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I guess Turkish Barbers still do it.

Has Marvel ever done the comic, "Namor, the skid row bum years"? There's bound to be some interesting storylines.

Well.... there is the Bodnar's auction fiasco. I wonder if this could be the same seller.

I like your analysis. One thing you're forgetting is that the cards were not found alone by themselves. They were found with a sizable stack of what appears to be "file/reference" comics. To me that's what makes this find a lot more interesting. (I picked up many of these comics because I thought they were interesting) The "file/reference" copies were sewn together in groups of 3 stories, with all ads removed. The most common grouping was a Batman story from Detective, a Batman Comics story, and a World's Finest "batman" story. Many of the splash pages have typed numbers (or the issues) in the upper margins (see pics). I'm assuming the numbers were typed in because there was no cover to identify the issue. Also, each grouping has another written identifier at the top (see first pic). The top number identifier was probably something like a dewey decimal identifier to locate certain issues. I'm sure there was a file system involved. I also feel that the art may be a couple of different people. Some of the art is decent, and some of the art is embarrassingly bad. Look at the last two pics. The top card has what I consider to be competent artwork, while the bottom card is a disgrace (even Liefeld does better hands). Did the same artist draw those? Listen.... I don't know exactly what we're looking at here, but it's gotta be more than just a 14 to 15 year old kid drawing 91 cards and creating filing systems for comics. The ebay seller says the original sellers told him their grandfather worked for DC for 5 years in the mid 1940s. Unfortunately that's the ONLY info that's been offered up. I asked him for something more, anything more, a house location, something.... and I'm getting nothing. Is there a good DC connection out there to ask questions to? I'm curious to find out more, but it may all be a dead end.

Wait, what? "replaced one finger with a cyber poison dart shooter?" Did Hawkeye agree to this, or did Hank get him drunk one night and surprise him with it? Why not just have one of the bad guys in the room shoot the other guys, pull off a mask disguise, and there's Black Widow. As she cuts his bonds to free him she says, "This reminds me of Budapest"

I agree. I need to keep my mouth shut so I can try to scoop these up without any competition. Thank you to all informative postings in this thread, I've really gotten a new appreciation for this strip especially given it's WWII context.

Thanks for the info. Do you know if that's on Netflix? Or maybe I can watch it on youtube.

I'm not even sure if all 91 cards were done by the same person. Some of the villains looked like they were done by a pro, and some looked to be very amateurish. I will agree that the cards are not "prototypes". Maybe "reference" though? Although most of these villains were "one and done" villains only used for one story, so why make a reference if they're only going to be used once.

I was going to ask..... What happens next? Does he escape?

It's only a flesh wound.

Oh man this one is bad. To add to this mess of a sequence, the art itself doesn't really show what happened. If the word balloon about the fingernails wasn't there, I wouldn't have a clue what had happened. And even if he knocks out the bad guys with his fingernails, he's still stuck in the chair. I suppose when the bad guys wake up (and are pissed off), he can start spitting his teeth at them and say, "Shouldn't have left my teeth in, dummies"

There's a word written in the margin at the top that I can't read but has been crossed out. That might be your answer. Otherwise...... we gotta get a hold of the original and pull one of those Justcier tabs up to look underneathe.

Wow.... I was hoping for a couple of simple nuggets of information and I feel like I have a Masters in French WWII Batman comics lore. Well done Jpepx78, that what I love about the boards. You say it may be rare, but truthfully I didn't pay much for it. $79 total and it was all paid with my ebay bucks. I just thought it looked cool because B & R weren't wearing masks.

I think mine is #7. You'll notice Batman is Red in mine too, but has no mask. These are sweet. I need to find more.

That sounds plausible. Although the villains immediately think, "Hey, isn't that Bruce Wayne and his ward Grayson? Let's go blow up their house"

This is from Les Grandes Aventures - Nov 10 - 1940

That's horrible Did the other artists ever sign their names too? Did Bob Kane even design any of these Rogues Gallery figures?

Thanks. Do you know why the French took Batman & Robins masks off?

What's the story there. I'm not up on my Bob Kane lore. Was he having other artists do the art in his style? And then taking credit? Maybe that's why a set of "reference cards" were needed.

Nope, you are right, no proof of anything. Seller hasn't given up the name of the "grandfather" who worked for DC in the 1940s. Would a letter from the Grandkids (sellers) documenting their grandfathers work at DC be enough? And then cross reference with DC employees from the time to see if indeed he worked there. Would that be enough proof? Could be tough to get. Speaking of proof/evidence. There were two things I notices about the cards. 1) Many of the cards has an "S" with a circle stamped on the back of them. What is that? Maybe the illustration board logo/type on the back. Maybe a DC stamp for "Save"? I don't know. Any ideas? 2) One of the cards had a distinct fingerprint on the back of the card. If there's a set of Bob Kane's prints somewhere then that's worth a look.

I agree. Definitely not "Prototype". But possibly "reference"? The cards were with a sizable stack of what looks like "file/reference comics" (I bought many of the comics cuz they looked like file/reference copies to me) A boardie contacted the ebayer who was consigning them. Here's what the consignor told the boardie about the cards & the many comics from the same horde. "The seller did tell me that the owners grandfather was an employee at the DC offices during the 40s for about 5 years. So the former employee got a hold of these somehow. So we can conclude that these are definitely from the DC offices." So there may be a DC connection with the cards. I don't know that the cards & comics can just be summarily dismissed as "not authentic" if there's a possible DC connection. Certainly it's worth pursuing whatever investigating can be done. Personally I think this is a pretty great story, and the cards are VERY cool.

Crown comic

Watson.... the game is afoot.

Perfect Crime

SOLD SGT Fury 1 - Raw - Unrestored - 3.0 Presents like a 4.5 from the front. Cover & CF are snug at the staples. The photos will show a lot, but some other things of note.... 1/4" spine split at bottom. Worst flaw is a tear that forms a "flap" on the back cover near the top staple. Pen Impressions on front and back cover. Comic still actually presents pretty well, and even though it has that tear on the back cover, overall the comic feel solid.