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iggy

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  1. I think that the comics are placed at the exact top edge of the scanner bed since there is excess space around all 3 of the other edges. Maybe if you just scoot the comics down an 1/8" or so it will catch the top edge.

     

    Phenomenal collection BTW, BZ! hail.gifthumbsup2.gifthumbsup2.gifthumbsup2.gif

  2. Outcault! Opper! Great stuff! I'd love to get a copy of Pore Lil' Mose, it always seems to go pretty high (even in poor condition), and some people buy the book just to seperate the pages and individually frame them! Great for decorators, but just try to sell an individual page to a collector afterwards... not worth it. For Opper fans, Bill Nye's History of the United States book (329+ pages) is a treasure trove with an approximate average of an illustration every other page or so... here's a sampling:

     

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    I'm wondering if he was a direct influence on R. Crumb. 893scratchchin-thumb.gif

     

    Notice the Alfred E. Neuman looking chap?

  3. Hmmm, there must be several overstock copies still around. Maybe at $40.00 cover, it wasn't flying off the shelf back in 1979, especially if they saw the bad quality reproduction of some of the pages. My copy came from a silver/bronze age collection that was stored in bags in a basement in a filing cabinet. Most of the comics have white or pure white ultra bright pages and the collection has been dormant for decades so that's why my copy looks like new. Plus the collector was condition conscious. I guess not much of anything from 1979 is rare, but I did wonder if the book had a low print run. Sorry to derail this thread for awhile... let's see some more ducks! Hopefully not in PGX slabs!

  4. Do you happen to know approx how many were printed and where it was distributed to? I assume it was just printed in Italy and distributed to the USA.

     

    Until I found a little info on the site link I had nothing to go on to add to my listing for information. I'd still like to add more info if available. Thanks!

  5. Got the complete Cheerios Y set in original envelope at the Lincoln, NE auction last Sunday (nice price). Here's Y-1 DD A-Bomb:

     

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    It has a 7/8" edge tear back cover & OW/W pages. F- maybe better? confused-smiley-013.gif

     

    I also unknowingly picked up WDC&S # 98 1st Scrooge in a nice looking VG/F, white pages (1st Uncle Scrooge in title) in a box lot. takeit.gif