OtherEric

It's not, just off the top of my head there's the Dynamo Boy story in 330-331 and Starfinger in 335-336.

I think they were miles and away some of the best storytelling DC had in the 60's. Shooter, and Bridwell, and even Siegel, who did the Computo 2-parter that I think kicks off the classic Adventure run of 340-380, wound up merging some of the still new Marvel sensibility to the classic DC style. Throw in Curt Swan as the primary artist, set the whole thing in the future so you have some freedom to actually change things, have Superboy as just a single member of a large group of heroes so he doesn't totally distort the stories completely around himself but can still play on the Superman mythos. Tell stories that take two whole issues at a point where 2 or 3 stories per issue was common, so they feel massive and epic. And you wind up with a run with classic story after classic story after classic story. I don't think anybody's even mentioned the LSV story in 371-372 yet, another favorite of mine; and we've listed a LOT of amazing stories from the run already.

Correct, now that I'm home to verify. Just don't ask about the Leiber or Pratt stories, because they don't have actual stories. They contribute short essays instead.

That 242 really does look like a Legion issue, doesn't it? Somewhere I've got the #237, which Overstreet used to list as a LSH prototype. Not sure where the heck they got that idea...

The first Mordru story is one of my all time favorites. The second part in 370 was actually the first Legion story I ever read; although I had read about the team in Who's Who and thought they sounded interesting. I then came across the 370 at a swap meet a couple months later, grabbed it, and fell in love with the series. Any story that actually makes a convincing case for Pete Ross and Lana Lang to be honorary Legionnaires has to be pretty spectacular, just as a starting point. I consider myself lucky that I can truthfully say that was my first issue of the Legion, even if I wasn't even born until after it came out... and didn't read it until 1986.

Bouncing Boy is easily my favorite Legionnaire. He’s an amazing character. And that’s down to his character, not his power set. There’s a reason he was the subject of my very first commissioned sketch in my LSH book.

Today's book. I think this one is probably the highlight of the 6-issue revival run; with a Bok cover and Bradbury and Asimov providing stories.

Just in today. As is my wont, low grade, but good reading. Kurtzman had left the magazine at this point, but it still has a fair amount of inventory work from him. And, of course, the cover is one of the very few images from comics that really is iconic, not just within the hobby but to the world at large.

And a couple other additions to the collection this year; since there isn’t a current series I have to do what I can to get my Legion fix:

My only noteworthy Legion issue in a while; this one is actually bronze age. But try to find it:

Got another handful of Savage Swords today; here's one. I'm filling in a lot, but the last year or so of the title will be an epic pain. I'm really just trying for 1-60 and 190-235, the Roy Thomas issues.

And finally, who doesn't love Schomburg covers?

The second issue, which I believe makes it only the second book from what became Marvel to actually use the name:

I'm taking your advice on this one, Pat. Looking forward to it:

Got a handful of pulps in today, some of the highlights. Low grade, but dirt cheap: Let's start with a Finlay cover. And I've wanted to read "The Yellow Sign" for quite a while, just hadn't tracked it down before.

A beauty! Just as an aside, how awesome is it that AH! actually does affordable sketches? He's figured out a way to do quick sketches that are absolutely, recognizably his work even without a signature; he does them fast enough that lots of people can get them, and he charges a fraction of what he could probably get... I know I would have paid 3x what he charged at ECCC without blinking, and I doubt the line for the sketches would have been one person shorter if he had. An extraordinarily kind and generous way to treat the fans, and I admire and respect the heck out of him doing it like that.

Don't think we can't tell the difference between Brundage and Finlay! (And Bok, for that matter.) As I said in another thread, I have got to track down a copy of that Sea Witch cover sooner rather than later...

Her last Weird Tales cover from the classic run of the series, and the only reprint. Although even then, it's a reprint of the last new cover she did. I really like the cameo effect on the digest version here. I still want to get the original issue, though: If people want I can possibly get some of her interior work posted here as well; she only did about a dozen interior illustrations for the pulps that I know of.

The 40's covers she did are a significant change of pace from her 30's work:

One of the LEAST subdued Brundage covers from the 30's:

One of the most subdued Brundage covers from the 30's:

I may be able to help out a bit with that, since you asked nicely. Not much, but a bit. This issue has the classic Weird Tales triple: Brundage, Lovecraft, and Howard. I think it may actually be the only issue that features a Brundage cover and new stories by both Lovecraft and Howard, in fact. Lots of the issues with all 3 of them have either poetry by one or the other writers, or the Lovecraft is reprinted from an amateur magazine or fanzine:

That's almost certainly why that issue seems to be scarcest of the revival run, at least. Took me ages to find the Dianetics issue of Astounding at a price I was willing to pay, given my massive disinterest in the subject... but I did want the issue for my run of the Campbell Astoundings. On a totally different subject, this one arrived today. Key point of interest is a never-reprinted Harlan Ellison story, but now that it's in hand I discover that I really like the cover by Emsh as well:

Actually got this last month. I don't see this title in the wild that often; the connection to Marvel comics seems to mean people grab it quickly.