Cat-Man_America

Such a great title, ...the first successful Marvel Mystery spin-off character; no one ever bested Alex Schomburg on Torch covers.

L.B. Cole Bat to L.B. Cole Cats...

Battle ending up in hell in '49 to battle ending up in hell in '49...

The comic (Superman #27) is from 1944, probably contemporaneous to whatever film was being shot; it was before series TV so it's from a movie or more likely, a serial. My suspicion is that Columbia produced it since they obtained rights for Batman and later Superman from DC, the first Batman serial was shot and released in '43. My best guess would be that scene was filmed after that, from another serial, short or feature film.

EC Ray Bradbury adaptation (A Sound of Thunder) to EC Ray Bradbury adaptation (The One Who Waits)...

Not dead enough on slab Vol. III MYSTIC ... to tandem slabbed babes with nazi skeleton doctor on Vol. II MYSTIC...

skeletons with no eyes to skeletons with no eyes getting upgraded "sockets" ...

An excellent point that's also an enigma wrapped within an enigma. While auctions are never a barometer of true value, they're almost always a barometer of market value. Convention wall sales and LCS sales are rarely reported to analysts (GPS, GoCollect, etc.) because they're infrequently acknowledged publicly. In fact, some sales are still perceived as proprietary information. Raw sales also slip through the cracks along with some non-CGC third party graded sales even though that's improving. As collectors, we all live on a Ouija board. Being passionate about collecting is also serendipitous to checking the pulse of the market, taking into account the limitations of making assessments based on periodic auction sales, pedigree values, census data and sales data of comparable grades/grade bumps over the years. Steven, your collection is beautiful to behold and taste in high quality books second to none. You have a superb collection and a healthy outlook on the hobby, IMO. If anything, my collecting purchases have become more carefully orchestrated, ...sorta like a chamber orchestra as opposed to symphonic.

Also, this is from an episode of the TV series Naked City. Almost hopped out of my chair while watching this episode on DVD some years ago. Another comic related factoid, the bad guy being pursued in this episode (Burgess Meredith) would eventually play the Penguin in the Batman TV series around five years later. PS: The newsstand dealer is Gene Hackman (French Connection, et al.)

Phantom Lady cleaning house with Ajax to Phantom Lady given a Quality cover vignette in Police...

A still memorable misunderstanding between a Centurion counseling his less sophisticated foot soldier friend in an episode of Rome (HBO series 2005-2007).

I can just tell that a paw is riding the BID increment button trying to snag a high grade copy of Cat-Man!

Phantom Lady to The Photo Phantom...

I'll second this motion; first round shield and as follow-ups go, first rate on Fuhrer bashing! Cheers to Joe Simon!

America's top teen-ager to a futuristic struggling teen-ager...

I rolled four sevens which is good enough for Vegas...

sex ed. class to sex ed. déclassé...

red and white logo to Red, White and Blue logo...

graveyard to creatures of the night...

If I could locate my copy of the monthly OAFzine circa late 1969 early '70 ...best recollection... there's a three page satirical comic send-up of Fredric Wertham titled "Fredric Worthnone, MD." The art is terrible, partially because it was all done via ditto master; I did my best to create Bill Elder style comments in panels which in retrospect may be its only saving grace. Note: For those unfamiliar with ditto-masters, they're basically purplish carbons under a top sheet that can be used a limited number of times to produce a small run of fanzines. The membership of OAF was around 60 or 70 at the time so copies got very faint toward the end of the run. In doing art one had to bear down to the point of punching through the paper most of the time. Bart Bush and David Smith were the OAFzine editors. Our membership increased to the point where we had to go offset shortly after this with a dues hike to keep the zine going. Also, ...and this is the kicker... Fredric Wertham actually joined OAF around this time as he was researching fanzines for another book. Haven't a clue whether he ever saw my comic strip, but gratefully no legal action was taken!

appealingly tight fit in blue to appealingly tight fit in blue...

So, where does this leave Metropolis

Charles Quinlan's "life's a gas for Kitten" to Alex Schomburg's "life's a gas for Kitten" ...

Or both (when the great cover is a great "splash")...

bookend to book pretend...