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How could I have forgotten that? – and I rank high among Defenders fans…

Dang, those are really yours Speedy? Awesome…

I recall many were used, at least a group in an Hulk Annual, Zzax comes to mind, but I am sure there are others. As for Fing Fang Foom, I’m sure there are other references besides the Legion of Night, but one should check…

Yeah, Ol' F3 has appeared occasionally , but so have some of the other Pre-Hero monsters. What really separates this book from the pack is that name. Fin Fang Foom is the ultimate example of the fun Stan had naming the endless parade of wannabe world beaters. That sense of fun is one of the biggest reasons I'm a pre-hero Marvel collector. Stan really let loose, particularly in the early days, before the monster formula wore thin. Add to that amazing, epic stories from Steve Ditko and especially Jack Kirby, the real Master of the genre. Strange Tales #89 is arguably the single most popular Pre-Hero Marvel, and Fin Fang Foom is certainly the most popular monster. Not only that, FFF has always been more rooted in the Marvel universe. Although used briefly, for example is one of the main characters in Steve Gerber’s 1990s series "Legion of Night" (which features non-superpowered characters previously appeared in various Gerber scripted titles – very original).

That is a great story because I’d have loved an Atari 2600 at the time, but all those videogame consoles were too much expensive for my father… I wasn’t in the frame of mind of working during summer to save for something special, so I put all my savings, little by little, in starting to collect 1960s, and then 1930s and 1940s italian Disney comics. Which in the same fashion were things which as a 13-16 years old boy you were not prone to see much around, anywere. Who would have guessed that I’d have finally came to collect some US comic book golden age goodness almost 30 years later?

This is a breathtaking beautiful copy, Greg! (thumbs u

Gimme your Los Quatros Fantasticos #1…

Fing Fang Foom is all win. I would love to have a low grade copy some day. And… let‘s not forget the Legion of Night. Gerber was an awesome writer, I miss him! P.S. Bronty, I still have to honor that half-promise about writing on italian comics' history, but hopefully will do…

Rupp just bought from me a bunch of italian Marvel and DC books, he fully trusted me on my haphazard packing strategy suggestions and paid instantly. He is so nice I may turn from a cat-person into a dog-person, but I won’t be happy until his books safely reach him…

Nembo Kid? Surely it has. It has been the main italian DC comics title up to the early 1970s, and published most characters. It changed format many times, and most are very tough in grade. I was undecided to pick a 1st Poison Ivy which I saw, also been looking for a 1st Batgirl, most of those in decent grade would be a bit costly. Is this one a key? (Sorry, I’m ignorant on DC keys): http://www.ebay.it/itm/ALBI-DEL-FALCO-NEMBO-KID-N-139-MONDADORI-DISP-ALTRI-N-SUPERMAN-/200800501549?pt=Fumetti_Occidentali&hash=item2ec0a47f2d I have also been looking for a nice copy of this for some time, as I’d like to read the story (Superman, as he was rechristened "Nembo Kid", did not have the "S" on his chest, until the title name changed and became Nembo Kid/Superman and then Superman):

I just sold this one to Rupp (on its way to him) in my sales thread:

It’s an amazing book, but I think I could afford a single page at best, or maybe a wrap…

Yes, I’ve seen and it seems Uomo Ragno Classic ceased publications in the late 1990s, and the last stories reprinted in chronological order are from 1982 or so, so no alien costume…

I’d say yes, unless the story has been reprinted in Uomo Ragno Classic (which I think is unlikely, as it is relatively recent, but we may check).

That Superman issue seems a rewriting (or paying homage) to a silver age Superman story whose italian edition is this one (I loved that cover since I saw it first, and still wish to find a copy as it seems a story with a catastrophic theme):

P.S. Today I went to Reggio Emilia. There was a dealer offering a box of Corno books (lowgrade) for about $3 each. It has been a long time since that happened… I was focused on my golden age period research, however, so I did not browsed them, but there were some nice books, all low grade of course.

Racetrack was looking for a #27, but wants it NM and I haven’t been able to look for it yet. Not to discourage you, but it seems there is little love for foreign Morbiuses – I have offered my italian three-set (102-103 and 119) in about VF last time but no one grabbed them. I guess I’ll just have to wait and sell them to lscomics. I know he couldn’t resist…

OK, I’ll try it myself. I have very little GA stuff but I could use: – centerfold and the susequent inner wrap for National Comics #17 (the book is decent, but the owner decided not only to remove the centerfold, but also to rip a little pages here and there… – covers for Four Favorites #5 and #8; – full cover wrap (or back cover) for The Challenger #2; – cover for The Challenger #4.

Huh? And you found it in Spain? Cool! P.S. I have that "Classici Audacia" issue…

I'm falling behind with the thread… Today I’ve been to an italian conventions & started to re-focus on my golden age period italian research – hopefully this will prompt me to get back on track and start writing something to find elements of interest to compare the countries output within the same time-frame.

This is just awesome!

This thread always rocks…

The Fantagraphic series is great, I regret having bought the Gladstone Carl Barks library in graphic novel format in the early 1990s. If I were in the USA, I’d sell that and buy only selected volumes of this edition. They just published an italian edition, but I don’t like it as translation is pretty good but the graphic adaptation is not. I don’t like the Mickey Mouse Gottfredson series, however, it would be the perfect edition, but they reproduced the strips too small.

To be honest, aces should go to you, top to bottom, bottom to top – either way, as the book you donated is so nice, and you paid all the shipping costs…

I just thought you must have had one but you didn’t – heck, you made up for that with a BANG! I can’t keep up with those high-grade anomalies, waaay out of my price range! How about this one, although not strictly Hitler (as it is a parody) it’s extremely significant as the story came out first in 1945 (this collected edition is from 1948 or 1949) and the author, Benito Jacovitti, debuted in 1940 when he was 16 with a story featuring the very same characters that at the end of the story are rescued by a Nazi ship (!) (Both from my personal collection). (Ehm, in case someone thinks the boy had a loose screw, it helps remembering that unfortunately Italy and Germany were pretty fresh allies in 1940).