OtherEric

Nice books! I've been waffling on grabbing the lower grade Flaming Western on eBay for a while, myself- it's the last LB Cole Target cover I need, even if the book is no longer Target at that point.

Nice! I've got the originals and the Eclipse reprints and Pogo Parade, but a good thick hardcover would STILL be a nice addition to the collection. Now if Fantagraphics would just finish Our Gang and somebody would do Fairy Tale Parade and Peter Wheat...

Somewhat off-center, but I have the impression this is one of the harder issues of the series to find, if not the hardest. One of my favorite series; I really need to go ahead and find the last few issues I need...

And I'm miles from the first to post this cover, but I think this is the first time I've posted MY copy:

This is still my favorite Spirit story:

Everett is far from an ignored artist, but it still seems like his rep isn't as high as it deserves to be. His precode stuff is just amazing. Hmm, perhaps I should go re-read my VENUS 13 and 14...

Here's one I don't think I've posted here yet; it was the first Cole cover I ever owned:

Just found this one today; nothing terribly special other than, well, Planet Stories is always fun:

A recent find. Our Gang is far from my favorite comic by Kelly, but that doesn't mean I don't love it as well:

I think the 107 is the rarest of the 12 covers Cole did for Target/ Target Western/ Flaming Western, myself. I found a copy a few months ago (and think I posted it here); it's not exactly rare but it's on the scarcer side.

I suppose strictly speaking this really should go in a Atlas thread, but I hope you'll forgive me:

Nice! I've always liked that Adventure #65 cover, I don't think it gets quite the respect it deserves. And Adventure is always a book worth getting.

And a look back at this thread suggests Spirit sections count. I'm afraid I can count my collection of those on the fingers of one hand. But this is one of them, and of all 645 issues there's none I would rather have: This was my favorite story from the run long before I ever owned the original, and running into it at the ECCC a couple years ago is one of my all-time favorite finds.

And here's the book I picked up at my local store today, the one issue of Animal they got in was the one issue I needed to complete my run of the series: Other than those slight creases in the lower right corner it's really a very nice copy.

Another beautiful cover, with the mixing of Kelly's style on the toys with the more traditional Santa Claus. I'm always amazed that Kelly got a cover credit on these. A few years later, it's unsurprising that they want to highlight the creator of Pogo. But at this point Pogo is just a feature in Animal Comics.

And, not a comic as such, but a bit of related promotional material for Peter Wheat: This is about the size of a comic book in width, and about an inch shorter. A neat little oddity by Kelly!

What wonderful covers. AJD. Always have slightly mixed feelings on the Our Gang issues. They're obviously well done and feature some excellent storytelling. But it seems to me like having Kelly work on something with no fantastic elements was not using him to his full ability.

Let's get some seasonally fitting covers in here: I've got the #126 on the way, I'll post that when I get it if nobody beats me to it!

Posted this over in gold a while ago, but might as well drop it in here: Easily the highlight of my collection!

I've only got a couple issues from the Classic Comics era, but both are (O): A book with obvious crossover appeal, and one of the earliest horror comics. One that's not as obviously appealing to the average reader but that I think is dramatically underrated. Why? 50+pages of Matt Baker artwork, 6 of which were not in any printing other than the 1st!

A few I've found in the past couple months- or even earlier today in the case of the Thrilling Mystery! Not that anybody will notice my post with the amazing G-8 painting right before it, of course. THAT"s amazing!

Oh, I envy you those two! The 11 has a Walt Kelly story, and the 16 is the only issue I'm missing for the run from 15-25. (After the #25, my collection is insanely spotty until issue #80; it's dumb luck that I've got 17-19. Picked up a collection of 8 issues from 15-24 for under $100 a few months ago, I'll try to post a few of those covers here soon.)

Just got this one, it seems to be the scarcest of the Target covers Cole did. Now I just need to get the Flaming Western Romances #3 as the honorary last Target cover...

I may have to start pecking away at the Looney Tunes title soon because of the Mary Jane & Sniffles stories. I must discourage you from this course of action; I need to finish my run of the stories first. Right now the one that's bugging me is the first Mary Jane & Sniffles Four Color, the last couple of copies I've seen did not go cheap.

And to add to my collection of Target Covers I posted earlier, here's one I just won on eBay. I hope I don't jinx myself by posting the scan from the auction before I actually get the book in my hands: