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Top book Adam!

Stunning group! More please!

I had to wrassle crocodiles for 3 years to complete that super tough li'l run. And you get them as a set! And what a beautiful set it is! My favourite Timely character alongside Namora.

If you're an also ran I'm a never got out of the blocks

We gave up! You win!!! Not so fast, my friend. This vaultkeeper fellow is bringin' some serious heat. Very entertaining, to be sure. Lots of amazing pedigreed copies I've never seen before. With apologies to anyone I may be forgetting, vaultkeeper, wrightson fan, sartre, mr illmannered, zzutak and adamstrange are now the unofficial axis of evil on the boards. Most of the rest of us just don't have enough evil, although I think Twisty is evilling up very nicely. However, as sartre recently pointed out, there are more big PCH collections out there, and another outstanding collector out of California has promised to post and if he does will soon be joining the axis. Sorry to be so crypt-ic. I can say no more without tempting fate, risking eternal damnation in the uttermost - well, you get the idea.

Book of the year.

I can tell you're excited. It's the grail effect. Beautiful copy as well.

...and vaultkeeper makes four. ... and I think you would make 5 Michael. Not me guv'nor! The way you are going you'll get your PCH collection into orbit before me! (thumbs u

#8-35. I like that these have specific people like Chief Joseph and Geronimo along with the Warrior 1, Warrior 2, etc... Here's what I have: (sorry my pictures are always taken in the basement where light sources are horrible ) Those are great.

...and vaultkeeper makes four.

wow! that is creepy... and yet I want a copy Freudian slip Either that or I am a little perverse... completely possible since I love torture/bondange... Hmmm, this is really not going well for me Oh I don't know That is one weird funnybook cover. Many of the people I work with are childhood survivors of emotional and physical abuse, which may be why I find this cover so compelling. To me, this is a real horror cover. But it's all in the sub-text, and -probably?- unknowing. Whereas the sub-text of virtually all PCH is a wink "this is all just a story". Hence, the more Grand Guignol, the more cathartic. Or in the case of bondage covers, they are about anything but Kraft Ebbing. They are about the critical moment of rescue. And the damsel is always innocent, and therefore deserves to be rescued. It is in the rare instances where the damsel has no visible means of rescue that they are more disturbing - cf Underworld Crime #7. Whereas powerful women tend to be depicted as evil/and or manipulative, which is pure Cinema Noir. Or if good, then like Phantom Lady shining a light while scantily clad into evil men's darkness. It may or may not be a coincidence that the same tropes seem to emerge in so-called Men's Sweat magazines after Wertham and the demise of the pulps. I haven't done my research, and don't know enough to be sure. I do wonder about the influence of the war on the artists who returned. In real life I am a mental health therapist... so I like covers which depict mental health in some way (hence the Boy #24). I am not sure whether I would call this abuse or just very very strange as the child is getting spanked (not beaten) by an adult size play toy... My feeling is that we read more into the covers than was ever intended. But I could be wrong... I share your doubts. We are so much more media savvy aren't we? [font:Times New Roman]Maybe it's just my warped POV, but I think this is an example of subliminal male fantasy at work. Given the predominantly adult male audience who post here and the broader context of fandom and role playing, Alice isn't perceived as an adolescent girl so much as an adult indulging in erotic cosplay. Had the artist come up with an image of the Mad Hatter punishing Alice I suspect it would've produced even more excitement. My psychological analysis. [/font] That's interesting. I had not thought of the cosplay angle. What really strikes me is the lack of affect in the expression of the doll's face.

WOW! - not the comics, the emoticon. Where'd'you find these Cat? [font:Times New Roman]Several Google searches of free smiley images before finding one that conveys just the right Gestalt to match my inner-cat.[/font] That one deserves some psycho-analysis but - shudder - ain't gonna go there!

wow! that is creepy... and yet I want a copy Freudian slip Either that or I am a little perverse... completely possible since I love torture/bondange... Hmmm, this is really not going well for me Oh I don't know That is one weird funnybook cover. Many of the people I work with are childhood survivors of emotional and physical abuse, which may be why I find this cover so compelling. To me, this is a real horror cover. But it's all in the sub-text, and -probably?- unknowing. Whereas the sub-text of virtually all PCH is a wink "this is all just a story". Hence, the more Grand Guignol, the more cathartic. Or in the case of bondage covers, they are about anything but Kraft Ebbing. They are about the critical moment of rescue. And the damsel is always innocent, and therefore deserves to be rescued. It is in the rare instances where the damsel has no visible means of rescue that they are more disturbing - cf Underworld Crime #7. Whereas powerful women tend to be depicted as evil/and or manipulative, which is pure Cinema Noir. Or if good, then like Phantom Lady shining a light while scantily clad into evil men's darkness. It may or may not be a coincidence that the same tropes seem to emerge in so-called Men's Sweat magazines after Wertham and the demise of the pulps. I haven't done my research, and don't know enough to be sure. I do wonder about the influence of the war on the artists who returned. In real life I am a mental health therapist... so I like covers which depict mental health in some way (hence the Boy #24). I am not sure whether I would call this abuse or just very very strange as the child is getting spanked (not beaten) by an adult size play toy... My feeling is that we read more into the covers than was ever intended. But I could be wrong... I share your doubts. We are so much more media savvy aren't we?

WOW! - not the comics, the emoticon. Where'd'you find these Cat?

wow! that is creepy... and yet I want a copy Freudian slip Either that or I am a little perverse... completely possible since I love torture/bondange... Hmmm, this is really not going well for me Oh I don't know That is one weird funnybook cover. Many of the people I work with are childhood survivors of emotional and physical abuse, which may be why I find this cover so compelling. To me, this is a real horror cover. But it's all in the sub-text, and -probably?- unknowing. Whereas the sub-text of virtually all PCH is a wink "this is all just a story". Hence, the more Grand Guignol, the more cathartic. Or in the case of bondage covers, they are about anything but Kraft Ebbing. They are about the critical moment of rescue. And the damsel is always innocent, and therefore deserves to be rescued. It is in the rare instances where the damsel has no visible means of rescue that they are more disturbing - cf Underworld Crime #7. Whereas powerful women tend to be depicted as evil/and or manipulative, which is pure Cinema Noir. Or if good, then like Phantom Lady shining a light while scantily clad into evil men's darkness. It may or may not be a coincidence that the same tropes seem to emerge in so-called Men's Sweat magazines after Wertham and the demise of the pulps. I haven't done my research, and don't know enough to be sure. I do wonder about the influence of the war on the artists who returned.

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Nice copy -always loved this cover.

One of my favorite bondage/torture covers It's actually one of the few where there is no hint of rescue.

The Freudian slip was the artist's. We just recognize it.

wow! that is creepy... and yet I want a copy Freudian slip Either that or I am a little perverse... completely possible since I love torture/bondange... Hmmm, this is really not going well for me Oh I don't know

wow! that is creepy... and yet I want a copy Freudian slip

My old copy

nice colours Marty

I'm in the UK jimbo - it's 12.43 in the afternoon. How about you? Here's another pretty one:

I would imagine it's safe to assume the Fight 44 will NOT be showing up in a thread soon........GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u Never mind the grade, feel the colours jimbo!