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Not that this is Golden Age, but it's De Carlo work that some may not be familiar with. No showgirls, no models, no Riverdale, just De Carlo and Stan Lee making their mark in the prestigious newspaper strip business. Willie Lumpkin Sunday strips from 1960: There's a De Carlo babe in this one, briefly: Hmm, "Stanley"...

This time, it's personal:

All bids overtaken. So that raises an interesting question. Do Heritage premium auctions make people automatically OVER bid Guide/GPA/recent prices because they know it's the only way to win a Heritage premium auction... Or ....? What does it take to actually win one of these?

Just got this in hand - it's a lot smaller than I expected. Not much bigger than a paperback. Does anyone know if all the issues of Fantasy Book were in the same small format?

Just picked up this Fantasy Book 6 (1950) with the first Cordwainer Smith story, "Scanners Live in Vain."

Looking at the upcoming HA auction, there's a huge number of Mile High's and other pedigrees in every genre - even romance and teen humor. Amazing, should be quite an event!

That's a great story, Aslpride8, and it's very cool that you and your friend have gone from climbing trees to being in business together. That Chip 'n' Dale comic is going to be a great conversation piece for your office. Thanks!

Have to say, I'm curious why anyone on God's green earth would want to know about the first appearance of Chip and Dale. Oh, sorry... Chip 'n' Dale.

Marwood, thought you might enjoy this vid:

So Astounding was the "thinking man's sci-fi pulp" - science fiction you could proudly bring home to your mom and your teacher - nothing like those trashy Planet or Thrilling Wonder pulps! But... then who did buy Planet's with the BEMs and platinum-bra damsels?

Great stuff, OtherEric. Astoundings had such restrained covers (compared to most other science fiction pulps). I always wondered what people who bought these at the newsstand felt - were they embarrassed to even buy these pulps? Did "regular" people think Astounding and their ilk were for 13 year olds, essentially? I'm guessing Astounding's restrained covers were to make older fans feel a little less awkward buying/reading these. Older people openly read comics though in these years....

Weed College? That's where quite a few people went to college, really.

OK, not really Golden Age, but they'll do to celebrate Al on his birthday.

That would be great. I love the idea of collecting pulps for first appearances of stories. Personally, I'd love to pick up a Fantasy Book 6 for Cordwainer Smith's first story - the bizarre and incomparable "Scanners Live in Vain".

Thanks, I don't have GPA - but that explains it anyway. Even though I know the Guide is often way off, I still use it for bidding. Which explains why I don't win much, I guess.

My lowball bid snagged this at $100 under guide. Really didn't think that happened these days!

To me, Steranko was the Silver Age. His work in the 1960's brought the fantastic to life far more convincingly, I think, than any CG special effects in today's movies. Captain America 110,111 and 113 were superspy masterworks, almost overwhelmingly exciting for us kids in the late 60's. So I'll kick things off with this Cap 110 I picked up recently (9.2 White) and invite you all to post the Steranko stuff that's inspired you the most.

Well, it's Dimwitri, the Pie-face Prince of Old Pretzelburg. The very first golden age comic I ever bought was a Jingle Jangle - I'd been enthralled by Harlan Ellison's tribute to Carlson and the Pie-face Prince in All in Color for a Dime, and reading his surreal adventures in an otherwise innocuous 1940's children's comic was a really memorable trip down the rabbit hole. As a runner-up, I'll mention Angel. No, not this one... but this one: Simon and Kirby's Boys Ranch was a beautifully-executed, if short-lived, comic book, and Angel, the kid sharpshooter with long blond hair and a chip on his shoulder, was a fascinating and mature creation for a 1950's kid's western comic. Check out the story "Mother Delilah" in Boys Ranch 3 for Angel's most powerful tale.

I'm currently reading City by Clifford Simak. It's naive in that 40's science fiction way, but also charming, dreamlike. I think this same painting was used for another book, or pulp? I'm sure you guys know - and will also have the pulps where the original stories appeared. What classic paperbacks are you guys reading from your collections? Recommendations and reviews would be more than welcome!

Hi and Lois 1957.

Just wondering if anyone here has any White Mountain paperbacks - that is, paperbacks from the famed White Mountain comic pedigree. There were some being auctioned on eBay a while back. They looked nice, of course, but were priced on the high side, so I didn't get any.

Comics and clay... that's a charming story. And, frankly, it makes your post - and your book - more than worthy. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Thanks! Never thought of that, so I made the switch.

Finally got a Conan #1. Picked it up in the Sunday Heritage auction - 9.0 White pages, nice centering - and under guide. Works for me!