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24 minutes ago, sfcityduck said:

Great info.  If only CGC knew what you do.  They have the first EC publication as a book with no EC branding, no EC in the indicia, it's a reprint from a publication that had zero connection to EC, and it dates from 1942.

Thanks. Yeah that drives me crazy...an EC publication from 3 years before EC even existed as a company.  

2 hours ago, pemart1966 said:

This is not an EC book but it would be interesting to hear the take of EC completists as to how they regard the book.

I agree that it is not an EC. In my view, it is impossible for anything published before 1945 to be considered an "EC" comic book…the company literally did not yet exist. As an aside, I have seen some of Max Gaines’ other early work incorrectly referenced as an EC publication. For example, Narrative Illustration (1942) is often referenced as an EC publication– this is just flat wrong. EC literally did not exist until 3 years later. It’s an awesome book, and a grail for a “Max Gaines completist,” but it’s not an EC publication. Same thing with Max’s book Good Triumphs Over Evil (1943), etc.

Also, here's my take on All-American - I think you could make an argument that pre-1945 All-American books are "DCs" - after all, the DC logo was on the cover! However, beginning in February 1945 Max put an All-American Publication logo on his books, after he had his falling out with the National/DC crew. In my opinion, those 1945 books with the "All-American Publication" logo on the cover are not DC books. In December, 1945, all of the former All-American titles except for Picture Stories (e.g., Sensation Comics, All-Flash) were once again published under the DC logo...DC officially owned them at that point...so, after 1945 they became DC books "again." 

While we're posting up some books...an all-time boardie, @cheetah, is prowling the boards once again. While we have him back for a bit, I thought I'd throw out some books that he contributed to my collection. There are about a dozen of them, so hang on....

4 minutes ago, cheetah said:

I hope everyone is done okay in these crazy times.  Things near me are better than most of the world but I do miss you guys.

  I don't have any of your old Fiction House books, but if we want to move over to the E.C. Fan Addict thread I can show off a dozen or so killer books that are in my collection that came from you. 

22 minutes ago, cheetah said:

So, I am living full-time in Costa Rica growing trees for reforestation of indigenous peoples’ land.

cheetah sighting!!!!  

6 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

not much can top spending a little time with Al discussing this issue

Agreed  . I never met him