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This might just be the lowest grade book I have ever purchased, but it's complete, it was cheap, and it fills a hole in my All-Star run.

A couple of quality Qualitys just arrived from ComicLink today...

Thanks for sharing. It's an awesome group shot. Makes me want to start collecting them!

I like the list, but I think the 1st tier needs to be broken up into two tiers. I would define the true superstar characters as ones that not only had their own title and were the lead in another title, but were also successful in other media: radio, movies, newspaper comic strips. Off the top of my head I would put Superman, Capt. Marvel, Batman and Archie in that category. Otherwise, you're going to have Superman cheek-by-jowl with (for example) Blackhawk... ...and Doll Man. He appeared in over 100 issues of Feature Comics and 47 issues of his own title.

I think the 3 tiers will be pyramid shaped. You will have a handful in the top tier, quite a few more in the middle tier, and everyone else in the lowest. Well, this is a tough question and I'll probably forget some good ones, but my votes for the Top tier would be: Superman Batman Wonder Woman Green Lantern Flash Captain Marvel Plastic Man Captain America Spirit Donald Duck Little Lulu And then I think the 2nd tier would include characters like: JSA members such as Specter, Sandman, Hawkman, Atom Human Torch Sub-mariner Other Marvel Family members Some of the other Quality heroes like Doll Man and Blackhawk MLJ heroes like the Shield Catman Just my off the top of my head ideas...

Wow, no love for my Signature Series Al Feldstein signed Gaines File NM plus graded copies of 2 classic EC comics? I LOVE Gaines file copies. But I guess I was still cringing thinking about the signatures. Ditto. I have mixed feelings about the Sig Series books. I have had some Golden Age books signed, but I always use only low to mid-grade copies, and I ask to have them sign it on the interior. For high grade books, I begin to question whether it's adding or subtracting to the appeal.

You're welcome! (thumbs u

I agree. I can't believe the bright colors on this book. Simply beautiful!

Thanks guys. It's one of my favorite covers from the 1950s.

I don't get out of the Golden Age group much, but I wandered over here today and found this great thread. I really love some of these covers! Here's my only Strange Adventures issue:

This just arrived today from Heritage. It's a book I've dreamed of owning since I was a kid, so I'm on .

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and written as an original screenplay as i recall; i'm a first edition collector and have many of Greene's books but not this one. it's a 'treatment' of the movie and i think came out about a year after. Yes, that's correct. From Wikipedia: "Before writing the screenplay, Greene worked out the atmosphere, characterization, and mood of the story by writing a novella. This was written purely to be used as a source text for the screenplay and was never intended to be read by the general public, although it was later published." I read a few of Greene's books two summers ago and really enjoyed some of his lighter fair such as Our Man in Havana and The Confidential Agent. I also tried one of his more serious works, Heart of the Matter, and found it extremely depressing. Incredibly well-written, but painful to read.

Possibly....is Brad Mandell from Dublin, OH on the boards? If so, Brad would primarily post on the OA Forum as he focuses on high-end art (his eBay store lists a $26k GA Wonder Woman cover and a $18k Alex Schomburg & Siegel "Jon Juan" page). Great seller and nice to deal with.... GE I think you may be thinking of this one from my collection that I posted earlier this year. It seems Shelly liked this idea and did at least two of them (with slight differences)!

Here's the backs of the Red Icebergs. OK, I'm off to Wizard World now. Maybe I'll find some nice books there

One group shot, coming up (minus a second copy of How Stalin Hopes We Will Destroy America still on its way from the last ComicLink auction). My feeling on the number of Blood Is the Harvest out there is 20 to 30. I'm thinking of send all these books in to be graded sometime this year, so that means another two copies will be added to the census. The copy of If the Devil Would Talk on the left is the 1950 version, the other two are the 1958 version. The easiest way to tell the difference is the shadow on Earth is black on the 1950 version, gray on the 1958.

Thanks, but I've been in the club nearly 15 years. This is my third copy. I suggested an Anti-Communist registry set a while back. It was before the cut-off, but it never made it on the list. Maybe because I only gave rough list of the major books it should contain. Maybe if we put together a more comprehensive list they would actually create it?

That is a very cool item. (thumbs u I'm aware of the zones because of the classic American noir film, "The Third Man". The Third Man is technically a British film. The production company was British, as was Carol Reed, the director, and Graham Greene, the writer. It's one of my favorites.

That's from the kryptonite...

Just arrived moments ago... :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana: :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

Very nice. I don't recall ever seeing that book before.

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All-Story for me. 1st appearance of one of the most famous fictional characters in the world? Umm, yeah, I'll take it! It would go very nicely with my first appearances of Conan and Buck Rogers.

I love these high grade Dell Giant painted covers! (thumbs u (I'm pretty sure you outbid me on both - were these from Heritage or Ebay?) FeeBay pickups

I love finding packages at my door. These two arrived today. I think they're pretty