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You can read a better formatted version of the story here. https://books.google.com/books?id=v4bzCtUfx4EC&pg=PP2&lpg=PP2&dq=Capt.+Meyer+Friedenson&source=bl&ots=kVIdF-ZpEs&sig=ACfU3U1H8p6l4zOWPaYKhIdia_O9Dkv3DQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj-iq-tkpDjAhWbK80KHb9fCloQ6AEwAnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=Capt. Meyer Friedenson&f=false

Biography of winner I was born in Polotsk, Russia, scene of much current war activity, on May 15, 1905, and was brought to this country at the age of 18 months. I lived in New York City until the age of 14, attending the public schools there. My family then moved to Connecticut, first to Ansonia and then to New Haven. I entered Yale University in 1920 at the age of 15 and received my B. S. degree in 1924, and my M. D. in 1927. I interned a year in Wilmington, Delaware, and another year in New York City, and commenced practice in 1929 in New York, which has been my home ever since. I am a member of numerous medical societies, am certified as a specialist in internal medicine and cardiology. I have had several hospital appointments and am cardiologist for the New York City Health Department. I have published numerous medical articles in a number of scientific journals, but have hitherto never submitted any item of fiction. I have been married for 15 years, have a daughter aged 13, who has literary ani&trons?, and a son aged 8, who aspires to the practice of medicine. I have been reading your magazine intermittently for the past 15 years. — M. Friedenson, Capt. M. C.

According to http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?56497 , the winner was Captain Meyer Friedenson, who wrote the short story "The Superman." You can find a convoluted form here. https://archive.org/stream/TheSuperman/TheSupermanByMeyerFriedensonAmazingStoriesmarch1944_djvu.txt Correcting numerous typographical errors, here is the winner announcement. ON page 12 of this issue you will find the results of our amazingly popular Hitler Illustration Contest conducted in the November, 194-3 issue. And on page 14, you will find the winning story. We are proud to announce the name of the winner, Captain Meyer Friedenson, of the Medical Corps of the United States Army. For writing the best short story of approximately 1000 words, Captain Friedenson has won the double award of a $2000 war bond. Our congratulations to him. He had staggering competition! YOUR editors were a little bit dazed when faced with the prospect of reading so many stories, but as we read on, our interest in the responses to our contest, and in the people who competed for the big prize, grew so intense that we lost all perspective of the job as a task, but rather, saw it as a privilege! TO our utter amazement more than half the contestants were women ! All of which tends to prove that science fiction and fantasy is a field of literature that finds a ready market in the female of the species for one very definite reason— the girls have vivid imaginations, and a very excellently developed fantasy "sense." WE received a great many entries from soldiers, sailors, marines, even the Seabees. Many of them came from officers. One came from a holder of the Purple Heart, out of the fighting now because of wounds. Another came from a vet in a 1918 war soldier's home. Some even came from children now acting as heads of families in the absence of a fighting daddy. AS we read, we became conscious of a fact that seems to us to be of prime importance in judging the war and the peace to follow in relation to the opinion of the general public. We learned a great deal about what the American thinks of the war and the peace, and what must be done to bring the first to a conclusion and the latter to permanence. First of all, we found that Hitler is the most hated man in the world, if not in history; and we shudder to think of what his lot would be if these story writers could be judges of his fate! A hundred different tortures were devised, a hundred different ways to make him suffer in some small measure for the pain and sorrow he has caused. AS for themes, there were five that predominated. 1. Hitler kidnapped by the Martians. 2. The devil coming to take Hitler to Bell. 3. The laboratory monster created to be a secret weapon turning on its creator. 4. The god of war taking Hitler on a tour of time to view the failures of past war-makers 5. Hitler as a reincarnation of previous war-makers, such as Ghengis Khan, Napoleon, Attila, etc. In spite of the terrific competition, many of the stories developed these themes amazingly in so far as originality is concerned. Never in the more than eighteen years of Amazing Stories' existence has a contest proved so popular and been so well entered. Never has a contest developed the interest and spirit of competition until this one has. When we selected a "Hitler" subject for our illustration, we hoped to make the contest a tough one. We did that, the readers said, but it didn't stop them. They wrote stories, and how! We must give our readers credit for ability — and for plenty of imagination, ingenuity, and constructiveness. FOR those contestants who inquired, in spite of the rules published with the contest illustration, we are unable to enter into any correspondence regarding it; and also, no manuscripts will be returned. It may be that we will publish other stories from among these from time to time, and these will be paid for at our usual rates.

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1977 Barks Porky Pig cover, where I was listed as a contributor. I also received straight As for the entire 1977-78.

I will attend this year. I last attended in 2014 and had attended for 25+ straight years. This may be my last trip to SDCC. I can always get a badge and a hotel room, but I no longer enjoy the con. There are not enough comics and too much non-comic book junk. For only the second time, I will not be driving down. I found out I can get from the airport to the hotel on the 992 bus for $1.10, thanks to the senior fare.

Mark is super friendly and enjoys meeting his fans. Mark does thumb sketches, then studies in pencil, to finals in pencil, so they vary in price. Inked pieces will bring a premium in the mid to high four figures. Mark admits that he draws at glacial speed.

Commission from 2011 published in Carbon. Mark added the ankylosaurus per my request. Took forever to get on his commission list. I pestered him every year at SDCC in a polite manner.

Pictorial Confessions 3 Where is that Sqeggs?

Phantom Lady 20 hopefully a board member has a better copy

Phantom Lady 14 - personally does not look like Baker, but attributed to him by gcd

Rocket launcher Boba Fett

In my biased opinion, any collector who owns a Tec 180 is a bon vivant with extremely good taste.

Gary Lovisi, owner of Gryphon Books, used to run a great collectible paperback show on the same Sunday as NYCC. Unfortunately, Hurricane Sandy destroyed his house in 2012, along with his collection and inventory of great paperbacks.

Robot Man was referring to the LA Vintage Paperback Collectors Show in Glendale, CA. I have attended twice, once at the Mission Hills location and last year in Glendale. http://www.la-vintage-paperback-show.com/

Nice pickup. This cover was reused in Pushover by sleaze author Orrie Hitt. https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2011/03/forgotten-books-sin-is-redhead-steve.html

I am looking for a nice copy to add to my stash.

Harley was in the San Francisco Bay Area, where there is an epidemic of auto break ins. I am a native San Franciscan and actually still live in the heart of the breakins, where all the houses are worth several million dollars. While I was walking to a book store, I saw somebody with blue rubber gloves and a backpack looking into car windows. He gave me a dirty look, so I gave him a dirtier look. Here is some advice from an old guy, who spent a long time hanging out in the streets. I have multiple college degrees, but there a saying that goes, "the kid leaves the streets, but the streets never leave the kid." Don't leave anything in plain sight, not even a penny. Do not leave backpacks, phones, handbags, and cameras in plain sight. When you are several blocks from your destination, put everything in your secured trunk. Don't put valuables into your trunk at your destination. If you have a SUV, you should be able to purchase a cover for the storage area.

Glass cases would not have worked, since the comics were stolen in a smash and grab from a vehicle.

In January 2019, there was an average of 56 reported car breakins per day in the City of San Francisco. Several years ago, I was having a windshield replaced due to cracking. In the short time that my windshield was replaced, two people came in with broken side windows. In 2017, there were 31,000 reported car breakins. Please note that I said reported, not actual. So about one reported breakin per 29 people in San Francisco. I see broken auto glass every day. I keep my car in a locked garage. Hopefully, Harley can recover his books.

Marc, Thanks for putting on another great show. Great to meet your mom. Did find my sixth copy of Detective 180. Spent quality time with woowoo, Primetime, and jpepx78. Missed bon vivant PovertyRow.