath.

Yeesh, only 4 months late. Heath's output for Atlas war covers started going down pretty dramatically after the code. He had dabbled with DC before this, but as of 8/55 when Brave & the Bold 1 came out, his started transitioning over to mostly DC work. I would assume that the security of having a dedicated series with DC was nice, although he was still drawing a lot of non-continuous stories for their war titles.

There is nothing at all in the pictures to suggest that is trimmed.

Andy???

I see at least two I could maybe try to work something out on. You know, just so that you felt better about selling something.

I don't know.

Have you ever had a short post?

It won't be restored/purple label. My best guess is that it will be factored into the grade, but they may choose to go qualified or at least offer you that option.

A few thoughts on 'ages'. 1. Ages don't necessarily start and stop consecutively. i.e. it's not the case that the GA stops on 12/31 and SA starts on 1/1. I think there are a few cases where the start is obvious (Action 1, Showcase 4), but more where an age evolved slowly, both beginning and end. So to try to define them with an absolute date or issue is impossible. 2. Ages don't apply across the board for publishers, titles, or characters. Showcase 4 in 1956 is obviously silver age, but Batman from the same month still feels like the doofy 50s Batman rather than the one that changed in 1964. You can say that the GA ended with WW2, but I think the later All Stars, Flash, Superman, Batman, etc., still feel very GA. Timely and Nedor, on the other hand had clear changes as the war ended since their covers were almost exclusively war-related. So a 1947 DC might seem very GA, but a 1947 Timely doesn't. Similarly the SA is very different for DC vs. Marvel. The Silver Age begins with Showcase 4 in 1956, but for Marvel it doesn't really start until FF 1 in 1961. Therefore a 1957 Marvel (which would be Atlas at the time) isn't viewed as SA, while a 1957 DC might be SA. Further, Showcase 4, while being clearly the start of the SA, doesn't mean that all DCs after Showcase 4 are SA. Is All Star Western 89 not SA, while 91 is SA? No, it took some time for the whole comic book field to evolve into the SA. 3. The definitions of an 'age' aren't consistent. GA and SA conventionally refer to superhero comics. The Golden Age started with Action 1 and the Silver Age started with Showcase 4. Those terms are used broadly in society, but there aren't societal equivalents for Bronze, Copper, etc. Those terms then followed to refer more to eras than actual events, which is why there is so much debate over when the BA started. There isn't a singular book like Action 1 or Showcase 4 that defined the change, nor was there a tapering out of the preceding era to make such a singular book stand out. In this case it's more that things shifted over time with things like GL 76, the Spidey drug books, etc., that were reflective of a societal shift rather than an event in the history of comic publishing. So GA and SA refer to one type of change, while BA refers to another and CA yet another. Then throw in things like "atomic era", "pre-code", "pre-hero Marvel", etc., and things get really confusing because you're referring to different framing points in different genres, publishers, titles, and characters (e.g. nobody talks about pre-code Disney).

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I only accept pure unadulterated and unquestionable power. Politics is beneath me.

... and leaking oil. But you're absolutely right about American car handling. I've driven most of the sports car models from US manufacturers and it's awful. I haven't gotten into a C8 yet, but I hear there's some understeer although the rest of it is pretty top notch.

The "Golden Age" is a descriptive term referring to a time when things were great in all features. It defines itself in a way. Before Action 1, although things definitely existed, they weren't the same as after Superman came into existence. Then things boomed throughout the war, but shortly after the creativity, profitability, etc., all declined. So for me, the true "Golden Age" is from Action 1 to the end of WW2. But there are many ways to define it for other reasons.

It really bothers me moreso than all the other QC stuff. CGC is supposed to be the authority on this stuff and it absolutely crushes their reputation. I mean there are some times when you are a little iffy on whether or not something is a pedigree, but this one isn't even close to being correct. Lately they've certified fake bethlehems, and they will regularly miss other pedigrees that have unmistakable markings.

This book isn't a Larson. It has the wrong markings, and isn't even from the right time frame. @CGC Mike https://www.ebay.com/itm/225834334775?hash=item3494c67a37:g:fh4AAOSwPN5ikaRW&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwIQ3gFAWJQKPIqEuW74fpekWzYjBxZN3B0SGsPs2LszNE%2B2wJbrBT67%2Fk7Ljyh7qTo7f5XUu410yE%2BSD4JM10%2Fhzw1bCVpugIf6FBxWW6pQtqijfiS9dqAoqgtkuu3fcAI74w4kCIN0%2FtYZ6ywl2I6XW2lNovKICVifJOMBRO%2BzmTBNlZhC4FAi5OHUkbUejtVI1gS0Gx5y9gRrmEayuthPLzEC%2BDfMWX%2Fhrg0Q0bpdQQlEdk8MUPQ0vBmFxCy8s7A%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR7yflpHxYg