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Thanks, Cat. I think what attracts me and many other collectors to Schomburg's war covers are the frenetic nature of the action, with so much packed into the image, coupled with the frequent use of almost Rube Goldberg devices to further the scene. It makes me think of Austin Power's Dr. Evil and his sharks with frickin' lasers! I mean, wouldn't it be simpler, faster, and more cost effective to just shoot Jefferson, Tubby, and Whitewash than to go all "death by lions" on them? Just sayin'.

Speaking of Batman clothing, here's a picture of a Batman t-shirt that my parents saved from my childhood. I would have been about 6 years old when I got this shirt. I've been searching to find a family photo of me wearing it, but so far I've come up blank.

and the Harold Curtis copy, too. Walter, do you see the Bat symbol reflections in the slab? Any idea where they may have come from? I see them now. Very cool. You must have been using your officially licensed Jim Gordon Bat Signal flash attachment for your camera. Or were you near a window in Gotham City and the Bat Signal was being cast on the clouds outside? Either way, it's very weird. I was wearing my Batman pajama bottoms when I took the picture Thank goodness you had the PJ bottoms on. I shudder to think what might have been reflected in the photo otherwise.

and the Harold Curtis copy, too. Walter, do you see the Bat symbol reflections in the slab? Any idea where they may have come from? I see them now. Very cool. You must have been using your officially licensed Jim Gordon Bat Signal flash attachment for your camera. Or were you near a window in Gotham City and the Bat Signal was being cast on the clouds outside? Either way, it's very weird.

Thought I would bump this thread with this one:

and the Harold Curtis copy, too.

Great looking book!

They know how to grow 'em down on the farm:

Thanks, Billy. It's a pretty little book and I'm happy to add it to the box.

David, welcome to the boards and to the hobby. I think you've got some great books to start, but the more important question is this, "Are you happy with them?" The Golden Age encompasses so many genres and you will see a myriad of collecting areas presented here. I see comics posted on these boards that I would love to acquire and others that I admire, but have no desire to own. The Golden Age is truly "to each his own." I don't think there is a good or bad start on collecting GA. Just find something you like and enjoy!

That's awesome!

I think you raise a very valid point here. Suppose you have a comic with slight professional restoration (say, a little color touch). The book is worth $15,000 in its current state, but is worth $50,000 in a blue label slab. I would be very unhappy with dropping over $2K to have the color touch removed and the book graded, only to have it come back in another purple slab and have to do the same thing again. Of course, one possibility is that having Matt on site will allow him to perform the restoration removal, walk it over, and have CGC do a kind of restoration prescreen to let him know if the removal has been adequate to allow for a blue label. If this occurs, it would avoid the situation that Sharon mentioned above. No more shuttling a high dollar comic back and forth between Texas and Florida and incurring double the very expensive grading fees.

Very nice!

Go, Bill! The man knows his funny books!

Poor little guy, he was so scared, having travelled all the way across the Atlantic. He's really settled in now. You should see how happy he is when he gets to play with his cousins, Rockford and Penn:

Don't worry, Michael, your baby is quite happy in its new home and has a doting father.

Here's a recent pick-up.

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