Spaceguy

If you enjoyed the Moon Man story above, you might enjoy the original story and first appearance of The Face by Gardner Fox (Michael Blake) featured a year earlier in Big Shot Comics #1, May 1940 A ridiculous amount of similarities in the stories. Hope my copy/paste works....,

What a yucky scan for such a pricey book~you'd think if asking that many multiples of guide it would be better. So I pulled out my bottom staple pull copy and measured what looks like color loss along the right edge, in the black area, and it is more than 3". Might be from the poor scan or damage to the case; wish the sellers would always enlighten us? Any thoughts?

Does anyone here know why Showcase #24 9.0 sold for so much in the Nov. 21 Heritage auction? It went for a staggering $16,800 when GPA reports a 9.0 sale in September 2018 for $5800 Quite a jump in one year and there are 7 copies in 9.0 My notes from the auction: -CGC census 8/19: 7 in 9.0, none higher. b/c has pcs out top spine; impacted corner? tiny tear/pc out lower left b/c (from print roller pull?); lots 1/8"spine stress f/c including two 1/4"; lt 1/2" rt cor The only two things I can think of are an upcoming movie connection or 2 collectors in hot hot pursuit, and in that case, a one off sale https://comics.ha.com/itm/silver-age-1956-1969-/superhero/showcase-24-green-lantern-dc-1960-cgc-vf-nm-90-off-white-pages/a/7212-92330.s?ic2=mytracked-lotspage-lotlinks-12202013&tab=MyTrackedLots-101116

Hope this copies ok. It did include the BP plus enough wear to justify the grade-guess the stamp is a bonus. Lol https://comics.ha.com/itm/silver-age-1956-1969-/fantastic-four-1-marvel-1961-cgc-vf-85-white-pages/a/7212-91079.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515

When the back cover image is enlarged. is that pen writing/erasures on the boy's wrist or am I seeing things? Could be why it had previously been graded an 8.5? I also noted: lower spine corner off both spine corners cr?/color loss ....not easy deciding what you think a scan of a comic through layers of plastic is showing

We're all familiar with GL's weakness to the colour yellow as evidenced by that yellow missile on the Aussie cover you were kind to display but I can't help wondering if he has another achilles heel. Maybe his right foot is photo shy LOL

Neatoh!!!! Thanks for showing. Never seen that before. I see what you mean about the angle change. But Hokey Pokey, where's his right foot?

I'm probably hallucinating but do I see faint pen/writing on the boy's wrist on the back cover ad? If so, did the Doc Joe 8.5 copy also have this but more importantly, I can't believe it got graded 9.0 if it is pen because I know the grading people dislike erasures. Hope my link to the Heritage auction works and is helpful, otherwise you know where to find it... https://comics.ha.com/itm/silver-age-1956-1969-/showcase-22-green-lantern-dc-1959-cgc-vf-nm-90-cream-to-off-white-pages/p/7212-153014.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515

Sorry, just my weird sense of humor. I found it ironic that the description of your incomplete comic was incomplete.

I'm presuming that CGC is saying large piece missing each of pages 9, 10 and 11; affects story

The Living Tribunal is a fictional cosmic entity appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Strange Tales #157 (June 1967) and was created by Stan Lee, Marie Severin, and Herb Trimpe. I got this from a google search for " first appearance of The One Above All" Does it help? It's certainly the oldest of the comics you suggested.

gocollect has a blog entitled "Mysterious Golden Age Collector Sells Everthing" I hope the link works http://blog.gocollect.com/mysterious-golden-age-collector-sells-everthing/

This same miscut 9.4 is currently being offered for $15,995.00 by ebayer sleepinggiant https://www.ebay.com/itm/Marvel-Super-Heroes-13-CGC-9-4-NM-1st-appearance-Carol-Danvers-Captain-Marvel/292881948909?hash=item44311fe0ed:g:R4EAAOSwGVFcG7Te:sc:USPSPriority!90210!US!-1:rk:1:pf:0

Or you could just ask them. Here's the link from the home page... https://www.cgccomics.com/contact/

I'm probably one of many who has pointed this out to Overstreet. At the time this book came out, oil fires were a hot topic for movies. Let's see, what comes up aflame from a pipe in the ground....atomic radiation, of course....

Nice purchase!!! A mere 16 graded higher and the best of those is 9.0 Someone else bid $16,000 so you weren't alone in your appreciation of this book. Congrats! What a cover!

Hi Peter, Here's one starting place: http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/1262270/site_id/1#import and another: http://www.collectorsassemble.com/ Hope the links work. Haven't tried to link on this message board. The second website is a site that encourages disclosure of pressing, at the least. Hope this helps, Rod

I like those 3! Good thinking! Investment wise, I'm sure all aboard will do well. Great fun ahead and rumour has it they are thinking of 2 more GL films already.......Green Lantern's light

Glad you found some humour in it, was trying. Had to do something while waiting just 12 more days for the GL movie. Feel free to add your own ideas to the list, we don't have to stop at 10.

Just 12 more days! Late congrats on your Showcase 22 purchase...gorgeous book!!! I remember, you uncorked your Amazing 15 but at $51K, you're not going to.........

I didn't see this on David Letterman, but I still think it's a borrowed title, 10 WORST WAYS TO IDENTIFY A SHOWCASE #22 1) that cream to off-white one 2) the one with the white showing on the spine 3) that one that got pressed and resubbed 4) the one Rich owns 5) that one that gained in value the last two years 6) the copy recently on ComicLink 7) you know, the one that was quick-flipped 8) that 'private collector' one 9) that one they've been talking about on the Showcase 22 hub and the #10 worst way to identify a Showcase #22 10) you remember, that copy that Gator sold