OtherEric

I love the Avon Fantasy Readers and the PKD's, only reason I'm not taking is I've got them already!

That's the first I've ever heard it suggested that only the top book on the stack would get stacked, though. I always thought they would stamp every book in the batch, so they knew when to pull them off the shelves. Still an awesome book, and I love date stamps when they're well placed, which this one is.

I know I've said something like this before, but my respect for Hughes doing affordable sketches at shows is enormous. He could charge 3-5x what he does and I doubt his line would be any shorter. That giving back to the fans is wonderful.

Coming out where and from who, so we can track them down?

So, is it just me, or does it look like the title of the book was changed last minute on "Kill One Kill Two"? I don't think I've ever seen a white spine on a D-Series double other than this one, and the logo on the front speaks for itself.

In today. Other than the 1972 Creepy and Eerie Annuals next March, I'm good to go for the reading group through June 2024. I'll be focusing more on targets of opportunity rather than trying to get ahead on the reading group the rest of this year.

Today's book:

And finally, costing roughly what the other five books did in total: A beautiful copy of the first paperback edition of the conclusion to C. S. Lewis's space trilogy:

An odd assortment at the bookstore today. One of Asimov's two mystery novels, since we've been discussing the subject. A classic by Delany that I really should have read years ago. A low grade Dell that I couldn't resist for under $3... what a cover! The first attempt at having somebody continue the James Bond books after Fleming died; it's not terribly rare but you don't see it all that often either. And if you could resist the Wilson book, you're not me:

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Asimov wrote quite a lot of mysteries, although most of them were short stories, that was apparently one of only two mystery novels he did. I've got four collections of his Black Widowers stories. They're pretty fun.

I think you're describing the nostalgic mad. We can identify what you have if you provide a picture or scan.

It has maybe a 1/8 inch of split at the bottom, I wouldn't have noticed it as anything other than a production flaw if you hadn't commented. And there are at least a couple color-breaking tics on the spine. But MCS had it as a 6.0, so with their undergrading I could see calling this a 7.0 or so, 8 with a press.

And today's Warrens, which I didn't have time to scan before I went to work. My Warren want list is now down to double digits!

One of the harder to find Supreme related books Moore did. I still need to track down the Judgment Day Sourcebook:

In today. Not as hard to get as the #14 these days, but definitely higher demand than most of Neal's Phantom Stranger covers:

Two in today. The new series issue has the last new Fold-In by Jaffee:

Marvel at some of today's books. Down to just needing #7 for Monsters Unleashed, and finally over half-way on Tales of the Zombie:

Today's addition:

Or a used bookstore stamping everything 20c, even if it already was

I’m pretty sure Fawcett didn’t own the name at the point Fass put out his version, though. You can’t copyright ideas, only the execution of ideas. So the character name falls under trademark, not copyright. And unlike copyright, trademarks can lapse if you don’t continue to use them in trade… which Fawcett couldn’t do with Captain Marvel at that point. Just don’t ask me exactly why the name is uncopywritable, though. I know it is, but the line between an idea and an execution of an idea has always been fuzzy around the edges for me.

It was actually showing Myron the clever opportunist. Fawcett had let the trademark on the name lapse, so it was legitimately up for grabs. Pity the actual comic was such a disaster. Roy Thomas has said he vaguely recalls being told Marvel actually paid off Fass to get the name.

One of these years I need to track down a copy of Gasm #4, assuming I can overcome the shame of buying such a seedy looking title. I believe it contains J. O'Barr's (creator of The Crow) first comic book work.