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This is now my favorite after the remarkable breakout over the last year:

Ditto...

I shoulda started collecting these 15 years ago when they were affordable. Absolutely love these covers and the stories were pretty cool as well...

You made Me laugh, Sharon, with that last bit about HOS and SA. I would also include HOM and My greatest adventure in that last group and put Mystery in Space (Adam Strange for our younger members) up with GL, Flash,JLA, If only for the beautiful Infantino covers every month.

That is sweeeet...

I loved this issue to death...

Excellent

Some of My later ST’s... Most of the Torch books got snatched up over a decade ago. Love those Steranko covers.

Hope this is better...

Been taking group shots with My new IPad. Here’ some of My early Flash books.

Here’s a Group shot of some of My slabbed collection. All of these were bought off the shelf when they first came out. One of the 123’s is My OO and the other purchased about 10-12 years ago.

He was My favorite artist ever. Have all of his Prince Valiant and Tarzan work in various formats. I’m still amazed that the Feature Book cover is his only single piece of comic book art.

Wow...o Wow...

Stumbled in across this very interesting/fun thread And decided to pull My meager stash of GA books. I have few more but they’re mostly insignificant Tracy’s, etc.).

I agree that FF Ann 1 was terrific - loved those early Subby appearances. I also was very fond of the Secret Origins 1 and Strange Tales 1 compilations...

Just saw this. What a fun thread - thanks for sharing...

You never fail to bust chops (but in a fun way). Love the hashtags!!

Knew it would come some day, but still hard to believe. Truly a legend in his own time. A legacy virtually beyond compare... RIP...

Roy; Do you think if perhaps JC (just to be clear, that's Joe Collector) had a Son?? Every time I've run across this guy, I just can't shake the remarkable similarities...

I used to frequent 2 used book stores on Market Street in downtown Newark NJ, back in the early 60's. Got my first used copy of FF #4 there about a year after it had come out originally. Guy charged me the full 12 cents too, as He didn't cut the top 1/3 off the FC as was the practice at the time. No telling how many copies of the early FF's were there that day but the hobby hadn't hit it's stride yet and I was only interested in filling the single hole in My Marvel collection. By mid 60's both stores were gone as new construction was beginning throughout the downtown... The other store sold all old comics at 7 issues for a quarter. I still have many of those (all DC's) and they're in low grade...

I didn't have anyone older that I could relate comics to... I wasn't aware of the GA Flash at the time. I'm not sure if I was aware of him before Flash 123 or Showcase 34 which came out about the same time in 9/10 1961. ( perhaps in the pages of some fanzines back then but can't be sure). I do remember being blown away by his reintroduction on the cover of 123 (one of my top ten comics ever). And I felt the same when FF 4 and later Avengers 4 hit the stands.

As Jimbo mentioned earlier, I had the good fortune to buy Showcase 4 off the rack back in 1956 at the tender age of 9. Up to that point I'd bought a few Superman, batman. plasticman and lots of Westerns. It was really the cover of the book that piqued my interest and help to foster My collecting experience. Interestingly I think the next Showcase that I bought was 17 with Adam Strange and then most every one after that until early 1965 when My ardor waned. I have to admit that I have always considered #4 to be the beginning of the SA. Having said that, the arrival of the FF was viewed with much scepticism at first as it read and felt like another Marvel monster comic. This would begin to evaporate for Me beginning with #3 and then it was full steam ahead with number 4 as the "intro" of the Submariner (and later Cap) was so well handled. I bought all of the Hulk's first 6 issues and am happy to say that the day both AF 15 and JIM 83 hit Sid's luncheonette, I was completely hooked. So count Me among the the folks who think Showcase 4 began the SA and FF1 began the Marvel AGE...

Same goes for you...

Aaahhh - whadda you know...

DAMN -you guys are youngins...