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Yes, Speedy is right here: you cannot prevent such a situation made public, now in a context like the worldwide web is, to have some resonance. What I was questioning is the lack of reflection, and the arbitrary positions of "outrage". Because with caution and discretion, even the father can learn something from this, but without them, all the words will be pretty much useless (otherwise than some means of reflection for us).

Of course, that’s how everyone should feel. I think this was pretty much out of the question. That is why I insisted in saying that maybe it would not be a bad idea to talk to his father (especially those which had more deals with him), even if we can be pessimistic about his father's attitude if all those posts are by his own hand. Claudio, I'll bite. And what will be gained by engaging the father or proving the father was involved? at this point, the kid will be banned, all deals have been concluded or money returned. I guess I'm not sure why we should continue? oh wait I forgot the people want blood. Proceed. No, no, I’m not saying that. If you follow what I have written, this kind of publicization (and keeping to talk about it) is precisely what I find objectionable. I was just suggesting that if someone feels inclined to do so, he could contact the father and talk a little about the gravity of the situation, without exaggerating it, but also without neglecting it. But I mean this in the most private of ways.

Of course, that’s how everyone should feel. I think this was pretty much out of the question. That is why I insisted in saying that maybe it would not be a bad idea to talk to his father (especially those which had more deals with him), even if we can be pessimistic about his father's attitude if all those posts are by his own hand.

That is related to what I was talking about – with Facebook you can have a kind of "selected audience" which allows the equivalent of a street riot. That is why, as much as that father’s attitude is deprecable, I think it’s never a good thing to promote a spreading of content all around the web.

Yes, if the posts correspond to the person, his father is definitely the biggest problem, way before the kid's behaviour. I still think that, if so, it may be worthy to talk with his father, but I don’t know how much it will help: his father is not a 12-years old.

Facebook posts' contents generally do not appear in web searches (the ones posted here don’t), so it’s not the most public way. I have never witnessed a similar case, and it’s never "OK", if you want my opinion. If there’s someone which needs to understand what you say, it‘s definitely this kid's parents, so – for whoever wishes to be of some help, I think the better way is definitely to contact them and talk to them. Not surely continuing to be "outraged" here, with not much positive results…

Yes, the situation looks more complex than what it seemed. Harvey is right, but it’s not right to minimize the parents' responsibilities, and their use of Facebook…

I am glad you won this item. I was bidding on it too, but I decided to stop just because of the fact it's written and drawn by italian artist. It is a very cool item indeed. I was undecided too – I have decided to bid just because of its rarity and I was curious to see it, even more than the first two issues which after all are a proper italian edition. I guessed it was enough an historical curiosity to justify the bid, but I did not bid much either, and was pretty surprised to win it (I have yet to receive it, anyway).

Well, if this is true, the parents’ behavior is what is really serious and irresponsible. The very fact that he posts on Facebook such personal issues, and in such a way, is almost unthinkable. As far as GIJOEISAWESOME – from what I get –, as it has been said, the gravity comes mostly down to the fact he constantly lied. What I find inspiring, anyway, is that when once he asked for advice on some copper age series to read, and I adviced him to read Power Pack, he was pretty enthusiastic about it and the issues I adviced him about. In hindsight, this is pretty awesome: PP is a great series, lying to parents is the whole series' recurring theme (even if here is done for the parents' safety), and Louise Simonson makes it pretty much educational without being invasive. I hope he reminds my advice and that he can take Alex Powers as a role model, rather than Dr. Doom – and maybe his parents will learn something from this as well…

We need to add a pair for Golden and Platinum (or their foreign equivalents). I just acquired a 1939 italian Superman (the third of only four issues) – which features a "bootleg" story written and drawn in Italy (the first two contained Superman stories translated from the newspaper strips).

Good idea Tim, I just posted a few. (thumbs u

The story was published here, on the german Lustige Taschenbücher #43. I am affectioned to this worn out issue because it has been obtained in a trade with a close friend of mine: which is the german edition of Classici Disney #64 (in the german edition Uncle Scrooge has a "DD" on the helm because his name in german is Onkel Dagobert). This series has been pretty much what got me into collecting: it reprinted the best italian Disney stories (with the exception of some issues, e.g. #6 is Barks stories only), and is one of the most cherished and collected italian titles: early issues, especially in grade, command premium prices. Suffice to say that if I should decide to sell my #2 I could afford a lowgrade FF#1…

You can not believe it, but I think I actually bought this very same book (or at least others from 1984 and 1985): they used to import them from germany where I vacationed at the seaside. Of course I did not know a word of german, but I loved to buy them because each issue contained either stickers, a poster or some paper gadget. I still have some of the stickers, and I loved to read the german words and laugh, precisely because they sounded funny and I did not understood them. For example, there is an Uncle Scrooge story where in the original italian Scrooge has a room labeled on the door "ciarpame" (which is a funny word in italian, and now slipping out of use, which is a pity) – the german version had "gerümpel" which made me laugh because of the sound.

Yup, it was one of the things I noticed first: if I would have decided to deslab it to keep it in my collection, I would have cleaned it up!

It was nice, but I preferred a nice raw copy with the "stigma" of color tough, as it is basically nonexistent. I saw Greg had it re-slabbed and it came back as a 3.5, now in the collection of Buzzetta: I get a knack to see a book that "vacationed" in Italy for some ten years to get back in the US, and get upgraded!

Which is your comfort zone? Mine is very low, as far as the early issues go… My 1 is a 4.0 and my 2 is a nice presenting 1.8. Most defects on the back. What do you have in mind? As I mentioned before, I like to trade. Lmk Would have loved to meet you before! I had a decent #3 CGC 3.0, but sold it months ago: to "downgrade" to a nice VG+ (with a neglectable amount of color touch I don’t care at all about): I would love to have a #5 but so far I have nothing interesting to offer (except a few #67 in high grade and a few lowgrade duplicates including #49 and #52). Well, if you decide to sell your #5, I’d love to see it anyway! (thumbs u

There is a song which I love by Stan Ridgway, which was inspired by the 1992 riots – here it is:

Probably Henro does not even care, given he has not replied… I know very well who Rodney King is, in fact I more or less followed the fact on TV as I had been in Los Angeles the year before and the news felt "close" at the time, but I would not have associated the phrases, of course. Thanks, as usual you are a "true gent" as Offbeat Archives would say… (thumbs u

And while I am at it – here’s the italian edition of FF #29, a very curious book as apparently they did not have the artwork for the cover at hand, and a collage was produced using some artwork from the cover of #11, with the same setting (redrawn?), but without the Watcher… (double click to enlarge).

Which is your comfort zone? Mine is very low, as far as the early issues go…

Who is Rodney? …and what is this one? (not part of the Kobunsha series, I see):

I would have never guessed they were printed in scarcer quantities but… yes, #37 and #38 came out a few years after the previous ones, as Otomo hadn’t even finished the story when Epic first published it in the west (I bought and followed it monthly from Italy back then: they were very costly as import books).

This is – as you americans would say – freakin' beautiful! ASM #101…

Also, as I said many times, it is better to call them for what they are, italian editions. Especially since in the last years italian editions started to have "variants" following the US-american scheme, and thus calling them "variants" can cause confusion. For example, this is an italian variant, in the proper sense of the term (it came with a t-shirt, and was limited):

@David: If you are referring to the Thor, it is also because it is considerably scarcer in grade @sonicyouth: I might have to re-read Thor #165-166, but I don’t see much added to the character. The character was clearly developed by Roy Thomas and then by Jim Starlin (and the editors), but the whole substance of its conception is in the origin story. What does the Thor story add? When you say: – "Stan Lee asked Jim Starlin to revamp the character in '75" and – "this wasn't where Stan Lee wanted to go with the character" (as referred to Roy Thomas) where did you read this?