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The Roy Thomas reprints of Phantom lady and Planet are good...he did other stuff too.

Very nice. And great pictures. I would actually go 9.2. hard to tell though without holding it in hand. I would be very surprised if you got 9.6

I came to the same conclusion. 5.0. Lots of color loss on the spine.

From Heritage a couple weeks ago....got the whole run. This book is full of Russ Heath art.

I am no expert...but looks like Baker to me. Not Baker at all. The girl is taken from a Fox cover, I can't remember which. (paging Dr. Love). Baker never did any work for Fox. Baker never did any romance work for Fox. I'd be curious to know which cover....just went through most of the Fox covers on comics.org and didn't see it. Might have missed it, but pretty sure not.

I am no expert...but looks like Baker to me.

Here are my two Firestone Donald and Mickey Christmas comics that I just picked up. All Barks inside!

First off...an earlier poster was correct on print run...about 85000...so around 3400 for the variant. As to the quote above, WD #1 was a 7000 print run. I doubt this book will go there, but hey, anything is possible in this hobby when high grade Batman Adventures 12 is going for over $1000.

Maybe this has already been discussed...apologies if so. This book is going for anywhere from cover to $15 on eBay. Does anyone out there really think it will actually be worth something someday when there are roughly 300,000 copies in print?? I suppose it's possible...but I sort of doubt it. It was a pretty good story and I do like the new character(s). the death dealing droids are weirdly fun...especially the C-3P0 look alike. Any thoughts?

Bravo...finally, someone who understands that the books WILL BE UN-packed!! Thank you.

For what it's worth...I started collecting in 1985. Bought and sold a lot of books since. I have not made money on every book. But to your point...with Hulk 181, GS XMen1, HOS92, etc...especially right when CGC started...I did rather well. Pretty much every EC book in my collection was bought from the proceeds of a Hulk 181 that got a 9.6 around 2001. Those days are gone though. When CGC first started, it really was a killer arbitrage opportunity. By the way....enjoying a Manhattan made with Noilly vermouth, Luxardo cherries, and Bulleit bourbon tonight (not my regular choice for a Manhattan...but it worked)

I would buy the earliest pre 1954 Batman book that you can. Any condition VG or higher. Short of that...any pre-1954 super-hero. Short of that...any sci-fi EC. Whatever it is...stay pre-1954. After that...stuff is just too common. My two cents.

The Comic Bug. Two locations, but I go to the one in Manhattan Beach when I am there on business. Great store.

Just got this in the mail...from Heritage a week or two ago.

And another recent acquisition Sorry the scan is a little funny...not sure what happened there.