OtherEric

We shall need to respectfully disagree on Humor and Funny Animal books from DC. But I'm a huge Sheldon Mayer fan. Charlton romance, I can only think of one issue I've got. Which is in the weird position of being one of the most wanted and one of the most common, given that it's a classic cover where there was a warehouse find:

Sending good wishes as well. Jim is one of the forum good guys.

This would be more impressive if @bellrules hadn't just gone "look what I found" three days ago. Very happy to have this one, it may not be the rarest Whitman but I'm pretty sure it's in the top 10.

My favorite example of unintentionally rare variants are the June 1980 DC Whitman variants. Notoriously hard to find among those in the know, but also still frequently found by others (not me, sadly) in dollar bins because most people don't know. I've only got one of them, since I collect the Legion: I may not personally care about the Mall Variants for my own collection, but I love hearing about the hunt and love your passion for the project.

The Hughes cover is probably based on the Stevens cover which is probably based on the Planet Comics cover which also may have inspired this Planet Stories cover:

https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?cid=990 https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?cid=217 Both series at the DCM.

My copy may not be my greatest dollar bin find ever but it's probably top five:

Eerie #31 thoughts: I suppose it's worth mentioning that, since our last issue of Eerie, I've managed to complete my run of the title other than #1, which we're already passed. Creepy as well, so other than a couple of 1994's I've got all the books needed for the reading club going forward. Cover: Richard Corben's first cover is already starting to show his distinctive use of color to some degree, although it's not as obvious as his later color work, which simply can't be mistaken for anybody else's. Point of View: One of the joys of this reading group is stumbling across something like this, a simply incredible story that you had never heard of before. This one is excellent, with the creative use of the comic medium that I just love when done well. The Drop: A decent enough story, but not particularly impressive, with a few too many hoops to jump through in the set-up for a fairly minor pay-off. The Devil's Hand: Another fairly slight story, but unlike the last one very well structured and presented. The sort of solid filler I like to call out as sometimes underappreciated as we work through the books. The Alien Plague: I've got to put this in the narrow win column: Excellent art and an interesting, ambitious premise that seems to start with the EC Classic "The Aliens" but then goes its own directions. But it just doesn't quite cohere as a whole. But as much as I praised the last story as solid filler, I still prefer stories that aim too high and just miss than the ones that set a low bar and clear it easily. The Oasis: A well told story with excellent art by Garzon. Not a lot to say but probably the second best story in the issue so far. Lady in Ice: And thus ends the saga of October Weir. The story had some neat ideas and good art, but for some reason it just left me cold. (Sorry for the terrible pun.) The Killer Slime: I feel like they slightly missed the target on this one, trying to thread the line between Science Fiction and Horror and not quite falling correctly into either camp. Nice art by Garzon again, though. Easy Way to a Tuff Surfboard count: 13! A very good issue, like I've said before I think I see Goodwin's influence in selecting the contents to create a more solid book overall rather than grabbing whatever was available in the in pile at random.

Here's the REAL wrong turn in that regard:

A few random Charlton covers from my collection, because why not?

In today. This gives me the entire Gold Key/ Whitman run, other than the stray #1 from the 60's. I do have the King #1 from the 60's, though. And the Pacific Comics Club #1 from the early 80's. And the Marvel #1 from the 90's. And I think I've got the DC #1 from the late 80's in a box somewhere. And at this point I'm certain I've gone off on a tangent from the point of posting this cover...

That version is strictly for the birds...

I know just enough to understand the reference, at least.

Then again, here's one of those killer issues sorted already:

If anybody wants to see the unpublished Buck Rogers #10: https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/complete-story/al-mcwilliams-buck-rogers-unpublished-issue-10-complete-22-page-story-original-art-western-1981-total-22/a/7236-95287.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515

Some issues in today, here are a few of them. I can't really get good images of the Pacific Comics Club issues, and I'm not in the mood to scan all 12 of the GK/ Whitman issues tonight:

Then, more importantly, not 1, not 2, but THREE books that complete my runs in all cases. First is Legion of Monsters #1, which gives me the entire 1-issue run of the title: Second is Thrilling Adventure Stories #1, which gives me the entire 2-issue run of the title: Third, and far and away the most impressive: Creepy 111, which gives me the entire 151-issue run of the magazine including Annuals and Yearbooks.

Several books in today. First, a few semi-random Marvel Mags:

I love MCS:

I think others have covered the basics pretty well: Adventure simply didn't have a consistent feature like Action or Detective did after Supergirl took over the title with #381. Prior to that, Superboy/ Superboy and the Legion had a 20+ year run, but after that the title never really had a stable feature. Supergirl had a decent run, but beyond that the title was musical chairs. I say this as somebody who has every issue of Adventure from #286 up and quite a few earlier, I love the book. But I can't pretend it had a clear focus in the 70's, which made it vulnerable.

Oddly enough, Troughton's run was over before I was born... I just fell in love with his version of the doctor when I saw old episodes finally. Based on the limited evidence on my original post, I can't call that an unfair assumption, though.

Everyone has their own favorite Doctor and everyone’s choice is valid. With that said, Troughton was the best:

There's no reason it can't be both! Although if forced to choose, I'm leaning strongly towards the CGC search function as the primary culprit.