damonwad

Paint book to painting of a coloring book.

Covered wagons to burning wagon.

At the time, I had no appreciation for romance books and would barely skim over her column. Years later, after having my eyes opened by the good Dr. Love and others on these boards, I went back and read and enjoyed all of her columns.

I loved the Carter years of CBM. The Cochran years were a big drop off to me. You knew the magazine was in trouble with his comments on Kirby's FF #48 cover. Also, as far as board member contributions go, none were bigger than:

Captain Bligh to Captain Marvel.

Frozen dolls to Frozen Gold.

A far cry from a few years ago when all the Sunday lots closed at the same time. Those were the days (for buyers at least). This is similar to how REA and Goldin run their sports auctions (though REA resets the clock for EVERY lot if one lot is bid on in extra time). I'd hate living on the east coast for these drawn out auctions.

A couple Buscema Orbit covers. I really like the grey background on the #34 . Each issue has 3 or 4 Buscema and Leav stories.

Thanks Andy and this #32 is a beauty. I agree about Orbit's bullpen. Lot's of great talent packed into just a few titles. Wish I had more of their books.

Midnight to Midnight.

Just for the heck of it, here are some "women being rescued from a stampede" covers.

I've been looking for a decent copy of this one for a long time and was happy to finally get one a few months ago (even with the scruff marks on the "S"). 2nd Black Rider cover and 3rd appearance.

From one blond pushing a baby carriage to another.

Nice additions to the collection. 1,219 Four Colors is very impressive (especially with most being traded for). Odd seeing a blond Opie on the back of the Andy Griffith. Is he blond on the interior also?

Airboy on a wing to Airboy on a wing.

Stranger to stranger.

I'm in a posting mood today so here are a couple more. Two very similar Baker covers from 1949. January for the Western Bandit Trails #1 and August for the Texan #5.

One of the things I like about the Lone Ranger comics are the Young Hawk back up stories that ran from issue #11 through #145 (final issue). Gaylord Du Bois wrote them through issue #119 (per GCD). The whole run is basically a continuous story of two 16th century Mandan Indians, Young Hawk and Little Buck, traveling across North America from southern Mexico, all over the U.S. and to the Yukon, looking for adventure. Most of the adventures are related to the other Indian tribes and civilizations they meet along the way. My guess is they were about 16 and 12 years old when they started and added about 5 or 6 years by the end. Du Bois also wrote Brothers of the Spear that came out around 2 1/2 years after LR #11 and the early Turok's a few years after that. I thought that Lone Ranger #11 was the beginning of Young Hawk until a few years ago when I saw "Young Hawk" written on the bottom of the cover of New Funnies #65. I assumed it was just a different character until checking GCD and found out it was the same. A little more GCD searching showed Young Hawk had an odd publishing history. It starts in New Funnies #65-67 (June -September 1942) ,then pops up in Red Ryder #33 (April 1946) before the long run begins in Lone Ranger #11 (May 1949). Here are scans from some of the early issues and the splash page from the final story. New Funnies #65 and New Funnies #67: Red Ryder #33 and Lone Ranger #11: Lone Ranger #145:

That's a great cover.

Lone Ranger with the Indian back cover portraits.

Cool books, well packed and shipped quickly. Mick was great to buy from and I look forward to his next sales thread.

To more Bugs.

That's a nice copy. Here's a war dog about to rip a throat out.

Heath to Heath.

Knights to knights.