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Such a great pickup!

New version of The Red Iceberg? Recently picked this up. It's beat, but I think it's a previously undocumented "In The Wild" version of the Catechetical Guild classic The Red Iceberg. This has a Florida Liquid Propane Gas Association imprint on the back cover. Is this a new version?

A fave Simon and Kirby crime cover, Three Prime Crime Femmes, And a reminder - that all this good clean crime fun led to some of the strictest restrictions on free speech ever imposed in our history.

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What a whole lot of great crime comics! I know we were in good hands where early in the thread two people posted "Dead End Crime Stories". (thumbs u Thanks to all posters - great covers and some really tough runs! Lots of what I was going to post has been posted already - some amazing copies! Here are some others. Atlas Crime/Horror title...

Congrats! I know how much you've been looking! (thumbs u

Thanks so much for the links. However, that DC Indexes list of Sherman's work doesn't have him as working on Real Fact #18. Looking at the sample of Sherman's Dr. Fate work, it seems hard to believe it's the same artist, unless he matured dramatically in a few years. So does anyone know for sure who this artist is - whether it's Sherman or not? Thanks!

Real Fact is a great comic! Here is a question for you OBSCURE D.C. specialists! Really like the art on this story. comics.org has it as "Howard Sherman?" Is this Howard Sherman? Where else did he do such good work? Thanks!

Nice Miss Fury! She was always dropping in on trouble.

Mr. Robot Man, Tapping into your vast memory banks...can you please tell me, do you have any information on this metal tray featuring Opper's Alphonse and Gaston? And do you know of others like it? Thanks!

Sure - with all the great books popping up here, I didn't think folks would be much interested in this. I like the Big Shot title - with Vincent Sullivan as editor, the books have interesting characters and a decidedly early DC feel. That is a great book, Steve! Love the Sparky Watts Big Shots but never saw #1 before!

Really like this one. Neal Adams art on this giveaway to promote D.C.'s Dollar Comics to distributors and newsstands.

Here is a fun set of transforming COMMANDRON toys with a D.C. comic in each package. I can't find any other information about these. Supposedly they were a test run for a McDonald's giveaway that never took off. Don't know who's in the comics. Should I open the packs and find out?

Here is a super rare, ridiculously cool giveaway: 1980 SPECIAL OLYMPICS COACHES MANUAL 180 PAGE GIVEAWAY COMIC BOOK - The RAREST D.C. GIANT? Rare Undocumented SUPERMAN APPEARANCE! Copyright 1980 Special Olympics, Inc. and the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation. This served as a promotional comic book for SPECIAL OLYMPICS. By helping coaches teach sports, they encouraged participation in the Special Olympics program. This features an unknown SUPERMAN appearance. He relates the history and meaning of the OLYMPICS. This features appearances by an incredible selection of celebrity athletes, including: * John Havlicek * Julius Erving * Arnold Schwarzenegger * Pele * Bruce Jenner * Wilma Rudolph Page after page of great instructional comic art about many different sports techniques, including baseball, basketball, bowling, diving, tennis, frisbee, hockey, swimming, and more! This was produced by Dik-Art of Stratford, CT, with the artistic talents of: * Giordano * Rich Buckler * Mike DeCarlo * Dave Humphreys * Frank McLaughlin * Win Mortimer * Joe Rubinstein * Jack Sparling * Sal Trapani * Sal Amendola * and more!

Here are two they did with Pearl S. Buck and her East and West Association to promote international understanding. And another, which may be unlisted...

Found a few obscure D.C. giveaways over the years. The first three are listed but pretty tough to find.

Thanks, Bill! (thumbs u I'm gonna post some other modern stuff in D.C. giveaway thread in General.

Here are two they did with Pearl S. Buck and her East and West Association to promote international understanding. And another, which may be unlisted...

Here are a few obscure D.C. giveaways...

Lots of great comics in this thread! Scanned this and just realized it could go here.

Amazing story! You were meant to find this art to keep it from getting trashed!

Great set of books and that birthday match is too much! It's Fate!

What a set! That is some great reading right there!

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