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On 4/4/2023 at 8:31 AM, RickHigh said:

HI all.

In the process of re-bagging some of my books and thought I would take a quick photo while they were out.

I am working on my B&B 1-24 collection and so far have 17 of the 24. Always loved these pre-hero books and only have seven more to complete the run. I still have some really HTF issues left to go, but hopefully will be able to complete this set at some point.

Here is what I have so far.

That is a really solid group there! Nice!

Yup, probably best deal ive gotten on an early S&S. 

Two more incoming from CGC soon. 

On 3/26/2023 at 11:06 AM, comick1 said:

Brave and the Bold #52 in high grade was an early grail of mine for many years. I searched about 10 years before landing on the Savannah copy. I know what you're thinking. The Savannahs had mediocre page quality. Not this one. It was at least off-white. Pages were very supple. Prior to that, I searched for it in collections all the time. It's not like there were multiple collections of B&B 1-100 in high grade, but I'd see runs from the 45-100 range once in awhile. I say #45 because the cat had been out of the bag for awhile on the B&B #42-44 Kubert Hawkman run for awhile by this point in the late 80s and early 90s. But the rest of the run was not particularly coveted except maybe the #54. Anyway, I'd be looking through multiple copies and this is how it would invariably go as I was sifting through the B&B box at any given convention when a dealer landed on a nice new collection of silver age DCs.

#45 NM- check

#46 VF+ check

#47 VF check

#48 NM check

#49 VF+ check

#50 VF check

#51 NM- check

#53 (cue stylus needle scraping away from the vinyl sound) check

#54 VF check

#55 NM check

There was NEVER a #52 in grade. Most of the time, it was just plain absent. The couple times it WAS there, it was the only one in the run that was a VG or had some technical problem that the other didn't have. A popped staple. A spine split. Something catastrophic. 

NEVER a B&B #52

This went on for nearly a decade. 
Finally that Savannah copy came along (Greenhaulgh?) and it's been in my collection ever since. I've seen a couple nice high grade issues here and there over the ensuing 25 years, but not quite upgrades to the Savannah. But I would have been on those like flies on $#*t if I didn't have this copy. Nobody else seemed to have quite the urgency of getting a nice copy of that. Often times, I'd see those couple high grade copies just sit and sit and sit. Nobody'd buy 'em. Haven't seen a high grade one for sale in awhile now, but the census is compatible with my experience, too. Only a single 9.2 copy as highest on the census. 4 in 9.0. 3 in 8.5 and 11 in 8.0. 

That issue, by the way, is an ALL Kubert issue with Sgt. Rock. There were very few of those in the OAAW run with the whole comic devoted to Sgt. Rock alone (with no backup story). It is the second meeting of Sgt. Rock and Mademoiselle Marie (the first is OAAW #115). It's also the first time all the major DC war characters teamed up. . .Sgt. Rock, Haunted Tank, Mademoiselle Marie, Johnny Cloud. It's just a fantastic comic all around. 
If you don't have a copy, I strongly recommend you put it on your list.
 

As a person who does not collect war books, I wasn’t looking for this issue with anymore urgency than the issues around it, but I did find it elusive in nicer shape. I ended up with the Twin Cities 8.0. If I ever had a chance to go for a 9.0 or better I would definitely be a bidder. 

On 3/17/2023 at 4:14 PM, 1950's war comics said:

 

A few morsels

 

WOW! Those are three great books! The 11 is known to be “elusive”. The 23 and 24 are just so cool. Personally of the three my favorite is the 24, yours has great colors!

Price drop to $300 for the pair shipped in the US.

That's not one you see very often! 

Selling my original owner copies of MP 47 and 48 with the first and second appearance of Scott Lang as Ant Man

Super nice NM copies with white pages. Asking 300 for the pair which includes shipping in the US. 

I take most electronic payment methods or a check. You may return these if not completely happy withing seven days, 

Thanks for looking!

Brave and the Bold 58, 2nd Metamorpho issue. Kinda weird that they returned to a two issue tryout after staring team ups, you'd think this would be in Showcase. 

BB 57. Had a low grade copy of this since I was a kid. Bought this nice copy from John V. of Comic Heaven at a SDCC. I really like this story, read it a coupe times. 

BB 56. Have had this raw issue forever! Another cover I really like. 

BB 55. nothing really stands out on this issue. I do wonder why they went with the Atom two issues after he he was in an issue with the Flash. 

On 3/11/2023 at 10:07 PM, Cat-Man_America said:

 

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If you ever decide you don't need that book anymore... 👍😊😂

On 3/11/2023 at 10:51 AM, MrBedrock said:

Never seen that Dark Mysteries!

On 3/11/2023 at 10:54 AM, MrBedrock said:

Just wow!!

On 3/11/2023 at 9:06 AM, Robot Man said:

Being older has it's perks...

Many years ago when SDCC was at the old convention center and just months before he passed away, I had the honor of meeting the man. 

I had brought my MAD #1 and a few other non EC books to have him sign him. I waited in line and then it was my turn to stand in front of him. I noticed he looked real bad and tired. There was also a bit of an alcohol smell to him. I handed him my MAD and told him how much I enjoyed his work in it as a kid and how it inspired me to search out a lot of his other work. He seemed puzzled but smiled weakly at what I had brought. We shook hands and off I went. I knew he didn't;t look good but was still surprised when he passed away shortly after that.

To this day, he is firmly placed in my top 5 comic artists of all time. 

How incredible! 

On 3/10/2023 at 9:08 PM, Topnotchman said:

Always liked this cover and picked this up a few years ago. 

WOW!

Ken, that SW 4 is the absolute bomb!!

WS 20 😊