Iksar

"...that soft, fuzzy sweater, too magical to touch..." (What song is that from? Can't recall offhand...) "Centerfold," J Geils

I agree. Rarely seen too

I've resisted taking the plunge with these GGAish Timely books for such a long time, but this Willie #8 was an impulse buy that really hits the sweet spot. Love the rendering of the cute pirate girl, the cool/unusual color scheme, and the lack of word balloons and clutter on the cover. Love this cover. Why does the girl look so angry? Maybe because the guy has his right hand on her butt and since he's in armor, she can't slap him? Bet you didn't notice that.

Love that cover! Those Quality's are very underrated. That includes Candy too.

How could people look at the 17 interior panel and the 17 cover and think they are drawn by the same artist? They're not even close! The face on the 17 cover looks amateurish compared to the interior panel which is pure Baker.

Those are my picks as well. In that order too

You're correct. The 15 doesn't get the love it deserves. Great legs (maybe the best PL legs cover? I forget.)

Another vote for 23. I agree that 17 probably isn't Baker as well. Looks more Feldstein, and other than the big boobs, the the anatomy is all off.

More Fun 31 ad is exactly the same as your Tec 15 ad. I think the top ad is from Tec 16.

Nope. Dr. Occult was first. He had a cape? Don't think so. Yes he did in More Fun issues 14-17, which were published in 1936 - 1937. Your are correct, sir ... so let me rephrase: More Fun 31 was the first printed look at Superman ... ever!

Nope. Dr. Occult was first. He had a cape? Don't think so.

On sale dates for the three May 1938 DCs with the Action 1 ad: More Fun 31: April 19, 1938 Detective 15: April 26, 1938 New Adventure 26: April 28, 1938. So, the More Fun 31 was the first look at a caped superhero ... ever!

Have the inside front cover shot of this. Does that count.? OH MY GOODNESS Have the inside front cover shot of this. Does that count.? Why isn't this book worth a half-million dollars? (at least!) Wow!

ebay auction Here is the most money I've paid for a rat's dinner. Happy to have it anyway.

I first spotted that excellent cover on Comedy 3 in the Gerber guide 20 years ago, and was lucky to grab a Good+ copy on ebay for around $75 a decade ago. That was the last copy I ever saw of that book. It's absolutely my favorite cover of all the Marvel "girl" books

First time I've seen that one. Great cover art Ken Never seen this one before, and I thought I've seen everything Atlas. What a great cover!

Bravo! I can't believe there is someone else in the world who got the same joy from those coverless, bagged comics. I'm sure they were mostly 1975 comics. And they were all Marvels and DCs, but I could be wrong (it's been 40+ years). I went through all of the "new" 1980s re-bought copies of the bagged 1975 books. (I was smart enough to label each comic as I stored them away.) And here the Marvels (17 total): Amazing Spider-Man 143 (4/75) Avengers 134 (4/75) Avengers 136 (6/75) Captain America 184 (4/75) Conan 49 (4/75) Fantastic Four 156 (3/75) Giant-Size Spider-Man 5 (7/75) Giant-Size Marvel Team-Up 2 (7/75) Human Torch 4 (3/75) Human Torch 5 (5/75) Marvel Double Feature 9 (4/75) Marvel Tales 58 (4/75) Night Rider 4 (4/75) Spidey Super Stories 5 (2/75) Spidey Super-stories 6 (3/75) Thor 236 (6/75) Uncanny Tales 9 (4/75) And from DC (18 total): Action 430 (12/73)* Action 431 (1/74)* Action 438 (8/74)* Action 445 (3/75) Action 446 (4/75) Batman 261 (3/75) Batman 262 (4/75) Justice Inc. 1 (6/75) Plop 10 (3/75) Plop 11 (4/75) Plop 12 (5/75) Secrets of Haunted House 1 (5/75) Superman 215 (4/69)* Superman 239 (7/71)* Superman 286 (4/75) Wonder Woman 215 (1/75)* World's Finest 226 (12/74)* World's Finest 229 (4/75) And a couple independent titles: Valley of the Dinosaurs 1 (Charlton, 1975) Star Trek 26 (Gold Key, 1975) Most of the comics are March to July 1975, but we moved away after that, so there could have been more packaged later. *After reviewing all the above list, I see that there were older DCs in the bags, the oldest being Superman 215, from six years earlier) Like I said before, there's nothing very valuable here, but priceless to me!

Really great to hear this from another '70s Keystone Stater! I'm sure that "Mom and Pop" stores and discount chains all over the state sold THOUSANDS of these two-packs: when a single new comic book cost 25-cents, two of them (albeit mutilated) for that price was clearly a winner for budget-conscious parents of ravenous, comic book-addicted kids. I know for a fact that my friends and I didn't really care about the missing covers -- to us, a comic book was a comic book, just so long as the stories were complete. Somewhere in the back of a dusty old warehouse, you still might be able to find a skid or two of these things. What I'd really like to know is who was responsible for them. Given the volume involved, it seems to me that it would have had to start at the distributor level... When I was a kid, I just assumed the store owner just bagged these together and sold them, but mow that I'm older, I'm sure these were distributed on a retail level. Where on earth did you find your "new" bag?

Oh my God! I can't tell you how glad I found your post! I grew up in rural Central Pa. (Benton, near Bloomsburg) in 1970-75, and there was only ONE store that sold comics in a 30-mile radius, and the comics were bagged exactly as what you posted! Two coverless Marvels and DCs in that polybag for a quarter. Every week my mom would buy me a couple (I really went crazy for Superman titles) Fast-forward to 1985-89, I'm in college at Kutztown, Pa, and I take it upon myself to try to find better copies of all of my old coverless polybag issues. I raided comic stores in eastern Pennsylvania for years before finding all the issues (there were around 60+ total). Of course that was before ebay, and you actually had to search comic boxes, but that was the fun. It was great seeing finally seeing those covers! But those original bagged comics turned me into the artist I am today, I'm the art director for three suburban Philadelphia newspapers, and my love of art is rooted in those magic coverless comics that came in a bag for a quarter! I still have the original ratty coverless issues and all the "new" replacements. They are my most prized comics today.

Label says Giordano, but that's got to be Neal Adams

The one thing I always thought was "un-Bakerish" about that cover, was the woman's hand on the lantern. But now, after seeing the "official" Baker panel, the hand is drawn the exact same! That convinces me that the Secrets cover IS a Matt Baker cover.

Love that book. Underrated 1st "feature spot" Dr. Strange cover

I am a fan of first cover appearances. And 1st real covers: Dr. Strange (1st featured cover) in Strange Tales 130, 1st Zatanna on Green Lantern 42 both come to mind

Never seen that True Life Secrets and that Osrin cover on Sweethearts 25 reeks of Baker. In a good way.