Cat-Man_America

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)...

Good bulletpoint, sacentaur. (thumbs u After four pages of Fawcett installations, maybe a change of pace would be an acceptable diversion (rumor has it that this book has been banned in Wisconsin).

Thank me for leaving it there for you thanks! Beautiful book, Billy! IMHO, Raboy was the only artist of the era who consistently created the illusion of effortless human flight.

These came back in January; my humble abode was in disarray from remodeling, so it took me awhile to photograph and post 'em, but here they are... Also, here's a nice raw baby Mystic, Vol. 2, #2 (9.2 graded) acquired from Metro last month (one of the more twisted Timely covers)... Enjoy! (thumbs u

I made an appointment with my optometrist after viewing your post because I thought I was seeing double! As it turns out my vision needed no correction! That's a handsome collection of books, silvers. (thumbs u

You gonna keep rubbing that one in my face, eh? That's a lab cover that I "need" too. Is there a scene anything like it in the Plastic man story? It's G Fox, not Cole, right? (Maybe that's the discssion -- I didn't read back very far.) Jack Not exactly. There is the Jeckyl/Hyde mad scientist thing goin' on (and surgical scene), but the closest thing to a laboratory I found in this issue of Police was relegated to the Spirit origin story (taken from the first newspaper "comic book" appearance). Note: I checked my microfiche of this issue; no slab was harmed in the completion of this production. (thumbs u

Gorgeous book. Im working on a run of 1-15, and anticipate great difficulty in finding a 6 as nice as this one. they are fun indeed. (worship) Parker - could you please scan and show a pic of the back cover of number 5? if parker won't, I will *spoon* ... C'mon, you guys! This is seriously making me contemplate building "a run" of Silver Streaks even though the very idea of single title runs goes against my empirical training and collecting philosophy. Must ...resist ...all temptations ...from the dork side of the farce. Arrrrrgh!

Thanks, Senormac! I'll take your recommendation under advisement. (thumbs u

I'm enjoying this myself Heres some older Cole. Police 9 .... and Police 11 ..... Wow! Those splashes are awesome! I believe Gil Fox did most of the early PM covers; I'm not a big fan of Fox's covers generally, but the one he did for Police #11 was exceptional. Can't bring myself to liberating slabbed GA books (maybe Plas can seep out around the edges), so I console myself to drooling over the DC Archive editions and microfiche of Plas. BTW, that's a great scan, Senormac.

Point taken; I fear my humor may have been a bit too localized. (thumbs u