Hibou

No but i'm in your mom's bed. Okay, this one made me spit my coffee out...

For about the 12,000th time, that book was not published in November, 1969. That book was published/onsale in August, 1969. If you want the Spider-Man book that was on sale in November, 1969, you'd need to buy Spider-Man 81. This book, for example, has a cover date of December, 1969, yet has a date stamp received of October 29. I'm not sure why this doesn't compute for people. Noooo... Curse you Donut ----------> Destroyer of nostalic memories. Now I get it though.

I think there was a simliar thread in one of the sub-forums. At any rate, there were a bunch of books published in November of '69 but I consider this one my b-day book.

I've noticed the same.

Bought a Six Million Dollar Man DVD box set from Michael and all I can say is... wow! Great price and shipped faster than bionic legs could carry it! Thanks again Rupp!

Bought a few books from Mark that looked better than advertised! Terrific packaging and very, very easy to deal with!

I read through many pages of that thread yesterday and it's pretty sad on many levels.

Bought a nice copy of Batman 20... it was shipped as fast as she could chase after the postal carrier! Super-well packed and the book in hand looked better than the pics... Thanks again Sharon!

Really want a copy of Whiz 19... That Whiz 1 is a great book though!

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Always liked this one as well... But my vote is Fantastic 3 followed by Startling 49.

Double cover! Very nice!!! I'll post the one I currently have but who knows how long that will be for... It was this: Which was then sold to a boardie who had it signed by Adams and O'Neil. CGC then turned it into this which I recently reacquired in a deal:

Interesting juxtaposition... Superman filming the bomb as a spectator - Captain Marvel at ground zero trying to catch it. NO GIVE ME STRIKE MOD0... NO GIVE ME STRIKE!!

That is awesome!!

Paul donated a nice copy of Four Color 406 to the Fazybones charity thread which I received. The book came very well packed! Thanks again!

Another easy transaction with Michael... thanks again!

Very easy to deal with... thanks for another great transaction Brock!

Dirty. Filthy... disgusting... Your photography is pretty nice though!

Really digging your 'Old Masters' charcoal and sculpture Soft-Serve...

What grade you think it will hit David? I was at NYCC but I must have missed Roy's copy. I'm thinking a 3.0... I only have this scan and it's already boxed up to go this afternoon. The biggest issue is the spine which is split in 2 spots in the middle. Looks better than 3.0 to me. Welcome to the club. I'll place you in the raw section until it comes back. Just what I thought... And with this, I now own the lowest graded book in the club!

I love that "Here is a small reproduction of the cover" line... also used in the house ads for Batman #1. Because superhero comics were so in their infancy, they were seemingly afraid kids might be on the lookout for a digest format rather than the standard one. setting time machine back for May 18, 1939 flux capacitor flexing You're lucky. All I could do was 'right click-save'...

I was wondering about this as well... I wonder if they were initially worried that having the Superman comic AND regular Superman-covered Action would be too much...? But thinking about it further... look at what happened around Jan-Mar 1939: The newspaper strip launched, they moved to squash the competition with DC v Bruns, and they were prepping for the Superman comic -- and of course, by the end of the year there were monthly Superman Action covers. So that fits with the all sail and no anchor quote for fall '38. They were preparing to blow things up in '39, and they did. Keep this quote from David Bachman in mind... Superman #1 was not, in fact, Superman #1. It bore no number and no date (except a copy-right date), either on the cover, or in the indicia. More significantly, it bore no notice of second-class mail permit in its indicia, an item that must be carried by any publication that will be published periodically and sent to subscribers via second-class mail. The house ad in Action Comics #13 referred to it as "a big complete Superman book" rather than as a new title. And the house ad for Superman #2 in Action Comics #17 stated, "Your overwhelming approval of the first magazine has prompted us to publish this second one...." Cumulatively, these items convince me that the publication we refer to as Superman #1 was actually intended to be a one-shot publication. Its "overwhelming" success, then, apparently prompted two reactions by its publisher: (1) publication of a second printing, and (2) a decision to initiate a new quarterly title featuring only Superman stories. This is the first time, I've seen this or heard about it... that is very cool! I never thought about Superman #1 NOT being #1.

Yet another great transaction... Bought 3 raw books that were shipped lightning fast and very well packed! Thanks again Michael!