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Here's the before and after shots while I had it. 7.0-7.5 seems about right. There's residual creasing that will probably keep the overall grade down. Still not sure why somebody lopped off the BC like they did.

Question for the Pulp gang. Is the 1923 story "The Thing of a Thousand Shapes" by Otis Adelbert Kline considered inspiration for the multiple Science Fiction "The Thing" movies? Same as John W. Cambell Jr's(Don Stewart) 1938 "Who goes there?" Because it sure reads that way to me, although it was never credited.

Such a cool book, congrats on landing a copy. Just curious how the BC presents? If I may ask.

only time I don't have a Coke zero in my hand is when I am playing bball. All water or g2 Is that you in the red tank?

Gator, does your water bottle contain Coke Zero?

Nice white pager jeff. Robins "no eyes" always freaked me out on this cover.

I'll be honest. I was not quite sure what to expect when I clicked on this thread, but I'm glad I did. Thanks for sharing.

Found a file on my old hard drive with tons of previously CT'ed books I took photos of. Photos are not the best, but show enough of what black light does,and does not always reveal. Learn to recognize the non black light photos, because last time I checked they won't let you turn off the lights at a convention. If you see a dot matrix peeking out under a blurry area. It's CT. I got lots more if interested.

Torch? Where you from gov'na? j/k Yeah black light can show some CT. It can be used to determine quickly if certain forms of marker are not present. But that does not mean a black light will show everything. Or be relied upon more then your eyes.

The best way? Depends on the era of book, and type of CT applied. SA can be totally different then GA due to inks, coverstock, and gloss. Was it topically applied with s brush? Or colored in with maker? Or pencil? Most of the time, if you hold a comic off angle, under a decent light source you will find CT stands out as you move the comic around. As mentioned already, comics are printed in a manner that makes hand applied CT recreation impossible. All one can hope to do is mimic the intended color, and fool the eye. It looks muddy compared to original dot matrix. As Roy said, once you get used to seeing CT, it stands out. Some worse then others. All depends on the amount, and type of CT applied. Bleed through obviously being very easy to detect. As Roy said, CT is like porn. When you see it, you know it. Or maybe he didn't say that exactly.

What neighborhood did their wheels get jacked in? Nice 8.0 btw Jeff, looks fantastic.

Best $3 comic ever. Now, how many people have PM'ed you asking what other $3 books were at the garage sale?

Wayne-Tec can continue to apologize all he wants but it's all wildly_fanciful_statement. The fact that he equates taking from a boardie who was here for due diligence on a book, to eBay's "Buy It Now" shows that he doesn't understand what he did and lacks remorse. I haven't followed too closely but from his posts the boardie did not appear to give up his interest in the book and was asking for opinions at the time of Wayne-Tec's grab. With hindsight, the newbie might have taken more precaution as a stakeholder. On the other hand, I would have expected boardies here to help each other out... and respect certain communications as sacred. No one here ought to feel paranoid that a lead can be pulled from under them when asking for advice. What to do now at this point? How about telling Wayne-Tec (and future Wayne-Tecs) to cut it out and show this board is not made up of wolves. Wayne-Tec's actions tell me he is far more of a speculator than a fan of comics. Nevermind the book he's going to steal may be another's hard to attain grail. There will be more flips in his future I'm sure. The only question is how many more collectors will he insult and step on for a few dollars more? You mean like if someone gave a fellow boardie a book, only to ask for it back so they could list it on CC? That kind of message, about money not being more important then stomping on a fellow boardie. I totally agree.

Typical,crazy good Heska. Amazing colors, and style aside. It's the lettering that makes it all work, for me anyways. Incredible. (thumbs u

Outstanding Jeff, I was over a week behind so it was a fun read today. Thanks as always for taking the time to post'um up.

Just ran across this thread and wanted to add one of may favorite Superman family group shots.

Fantastic cover. What is that old man smoking, and did he just knock that old lady on her keister? A local antique shop in town has some Kelly/Pogo OA, anybody want me to find out what it is? I remember seeing it, but forget exactly what it was.

The "opening bell" panel is hilarious. With a mighty two armed swing, the martian rings the giant...bell? I do enjoy seeing the panels many of the covers were swiped from.

If John could kill a Martian with one punch, why didn't he make mincemeat of the Rats? Weak from hunger? What a weenie.

Hello, is this thing on?

When popcorn was cheaper.

This place rocks. Great thread Jeffrey, I check in each day. Saw a JCOM Movie trailer and noticed Woola is in it, he was ever faithful. Hope it doesn't totally suck.

Yes, people are reading, and waiting.

I always wondered why there was a break in the action lines from his right hand punch. It's the tippy end of the word Balloon! Oops.