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It's a bird...it's a plane...it's "Gator". There can be no doubt that Mr. Gator is a man of Action!

there have been many in that same realm... heck, I know of an action 7 purchased for $20 (many moons ago)... I picked up a $12K for $3K 2 years ago...it happens from time to time where HUGE profits are available, but it is the exception, not the rule...too much information available these days, if folks bother to do the research (thumbs u Picked up these two books back in December from different ebay auctions (the MM was an underpriced BIN)... ...under $1K total (yes, that's for both books; no, I'm not kidding). Yes, good things do happen now and then (it's all about being in the right place at the right time).

Super awesome. I love seeing high grade copies of this book and they don't come around very often. Thanks for posting again, Gator. (thumbs u Early Timely's are just awesome, period. Thanks for the repost!

I don't see how Alanna could have tan lines based on what she's wearing! Nice book, namisgr! (thumbs u

Thanks Surfer! Love the Marvel Mystery too! That's a nice upgrade, feller.

Thats a great book. Not too many of those around either Nice Mummy books too. Bronze age Yeah, those Subby/Torch battle-books are tough in any condition!

Those covers are very cool, Surfer! Hey, if this is "9.6 Day" I'd like to join in, ...can I, huh, can I, please? Actually, this baby was delivered several weeks back, but I forgot to post the new arrival in this thread.

Dear Gator, As a dapper fellow and an environmentally conscious swamp-hugger are you inclined to wear real Italian shoes or side-step that sensitive issue with the knowledge that Italians are a constantly renewable resource?

Thx oakman ..... This book has been elusive.... Nice pick-up Senormac! I can honestly say that Plastic Man #10 was the very first GA book I purchased from a comic dealer. Great interior art and stories and a fantastic cover. Congratulations. (thumbs u

but with full runs of young men and men's adventures, even the pre-hero stuff, i can hardly stand them down! also, i need to get this book in the thread---it's my new fave church representative in my little set. Beeee-eautiful Raboy cover on a virtually flawless Church book. Congrats, Billy!

fixed (thumbs u Can Men's Adventures #27 & 28 be far behind? it's just wrong to have "men's adventures" and "behind" in the same sentence. ...they are nice Torch books though!

congrats! way to go, and i'm sure you'll find those last 41 a breeze. Billy, I'm still confused. Are you referring to a Subby run or those Master skaters??? (Congrats to both of you on the new additions.) (thumbs u

Looking at that cover, another word leaps to mind, it rhymes with raboy though.... Snowman? No, that doesn't rhyme. JPS Ciorac () may have been thinking "Oh Joy" which does rhyme.

fixed (thumbs u Can Men's Adventures #27 & 28 be far behind? Manly yes but he likes them too. OK, I get it, BP carries the Torch for Young Men and Men's Adventures. But, ...but, ...wasn't the Human Torch originally an android? Now I'm confused again.

Give roy or borock a call Oh, could I ever run with this one.. Its like saying "candyman" 3 times.. http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D33qvYKan4n4&h=ea92a

That's Don Glut at one of the comics fandom events in the early sixties. The same picture is in Bill Schelly's book "Golden Age of Comics Fandom". The boy in costume is identified as "Dave Armstrong at an early New York Comicon." The photo was taken by Larry Ivie. Glut says it's him on his documentary "I was a Teenage Movie Maker"; he did have a Cap costume like that in one of his home movies. Whoever it is, it's a great costume to have been made by a kid. I'll have to dig up my copy of Schelly's book and re-read the caption. It is Dave Armstrong. Dave was (and is) the last acting president of the American Association of Comic Collectors (AACC) and is still actively collecting. He is also accumulating tons of film footage of interviews with creators from the golden age. Thanks for providing a direct attribution, Richard. Speaking of active collectors, I just found out that Earl Blair (Capt. Bijou) whom I mentioned as a source for your collector history lecture awhile back, has moved back to Houston and sells memorabilia on ebay! I just picked up a Henry Brandon signed Drums of Fu Manchu lobby card from him within the past couple of weeks. Weird coincidence, huh?

fixed (thumbs u Can Men's Adventures #27 & 28 be far behind?

A knockout!

Stunning! (thumbs u

I was the underbidder on this one! Nice catch. Yikes, if I'd known I was being squeezed between Billy and Jeff I'd've been sweating a lot harder. Between Scylla & Charybdis (just dont ask me which is which!) I think Sun Girl is a swinger; I bet she can handle 'em both without breaking a sweat!

A pair of smokin' hot Timely Schomburg war covers in grade...

Another beauty, Billy! Congrats again. (thumbs u

Beeee-eautiful book, Billy; congrats!

Thanks, guys.

Mister Merryweather! Under which particular bushel have you been hiding this blinding copy? I've never even seen one before, let alone in such stellar grade! A recent pounce (veni vidi vici)...