Cat-Man_America

propellor in hands to propellor in hands...

Now that '23 is in the rearview, feel free to add your goals and free throws! My latest Facebook masthead, topping my gnus satire & Hit Charade song parodies.

If I can locate the Comic Tropes YouTube video, it provides even more jaw-dropping anecdotal insight... Note: These are the opinions of the site's creator and his sources, but Chris's research seems bulletproof.

First Timely shield ...?

violent, jealous female to violent, bad-arse female...

Firehair to "firehair" ...

Another in the series of GA Comic Book Tropes; these are flat-out hilarious! I've already linked one of his earlier YouTube videos in the unpopular heroes thread, but since The Black Condor was masterfully drawn by Lou Fine ...even if the characters origin is for the birds... this seems the more apt thread for posting.

Wolves & snow to wolves & snow...

Green Lama wasn't lame or unpopular, neither was Cat-Man & Kitten; both had success extending to their own titles. Red Bee was kewl too & featured on several HIT Comic covers with excellent art. Nevertheless, there's a lot of eyebrow raising superheroes in the GA, usually secondary characters with weak stories and/or art that ...in some cases... are laughable. In fact spome of them get highlighted. Here's an example of a pathetic GA character reviewed by the Comic Tropes guy in a YouTube video that cracked me up! #711 appeared in early Police Comics (Quality Comics Group)...

Agreed! This is a fascinating glimpse of Alex Schomburg from his family's perspective; he was clearly a very nice person as well as a great artist. Highly enjoyable, with a touch of holiday cheer too!

I can't honestly say for certain although he was quite proud to have it and deservedly so. Located another great photo I took of Roger some years back with a nice Crandall original cover from his collection...

coming apart to split decision...

Love the "LOOSE TALK (sinks ships?)" sign in front of the deaf Commanding Officer's office...

Came across this fascinating YouTube video on the Black Terror; it's around 15 minutes long, but surprisingly informative (definitely worth watching, IMO)...

Four more Triple AAA covers... Apologies if I posted any of these great covers before in this thread; it's entirely possible.

Yeah, the full hook is probably less common, but Schomburg art was enough to hook most readers. The thing that amazes me in the detail work is that Alex had the forethought to include a powder room. These would be essential additions with women replacing men as factory labor during the war!

While the pressing boat has sailed ...getting relatively no press coverage these days... I'm much more sanguine about restoration. FTR, I don't normally seek restored books, although I'm not opposed to them and own a small number that benefit from it. I'm sure those books were restored long before I acquired them; I'd be unlikely to have professional restoration removed from a high grade book as the risk of damage might increase as would my displeasure if the removal impacted the book's appearance in any way. Like it or not, restored books are an important part of the market and I'm confident the popularity will grow allong with percentage of Universal grade values over time. The only issue with restoration carried over from the early days of grading has always been disclosure. And with third party grading being the marketplace standard, that issue was laid to rest even before the pressing debate started. My two cents (ale extra).

USA appears to be gaining in popularity again (who would've thunk it!?); just for the halibut here are my odd copies...

Here's the front and back cover of Squa Tront's first issue from Sept. '67 with Roger Hill's early fan art... Note: The back cover is unsigned; I'll double check my copy, but I believe this was also contributed by Roger.

Roger Hill was active in fandom when he worked with Jerry Weist to create Squa Tront back in '67. While I didn't know him personally back then, over the decades became aware of his passion for the hobby and commitment to EC's legacy, first as a fan and artist, eventually as a dedicated publisher of books about EC's artists. But most of all I knew him as a wonderful human being. The joy you see in his face in photos is a 100% accurate reflection of the person. His passing is a sad loss to our community, one that'd even bring tears to the eyes of the Crypt-Keeper, Vault-Keeper and Old Witch. Here is a photo I took of Roger at an OAFcon ...based on my Wayback Machine's best memory... circa 2016, with original Wood EC art and the amazingly detailed Wally Wood diorama:

Liniment, ...for my sore muscles after putting up this tree...

Fleeing mad furies to dispatched by angry gargoyles...

More AAA contenders (not comics, but unquestionably GA books with triple A covers)...

Double header: Having reviewed reactions of the many awesome covers gracing this thread, my only surprise was that these triple A books were completely ignored! Am I the only one who likes this team??? While this experiment was orphaned by it's publisher after two issues, ...obviously a thinly veiled attempt to compete with DC's ALL STAR team-up... these are unquestionably A-list attention getters in the pantheon of Timely hero books and in my humble view at least worth of an encore in spite of receiving no initial reaction from the esteemed scholarly minds on these hallowed boards. So with that bloviated introduction, ...a reprise of the classic ALL WINNER'S SQUAD; ...I'll dodge the tomatoes!

Paul to Paul...