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Bruce Hamilton got this from me for $500 in 1976 #$%#$%#%!!! Well that was a lot of money back then,,,

In 1965 I traded a kid two recent Amazing Spiderman comics for MY FIRST GOLDEN AGE COMIC..and what a GREAT one it is!!

Comic Historian, LEE BOYETTE showing off some old worthless comic that nobody ever wanted hahha!

Early picture of THE Houston 'BIG 4" who gave us all those wonderful conventions.. EARL BLAIR KEN FINNERTY MARC SCHOOLEY ROY BONARIO

DON NEWTON ORIGINAL PAINTINGS

1969 me going thru the stacks of stuff that JERRY WEIST had in his collection. Jerry is holding the adzine..FANDOMS' AGENT.

It's me again.. this time with artwork! ( 1969) And my comic book spinner that i got when i was 11. Still have both.

Not exactly a convention picture.. but this was my bedroom in 1968. The 4 Tracy movie posters, and then around the top border of the room were all the lobby cards .. Still have them all! Rest of the stuff are more Tracy Comics and etc.. I was 17.

CHARLIE FREDGREN having just won the HOUSTONCON 75 doorprize of a C.C. Beck CAPTAIN MARVEL recreation..standing NEXT to...C.C. BECK !!

] KEN DONNELL AT HOUSTON 1973 HAVING JUST BOUGHT ACTION1 and SUPERMAN #1 FOR $100.00 EACH !!!!!

HOUSTON CON 1973 DON NEWTON second from left, then G.B. LOVE

DEALER IN MIDDLE PICTURE IS DENVER SHERRY

the kid is CHARLIE FREDGREN

RICK AND TERI PAYNE and the back of JOHN BREWER's head

Excellent article; fascinating story! Here are a couple of more dealers room shots from an early 70's convention (probably Multicon in OKC)... I haven't been able to identify many folks in these (except perhaps a red bearded John Harper looking through books in the bottom photo); if anyone thinks that they recognize anyone, please jump in. ROGER HILL sitting on table (2nd fellow)

DON WOOLEY in green shirt

THE FELLOW IS HERB DOLPH

After looking at the interior stories in Super Mystery 19, TWO stories are co-signed Fenstadt and Cole! and the cover to Super Mystery 17 is signed Fernstadt & Co. Besides the Four Favorites #13 which is signed by Cole; I think the covers to SM 19 and Four Favorites 12 and 14 have design elements that Cole used later on. So I think they both worked on these covers.. [

I was also recalling that Cole worked on several of the Hamilton Comics Tracy covers besides the DT Adventures that is pictured earlier but i'm not sure if my memory is correct and i cant find my issues to see if he's credited. I know he did that Dread of Night cover.. and others? .

Studying the cover with a magnify glass reveals the white letters FW on the tree near the spine... so maybe not drawn by Cole ,, i believe i got the info from David Alexander years ago.

I will admit I know very little about Fernstadt's work since i have so few ACE titles. Can we get some scans of his interior work? Why would that cover of Four Favorites signed by Cole him not be him? And it is so similar in style as the Super Mystery 19. Being perhaps his first work he may have had assists from Lou F ??

Here's another i don't think was listed....

Perhaps we should include his Paperback covers as well? Here's one..