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Congrats again Todd It was great to see you again, and to see that smile on your face when the deal was struck! And thanks to David, again, for treating us all to a delicious dinner at Trattoria Giuseppe Thats an amazing book to own Fury. It truly is one of the great GA covers. Thanks! I've admired it for years and am very happy to have one.

More forgotten keys on a couch.

Mini-geekfest at casa Ciorac on Monday night and I came home with the beauty, Single Series #20. Or as I like to call it "the Tarzan book". I think it's one of the great golden age covers. Big thanks to Ciorac for hosting and to Comics-n-ERB for hooking me up with a beautiful book!

You, sir, have excellent taste.

It's very true about Superman 18 and dust shadows and dirt. Here's my copy displaying both!

Welcome back, Gator! Thanks for sharing your pics.

As a native Philadelphian, it's especially nice for me to see these. Thanks for posting! The 1st photo at the corner of N. Broad and W. Lehigh is where the old Baker Bowl used to be. It was home to the Phillies from 1887 to 1938. Babe Ruth played his last game there in 1935. The stadium was razed in 1950, 3 years before this photo was taken.

BTW, Comic Cavalcade #24 is a great book. The Green Lantern story features the last GA appearance of Solomon Grundy (Dec-Jan 1947-48). A lot of people think All-Star Comics #33 (Feb-Mar 1947) is his final appearance because at the end of it he is stranded on the moon, and then when Grundy returned in the SA in Showcase #55, Gardner Fox continued the story from All-Star Comics #33 and brought Grundy back from the moon. But in Comic Cavalcade #24, Grundy does indeed come back from the moon (I think he walks on a moonbeam!). I guess it was forgotten (or ignored) when the SA story came about.

I am very fond of those re-creations by Hasen. Did he do the Christmas Comic Cavalcades as well? I like the early issues but the later issues are pretty good too and I have purchased a few. Hasen actually didn't draw the original cover of CC #1. Someone named Frank Harry did. Hasen did draw the Wildcat story inside though. According to GCD, Hasen only drew the covers for CC #24, #28, and #29. And looking at your photo of #24 I would guess that he only drew the Green Lantern portion of the cover.

I think there might be a Scribbly story in there too.

What a nice selection of books! Can't wait to see the Comic Cavalcade in person. Comic Cavalcade #1 has always been one of my favorites of the "fun" style DC GA covers. An Irwin Hasen re-creation hangs on my wall.

I purchased 4 DC Archives from Ed (ft88) and they arrived very quickly and safely packaged. Big "thank you" to Ed! (thumbs u

Bill, thanks for inviting me over and hosting an awesome comic-beer-pizza geekfest! I'm looking forward to many more such days!

Sweet

Missed this when posted last month. Congrats Jeff! It looks beautiful! Well done.

Awesome book. I was going to stick with 1-18, but since I picked up #20 and #21 recently, I think there's a #23 in my future. Congrats! Might as well go up to #26 then #26 is the cut-off point I decided on. (thumbs u

Thanks for the interesting comments, guys. Netflix has it available in their Instant section, so I may watch it this weekend.

Man, I live for pictures like this! Congrats Bill!

Explains why I was all when I got them!

Thanks! Does anyone know if the cover story "My Cargo Was Death" was inspired by the film The Wages of Fear? I've never read the story or seen the film ( ) but the cover looks similar to what I know of the film story: some poor schlubs are hired to drive some trucks loaded with nitro over a dangerous road in South America. According to Wikipedia , the film was released in France in 1953, but wasn't released in the US until Feb 1955. Since My Greatest Adventure #1 is dated Jan-Feb 1955, it was probably written and drawn in the summer of '54 and on the newsstand in Oct or Nov of that year. I guess it's possible the writer had seen the film in France, or maybe at an art-house showing in NY, but that's unlikely. GCD has no info on who wrote the story. Anyone know anything about this?

Wow, beautiful work as usual by Ryan! Congrats!

My Greatest Adventure #1

Star Spangled War Stories #131 (#1)

Our Army at War #1

A few atom-age books just arrived today. All-American Men of War #127 (#1)