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Jeff, if everyone but Wonder Woman were B&B 27 and the issue was labeled as Flash, Green Lantern and Martian Manhunter together in one adventure, no mention of Justice League, then, a year later in Brave and 33 they added Wonder Woman and called it the Justice League of America, you would then consider the 27 as their first appearance? We're not talking about the very next issue. If it was the very next issue, it would be hard to deny the intent. This was a year later. It was a regular team up issue, no different than the issue before or the issue after. There was no Teen Titans until after that issue came out and fan response started pouring in and number 60 came out. I know this has been rehashed a million times and it is not my desire to get back into this. I just don't see how anyone can say that definitively 54 was the first Titans. If Overstreet never tagged the book with that label and had always referred to it as a tryout or something else, I bet we wouldn't see many comic fans arguing the point. IIRC you have a very nice 54, right?

I just don't get how people who understand what Brave and the Bold was don't get that number 54 was just another team up issue. That particular issue was the inspiration for number 60. I get the desire to call number 54 the first Teen Titans. I have said on many occasions I own both issues and the 54 is one of my favorite silver age issues of all time, that does not make it the first appearance of the Teen Titans though. To me it just seems obvious that the popularity of the response from number 54 brought the editors back to the drawing board to create something with more of an ongoing status. That is number 60. The 54 is always going to be a highly sought after popular and valuable issue and I hope that never changes, however it does not contain the key elements necessary to call it the first appearance of the Teen Titans.

Three more Sugar and Spikes this week besides the number 1, a good week for the Sugar and Spike collection!

Love this cover. I actually have four issues in a row in the 20's now, 23-26:

Two more raw issues to add to Project Sugar and Spike:

As you all know my intention was to have high grade copies of each issue. The reality though is that it seems unlikely I would ever get a number 1 if I held out for one. This copy is very nice in that it has nice bright cover colors and great pages, good registration and overall nice eye appeal. I'm really happy to have it. I still feel like it's impossible to complete the run, but this last purchase did get me four issues closer. I have two raw issues to scan and share yet, but I now stand at 60/98 issues complete! A few of these are raw and I may slab them to get in the registry.

Grail achieved!

Agreed. Classic try out issue.

I like the cover to 54. I,like the story a lot, it's one of my favorites from the time period. I have said befor, BB 50-61 is about the best 12 issue run DC had in the silver age. I can't think of a better one.

I'm not sure why I haven't gone after the entire run of the 50's Mouseketeer...hmmm guess I know what I'm collecting next.

No doubt it is very tough. Just look at the census, only 20 graded copies, mostly low grade. Likely the hardest to find DC is something a bit more esoteric. Look at Three Mouseketeers #1 also by Sheldon Mayer. Only three copies on the census. I think Sugar and Spike seems rare because it is considered a key and is collected by enough people to notice its scarcity. , where as many, many DC's from the time period don't have the same following: Any ways, S&S early issues are HTF, and whether they are the rarest or not doesn't really matter to those of us who love them.

I haven't added one of these in awhile, glad to get a early issue

I have a 92 on the way. I finally pieced together a nice run, 80-98 complete!

I just saw your S&S 1 congrats! That is a huge find! Very happy for you!

Wait for it...

Those Actions are sweet! Oregons have such nice pages

Thanks! I probably would have sold it a long time ago, but I have never seen another one.

How close are you getting to 1-30?

My whole set is an unread pedigree quality set bought from the OO (known as the Monterey collection). I bought them 25 years ago and immediately put them in Mylar. Don't know what CGC would grade it, but you can tell it's nice

Bah! =)

Can you post them?

That is an awesome accomplishment!!!!