The Black Hand ®

Pep 36 does it for me about as much as any single issue can. It shows a Patriotic Hero and a vengeful hero, part of the old guard, carrying on their shoulder the new guard, Archie.

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I guess it depends how one interprets the question. It could be as simple as Action 1.

The Bat 1 even though it's overgraded.

Action 1

I was so very excited for this comic, I love it so much!

 

Excellent taste in comics.

We all grew up with those classics.

 

I watched them (rented from Netflix) a couple of months ago with my five year old daughter.

 

She loved them.

 

The only downside was for a week she was laughing constantly like Elmer Fudd.

Tec 1

What I find curious about some of these old timers, is that they didn't seem to take their work too seriously, at least in retrospect and seemed to even downplay any significance attributed to their art. Which I gues is how artists should behave, constantly moving forward, being only as good as their last cover or play or film, etc.

This thread is smokin'!

Both sold for $3,585 at Heritage in November of 2007. Which one would you choose, and why?

 

I'll take two eggs over easy, hash browns, wheat toast, and a glass of orange juice please.

And a side of country gravy!

Two random old funnybooks that I paid about the same amount of dough for...

 

I'll take the Slam Bang! (that doesn't sound so good)

 

 

 

I'd take the Smash Comics: It's got the Ray and a Plastic Man proto character and a robot. (thumbs u

Don't forget a villain with a hook for a hand! Great art and stories hidden within that slab, too.

Wow! Great clips, BZ.

Did he give a reason?

Hey...whatever happened to Showcase-4? Are there any mortgage brokers left on the boards?

Eerie Menace is one thing...but I think Dark, Unholy Lust is misunderstood.

Welcome back BZ!

My favorite Villain is Hitler. Just loved to watch him get tortured, blown up, mutilated, get a boot to the head/arse/gut...

 

I'm kind of a Tojo man myself.

Hitler was a great villain. I came across this book recently (now on ebay) It has all three of WWII axis of evil on the cover.

Some creative kid replace the sliced off top portion with his own art. Clever!

Does BangZoom still post here?

 

I was wondering the same thing

 

His last post was September 10th?

Maybe he was affected by Hurricane Ike. It was a pretty big storm.

Oh god, I hope not. The thought of that beautiful collection being impacted, makes me sad. Oh...and I hope BZ's OK, too.

Does BangZoom still post here?

 

I was wondering the same thing

His last post was September 10th?

 

And Bergey knew how to make the cover interesting. Strange looking dinosaur like creature in the background.

 

That Startling was pretty beat up. It is taped and photoshopped. I thought I could read the Henry Kuttner story even if the cover doesn't survive.

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That's a great cover!

And it's Hooterrific!

Agreed! Personally I'd rather operate on the patient in the Ghost Comics cover.

 

Yeah, I'd like to "operate" on her too!

You might get a paper cut.

AOPS is Air operations, I believe, but am not sure. Ask Paratrooper.